Wild Roof Journal
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WRJ is a community for visual & literary art. We're interested in creativity & nature & connections. Check out our website and open submissions / wildroofjournal.com / wildroofjournal.substack.com / EIC @aaronlelito.bsky.social
New batch! Small presses and lit mags! SAGE Magazine, @149review.bsky.social, Hypatia Press, @ciderpressreview.bsky.social, @superpresent.bsky.social, @wayfarermagazine.bsky.social, Shared Drafts Project, & PHIL LIT Journal wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
Saturday Shout-Out ~ July 25, 2026
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“Sometimes, I wonder if I would know a beautiful thing / if I saw it.” — Megan Fernandes . . . This poem appeared in The American Poetry Review, Volume 50, No. 03, 2021. Shared here with deep gratitude.
For our new post, Molly Peacock has shared two poems from her new collection: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/two-apple-... @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social @wwnorton.com
Two Apple Poems from Molly Peacock’s The Widow’s Crayon Box
Preview The Widow's Crayon Box, a book-length sequence of poems that dares to affirm the vast variety of emotional colors in loss and rejuvenation
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We have a new interview feature with Ryan Di Francesco, Editor in Chief of Shadow and Sax Press. Ryan also has a poem included in WRJ's Summer issue. wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/vulnerable...
Vulnerable, Honest, and Unvarnished: An Interview with Ryan Di Francesco, Editor of Shadow and Sax Press
A conversation with Ryan Di Francesco
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Read our new guest post by Alex Dodt here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/birds-and-... He shares the inspiration for the poem "Two Birds, No Stone," which was published in WRJ's Spring Issue.
Birds and Stones and Me and You
A guest post from Alex Dodt
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Read the full intro note & the rest of the issue here: wildroofjournal.com/issue-34 Thanks to @lisadellaporta.bsky.social for setting the scene!
Wild Roof Journal Summer 2026 Edition! Featuring my photograph “Train Dreams” on the cover as well as additional photographs in the volume. I spent some time enjoying over the weekend and I would highly recommend. @wildroofjournal.bsky.social wildroofjournal.com/issue-34/
This is a wonderful issue, curated by and with people of great heart, insight, and care. Congratulations, @wildroofjournal.bsky.social editors and writers. I am grateful to have "a kind of winglessness" in this impressive volume. Much love.
Wild Roof Journal@wildroofjournal.bsky.social · last mo.It's pub day for our new issue! Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-34
I'm thrilled to have my short piece 'Colors' out in the new issue of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social today. Plus, I was honored to be asked to write the introductory note for the whole issue. Click through to read both here: wildroofjournal.com/issue-34/
Issue 34
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A #poem I wrote about God (and Iceland) was recently published in @wildroofjournal.bsky.social! Here is the full poem. I share more about my process for writing it, including screenshots of my early drafts from my Notes app, in this Substack post: hannaheve.substack.com/p/god-at-geysir #poetry
It's pub day for our new issue! Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-34
So excited to have my flash story, “Sweet Cherries,” in the latest issue of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social. Excited to read this issue! 🎉 #writing #flashfiction #writesky
Issue 34
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New lit mag & small press publications! New Limestone Review, @literaryhub.bsky.social, Little Mirror Poetics, The Maine Review, @theberlinreview.bsky.social, Painted Bride Quarterly, & more: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
Saturday Shout-Out ~ June 20, 2026
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Get Lexi Rosen's full revision checklist PDF here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/keeping-th... From Lexi: "I’ve tried my best to distill my process into this (long, windy, silly) checklist. I hope you’ll give it a try before you ship off your next round of stories and poetry packets!"
Keeping the Craft in Craft-Forward Whimsy: A Revision Checklist from Lexi Rosen — PART 2
A guest post from Lexi Rosen, EIC and Poetry Editor of Silly Goose Press
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Thanks to @lexirosenwrites.bsky.social of @sillygoosepress.bsky.social for joining WRJ's Substack. Read Part 1 of Lexi's revision checklist here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/keeping-th...
Keeping the Craft in Craft-Forward Whimsy: A Revision Checklist from Lexi Rosen
A guest post from Lexi Rosen, EIC and Poetry Editor of Silly Goose Press
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Open submissions! Find out how to submit your work to Hopper Mag, @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social, A Public Space, Sweet Lit, Hollow and Sky, Root Smoke, & After Brunch Journal open.substack.com/pub/wildroof...
Saturday Shout-Out ~ June 6, 2026
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Over the moon to have an acceptance from the wonderful @wildroofjournal.bsky.social for their Fall issue! 🤍 With my heartfelt thanks to the EIC Aaron Lelito. #poetrysky www.wildroofjournal.com
"The poet sees for a certainty how one not a great artist may be just as sacred and perfect as the greatest artist. . . . The power to destroy or remould is freely used by him but never the power of attack. . . . The presence of the greatest poet conquers." —Walt Whitman, Intro to Leaves of Grass
Read three poems from Noah Soltau's forthcoming collection, Titanfall: open.substack.com/pub/wildroof... @noahsoltau.bsky.social @redbranchreview.bsky.social
Titanfall: New poetry by Noah Soltau
Preview Titanfall, a collection of poems that navigate questions of identity, mortality, and politics in places tinged by the mythical and theological
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"Writing should always be exploratory. There shouldn’t be the assumption that you know ahead of time what you want to express." ~ Marilynne Robinson
wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/a-history-... New Feature! @writtenbyallison.bsky.social responds to some thoughtful questions from fellow WRJ contributors Jessica Aure Pratt, Rebekah Warren, and @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social. Also check out the poem "Four Days In."
A History of Holding: An interview with poet Allison Mei-Li
Preview A History of Holding, a collection of poems that "captures motherhood in its full complexity: the ache of exhaustion, the wonder of small moments, and the way time bends and blurs."
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New batch of lit mag & small press shout-outs: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s... Featuring @amsterdamreview.bsky.social @kellyrsamuels.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @asteralesjournal.bsky.social @christenkauffman.bsky.social @erindorney.bsky.social
Saturday Shout-Out ~ May 16, 2026
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wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/souvenirs-... Read Leah's short story "Year of the Rat" and learn more about her new collection, Souvenirs from Another Life. @leahbrowning.bsky.social
Souvenirs from Another Life: New fiction by Leah Browning
Preview Souvenirs from Another Life, a collection of stories that illuminates hidden corners of courtship, marriage, divorce, friendship, and familial devotion
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Many thanks to Wild Roof Journal for featuring Souvenirs from Another Life on their Substack. This photograph, from the back cover of the paperback, is by Sarah Trummer. @wildroofjournal.bsky.social wildroofjournal.substack.com
