We are now accepting submissions for Volume 3, Issue 2: The Guitar Issue. We want your guitar themed poetry, creative nonfiction, flash fiction and short stories. For full submission details, please click “Call for Submissions” on our main menu. We can’t wait to read your work! Continue reading Call for Submissions: The Guitar Issue
Syncopation Literary Journal is proud to announce our 2023 Pushcart Prize nominees. Be sure to follow the links below to read their nominated pieces: Dave Day – “The Lives and Roles of Vasyl Slipak” (Poetry) Todd Sullivan – “The Ballad of King Raven” (Poetry) Julie Dron – “Bossa Nova Beat” (Flash Fiction) Charles Rammelkamp – “Beautiful Dancers” Sushma R. Doshi – “Magic” (Flash Fiction) Trent … Continue reading 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominees
Syncopation Literary Journal finally has a logo, courtesy of our friend Jon Di Savino of the brilliant podcast, Short Story Today: We just love the piano keys and the purple half note…purple will always remind us of Prince! This logo will now appear on every issue of the journal. If you are not familiar with Short Story Today, check out this link: https://shortstorytoday.com/. Continue reading We Have A Logo!
We are accepting submissions for Volume 2, Issue 3: When You Dance until April 17th, 2023. Send us your dance-related poetry and prose before the deadline! We are especially seeking flash fiction, creative nonfiction and short stories. For full submission details, please click the Call for “Call for Submissions” tab in our main menu. We look forward to reading your work… Continue reading Send Us Your Writing!
Submissions are now open for Volume 2, Issue 3. The theme for this issue is “When You Dance.” We want your dance-related poetry, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, and short stories. The issue will be published in Summer/Fall 2023. For full submission details, click the “Call for Submissions” tab on the website menu. We can’t wait to read your work! Continue reading Submissions Open for Volume 2, Issue 3
Syncopation Literary Journal is an online non-profit publication dedicated to music. A new Call for Submissions will open this month (February 2023). Stay tuned! Continue reading Call for Submissions Coming Soon!
I am excited to announce that the Holiday Supplement is up on this website. You can find it via our main menu. Our first-ever Holiday Supplement is filled with exciting poetry and prose from an international set of creatives. If you love the holidays, this music-filled issue is for you. If you can’t stand the holiday season, this issue is also for you… One thing … Continue reading 2022 Holiday Supplement
Submissions for Volume 2, Issue 1 are now closed. We thank everyone who submitted. If you have not heard from us yet, you will soon. Submissions will reopen in Spring 2023. Continue reading Submissions Closed
Today is National Poetry Day. The theme for 2022 is The Environment. I have a special treat for you, our readers: a moving poem, “Who are the Real Monsters?” by writer, musician, and academic Victor Kennedy. Victor’s poem was inspired by both music and film, and challenges readers to consider the world that humanity has created. Read the poem below, and ask yourself, “who are … Continue reading National Poetry Day 2022
The Pushcart Prize is currently open for nominations, and I am so excited to share that six of our spectacular contributors will be considered for this award! Read their nominated pieces below! ~Natalie, Founding Editor Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews: The First Time I Heard Leonard Cohen (Poetry, Vol. 1, Issue 1) Naomi Bess Leimsider: Natural Causes (Short Story, Vol. 1, Issue 1) Eliane Delage: My Stolen … Continue reading Pushcart Prize Nominees
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