Johnny Cordova
@johnnycordova.bsky.social
Co-Editor @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social • Author of The Broken Buddha (Roadside Press) • Former poker dealer • Retired Bikram Yoga instructor Johnnycordova.com
Got an audio feature up on the @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social website, where you can listen to me read a poem aloud, then get the backstory of how the poem came into being. If you like that sort of thing 😊 🙏 Thanks so much for the spot, @johnnycordova.bsky.social and Dominique!💙 Link to listen 👇
We're offering 100 free submissions to BIPOC poets this weekend! If you already have a submission in-progress with us, please wait for a response before submitting again. Project link: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/35979...
Sho Poetry Journal - Free Submissions for BIPOC Poets (Shō No. 10)
This submission portal is specifically for BIPOC poets. If you are a U.S. Indigenous poet, please note that we always have a free portal open specifically for you here—because this project is capped, ...
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Submissions are free for Black poets today—Happy Juneteenth! Open until 11:59 PT. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/35882...
ICYMI, this happened: Erica Dawson's poem “Portrait of the artist as sonnet for Dickinson’s line A wounded deer—leaps highest—”, published in Shō No. 6, will appear in the The Pushcart Prize LI: Best of the Small Presses (2027). Congratulations, Erica!
A reminder that submissions to Shō Poetry Journal are always free for U.S. Indigenous Poets! Send a cover letter and up to 5 poems; we respond in 30 days or less. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/356139/free-submissions-for-u-s-indigenous-poets-sh-no-10
Stephanie Choi 💙 Absolutely love this poem in the most recent issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social!
Hi, now that it's Pride month, you can hear me read a poem of mine that @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social published last year live on their site. Very honored to be included on their Pride Playlist. :) shopoetryjournal.com/pride-playli...
Pride Month Playlist | 2026 - Shō Poetry Journal
For LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we've curated this playlist of poems recently published in Shō Poetry Journal Issues No. 7 and No. 8, featuring Aldo Ampáran, Chen Chen, Reuben Gelley-Newman, Iain Grinbergs, B...
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We are open for submissions! We are reading for our winter issue and respond to all submissions in 30 days or less. Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
It's a true gift to have a reviewer engage with my book and have insightful things to say about it. Thank you, @bunkong.bsky.social for setting this up and publishing it on Cultural Daily.
Bunkong Tuon@bunkong.bsky.social · 5mo agoHere’s Nancy Murphy's fine review of The Broken Buddha, by @johnnycordova.bsky.social . Nancy discusses the book’s true path: finding spiritual center in the face of pain and suffering. Please consider purchasing a copy of this honest, humbling, beautiful book. www.culturaldaily.com/the-broken-b...
It's a true gift to have a reviewer engage with my book and have insightful things to say about it. Thank you, @bunkong.bsky.social for setting this up and publishing it on Cultural Daily.
Bunkong Tuon@bunkong.bsky.social · 5mo agoHere’s Nancy Murphy's fine review of The Broken Buddha, by @johnnycordova.bsky.social . Nancy discusses the book’s true path: finding spiritual center in the face of pain and suffering. Please consider purchasing a copy of this honest, humbling, beautiful book. www.culturaldaily.com/the-broken-b...
Here’s Nancy Murphy's fine review of The Broken Buddha, by @johnnycordova.bsky.social . Nancy discusses the book’s true path: finding spiritual center in the face of pain and suffering. Please consider purchasing a copy of this honest, humbling, beautiful book. www.culturaldaily.com/the-broken-b...
The Broken Buddha by Johnny Cordova - Cultural Daily
In The Broken Buddha, the newest poetry collection from Johnny Cordova, the author’s spiritual life is a lens through which he writes.
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Get your packets ready! Submissions to Shō Poetry Journal open June 1. We charge $3 for an expedited response of 30 days or less, pay one contributor copy (international poets included), and award two $150 Editors’ Prizes for each issue. Submissions are free for U.S. Indigenous poets.
It’s heartening for a reviewer to understand the intentional use of moral ambiguity in The Broken Buddha, given the number of poems set in the red light districts of Bangkok and the speaker’s transgressions there. Read Richard Modiano's very insightful review at The Literary Underground:
Richard Modiano reviews THE BROKEN BUDDHA by Johnny Cordova - The Literary Underground
The Broken Buddha by Johnny Cordova (Roadside Press) Johnny Cordova’s The Broken Buddha is a restless, confessional pilgrimage—one that moves through Southeast Asia and India before circling back to t...
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I now have author copies of The Broken Buddha in hand. If you’d like a signed copy, DM me for my Venmo or PayPal details. $20 includes shipping.
I now have author copies of The Broken Buddha in hand. If you’d like a signed copy, DM me for my Venmo or PayPal details. $20 includes shipping.
Last weekend to submit! We are still seeking poetry for our summer issue (due out in July). Submissions close on March 15 (11:59pm PT). Details at shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
It’s heartening for a reviewer to understand the intentional use of moral ambiguity in The Broken Buddha, given the number of poems set in the red light districts of Bangkok and the speaker’s transgressions there. Read Richard Modiano's very insightful review at The Literary Underground:
Richard Modiano reviews THE BROKEN BUDDHA by Johnny Cordova - The Literary Underground
The Broken Buddha by Johnny Cordova (Roadside Press) Johnny Cordova’s The Broken Buddha is a restless, confessional pilgrimage—one that moves through Southeast Asia and India before circling back to t...
theliteraryunderground.org
Hey friends—join us in Baltimore for some fire, anti-fascist love poems! Saturday night, 7pm.
Submissions close March 15th!
Shō Poetry Journal@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 8mo agoShō No. 9 Update: We’ve accepted 34 poems from 23 poets for our summer issue, and we’re looking for more strong work! Submissions are open until March 15, 2026 (11.59pm MST). Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
t was fun to be interviewed by Water~Stone Review about my poem "Li Po took a driving test." Check it out:
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Johnny Cordova | Water~Stone Review
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t was fun to be interviewed by Water~Stone Review about my poem "Li Po took a driving test." Check it out:
In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Johnny Cordova | Water~Stone Review
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Just a little over halfway full with less than a month to go. Send strong work!
Shō Poetry Journal@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 8mo agoShō No. 9 Update: We’ve accepted 34 poems from 23 poets for our summer issue, and we’re looking for more strong work! Submissions are open until March 15, 2026 (11.59pm MST). Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Shō No. 9 Update: We’ve accepted 34 poems from 23 poets for our summer issue, and we’re looking for more strong work! Submissions are open until March 15, 2026 (11.59pm MST). Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
You like love poems? Anti-Fascist love poems? Erin Vachon and I have been working on organizing this reading to take place during AWP this year—hope you can join us. @erinvachon.bsky.social 🖤 💪
