Some news. In 2022, I began a project of expanding some of the poems from #TheGeez into essays. So far, I've only completed one, but it has brought me some small small recognition. Yes, you can call me an essayist now 😊 (Thanks @prairie-schooner.bsky.social, thanks @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social)

"The Register of Disappearance" by Romeo Oriogun @sonofolokun.bsky.social appears in one of our latest issues. See the table of contents, read excerpts, and order a copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring...

"I think we often tell stories to reconcile ourselves to circumstances beyond our control, and to do this we require an idiom that is intrepid enough to still be meaningful when the world around us changes." On the blog today: get to know assistant fiction editor Avee Chaudhuri. go.unl.edu/hmkq

Linda Pastan's essay "Washing My Hands of the Ink," originally published in our Winter 1991 issue, is included in our latest issue featuring archival work on the theme Writers on Writing. See the table of contents, read excerpts, and order a copy: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/summer...

Can't decide which of our two new issues to order? For a limited time, save on a bundle of both for $20 - that's $4 off the cover price. Order through our online store: marketplace.unl.edu/prairieschoo...

Gretchen VanWormer's essay "Pink Field, Blue Fog" appears in a portfolio of nonfiction in one of our latest issues, available now. See the full table of contents, read excerpts from the issue, and order a copy: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring...

On the Schooner Blog today: get to know assistant fiction editor Kasey Peters. "I like a story that teaches me to read it, but also stays one step ahead of me," Peters says. "This is a kind of care, an invitation to ride a well-built roller coaster." prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

Virginia Faulkner's most successful comic creation was Princess Tulip Murphy, a gate-crasher extraordinaire who roamed the planet in quest of the dim bulbs of society. Learn more in my forthcoming book from the @univnebpress.bsky.social, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts.

weekly talk story about @prairie-schooner.bsky.social pub, acceptance from @soflopojo.bsky.social and Bitter Over Sweet reviews (pretty please)... www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood," originally published in our Fall 1989 issue, now appears in our new print issue featuring archival work on the theme Writers on Writing. Read the essay: go.unl.edu/nb2w Order the issue: go.unl.edu/ragh

On the Schooner Blog today: editor in chief Timothy Schaffert and managing editor Jessica Poli talk about Schaffert’s new role, the journal’s upcoming centennial, getting lost in the archive, and the possibilities within literary journal design. prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

Melissa Kwasny's essay "The American Prairie" appears in "Spaces: A Nonfiction Portfolio" in our recent issue. Learn more, read excerpts from the issue, and order a copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring...

We're pleased to nominate the following six pieces for this year's Pushcart Prize. Contributors nominated are Carlina Duan, Anthony Yarbrough, Migwi Mwangi, Terese Marie Mailhot, Ben Freedman, and @ilanaslightly.bsky.social.

Our two newest issues are now available! Featuring Spaces: A Nonfiction Portfolio and archival work on the theme Writers on Writing, these issues mark a warm welcome to our new editor in chief, Timothy Schaffert. Read more and find links to order here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

On the Schooner Blog today: our Fall 2025 interns share their favorite seasonal poems from our archive. Read their reflections and the poems: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

she’s a @debutiful.bsky.social dozen ✨

So excited to have a poem in the upcoming issue of @prairie-schooner.bsky.social!

On the Schooner Blog today: get to know our Graduate Research Assistant Alexia Woodall! Alexia received her undergraduate degree in English at UNL, and is now working toward an MA in English. Read more: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

As we prepare to launch two brand new issues, we're taking another moment to look back in our archive at some notable covers. You might want to be sitting down for this one - here's a little ode to chairs from our Fall 1990, Winter 2001, and Summer 2006 issues.

On the Schooner Blog today: Emily Mitchell talks about her new short story collection, The Church of Divine Electricity (@uwiscpress.bsky.social). Read the full interview here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

Contributor copies are arriving for our two newest issues, which will be available soon!

An exciting rainy morning delivery 📦📖💗 ☔️ Thank you, @prairie-schooner.bsky.social

Prairie Schooner and UNL Creative Writing are excited to celebrate the book launch of Saddiq Dzukogi's upcoming poetry collection, Bakandamiya: An Elegy - a book-length epic poem set in northern Nigeria. Join us on Monday, December 1 at 5:30 pm in Andrews Hall's Bailey Library (room 228).

