Diane Seuss, the poetry judge for phoebe’s 2026 Spring Contest! Learn more in the post below ⬇️

Jeannie Vanasco, the nonfiction judge for phoebe’s 2026 Spring Contest! Learn more in the post below ⬇️

Alex Espinoza, the fiction judge for phoebe’s 2026 Spring Contest! Learn more in the post below ⬇️

phoebe’s submissions are OPEN today, January 15th! Head to the link in our bio for more information. 🎉

Just a quick reminder that phoebe’s submissions are opening tomorrow! 🙂‍↕️

Calling all writers 🗣️ mark your calendars 🗓️ with these important submission dates! phoebe’s submissions open in 10 days from now on January 15th 🎉

Meet our Incarcerated Writers Project team: Co-Coordinators Maya and Katey, and Assistants McKenan and Sydney (not pictured). Find out a little more about their favorite books and hobbies below!

Meet our web and social media editors: Elena (they/she) & Meg (they/them)! Elena is an alum of the Mason MFA program and loves cooking! Meg is a 1st year MA literature student and loves concerts and bullet journaling.

Meet our nonfiction editors: Austin and David! Austin is our nonfiction editor and enjoys studying architecture and urban design! David is our assistant nonfiction editor and enjoys watching football and playing retro video games.

Meet our fiction editors: Scott, fiction editor, and Griffin, assistant fiction editor! Scott loves photography and The Year of Magical Thinking. Griffin (he/him) loves D&D, Things Fall Apart, and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Both are getting their MFA in fiction!

Check out below to see phoebe’s Pushcart nominations ✨

Meet our poetry editors: Taylor, poetry editor, & McKinley, assistant poetry editor! Taylor (she/her) is a 3rd year MFA poetry student. She loves cross-stitch, basketball, and contains multitudes. McKinley (he/him) is a 2nd year MFA poetry student. He enjoys spending time outdoors and art museums!

Meet our editor-in-chief: Jacob! Jacob (3rd year, MFA fiction) loves bird watching, baking, and antiquing! Jacob’s favorite books are Orlando by Virginia Woolf and Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov.

Take a look at phoebe’s Best of Net nominations! 🙂‍↕️

phoebe is still fee-free for marginalized writers through tomorrow, and our submissions are also open through tomorrow! October 8 is the last day to submit, so get your submissions in! ✨ #CallForSubmissions #phoebejournal

The Submittable will show all fee-waived submission portals. Head to our Submittable link to submit! To make space for voices that publishing too often overlooks, phoebe journal is offering free submissions for BIPOC and underrepresented writers starting today until our submissions close on Oct 8.

Reminder that today is the last day of our fee-free weekend 🗣️ go to our Submittable and submit now 🙂 #CallForSubmissions #LiteraryJournal

Imagine if we did a fee-free weekend… oh wait, we are! It’s this weekend! Go submit your pieces now 😌 It ends on Sunday the 21st. #WritingCommunity #CallForSubmissions #FeeFreeWeekend

Today's listing of the day is: phoebe (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

Finding the right journals for your work. Writing a lit mag cover letter. Submitting to contests. Let's talk about it at Submit-a-Thon! Hosted by us and @phoebejournal.bsky.social, open to the GMU community. Sign up here: cglink.me/2d7/r2287792

Hi everyone: There’s a new submission deadline for phoebe, on October 8! Thank you for understanding and make sure to make note of the new date so that you can get your submissions in on time 🙂

🌀SUBS OPEN🌀 sotospeak.submittable.com/submit

📣📣📣 phoebe’s submissions are open now for the winter edition, 55.1! Find the Submittable link in our bio!

Many thanks to @phoebejournal.bsky.social, where this poem first appeared!

