🔔 We are open for submissions until October 31st! The theme for our Fall 2025 Issue is “Nourish”— of the body, the mind, the spirit, and the land. What does it mean to be fed? What does it mean to feed others, or to be denied sustenance—emotional, physical, or cultural?

“The most beautiful and the most painful experiences I’ve ever had as a human being have taken place in the wilderness. Backpacking and hiking, I’ve found, have the remarkable capacity to crush your spirit and rebuild it again, in the same fatal blow.” Read the full story linked below!

Cosmic Journey, by Dr. Chaitali Umesh Hambire, reflects the transition from darkness to light... This transformation is not only observed in nature but also resonates deeply with the human experience, symbolizing resilience, hope, and the pursuit of enlightenment. Link in our bio for more!

We share a poem by SUNY ESF student Izze Modell-Kowalski, titled “On Some Sort of Edge”. This was published in our latest Spring 2025 issue, Searching for Light. unearthedesf.com/on-some-sort...

We share with you a poem by ESF student, Abbey Leibert, titled Adjusting Sails. You can also read it in our Spring 2025 issue, linked in our bio! ~ Water is a universal solvent. I will not be left unresolved. I can be free, let the water flow. unearthedesf.com/adjusting-sa...

Every other week, we shout out writers & their recent lit mag publications: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s... @unearthedjournal.bsky.social @ballastjournal.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @baltimorereview.bsky.social @jacobschepers.bsky.social

We are kicking off the Spring 2025 issue by sharing an interview from our own Managing Editor, Erin Hassett @erinhassett.bsky.social Erin had the pleasure of chatting with Sheila Novak, a talented and inspiring environmental artist in Ithaca, New York: unearthedesf.com/an-interview...

Our new Spring issue has been launched! Check it out: unearthedesf.com/spring-2025-...

An incredible open mic event celebrating the talents of our @sunyesf.bsky.social community!

Thank you for all the wonderful submissions for our upcoming Spring 2025 issue! We will be in touch towards the end of March with acceptances.

Deadline Saturday!

“From the way the yellowing leaves parted perfectly around the grave to the harsh contrast of the grey stone to the colorful fall foliage, this image shows the balance between life and death. The beauty of the statue atop the grave represents a life that once was…”

~2 weeks until deadline!

Down the valley, he saw ruins of battery powered vehicles, left abandoned with grid empty and electricity unsupplied. Rust and decay were faster these days, and the rain was sulphuric with acid aerosols––a last ditch effort to slow down the future.

Short Vine is now accepting submissions for Spring 2025! The theme is Perseverance and Permanence. What endures in the face of change. We are accepting both themed and general submissions in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Art&Photography. Learn more at ShortVineJournal.com

“Like most children, India too is a child fraught with parental trauma. A surrogate mother to Hinduism’s political and religious tenets, the cow, in all its oedipal glory, is the most controversial animal in the country. Twenty out of India’s 28 states have a regulation against her slaughter.”

⏳ Tomorrow’s the day! Submissions for Beautiful Little Fools open Feb 1. Send us up to 3 poems that dazzle and haunt. Submission link: shorturl.at/xipDH #BeautifulLittleFools #SubmissionWindow #PoetryCommunity

“After my first child died unexpectedly in Namibia when she was 17 days old, it took me over a year to be ready to try to conceive again. I was living in Angola and saw danger in every room of the house, on every road and in every car, mosquito and especially in every ill-equipped emergency room.”

We are coming up on 1 month until deadline! We are accepting all forms of writing and artwork for our theme “Searching for Light”, and we encourage new writers to submit. Please see our call below ☀️

“Church bells pealed canonical hours, matins, lauds, praise be for sunrise, prime, terce, sext become silent graphics— pornography time stamped as a draft, message sent, received marked trail illuminated minute by minute” Read more:

ANMLY is now open for new work for 10 more days! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap39

🔔 Call for artwork! The Spring 2025 issue of Unearthed is seeking vertically aligned art for the next cover, inspired by the theme, Seeking Light. Please see guidelines for submissions below. We look forward to seeing your artwork! Deadline April 1st unearthedesf.com/artists-help...

“If there is enough bark left, if its trunk lying nearby or if you were the one to fell it you might be able to tell a tree’s identity once it has been sawn to a stump. Mina was not. She recalled reading the reasons for learning about trees vary from purely recreational to the strictly serious.” …

🔔 We are open for submissions for our upcoming Spring 2025 Issue: Searching for Light! Deadline: March 1st 2025 We invite writers, poets, artists, and creatives of all kinds to submit to our upcoming Spring 2025 issue. unearthedesf.com/call-for-sub...

