MudRoom is open for submissions through July 25! Send us your poems, prose, and visual art for Issue 22. Submission guidelines below:

Issue 21 is live! Check out the incredible work by @shontewrites.bsky.social, Khari Dawson, Ruby Davis, Jade Ferrante, Maria Golosnaya, Tariq Karibian, Noel Munguia-Moreno, Mather Schneider, and Sehee Oh. Plus, a review of Canon by Paige Lewis and an interview with the author! mudroommag.com

Issue 21 drops tomorrow (!!!) so take a moment to read the closing poem of Issue 20 by Annie Grimes. The very first poem we accepted last submission period! www.mudroommag.com/annie-grimes

It's the last day to submit to MudRoom for issue 21. Otherwise you have to wait, like, two months. www.mudroommag.com/submissions

There is music to be heard in the unforgiving landscape of "Land of Unpromises." Here it for yourself in our latest issue. www.mudroommag.com/cathy-adams

Read "Guidelines" by Charlie Harris in our newest issue for a poem that will grab you and not let go

Read “A Musical in Winter” in our newest issue for exquisite phrasing, distinct personality, and moves that will agonize you. Plus there’s a musical. An immediately gripping piece by @manateevanity.bsky.social . www.mudroommag.com/meghan-daira...

See our contribution for your next favorite poem about memory in Issue 20 with "Leaves" by @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social

MudRoom is open for submissions! Send us your work through March 25. Check our submissions page for more info.

“Spring” is full of images that repeat and change like a single lamp flickering. Check out Aaron Rachel Selby’s beautiful poem in Issue 20. You can also see more of their work on their substack, Dreamhorse Dispatch.

And you can find poems from the collection in @electricliterature.com, @passagesnorth.bsky.social, @mudroommag.bsky.social, and more! find some of the pieces here:

Kelly Murashige crafts a reversal full of feeling that deepens with every turn. Read the full story in Issue 20.

Read the piece that opens our newest issue for a poem, that, as our Poetry Reader put it, makes you feel like it's reading your mind. A showstopping opener by @graycious.bluesky.social. www.mudroommag.com/grace-alvino

Thank you, @mudroommag.bsky.social, for the kindest review of my book. "Here, nature is not a place of primordial awe or solitude, but the undeniable self. It is so intoxicating, staggering, it can only be captured by comparisons to itself." 🤩😊 www.mudroommag.com/book-reviews...

Issue 20 is live! Check out the amazing work by Teo Vasilescu, @manateevanity.bsky.social, Aaron Rachel Selby, Charlie Harris, @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social, Annie Grimes, @graycious.bsky.social, Kelly Murashige, & Cathy Adams. And a review of The Earth Room by @danadiehl.bsky.social! mudroommag.com

Issue 20 goes live tomorrow. Prepare to be stunned.

The caesuras in "Anti-Christ Architect" work to open the poem both physically and narratively. Read the beautiful piece by Ayesha Owais that closes Issue 19 here.

All Angie's hopes lie in the quest for a single flavor. Read Gabby Kiser's hilarious, deeply affecting story in Issue 19. www.mudroommag.com/gabby-kiser

Watch what stays and what gets made as language disappears in "Burning Plastic Factories." Read Corey Miller's electric poem here: www.mudroommag.com/corey-miller

Drifting on the bay, in the midst of grief and potential capsize, Joan makes an observation: "Grandma has pulled another freaky stunt." In "America Ding Hao," Christina Chiu crafts a story that is equal parts complex, humorous, and heart-breaking. www.mudroommag.com/christina-chiu

Submissions close on November 25. Just a reminder www.mudroommag.com/submissions

In "Hookup," Miss Jackson Newbern crafts an image that doesn't let go, making an incredible poem in the process. Read it here, along with the rest of Issue 19. www.mudroommag.com/miss-jackson...

Stephanie Powell takes a familiar form and makes a poem that reveals all the mechanics and anxieties that live beneath it. When we first read it, it haunted us. Check it out in our newest issue and let it haunt you too. www.mudroommag.com/stephanie-po...

"After Hours" is intoxicating, mysterious, and a little bit scandalous. Read it here, then check out the rest of Issue 19.

Congrats congrats congrats to MudRoom's Best of the Net nominees! Read their contributions here: www.mudroommag.com/bestofthenet...

MudRoom is open for submissions through November 25! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art for Issue 20.

Impossible to post any part of Bryan Thomas Daly’s incredible poem without spoiling it. Read to see why it opens Issue 19.

New poem by candidate Corey Miller up at @mudroommag.bsky.social 👟 www.mudroommag.com/corey-miller

In no particular order, eight moments from Issue 19. www.mudroommag.com

Issue 19 is live! Check out incredible work by @IronBrewer, @bryanthomasdaly, Christina Chiu, Miss Jackson Newbern, Stephanie Powell, Ayesha Owais, Daniel Mohr, and Gabby Kiser. And beautiful cover art by Jacelyn Yap! www.mudroommag.com/no-19

Issue 19 goes live on September 1 🐐

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“Pudgy,” despite its forthcoming structure, gently pulls us off the expected path. The result? We reach the end and say “Of course, of course,” and immediately go back to the beginning to start again.

Can you create a world without grief? Or does even its absence make it? Read I Echo's transformative, meditative poem in Issue 18. www.mudroommag.com/i-echo

Silverfish by Elisa Luna Ady is a poem that moves with speed and precision. Read the whole piece here along with the rest of Issue 18.

Somewhere in this family, Skinner senses a secret story. But how do we make stories out of other people? Check out Robert Stone's mysterious, compelling piece in Issue 19.

Last day to submit to MudRoom for issue 19! Or else you have to wait until October (scary 🎃)

In case you’re curious what poetry we’re interested in for the next issue. 2 days left to submit!

9 days left to submit! Read to see what Kiera, our Prose Editor, looks for every period, as well as the logistics of sending us your stuff.

Images in MR Layne's "Book of Jonah" shift, float, and dive—they knock against each other and drift. Read the full piece here: www.mudroommag.com/mr-layne

New party question just dropped by Elizabeth Wing in her piece “The Sirens.” Read the full (incredible) story on our website, along with the rest of Issue 18.

This poem by @chamm6.bsky.social‬ is “part of a series based on [her] studies of insane asylums for women in Great Britain and America during the late 19th century." Read the full poem here, as well as the rest of its context limited by the Bluesky word count. www.mudroommag.com/christine-e-...

In case you weren't aware, you should send us your art 👀 Submissions are open through July 25. Guidelines here: www.mudroommag.com/submissions

A preview of William Bortz's "When You Have to Shoot the Horse" from Issue 18. Read the full poem here. www.mudroommag.com/william-bortz

Actually I enjoy trying to find and discover myself in hell. Become a writer

MudRoom is open for submissions! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art through July 25. $15 per accepted piece. Read our submission guidelines here:

MudRoom devotees! We are taking this digital mag physical for the first time. Join us in Brooklyn for an evening of tantalizing poetry, scrumptious prose, and miscellaneous merriment of all kinds. Link to the Partiful on our ig. #nycevent #litmag #nyc

Issue 18 is live! Check out incredible work by Christine E. Hamm, Elizabeth Wing, I Echo, William Bortz, Vaidhy Mahalingam, MR Layne, Robert Stone, and Elisa Luna Ady, plus cover art by Winniefred Sharp. www.mudroommag.com/no-18

Issue 18 drops in less than a week! Keep an eye out for May 1. In the meantime, check out the beautiful cover art by Winniefred Sharp.

One more week to submit for Issue 18! Guidelines here. www.mudroommag.com/submissions