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A biannual literary journal produced by MFA students at the University of Memphis— pinchjournal.com
This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo. Read it now on PJO!
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This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo. Read it now on PJO!
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This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo. Read it now on PJO!
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Up on PJO today, the poem "Heartwood" by Eric Roy. Go to
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Editorial assistant Elena Kang had the opportunity to interview Kerry James Evans. His second book Nine Persimmons will be published in March 2026 by the University of Nebraska Press and is available for preorder now. Read the full interview here:
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Poet Kerry James Evans on Gathering Fragments into Stillness — PINCH
When I think of influence, I like its earliest meaning—when it referred to the flow of energy from the stars into human life, from in-fluere, “to flow into.” I’m drawn to that sense of permeability: how the world and language pass through us, one current at a time, until some form of coherence takes shape.
https://www.pinchjournal.com/blog-posts/kerryjamesevans
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Go to PJO to read "Leaves like Madness" by Chris J. Bahnsen.
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Submit your new and previously unpublished nonfiction work for consideration! Deadline is November 2. Submission link in bio. We can't wait to read your work!
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Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page. 🖼 Art by Justin Williams
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This is our latest PJO piece!
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Our nonfiction submissions are currently open! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work!
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Congratulations to our nominees and thank you to every writer who continues to make this community thrive. 💙
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"I want to talk about the body & how it persists ..." writes Katelyn Sweeney in her gorgeous poem, Birding Through the Aftermath, out on PJO now. Go to our site to read it.
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Congratulations to the late Karen Kao whose work was chosen by Leslie Jamison as the 2025 Sarabande Prize in the Essay winner. The collection Swimming Upside Down is slated for publication in June 2027. Her piece "Cardamom Heals All Wounds" is featured in Issue 45.2 of the Pinch.
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Up on PJO today, the poem "Skin Care for Temporary Ghosts" by J.M. Emery. Go to
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to read it!
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Our art submissions are open! Here's a quick guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page. 🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
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Looking for a place to submit your poems? Today is the last day our submission window for poetry will be open for the year! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work!
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This week, we present a preview of "how easy, to take the lungs for granted" which is another poem by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full piece on PJO now.
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Congratulations to Katie Erbs for "Schrödinger" being today's poem on Poetry Daily! We're so excited and honored to have worked with her here at the Pinch. Check her out on their site today
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Announcing some of our PJO readers for our upcoming release party! Join us on Sept 27th at novel for fun fiction, poetry, and food from our amazing contributors, both online and in print
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Announcing our last two PJO readers for our upcoming release party! Join us this Saturday the 27th to hear excerpts from their work and more
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We're so excited to invite two of our contributors from our print edition coming out this week! Join us on Sept 27th at Novel to hear Whitney Collins and Kelsey D. Mahaffey read excerpts from their work
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Looking for something fun to read today? Check out our latest poem "on my flight home they make an announcement" by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full poem on our site now!
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With our release party coming up, we're welcoming back former managing editor Josh Carlucci! We're excited to have him back in town for this event. Join us at Novel on September 27th from 6-8PM for free food and readings from both print and online contributors
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Join us in celebrating the release of the Pinch Issue 45.2 on Saturday, September 27
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! RSVP on our website now! 📍 novel. bookstore (387 Perkins Extd. Memphis, TN 38117) 🗓 Saturday, September 27 (starting at 6 p.m.) 🖼 Art by Amy Renee Webb
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Our art submissions are open! Here's a quick guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page
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Congratulations to @themartinsdeep for winning the 2025 Furious Flower Poetry Prize! He'll be doing a reading at James Madison University this Thursday
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Check out an excerpt from our newest piece "Eclipses" by Jimmy Kindree - then go read the full post on PJO
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If you love poetry, join us this coming Friday, September 12 @1pm for a reading with Keetje Kuipers! Come out to Patterson 451 to hear some amazing poems and chat
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"Hover" by Robert Frankel is our newest fiction piece. Read the full story on PJO now.
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To start August, a new poem. "Rainbow Coat" by Caitlin Cowan is a piece looking back on childhood through the misty and multicolored lens of memory. Read it on PJO now.
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Looking for something new to read? Check out our latest poem, "Say This" by Lynne Ellis. The full piece is out on PJO. Read it on our site now.
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Our newest poem, "Some Baleen Whales Have Learned to Sing at Frequencies Too Low for Predators to Hear" by Abby E. Murray, contemplates the coexistence of violence with peace in the context of marine life. Read the full piece on PJO now.
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"Of Wait" by Elisabeth Preston-Hsu is our latest poem. Read the full piece on PJO now.
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Read the rest of our newest fiction piece, "Girls Just Wanna Have" by Rachel M. Beavers, out now on PJO.
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To close out the month of June, "On Coming Out" by Emma Thomas Jones uses natural imagery to reflect upon the feeling of such a singular and distinctive process. Read it on PJO now.
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A new poem has been published on PJO! Read "I Used to Have Green Thumbs" by Seth Wade on our website now!
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Here is a preview of our latest piece, "Employment History (Partial)" by Sera Gamble. Read the full poem on our site now!
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6 months ago
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Read our latest nonfiction piece, “Middle-aged Lesbian Born Late Emerges Enthusiastically to Oblivious World” by Isaman Cann, out now on PJO!
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We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Pinch Literary Award in Poetry selected by Raye Hendrix. A big THANK YOU to everyone who sent us their work, and congratulations to the winner McKenzie Teter, and the runners-up Sandra Gómez and Carlina Duan.
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It's PJO Monday!! Our newest publication, "Dictionary of Trans Horror Tropes" is a nonfiction piece by Darby Powers. Find this thrilling story at
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to immerse yourself in these tropes!!
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Are you looking to read a poignant, heart-warming piece about man's best friend? Check out Carrie Shipers' new poem, "Meditation on Lost Dogs" up on PJO today.
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"If I was a corvid—likely a pied raven or a disillusioned jackdaw—I too would pick the highest branch in the tallest redwood farthest from you fuck ass primates ..." read the brilliant new poem by Sydney Mayes up on PJO!
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"Or especially: a woman onstage, karaoke night, her friends have pushed her up here to "finally have some fun, for chrissakes!" And now the song is playing, something '80s and peppy ..." Check out "Falcon Storm Song" by A.C. Koch, now on
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Introducing Spring 2025 Issue 45.1 of the Pinch. Get your copy to enjoy excellent fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art. Swipe to see a couple of the artwork from the issue. The issue is available for purchase on our website
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We’re excited to announce the winners of the Page Prize in Nonfiction judged by the author Annabelle Tometich. Thanks to everyone who sent in their work, and congratulations to the winner and the runners-up.
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After a lengthy review process of all the poets who were eligible for Best New Poets, the staff chose to nominate Havilah Barnett for 'Mute Girl as Whale Fall' from our Spring 2024 (44.1) and Allison Field Bell for 'O'Keefe Country' from Spring 2025 (45.1). Congratulations to our nominees!!
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Once again it is time for our new PJO publication!! This week it is a series of poems by Claire Scott! Go to
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to read Greek Myths are Overrated, Murderer ad Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Dementia!
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We are just three days away from our release party for the Spring Issue 45.1! Hope to see you at the Theatre Cafe at Playhouse on the Square this Friday the 11th from 6pm-8pm.
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Pinch Journal Online publication alert!! Our newest poem by Alexa Doran is FANTASTIC!! Check it out on our website.
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Exciting news!! In a few days, we'll be announcing the winners of the Pinch Literary Award in Fiction judged by Tara Stringfellow. Who are you rooting for?
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