Did you miss it? Issue 16 is waiting just for you. Toss that loneliness aside and find a connection. vastliterarypress.org/25q4/

It’s here! Throw your arms around Issue 16: explore the isolation and seek connection in the void.  It’s got crab claws and viola strings, pop tabs and yurts, rarefied air and the weakest tea you’ve ever had. Come on in and cozy up. vastliterarypress.org/25q4/

Time for a little togetherness! Issue 16 is almost here, so you're going to want to spend some time getting to know these lovely contributors!

Still can't get over Danielle Monroe's lovely CNF piece "Three Aprils." If you didn't catch it last time, don't miss it twice! vastliterarypress.org/2025/07/20/m...

You won't have to be lonely much longer! Our fall issue comes out later this month, but we'll spend the week revisiting those lovely folks from issue 15.

The yearning is over! Launch yourself into the new issue and face the uncertainty with these fantastic contributors. vastliterarypress.org/25q3/

The tea is brewing in Harriet Weaver’s upcoming Issue 15 poem! You’re going to want to savor it, so whet your appetite for now with her “What Occurs to Me This Morning” larbpublab.org/2023/07/21/w...

Issue 15 is almost here (and we're still yearning for it). For now, we'll spend the week hyping up the contributors that made this one worth waiting for.

We know you’re yearning for it (We are too!) but before our next issue goes live, we gotta show some love to our Issue 14 contributors ♥️

We are REELING! Grateful to be a part of recognizing Thad’s fantastic work and excited to jump in with the other selected works.

SELECTED FOR BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2025!!! @thaddevassie.bsky.social’s donkey kick of a flash from Issue 10, “Things We Do for Loved Ones,” was selected by the wonderful BSF team! altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...

Issue 14 is here! Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂 vastliterarypress.org/25q2/

Get ready to dive off the edge of the map and into the elements beyond with our next issue. But first, we’ll spend the next week meeting the fabulous contributors who made it possible.

Today's listing of the day is: Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social. #WritingCommunity

No surprise, but Issue 13 contributor Melanie Maggard is crushing it with this stellar (or lunar?) piece in the always lovely Milk Candy Review. milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/01/23/m...

Jump on in and vibe with this lovely piece by Issue 13 contributor @annieschoonover.bsky.social www.thimblelitmag.com/2020/11/07/e...

You know how we roll. Before our next issue drops, we’ll be showing some love to our Issue 13 contributors. Get ready to ride!

Couldn’t make it to AWP this year, but sending good vibes and lots of love to all our contributors. We’d love to hear how it’s going! (because we always have fomo)

two weeks babes and then we’re all gonna meet up

These small fictions are the BEST! Check out our nominees and their work! You won't regret it!

Revisit the issue with an extra sweet choose-your-own-flavor interactive piece from the editors! No joke, my mom emailed to say it brought a tear to her eye (but she's pretty biased, so manage your expectations) vastliterarypress.org/2025/01/18/s...

ICYMI - Issue 13 is out and ready to shake things up vastliterarypress.org/25q1/

Time to grab life by the art: Issue 13 is out and it’s ready to take charge, to split the world down its center. Dive in! vastliterarypress.org/25q1/

Buckle up! We know January is going to be a bit bumpy, but we've got some incredible new Vast contributors coming your way in 25Q1.

New year, new issue coming later this month! Always a great excuse to revisit the contributors from last issue, so get ready for a trip down memory lane this week

It seems like there’s a lack of opportunities to celebrate great nonfiction, but we’ve got some bangers to nominate and god damnit Best American Essays you’re gonna take them and enjoy it.

Help us celebrate our nominees for Best Microfiction 2025!

If you're still longing for a connection with Issue 12, then you're in luck! Another round of NYT-style Connections is in order. I'm hearing this round is more challenging than the last one, so good luck vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/c...

“Crow calls puncture the icy air. In the silences between—our snowshoes punching a trail behind us—we make small talk like we have practiced in class.” — @lindseyjameswrites.bsky.social, “To Make Tracks” in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

“Are you exasperated when I laugh even though his remark makes me slightly uncomfortable? Are you flabbergasted that I could have missed such obvious foreshadowing? So am I.” — Colleen Ellis “Cracks in the Ceiling” in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

“Before he took each Troll Shot, he stroked the Troll’s long, colorful hair as if apologizing for unscrewing the top of its head and downing the liquor inside.” —@willmusgrove.bsky.social, “Troll Shots” in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

“This is the only way children like him learn to behave, Ms. Antoniou said regretfully as she sealed the classroom from the rest of the school, and the world.” — @avramargariti.bsky.social, “Good Examples for Bad Students” in issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

“No matter how much you beat it, the heart is a dog. It will lick any man who looks on with adoration.” —Ashish Singh, "Kutta (dog)" in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

“Comegys Elementary smells just like my grandma’s old classroom...and probably like my father’s classroom in Florida, where I’m not very welcome, not with the stink of the world on me where Christianity used to be” —Eryn Sunnolia in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

“I’m curious why you have binoculars hanging from your neck on a faux pearl string.” — @ec-gannon.bsky.social, "To the girl on the rusted bike loitering in the Beer Barn parking lot outside my bedroom window" in Issue 12 vastliterarypress.org/2024/10/12/2...

Need a hug? How about the next best thing? Catch up on Issue 12. vastliterarypress.org/24q4/

Join us in celebrating our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees!

That's a wrap on issue 11! We're thankful for our contributors and for you, readers. Refresh your memory with the interactive piece: a flip card memory game! t.co/WBm32ks79Y

"it is as if we’re reminded by the vastness of the ocean how frail and powerless we are" —Felix Grygorcewicz, “On the Beach” in Issue 11 vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

"When I ask her how her day was, she doesn’t answer. Or maybe my middle-aged ears have lost her frequency." — @angelines.bsky.social, “Screentime” in Issue 11. vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

"If you come across something that was desirable in the before-times, be careful." — @annelouisepepper.bsky.social, “How to Survive the Apocalypse” in Issue 11. vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

"Ariba, you must understand that I lived for years in a tempest of misremembered Morse code. They refer to it as the ancient ‘90s." —Katie Berger, “Ariba, I am but a child at your feet” in Issue 11 vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

"they’ve got me running in circles again, spinning round the old mouse wheel, lunging for scraps" —Scott Taylor, “Progress” in Issue 11 vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

"pain is a leviathan that cannot be touched." — @christalei.bsky.social , “capturing a real live black hole in HD” in Issue 11 vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

"savoring every birdsong as if it is my last" —@dyanisabin.bsky.social, “To the House Wren that Sang Once on My Patio” in Issue 11 vastliterarypress.org/2024/07/13/2...

Issue 11 didn’t shy away from the apocalypse vastliterarypress.org/24q3/

We simply can’t with that Musky hellscape, so it’s time to get caught up here.

Are y'all still playing Connections? Did you know you can make a custom one that, for example, encapsulates the most recent issue by pulling words and themes from each piece? Well have I got good news for you! vastliterarypress.org/2024/04/14/c...

“Tell me a story that anchors me to the roots of your laughter, to the doorknob of your attic.” — @ezhang77.bsky.social with palpable longing during “Visiting Hours” in 24Q2 vastliterarypress.org/2024/04/14/2...

I don’t want to have been beautiful only when in a hospital gown – or in memoriam. —this poem, y'all 💔. Some humor and heartbreak by Patrick Schiefen in 24Q2