September 30!

simultaneously one of the funniest and the most cutting poems I've read in ages, from Rebecca Hawkes in @phoebejournal.bsky.social

I have a new story live in @phoebejournal.bsky.social today! It’s about a funeral for a star. It was rejected 19 times and I'm so grateful to the editors at Phoebe for loving it as much as I always have 💫 phoebejournal.com/rigel-the-kn...

hey I’ve got art in this!! :)

Ecstatic to share my poem "The Worst Portland in America" has been named a runner-up in the @phoebejournal.bsky.social Poetry Contest and featured in their newest issue. Thanks to the wonderful Phoebe team! Check out the full issue below. phoebejournal.com/the-worst-po...

Delighted to have a poem of mine be featured here with so many talented voices. Please enjoy ❤️‍🔥🥂

I have a leetle story in this issue of @phoebejournal.bsky.social, and please read the winning short story by Jumaana Abdu, “Two Burials.” It’s incredible. TGIF, everyone. 💚 phoebejournal.com/54-2/

It’s late summer and the light is glorious, spilling like white gold over the great dome of St Paul’s and glittering on the Thames’s expansive sweep.  But I don’t see the beauty, not really.’ Such a moving, involving story by @jaimegill.bsky.social in @phoebejournal.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

new poem out at @phoebejournal.bsky.social :) excited to be featured alongside such cool poets--thank you to the wonderful editors! phoebejournal.com/Touchstruck/

Our Spring issue, 54.2, is live! Please give it a read; we're really proud of this one. All of our contributors did an amazing job. The link to check it out is in our bio!!!

Such a surreal experience to win this while reading Corey Van Landingham’s latest book (which is amazing). Thanks to her and the whole @phoebejournal.bsky.social staff 🙏

Happy to announce the winners of our Spring 2025 Contest for issue 54.2. Jumaana Abdu for Fiction, Esther Ra for Nonfiction, and @sethpeterson.bsky.social for Poetry. Stay tuned for the launch of 54.2 in May, where you can read these lovely pieces and the other finalists.

Only a few more weeks left to submit!

Head on over to read our interviews! Corey's book is AMAZING!!!!!!!

I have a new review up today with Phoebe of Corey Van Landingham's "Reader, I" You should maybe read my review, but you should also 100% read this book. (: phoebejournal.com/two-reviews-...

Now up are two reviews of our Spring 2025 Poetry Contest Judge Corey Van Landingham's book Reader, I. Reviews written by our Poetry Editor, Victoria Jean Reynolds, and Assistant Poetry Editor, @taylorfthiel.bsky.social . Link in bio!

Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social for featuring my story published in @phoebejournal.bsky.social ! ❤️❤️❤️ #flash #flashfiction #shortstory #writing #FlashLit #writing #writers

#AWP25 haul. Lit journals: @phoebejournal.bsky.social @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social @riverteeth.bsky.social Santa Monica Review Michigan Quarterly Review HINDSIGHT FAWN The Broken Plate

It's #followfriday y'all! Give these mags a follow! @frazzledlit.bsky.social @radicalcatalyst.bsky.social @bruisermag.com @maudlinhouse.bsky.social @sixthfinch.bsky.social @phoebejournal.bsky.social @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social @flowlitmag.bsky.social @the-engine-idling.bsky.social

Our fiction editor, Connor, interviewed our fiction judge for the spring 2025 contest, Halle Hill. Give it a read!

Had a great chat with Faith on Zoom recently, which led to a kinda messy, loopy but I think pretty honest and really fun convo! phoebejournal.com/chasing-joy-...

Live now is our interview with Spring 2025 contest Judge, @aaronburch.bsky.social and our nonfiction editor, Faith Palermo! Give it a read, and go ahead and purchase Aaron's latest book as well!!!

Book mail from @phoebejournal.bsky.social! Happy to publish this CNF piece about the things we think we should be doing while doing real life.

Nonfiction is now at its submission limit. Poetry is still open!

Announcement! Due to an unprecedented amount of submissions, phoebe has decided to close fiction submissions early. Other genres will remain open, fee-free, until March 20th @ 11:59pm EST or until the submission limit for that genre is reached. Thank you for your submissions!

We are fee-free today and tomorrow! Submit away!!!