Poetry intern Kailey Buettner on today’s bonus poem: Equal parts bloodbath and baby-blue bedsheets, this poem holds its inner angel hostage and dares you to ask why. Read it now on our website! www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Hey you! You should go pre-order Anthony Thomas Lombardi's debut "murmurations"! Anthony was a contributor for our 43 issue. Preorder here: www.yesyesbooks.com/product-page...

Associate Poetry Editor Carmen Ollila on today’s bonus poem: “'On watching a movie on the Hallmark Channel' is a poem that captures the absurdist humor in the blend of personalities that makes the genre so enticing." Check it out below! www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Today's the day! I know you've been procrastinating on getting those poems/essays/short-shorts submission ready, but speak now or forever hold your peace!

Submit now or forever hold your peace. Only 1 day left to submit to the Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize and the Ray Ventre Memorial Nonfiction Prize! Find submission guidelines and more at passagesnorth.com/contests

Poetry Jenn McMahon on today’s bonus poem: "Exploring emotional entanglement further, in the final moments of the poem, Flett details the dance of attraction through the lens of complex bio mutualistic give and take." Read "Fig Cartography" by Jane Flett www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Act fast! Only 5 days left to submit to our poetry and CNF contests! passagesnorth.com/contests

Back by popular demand! Show off your exquisite taste in literary magazines this summer! Snag a Passages North t-shirt or baseball cap today! We only have another week left for our fundraiser, so act fast! Check out the link in our bio to find the store!

Check out our interview with Sarah Minor, judge of this year's Ray Ventre Memorial Nonfiction Prize, conudcted by CNF/Hybrids associate editor, Barbra Lounsbury. www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

We are so thrilled to see contributor @erindorney.bsky.social new book "Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering" out in the world from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social !! Congrats, Erin!!!

We are still open for submission for our Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize judged by Diane Seuss! Enter your best poems for a chance to win some $$$ and publication in Passages North! More info at passagesnorth.com/contests

Shorts team lead Jordan Vines on today’s short: "Apocalypse is a genre all too familiar. And yet, “The Movie Theater at the End of the World” invites us to experience the end like a good film: tinged with nostalgia; a blissful memory of how the world used to be." Check it out at passagesnorth.com

Do you have a visually-striking essay? Or a formally-inventive memoir? Or even just a darn-good piece on velociraptors? You should submit it to our CNF contest! Subs open now until April 15

Check out our interview with Diane Seuss, judge of the 2025 Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize, conducted by Alex Watanen. Check out the interview, contest info, and more at passagesnorth.com

WE LOVE THIS SHORT-SHORT ABOUT DAD SHORTS!!!!

Delighted to be in this issue with so many great writers!

Issue 46 of Passages North is now available! Featuring work from Nancy Nguyen, May-lee Chai (翟梅莉), Steve Gergley, Will Musgrove, Allison Field Bell, Areej Quraishi, Kenton K. Yee, Matthew Tuckner, Mike Nagel, Acie Clark, Sara Mae, and many, many more! Get your copy today!

That’s right! Our poetry and nonfiction contests are NOW OPEN until April 15th!

Get your poems and essays ready! Passages North's CNF and poetry prizes open this weekend! Check out passagesnorth.com/contests for more info!

Poetry ed. Abby LaForest on today’s poem: “Milligrams” treads carefully through the necessary medications and the joyful harvests we dream of reaping, so long as the world is kind enough to lift its heavy hand. Read it here: www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Managing Editor Andrew Walker on today’s bonus short: Like a trusty car with new wheels, this short travels far and wide in a space that feels all too familiar. www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Poetry Editor Abby LaForest on today’s poem: Rooting itself in one’s subconscious, where readers find themselves at the crossroads between the natural and the simulated, the intentionality of theme is accentuated through King’s vivid, narrative style. www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Really exciting to read this poem by a former student.

Poetry Ed. Nicolette Visciano on today’s poem: By confronting grief through the lens of absurd rituals, Moyer presents a new perspective on what it means to be rational when the definition for rationality has been lost. Read "Anniversary" by Erik Moyer www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Happy December! Free submissions are now open for our Poetry, CNF, Shot-Shorts, and Visual Essay categories! Hope to be swooned by your work soon!

Wanted to share some of my latest writing here! My short story "Bigfoot Goes to the DMV" was published in 2024 by the fabulous @passagesnorth.bsky.social - www.passagesnorth.com/issue-45/big...

Go buy @tguzman.bsky.social ‘s book!!!

Poetry Editor Jenn McMahon on today’s poem: Mixing intimate language with visceral imagery of life and death, Martino does not allow us to know what to expect as the lines continue to turn. Check out today’s bonus poem! www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

"A cone of strawberry ice cream becomes the meaning of life. So lovely you could lick it. So pink you could know how it is before you know how it is." "This Poem is Melting in the Sun" by Lizzy Ke Polishan, from @passagesnorth.bsky.social www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Ok we’re here for real now. How do we connect with our lit mag lovelies?

Editorial Intern Maddy Weist on today’s short: “Plant” explores an intimately organic relationship with a houseplant and its owner, or lover, in a lustfully prolific manner. Check it out! ⤵️ www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

Assoc. Ed. Lauren Sparks on today’s bonus poem: “John Miguel Shakespear’s cuttingly grounded voice remains insistently aware of the violent memory housed within its very own language of mourning” Read it here: www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

ANNOUNCING the new glorious issue of Passages North! Featuring the words of Yao Xiao, Giovannai Rosa, Monica Prince, Haolun Xu, Ross Showalter, and many more! You can get issue 45 NOW on our site or at the Passages North table at AWP!!

When I first started seriously submitting, I used to dream about how cool it would be to have a piece in @passagesnorth.bsky.social. Today, I do. Check out my latest flash about a mugger, a deadbeat dad, and a piano recital. www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

New one from the wonderful sheena d up on the Passages site today. Check it out! www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

this is exactly how i pictured that void everyone's always writing about