We're thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest. Guest judge @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social chose Jamila Osman's "Dream Girl" as the winner. Taneesh Kaur's "3, 7, and 37" and May Teng's "Flood Days" were named honorable mentions. Read more: go.unl.edu/p8q9

you can now pre-order THE HUNGERING YEARS, out from @hostpublications.bsky.social 2.24.26 💜🌻 hostpublications.com/collections/...

On the Schooner Blog: get to know our Fall 2025 undergraduate interns! They share their favorite pieces from the Schooner archive, the books that got them into reading, and more. prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

“Today’s poem unexpectedly merges the playfulness of anagrams with the gravitas of a terminal diagnosis — the weight of reckoning with the end of one’s life," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1388. Read “When I learn Catastrophically " by the late Martha Silano: bit.ly/43SNIA9

A poem I wrote some months ago showed up at my door today in the first issue of the relaunched Southerly magazine.

Today's Featured Poem: "Reflection" by Asmaa Azaizeh, translated by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha from Heaven Looks Like Us published by @haymarketbooks.org Read here: poems.com/poem/reflect...

I love a ghazal so much, and this new one by @dujietahat.bsky.social is a stunner. poets.org/poem/all-ame...

On the Schooner Blog: get to know our Fall 2025 undergraduate interns! They share their favorite pieces from the Schooner archive, the books that got them into reading, and more. prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

On the Schooner Blog this week: get to know our Fall 2025 undergraduate interns! They share their favorite pieces from the Schooner archive, the books that got them into reading, and more. prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

Now through the end of November, get a 2-year (8 issue) subscription of the Schooner for $40 - that's $12 off, or just $5 an issue! Subscribe (or add to your current subscription) now: prairieschooner.unl.edu/shop/print-s...

Now on the blog: get to know our Fall 2025 undergraduate interns! They share their favorite pieces from the Schooner archive, the books that got them into reading, and more. prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...

with an introduction by lena khalaf tuffaha :) here the poem that gives the book its name that she curated in a folio for @prairie-schooner.bsky.social prairieschooner.unl.edu/fusion/the-f...

if you are a magazine or freelancer or person who otherwise writes & talks about books and would like to review/interview me about THE HUNGERING YEARS (@hostpublications.bsky.social) please reach out via my contact form or to my publisher :) cover coming soon. here is a description of the book.

spoke with leila chatti about her new collection for @adimagazine.bsky.social 💙

Submissions are still open for the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize! Get your manuscript in by Wednesday October 15th!

Danielle Weeks' poem "These Are the Generations" appears in our latest issue, available now: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/winter...

Excerpt: DEATH DOES NOT END AT THE SEA by Gbenga Adesina DEATH DOES NOT END AT THE SEA (@prairie-schooner.bsky.social) explores the complexity of elusive citizenship.

Today we're admiring the cover of the Winter 2007 issue of the Schooner, which featured illustrations by cartoonist Chris Ware. Known for graphic novels like Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, Ware was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Shop our back issues: prairieschooner.unl.edu/print-archiv...

"Boyish" by Emily Black (@threnody.bsky.social) appears in our newest issue, which is available now. Read the full story, which won the 2024 Lawrence Foundation Award, on our website: prairieschooner.unl.edu/excerpt/boyi... Order the new issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/winter...

Nadeem Zaman's story "Special Registration" appears in our newest issue, available now. Read the full story on our website: prairieschooner.unl.edu/excerpt/spec... Order the issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/winter...

This Saturday night (9/20) at 7 PM in the shop, poet Gbenga Adesina will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Death Does Not End at the Sea, winner of the Raz/Shumaker @prairie-schooner.bsky.social Book Prize in Poetry. An audience Q&A and book signing will follow.

The Nightmare Sequence is out now in the US through Nightboat Books. Here’s an excerpt of Safdar’s art - one of his sequences is called “genocide culture”. NB: All artist royalties will be donated to Palestinian aid nightboat.org/book/the-nig...

Brittany Perham's essay "Lock & Key" appears in our latest issue, which is available now. Read excerpts from the issue and order a copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/winter...

"Sonnet with Skateboards and Tide Pools" by Robert Thomas appears in our latest issue, which is available now. Read more excerpts from the issue and order a copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/winter...

Rachel Ephraim's short story "With Relative Ease" appears in our latest issue, which is available now. Read excerpts from the issue and order a copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/winter...

they’re saying i did something good. all of my self worth is exogenous so i can’t outright agree, but it would surely be rude of me to argue. so, i guess all i can do is give you the link. ⬇️ prairieschooner.unl.edu/excerpt/boyi...