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Opening submissions a few hours early as a treat! Send us work written through gritted teeth, clenched fists. Invite us into the moments that changed your life, for better or for worse. We want it all! turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Our final feature from V2.1 is Tanya Nikiforova’s poem, “To Water.” Read this piece, and the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/t... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Automatic Dripping (3)” by Ellsworth Kelly.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Sam Aureli’s poem, “Geometry of Silence.” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s... We paired this piece with artwork submitted by Cécile Gonneau titled “Walking Ghosts.”

Today’s feature is an excerpt from @godstained.bsky.social’s poem “on dealing with grief.” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/ad/ We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Reach,” James Juszczyk.

Submissions open in one week! Yay! How/What to Submit: turningleafjournal.com/submissions/ Read previous issues: turningleafjournal.com/read/ Open September 1st through November 1st to CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, and Art!

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Suze Kay’s poem, “SELFISH GIRL” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s... :: We paired this piece with artwork submitted by @lowermelody.bsky.social titled “Matrilineal.”

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Alex Mason’s essay, “Strawberry Fanta.” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled  “Textile sample,” Unknown Designer. Manufactured by J. Claude Frères & Co

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Jenny Chu’s poem, “Someday My Mother Will Die.” Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/j... We paired this piece with photography from the public domain titled “San Mateo County, California (Coast),” by Minor White.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Nancy L. Penrose’s essay, “In a Labyrinth, Time is Suspended.” Link here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/n... We commission at least 1 original piece of artwork per issue & worked with Artist @anitaeralieschley.bsky.social to create this one

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Alex Dawson’s poem, “Whale Song” Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/a... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain by Rudy Pozzatti.

The summer 2025 Leaflet is now available! Featuring an interview with @susanbarryschulz.com Join us in the conversation 🧵: How do you find inspiration from art? If you try your hand at ekphrastic writing, share it with us! We'd love to read it. Link Here: turningleafjournal.com/leaflet-summ...

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Kaavya Butaney’s poem, “Tangerines” Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/k... We paired this piece with artwork titled “Tangerine Sugar,” by Benjamin Schonzeit. Used with permission from Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Christina Lee’s essay, “Wrong Fruit.” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/c... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Composition,” Serge Poliakoff.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Patty Somlo's essay, “Trusting Water to Hold Me.” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/p... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “The Derelict” or “The Lost Boat,” Arthur Wesley Dow.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Anna Nygren’s poem, “fish calendar.” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/a... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Fish Series, No.6,” Charles Demuth.

I'm excited to see my poem, Geometry of Silence, in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social . It was a difficult one to write. For years, I avoided speaking openly about my childhood, but now I look trauma straight in the eye. Healing sometimes begins by naming what once had no words.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from @adlibby.bsky.social's poem, “A Moon by Any Other Name." Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/a... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Courbevoie: Factories by Moonlight,” Georges Seurat.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Shannon Mulvey’s essay, “Christmas Dinner.” Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Paper Plates,” by Helen Torr.

We begin features from Volume 2, Issue 1 with this heart wrenching poem from Kelsy Bellah, “I stopped admiring the sky.” Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/k... :: We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain.

It’s here! Volume 2, Issue 1 is now available. We’re so excited to share this with you. This gorgeous cover artwork is from Cécile Gonneau. The piece is titled “les absents (the missing).” Read the whole thing here: turningleafjournal.com/volume-2-iss...

We're just a few days away from the release of Volume 2, Issue 1! Please share congratulate our contributors--we're so grateful and excited to publish their work! 🌿 As always, we're committed to transparency and are making all of our numbers public (slide 2).

For everyone who submitted work for Volume 2, Issue 1: all of our decisions have been sent out! If you have not received a response from us, please reach out!

Submissions are officially closed for Volume 2, Issue 1. Thank you to everyone who sent us work! All responses will be sent out by May 18th. We remain open (on a rolling basis) to submissions of craft essays and book reviews ↓ turningleafjournal.com/leafletsubmi...

Today (May 1st) is the final day to send us submissions for Volume 2, Issue 1! We especially want more artwork. All responses will be sent out no later than May 18th (but likely much sooner). turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Our quarterly zine has a separate listing! The leaflets offer a space for us to gather in conversations about craft, the writing life, and to learn from each other. The Spring 2025 zine came out a few days ago! Check it out here: turningleafjournal.com/the-turning-...

