This is a hard message to write, but we have to cancel the production of issue 6, “Wanderlust”. Our editorial board had a discussion today and we realised we haven’t made much progress on the issue. We’ve all been busy putting out fires because of new systems failing or miscommunication (1/5)

Came back from the void to remind you that despite what everyone says, you’re always allowed to be here

Happy Pride, throw a brick and a party

Just a reminder that we’ve been posting works from previous issues on our blog to make it easier for YOU to access your work and put it in your portfolios! We’re currently on issue 3 right now, but more will be coming! See them here: vocivia.com/blog

We’re gonna have to take a short break from working on issue 6 and doing issue 7 until things get sorted on our end. Both our co-founders (one of whom is also our EIC) are graduating next month and there are a lot of things to get done. Issue 6 will be released, but much later than anticipated.

Now that we’re all caught up with quotes from every written piece in our past issues, it’s probably a good time to reiterate that we have a ko-fi to fund some of the cool stuff we do like the tarot cards in issue four. If you’re able, we’d really appreciate any and all donations!

An excerpt from Stephen Mead’s “Floating Horse Head” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue, available on our website! The link is in our bio, or you can go to vocivia.com/issues to read the issue.

An excerpt from Elle Cantwell’s “dream sequence (it begins in green)” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue, available on our website! The link is in our bio, or you can go to vocivia.com/issues to read the issue.

An excerpt from Lydia Rae Bush’s “Slow” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue, available on our website! The link is in our bio, or you can go to vocivia.com/issues to read the issue.

An excerpt from Laurel Szymkowiak’s “As I Slept” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue, available on our website! The link is in our bio, or you can go to vocivia.com/issues to read the issue.

If your ideal conversation partner is a very old turtle with no interest in small talk, we have the perfect place for your eco-inspired art. Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art! thedodgemag.com/submissions

The Marbled Sigh: Political Poems Anthology Reading will be THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 23rd at 3pm EST!!!! #themarbledsigh #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #poetry #poem #poems #politicalpoems #litmag #literaryjournal #poetryjournal #poetrylovers #literaryjournal #politicalpoems

We are open for subs!! Submit your longest poetry to the engine(idling's 6th issue: yarn! Details: engineidling.net #submissions #writingcommunity #writers #artists #poetry #litmag #litmags #indiepress

General question: who’s out here looking at hiring editors/readers? One of our editors wants to find more places to work at and gain experience with the indie literary space! Bonus points if the publisher/magazine pays! 📝 #litmag #indielitmag

An excerpt from Chris Mardiroussian’s “Barstool Sweethearts” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue, available on our website! The link is in our bio, or you can go to vocivia.com/issues to read the issue.

Self care is resistance. 🖤

How are y’all organizing your data for submissions? Like acceptance rates, genres accepted, etc? I feel like our system doesn’t lend itself well to an excel sheet (or maybe I don’t know enough excel) so I’m at a loss for how to quantify these metrics. #indielit #indielitmag 📝

Writing is just staring at a blank page, thinking of the perfect sentence, writing it down, and immediately hating it.

An excerpt from Harlie Pysden’s “Muscle Memory” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

Started posting pieces on the blog again! Issues 1 & 2 are already fully posted, so if you have work in either of those, you can link directly to your pieces! Check it out: vocivia.com/blog

An excerpt from Linea Jantz’s “Living the Dream” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

We’re now only on here and Instagram! Website and other sites should be updated tomorrow (I need food first)

I’m thinking of finally kicking the bucket for Twitter (maybe Threads as well) since interactions are so low on those platforms. Consolidating platforms would also make it easier for me to actually spend time on making sure I post more frequently, so it’s a win-win for everyone!

Made some changes to our “About” page in light of (some of) the submissions we got this cycle. I’m not going to say it again, we’re here for the underrepresented, not for your (frankly bad) arguments as to why your supremacist/fascist thoughts are being “oppressed”. Be nice to people.

We think #Sappho would love this poem inspired by her fragments. Read more here: buff.ly/pcYzcak. 🤍 #amreading #sapphicpoetry #poetrycommunity #classics #antiquity #classicalstudies #indiemag

Where my indie literary people at? I want to follow more magazines and presses but I’m at a bit of a standstill right now :/

All decisions for pieces submitted for issue six “Wanderlust” have been sent out! Please check your inboxes if you submitted any pieces to us! We’re trying out a new submission system, so if you didn’t get a response, LET US KNOW! We want to make sure everyone gets a response!

Of course! It’s a pleasure to have you in this issue 💕💕

An excerpt from Caridad Cole’s “Tunneling” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Marisca Pichette’s “My dreams were white & treacherous” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Christina Hennemann’s “Scarab Elegy” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Rick Magee’s “Dreamtides” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Donna Langevin’s “Nocturnal” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Judith Waller Carroll’s “Dreaming the Crape Myrtle” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Muhammed Olowonjoyin’s “Paraphrasing A Dream” from Vocivia Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Venessa Young’s “Nightmare II - Marionette” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

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An excerpt from Venessa Young’s “Nightmare I - Red” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Andrew Buckner’s “Journal Entry 8/28/23” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from David Lapidus’s “Joseph” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Robyn Hager’s “The Walls Are Pestilent” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Marc Isaac Potter’s “Truck Stop” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Robyn Hager’s “Dude” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Benjamin Ebert’s “To Keep Coming Back” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Marcello Cortese’s “Bargain Hunting in Life’s Estate” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

First wave of emails sent and it looks like it sent the emails correctly, but then sent a empty reply to the thread for each? Apologies if you are affected by this, I have no clue how this happened. I will aim to patch this up before the next wave.

Submission rejections and acceptances are on their way now! We had some like 230 submissions so this has been a huge undertaking for us, but we've managed to do tiered rejections to some extent using a giant spreadsheet. We are sending out emails in-bulk now with the first wave!

An excerpt from Mimi Flood’s “Television Dreams” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues

An excerpt from Allison Hallie Napp’s “the girls who want to be poets” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues.

An excerpt from S.R. Ekstein’s “every night I have the same dream” from Issue 5: Nightmares and Daydreams. Please read the rest of this piece and more from this issue on our website: vocivia.com/issues