We are excited to present “Giving Shape: Retrospection & Projection in Personal Essays,” a workshop led by April Sopkin on Wednesday, August 12th from 6:00-7:30 PM EST. This event will be held over Zoom.
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This week on The Wardrobe, Guest Editor Catherine Garbinsky selected pieces from C. Rees’s Noctuary published by Host Publications. https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/04/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-noctuary-by-c-rees-2/
"Grief here is an inescapable weather—every moment has, if not the feel of rain, the smell." —Chen Chen sundress-publications.square.site/product/flor...
Doubleback Books is seeking a Managing Editor and Fiction Editor! The Managing Editor leads a team of genre editors and runs our annual Open Reading Period. The Fiction Editor reads and selects prose manuscripts for publication. Applications due by 8/15! Details on our website.
Corina Yi (she/her) is a student at Pomona College studying English and Creative Writing. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Agave Review, the literary magazine at the Claremont Colleges consortium. Her Instagram is @corinayii, so feel free to say hi!
This week on The Wardrobe, Guest Editor Catherine Garbinsky selected pieces from C. Rees’s Noctuary published by Host Publications. https://sundressblog.com/2026/08/03/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-noctuary-by-c-rees/
“Délise’s collection is brimming over with love and gratitude for the most overlooked, for the gentle parts of our society, for little Black girls – and for them and their young self.” —Jackie Torres www.sundresspublications.com/e-chaps/herb...
Meghan Malachi is a poet and writer from The Bronx, New York. Her debut collection No Lace Fronts in Iowa City was selected by Allison Joseph as runner-up to Madville Publishing’s 2024 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize. She is an associate editor at RHINO and lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Choose a liminal space (abandoned malls, hallway, an empty bedroom, etc). Personify it. What does that space think about its in-betweenness? What is its purpose? #WritingPrompt #SundressPublications
Our friends at Consequence Forum have new writing classes coming up. Each is designed to help writers sharpen their craft, develop project ideas, and find new communities. To read the full description for each class or to register, visit https://consequenceforum.org/writing-classes.
Take your favorite song. Write a poem that disagrees with its meaning. #WritingPrompt #SundressPublications
This week, Guest Editor Merrick Sloane selected pieces from Mandy Shunnarah’s MIDWEST SHREDS: SKATING THROUGH AMERICA'S HEARTLAND published by Arcadia Publishing. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/31/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-midwest-shreds-skating-through-americas-heartland-by-mandy-shunnarah-5/
herb of the sun by Jay Délise is a call to action, equal parts call-out of performative activism built on the graves of wasted lives, and exploration of becoming in the shadow of continuous violence, exclusion, and trauma. www.sundresspublications.com/e-chaps/herb...
In this week's #SundressReads, Donna Vorreyer reads and reviews Genevieve DeGuzman's poetry collection, Karaoke at the End of the World, available now from Jackleg Press! https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/29/sundress-reads-review-of-karaoke-at-the-end-of-the-world/
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Sea ditties and punk-rock ragers. Bears and mayflies, fires and water. Computer coding and cyborg dreams. Xenomorphs and ghosts. And through it all, the empty orchestra of grief and longing. In Karaoke at the End of the World (Jackleg Press, 2026), Genevieve DeGuzman explores the speculative nature of loss in an astounding array of language … Continue reading Sundress Reads: Review of Karaoke at the End of the World →
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This week, Guest Editor Merrick Sloane selected pieces from Mandy Shunnarah’s MIDWEST SHREDS: SKATING THROUGH AMERICA'S HEARTLAND published by Arcadia Publishing. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/30/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-midwest-shreds-skating-through-americas-heartland-by-mandy-shunnarah-4/
“One of the many things I love about the poems in this remarkable collection is the ways they make me realize that my heart and my intellect are not separate at all.” —Gabrielle Calvocoressi www.sundresspublications.com/e-chaps/so_r...
I love this book and was excited to be asked to review it for @sundresspub.bsky.social. Go get yourself a copy!
Genevieve DeGuzman@gendeguzman.bsky.social · 7d agoA lovely review of KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD is up on Sundress Reads. Grateful to poetry force-of-nature @djvorreyer.bsky.social, of @hphseries.bsky.social fame, for reading with such deep care and insight. I’m still pinching myself! ✨ sundressblog.com/2026/07/29/s...
Miranda is 21 years old and a cat mom of 4-8 on any given day. She really pride herself on creativity and have tried almost every hobby there is to try. She is currently a senior at UTK; her major is Business Management, and is minoring in English.
Super delighted to see this out in the world! Put a lot of heart and thought into it.
Sundress Publications@sundresspub.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to announce the release of our third and final Craft Chap of 2026, Sense: On Madness and Translation by Mordecai Martin! Download your copy for free today on our website http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/#2026
This week, Guest Editor Merrick Sloane selected pieces from Mandy Shunnarah’s MIDWEST SHREDS: SKATING THROUGH AMERICA'S HEARTLAND published by Arcadia Publishing. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/29/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-midwest-shreds-skating-through-americas-heartland-by-mandy-shunnarah-3/
"Using flowers as both metaphor and a source of grounding, these poems brilliantly capture thoughts and experiences that are almost impossible to put into words. Everyone needs to read this book." —Katie Manning sundress-publications.square.site/product/flor...
Following the release of his debut e-chapbook, So Rain, Christian Yeo Xuan spoke with Nafisa Hussain. Read more at https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/25/an-interview-with-christian-yeo-xuan-author-of-so-rain/
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Sundress Publications@sundresspub.bsky.social · last wk.We are thrilled to announce the release of our third and final Craft Chap of 2026, Sense: On Madness and Translation by Mordecai Martin! Download your copy for free today on our website http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/#2026
This month we had the honor to speak to Brooklyn-based poet and musician Elizabeth Devlin about her poetry collection Milk Spine (Dancing Girl Press & Studio, 2024). Read more at: https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/15/we-call-upon-the-author-to-explain-elizabeth-devlin/
This week, Guest Editor Merrick Sloane selected pieces from Mandy Shunnarah’s MIDWEST SHREDS: SKATING THROUGH AMERICA'S HEARTLAND published by Arcadia Publishing. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/28/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-midwest-shreds-skating-through-americas-heartland-by-mandy-shunnarah-2/
Have you had a book published in the past two years? Consider submitting to The Wardrobe! The Wardrobe’s “Best Dressed” features work from recent books of any genre written by women, nonbinary, and genderqueer writers. sundressblog.com/the-wardrobe/
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As part of our ongoing commitment to books written by women and gender minorities, Sundress Publications is accepting submissions for The Wardrobe. Each week our editors will promote a single author,...
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We are thrilled to announce the release of our third and final Craft Chap of 2026, Sense: On Madness and Translation by Mordecai Martin! Download your copy for free today on our website http://www.sundresspublications.com/craft-chaps/#2026