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A magazine of poetry and prose. Submissions are open through March 25. We pay $15 per accepted piece.
MudRoom is open for submissions through July 25! Send us your poems, prose, and visual art for Issue 22. Submission guidelines below:
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Submissions are currently closed. Our reading period for Issue 22 will open on June 1.
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Issue 21 is live! Check out the incredible work by @shontewrites.bsky.social, Khari Dawson, Ruby Davis, Jade Ferrante, Maria Golosnaya, Tariq Karibian, Noel Munguia-Moreno, Mather Schneider, and Sehee Oh. Plus, a review of Canon by Paige Lewis and an interview with the author! mudroommag.com
Issue 21 drops tomorrow (!!!) so take a moment to read the closing poem of Issue 20 by Annie Grimes. The very first poem we accepted last submission period! www.mudroommag.com/annie-grimes
REARRANGING, ANNIE GRIMES — MudRoom
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It's the last day to submit to MudRoom for issue 21. Otherwise you have to wait, like, two months. www.mudroommag.com/submissions
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Submissions are open! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art through March 25.
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There is music to be heard in the unforgiving landscape of "Land of Unpromises." Here it for yourself in our latest issue. www.mudroommag.com/cathy-adams
LAND OF UNPROMISES, CATHY ADAMS — MudRoom
Land of Unpromises
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Read "Guidelines" by Charlie Harris in our newest issue for a poem that will grab you and not let go
GUIDELINES, CHARLIE HARRIS — MudRoom
Guidelines
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Read “A Musical in Winter” in our newest issue for exquisite phrasing, distinct personality, and moves that will agonize you. Plus there’s a musical. An immediately gripping piece by @manateevanity.bsky.social . www.mudroommag.com/meghan-daira...
See our contribution for your next favorite poem about memory in Issue 20 with "Leaves" by @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social
LEAVES, GESSICA SAKAMOTO MARTINI — MudRoom
Leaves
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MudRoom is open for submissions! Send us your work through March 25. Check our submissions page for more info.
“Spring” is full of images that repeat and change like a single lamp flickering. Check out Aaron Rachel Selby’s beautiful poem in Issue 20. You can also see more of their work on their substack, Dreamhorse Dispatch.
SPRING, AARON RACHEL SELBY — MudRoom
Spring
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And you can find poems from the collection in @electricliterature.com, @passagesnorth.bsky.social, @mudroommag.bsky.social, and more! find some of the pieces here:
The Infinite Doors at the Center of Myself - Electric Literature
two-poems-by-sarah-cavar
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Kelly Murashige crafts a reversal full of feeling that deepens with every turn. Read the full story in Issue 20.
DOLL-AMERICAN GIRL, KELLY MURASHIGE — MudRoom
Doll-American Girl
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Read the piece that opens our newest issue for a poem, that, as our Poetry Reader put it, makes you feel like it's reading your mind. A showstopping opener by @graycious.bluesky.social. www.mudroommag.com/grace-alvino
Thank you, @mudroommag.bsky.social, for the kindest review of my book. "Here, nature is not a place of primordial awe or solitude, but the undeniable self. It is so intoxicating, staggering, it can only be captured by comparisons to itself." 🤩😊 www.mudroommag.com/book-reviews...
The Earth Room, A Review — MudRoom
The Earth Room "is a surreal, deeply immersive dive into a world unlike our own."
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Issue 20 is live! Check out the amazing work by Teo Vasilescu, @manateevanity.bsky.social, Aaron Rachel Selby, Charlie Harris, @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social, Annie Grimes, @graycious.bsky.social, Kelly Murashige, & Cathy Adams. And a review of The Earth Room by @danadiehl.bsky.social! mudroommag.com
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Issue 20 goes live tomorrow. Prepare to be stunned.
The caesuras in "Anti-Christ Architect" work to open the poem both physically and narratively. Read the beautiful piece by Ayesha Owais that closes Issue 19 here.
ANTI-CHRIST ARCHITECT, AYESHA OWAIS — MudRoom
Anti-christ architect
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All Angie's hopes lie in the quest for a single flavor. Read Gabby Kiser's hilarious, deeply affecting story in Issue 19. www.mudroommag.com/gabby-kiser
SPORADIC AVAILABILITY, GABBY KISER — MudRoom
Sporadic Availability
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Watch what stays and what gets made as language disappears in "Burning Plastic Factories." Read Corey Miller's electric poem here: www.mudroommag.com/corey-miller
Drifting on the bay, in the midst of grief and potential capsize, Joan makes an observation: "Grandma has pulled another freaky stunt." In "America Ding Hao," Christina Chiu crafts a story that is equal parts complex, humorous, and heart-breaking. www.mudroommag.com/christina-chiu
AMERICA DING HAO, CHRISTINA CHIU — MudRoom
America Ding Hao
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In "Hookup," Miss Jackson Newbern crafts an image that doesn't let go, making an incredible poem in the process. Read it here, along with the rest of Issue 19. www.mudroommag.com/miss-jackson...
HOOKUP, MISS JACKSON NEWBERN — MudRoom
Hookup
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Stephanie Powell takes a familiar form and makes a poem that reveals all the mechanics and anxieties that live beneath it. When we first read it, it haunted us. Check it out in our newest issue and let it haunt you too. www.mudroommag.com/stephanie-po...
SUBJECT: RE: MATERNITY LEAVE, STEPHANIE POWELL — MudRoom
subject: re: maternity leave
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"After Hours" is intoxicating, mysterious, and a little bit scandalous. Read it here, then check out the rest of Issue 19.
AFTER HOURS, DANIEL MOHR — MudRoom
AFTER Hours
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Congrats congrats congrats to MudRoom's Best of the Net nominees! Read their contributions here: www.mudroommag.com/bestofthenet...
MudRoom is open for submissions through November 25! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art for Issue 20.
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Submissions are open! Send us your work through November 25.
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Impossible to post any part of Bryan Thomas Daly’s incredible poem without spoiling it. Read to see why it opens Issue 19.
SLOUGH, BRYAN THOMAS DALY — MudRoom
Slough
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Issue 19 is live! Check out incredible work by @IronBrewer, @bryanthomasdaly, Christina Chiu, Miss Jackson Newbern, Stephanie Powell, Ayesha Owais, Daniel Mohr, and Gabby Kiser. And beautiful cover art by Jacelyn Yap! www.mudroommag.com/no-19
