Nimrod Journal
@nimrodjournal.bsky.social
Bringing you the brightest new voices since 1956. Published by the University of Tulsa.
We’re opening our free submission window in October, and we cannot wait to read your poems and stories! nimrod.utulsa.edu/submissions-...
Today our newsletter readers received a story by Kashona Notah from the Summer 2026 issue. “‘Yá’át’ééh shik’is.’ An older man with an uncombed gray ponytail stuck his head out the window. With the window open, the music became clearer, it was a round dance song.“ nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/hoka
Hoka!
A story by Kashona Notah
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Poems that stun me on each read. Here is the one by @zinagomezliss.bsky.social. Click through for the one by Paula Bohince.
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · last mo.Today our newsletter readers received poems from the Summer 2026 issue by @zinagomezliss.bsky.social and Paula Bohince. Both touch, in different tones but with related images, on the wonders and sacrifices of birth and motherhood. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/under-a-ma...
Today our newsletter readers received poems from the Summer 2026 issue by @zinagomezliss.bsky.social and Paula Bohince. Both touch, in different tones but with related images, on the wonders and sacrifices of birth and motherhood. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/under-a-ma...
“Under a Maternal Light”
Poems on the landscape of motherhood by Zina Gomez-Liss and Paula Bohince
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Pleased to have a new poem (my first abecedarian) in the summer 2026 issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social. Gratitude to Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social for his fine editorial stewardship. Thanks also to my neighbours for giving away such whacky items online, which first inspired the poem.
Today our newsletter readers received three pinpoint sharp poems by Javier Salvago, translated from the Spanish by John R. Sesgo. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/good-in-hi...
Charles Martin, one of my favorite poets, shares a story about his mother’s brush with history. For the other poem, by @azforeman, click through: nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/history-ad...
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday we bring you two portrait sonnets from our Summer 2026 issue. Both depict figures associated with the Soviet Union, the first focusing on an early architect of the state, the second on a major poet who transcended its boundaries. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/history-ad...
Today we bring you two portrait sonnets from our Summer 2026 issue. Both depict figures associated with the Soviet Union, the first focusing on an early architect of the state, the second on a major poet who transcended its boundaries. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/history-ad...
“History Advancing Its Great Plot”
Sonnets by Charles Martin and A. Z. Foreman
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In time for Father’s Day, two poems from our latest issue, by Arthur Solway and Alex Rettie. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/how-any-hu...
“How Any Human Heart Learns”
Poems on fathers, lost and found, by Arthur Solway and Alex Rettie
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Looking forward to receiving this issue, which has a new poem of mine in it. Thanks to @bdralyuk.bsky.social and the editorial team at Nimrod.
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe new issue has reached the office.
My poem "Ars Longa" is in this issue with thanks to @bdralyuk.bsky.social lsheahen.substack.com/p/ars-longa-...
Ars Longa: A poem by Laura Sheahen
He cannot see too far and is not strong/To wait in blinded wonderment too long.
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Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe new issue has reached the office.
Hachi is brilliant. Don’t miss this chance!
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis July we are offering a special opportunity to submit fiction to our journal and receive detailed developmental feedback and line edits from our Managing Editor, Hachi Chuku. See the poster for details and bookmark our Submittable page for July 1st!
This July we are offering a special opportunity to submit fiction to our journal and receive detailed developmental feedback and line edits from our Managing Editor, Hachi Chuku. See the poster for details and bookmark our Submittable page for July 1st!
Damn happy to have this poem land in the gorgeous new issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social! It's from my next book, The MORPHOLOGIST, which is about reading & death, among other things, forthcoming from Milkweed in 2027. 💀Grateful to editor @bdralyuk.bsky.social & all involved...
We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 literary competitions! Rachel Hadas has awarded the top Neruda Poetry Prize to Tristram Fane Saunders, and Adam Johnson has awarded the top Porter Fiction Prize to Alexa T. Dodd. 1/4
A great essay by one of my favorite practitioners of the genre, focusing on Ellison’s own extraordinary nonfiction.
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday our readers received a piece from our Summer 2026 issue, Clifford Thompson’s essay on Oklahoma’s own Ralph Ellison, whose INVISIBLE MAN is nearing its 75th anniversary. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/ralph-elli...
Pleased to have a poem forthcoming in this issue!
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe are excited to share the cover of our Summer 2026 issue, which will reach subscribers in June!
A beautifully realized story. Neffson’s first novel, NO FUN, is forthcoming from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday our newsletter readers received Talia Neffson’s (@talianeffson.bsky.social) “Cenacolo,” which was awarded first place in the 2025 Katherine Anne Porter Prize competition by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social). nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/cenacolo
Today our readers received a piece from our Summer 2026 issue, Clifford Thompson’s essay on Oklahoma’s own Ralph Ellison, whose INVISIBLE MAN is nearing its 75th anniversary. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/ralph-elli...
Ralph Ellison and the Wholeness of American Life
An essay by Clifford Thompson
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Today our newsletter readers received Talia Neffson’s (@talianeffson.bsky.social) “Cenacolo,” which was awarded first place in the 2025 Katherine Anne Porter Prize competition by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social). nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/cenacolo
Cenacolo
A story by Talia Neffson, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize
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“I want to say Go on, take what I love. Just try. Darkness and rain. The heart, the breath.” Michael Lavers, first-place winner of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social’s 2025 Pablo Neruda Prize, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social. The results of the 2026 competition will be announced in July!
Nimrod Journal@nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday our newsletter readers received two poems by Michael Lavers, who took first place in the 2025 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry competition. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/go-on-take...
Today our newsletter readers received two poems by Michael Lavers, who took first place in the 2025 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry competition. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/go-on-take...
We are excited to share the cover of our Summer 2026 issue, which will reach subscribers in June!
We could not be more proud of our contributors Jennifer Reeser (Winter 2025) and Anne Milano Appel (Summer 2025), whose translations were chosen by the great Emily Wilson for inclusion in BLT 2027! @annemilanoappel.bsky.social @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