Only two weeks left to submit! We're so eager to read your work (we pinky promise to respond to you quickly--averaging 17 days right now!). Find out how & what to submit here: turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Surprise! “The Turning Leaflets” has been slowly finding conception in the background for months. Many hours of labor and research went into creating this. We're so excited to finally share it with you! Read the first Leaflet here: turningleafjournal.com/the-turning-...

Interested in flash nonfiction, but not sure where to begin? Here are 5 tips to jumpstart your essay ↓ Already have some flash CNF? Send it to us! Submissions are open until May 1st.

Our final feature from Volume 1, Issue 2 is Maddie Marriott's poem, “Regeneration.” Read this poem, the rest of V1.2, here turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/m... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Schelpen,” by Onchi Kōshirō.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Alex Waitkus's poem, “to the man in my gardenless backyard.” Read this poem & the rest of V1.2 here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/a... We paired this piece with artwork titled “Orange Music,” submitted by Susan Barry-Schulz.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Jean Feldeisen’s poem, “Jab Jab Cross.” Read this poem, and two more by Jean, here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/j... We paired this piece with artwork titled “Cherry Thinking,” submitted by Mirjana M.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Rowan Tate’s poem, “cavoli riscaldati (reheated cabbage).” Read this, and a second titled “in the beginning, the atoms,” here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/r... We paired this piece with artwork titled “Surrender,” submitted by Maria Pianelli Blair.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Rebecca Eagan’s poem, “Liver: noun, someone who lives” Read this poem, and a second titled “Parallel Play,” here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/r... We paired this piece with artwork titled “Tern,” submitted by Kyle Burton

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Emily Perkovich’s essay. Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/e... We paired this piece with artwork titled “Persephone’s Omen,” submitted by Mirjana M.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Glenn Pape’s poem, “Ballet Class.” Read this poem, and a second by Glenn, “Your Grandad’s Promise,” here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/g... We paired this piece with artwork titled “The Curtain,” submitted by Maria Pianelli Blair.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Josie Peterson's poem, ““Five Conversation I Had Among God and the Birds, Years Ago, While Savoring a Late Montana Summer.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/j... We paired this piece with “Unlearning” by Vidya Murali

#FF It’s National Teenager Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “T”: @tinymolecules.bsky.social @tinywrenlit.bsky.social @tupelopress.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @twinbirdreview.bsky.social @typehousemagazine.com

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Submissions are open for Volume 2, Issue 1! Bring us your heart-wrenching, gut-punching takes, but also bring us your absurd, and comical ones. Laughter lifts and invigorates us, and we could always use more of it. turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Today’s feature is an excerpt from @MysticPoet_'s poem, “POETRY & HEAVEN/HELL.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/u... We paired this piece with artwork titled “The Depth of an Unknown Season,” submitted by Edward Lee.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from William Bortz’s poem, “I CAN’T EXPLAIN THE STATE THAT I’M IN—THE STATE OF MY HEART.” Read the full poem here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/w... We paired this piece with artwork submitted by Maria Pianelli Blair titled “Throw an Old Line Out to Sea.”

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Courtney Welu’s essay, “Hard Swallow.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/c... We paired this piece with artwork submitted by Vidya Murali. :: If you want to se your work featured here, submissions for Vol 2.1 are OPEN!

It's March 1! Send us your CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, or Art submissions today!

Save the date! Volume 2, Issue 1 will be open for submissions from March 1-May 1. Send us your sad stuff, your celebrations, the weird stuff, the life changing stuff, or anything else in between. We can’t wait to read your work! Subs guide: turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Ra Ebrahim's poem “I’m Almost Relieved to Have Found Myself in an Actual Accident.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/r... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Ophelia Monet’s poem “being raised catholic only taught me to resent god.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/o... We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain.

Save the date! Volume 2, Issue 1 will be open for submissions from March 1-May 1. Send us your sad stuff, your celebrations, the weird stuff, the life changing stuff, or anything else in between. We can’t wait to read your work! Subs guide: turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Amy Flyntz’s essay “An Encyclopedia of My Mother.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/a... We paired this piece with artwork of Flyntz’s mother, which we commissioned from Anita Eralie Schley.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Maria Giesbrecht's poem “Because I Don’t Have Spotify Premium.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/m... We paired this poem with artwork submitted by Susan Barry-Schulz titled “Pimento.”