We share an article by Erin Hassett, titled More than Spinning Wheels. She writes about her bicycle journey across the U.S. and makes a case for bike travel: to see hidden gems off the beaten path, meet strangers, and experience rare fortuitous moments. Read more: unearthedesf.com/more-than-sp...

boardwalk greasy with entangled seaweed, the rickety path to my summer blossomed open towards the ten acres of land yanked out of the ocean floor. with virgin hands in a house of experts, the endless waves surrounding us mimicked the vast open emptiness of my mind Read more:

“I hadn’t thought much of the wind today before I pushed into the pond and found how little, mind you, how little the wind thought of me, contesting every oar stroke, compelling me to yaw and sway off course, and trying out the boat’s stability.” Read more from this collection of 3 poems:

Multitudes of hands open and close like sea anemones, blindly by Nature’s law learning to feed and breathe, growing pseudo-gills in foul waters wavy moss, below stony eyes, cans and boxes and these hands, once connected to ancient arms, retain memories of healing and wholeness Read more:

Open mic event to celebrate the launch of our Fall Issue! Our @sunyesf.bsky.social community is so talented 👏

We are honored to share the work of award-winning artist, Petra Kuppers. In this videopoem, two humans and a tree dance, feel, see and explore together in Leadville, Colorado, a 10,000-foot-high city and Superfund site surrounded by high piles of mining waste that sit upon the water supply.

She was a servant of death. Her charcoal beak pulled apart corpses, freeing their souls back into the world around them. Into the soil, the trees, and a small piece into her own wings. This was the magic her mother gave her as a fledgling. The magic of her mother and her mother’s mother. Read more:

Hello! This is the beginning of the 2 weeks countdown until submissions open for issue 5. We'll be accepting all forms of art and writing through Oleada and Curatorspace, whichever suits. metachrosislitmag.com/submission-g... #opencall #litmag #literarymagazine

Our new Fall 2024 issue is out NOW! Check out the link below to read/view a lovely collection of poems, prose, and visual arts that capture this season’s theme: Transition and Transformation. We hope you enjoy! Our cover photo is by Rebecca St. Pierre, titled Towards the Light.

A few days ago I told someone who I’ve known for about two months now that they didn’t know me—an impulsive and rude response designed to veer us away from the nice, soft, emotional conversation she intended to have with me. She responded... “What do I have to know about you to know you?” Read more:

Interest in rewilding is growing, with more and more people wanting to connect with nature and help to combat the climate and nature emergencies. These books inspire, inform, and encourage appreciation of the natural world! More: bit.ly/3EHhUkL

Age: Unknown. Not insured. Chief Complaint: Labored breathing with extremely high fever. This multigravida elderly planet presents with raging fever, extensive rash and manifold injuries including bruising, gashes, puncture wounds, lacerations, and third-degree burns. Read more:

“We are broke and feel at the wound edge, the blind valleys the wide, the pencil-lined streams, and onto the plains the broad shelves, the fractured leaf, vernacular manure, uncut grass. Moon’s event trudges towards us, “ … Read more: unearthedesf.com/worm-giles-g...

“in this new age of machines i am the racer who drives through the sky the comb that rakes the long hair of the prairie and sings her a lullaby when the nights grow cold i am the paintbrush that moves the smoke.” Read more: unearthedesf.com/song-the-win...

Our 2024 Fall issue will be launched on Friday! We are excited to share with you a lovely collection of poems, prose, and visual arts that embody our issue’s theme: Transition and Transformation 🌱

The Apiary by Christopher Goetz: In this piece, published in our Spring 2024 issue, Goetz speaks to his experience with apiculture, the successes and failures, interwoven with introspection throughout the learning process. We encourage you to read the full piece below!

An excerpt from Build Your Own Fish by Noah Heywood “Start with the tail. The end is the hardest part, so it’s best to start there. The caudal fin is essential, giving the fish propulsion and steering. Do not damage the caudal fin during handling.” Read more: unearthedesf.com/build-your-o...

We love this series of haikus, titled Adirondack Weekend by Tomas Todisco. Trailhead March: Road-side raspberries give your tongue a little hat cars go rushing past Read the others here: unearthedesf.com/adirondack-w...

In anticipation of our upcoming Fall issue, we share pieces from our 2024 Spring Issue: “My parents sent me honey from the bees in our backyard. Little glass jar filled with amber. I can tell what season it was made by its certain color and its taste.” Read more: unearthedesf.com/little-glass...

“In 1946, sonar detected what appeared to be the bottom of the ocean, but it was a body suspended between the surface and the seabed. The “Phantom bottom” moved up and down and was later discovered to be millions of small fish” Read the poem here: unearthedesf.com/phantom-bott...

This week on our podcast, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer delves into her latest book celebrating the serviceberry, which elaborates on an essay she wrote for us in 2020. Listen to “Practical Reverence: An Interview with Robin Wall Kimmerer.” emergencemagazine.org/podcast/

Thank you to everyone who submitted artwork for the cover of our upcoming Fall 2024 issue! We are excited to review all the wonderful submissions. Stay tuned for more!