No Assholes!

Congratulations to all of the artists and writers featured in Issue 5 of N/A!

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:33 -0500

naliterarymagazine:

Our Spring issue, released next week, will feature work from:

Victor Espeland
Cean Gamalinda
Howie Good
Kyle Hemmings
Liz Herzog
David Lewitzky
Isabelle Johnson
Luke Pelletier
Bob Schofield
Lily Shell
Jennifer Smith
Lisa Sterle
Matt Whitman
Em Young

If you’re in the Chicago area, we will be having a release party NEXT WEEK, complete with poetry readings, music and more. Ask us for more information.

- N/A

Awwwww yeah.

Issue 5 is going to be a good ‘un. Be sure to pick up a copy next week when it goes on sale.

If you didn’t make it this time around, DON’T FRET. STOP YOUR FRETTING RIGHT NOW. We are still looking at all the submissions we received for inclusion in issue 6!

Sequoias

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:19:16 -0500

I want us two to see
the Steins’ collection
at the Met.
I want to write something
because I am in love.
Maybe let’s go to the Giant Forest
and see the Sequoias of Sierra Nevada:
they’re too big to throw your arms around
but big enough
to admire so let’s stand together
in awe of old age. If we lived
that long would we still
have to write and paint?
If we were Sequoias?
We could, side by side
and entangle
faithfully in mystic secret.
How short
3,000 years must seem to them.

- Vincent Maglori

Vincent Maglori is an English major with a mysterious minor studying at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. A recovering illiterate, he began reading and writing in his freshman year of college in an attempt to rectify and perhaps compensate for a chronic disinterest in literature instilled via the sure hand of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations 4 years earlier. Since, he has added a fancy for poetry, Willy Shakes, and Japanese literature to his list of interests, which previously consisted of comic books and manga, post-punk, jazz, and ambient music, Seinfeld, Odilon Redon, a few not so good movies, and not much else. He can be found at http://maglorious.tumblr.com.

This poem and more can be found in the fourth issue of N/A Literary Magazine, a quarterly collection of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and illustration from up-and-coming artists and writers.

To celebrate the upcoming release of our fifth issue, all back issues of the magazine, including issue four, are on sale. Support independent publishing and pick up a copy for only $3.

Stay tuned for important news about issue 5!Art by Luke...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:51:11 -0500

Stay tuned for important news about issue 5!

Art by Luke Pelletier.

Heavenly Something

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:32:29 -0500

last night in the shower
i saw that spider crawling up the wall again
so i killed it
and wept rivers.

today is autumn.
damp tangerine summer rust.
excited eyes all slumped in tremor
checking in, checking out; hot
lecherous breath against two-way mirrors
down the opposite stretch of some one-way road.
right past the green quadrangle, now brown.

see, i haven’t slept in years

see,
i had these festive fears flat
on my sharped song like shears so
back in the back i used my heart to spearhead
my peers to be endeared.

but that was spring,
and this is tears.

this is autumn, yes.
fall has fallen and cracked against the curbside
underneath littered feet
stagnant off beat and
there are remnants of things that i have never seen and seen again:
in a remembered dream
all alone in the open
down the opposite stretch of some one-way road.

and this morning up the waterspout
i saw that spider again.
no,
i saw that spider again.
it looked at me
i remember you
i killed her.

fiddled thumbs.
rivers.

- Ewa James Ewa

The fifth issue of N/A Literary Magazine is coming soon!

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:31:28 -0500

To celebrate the new issue, we’re going to be posting some of our favorite works from issue four.

Stay tuned!

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE APRIL 30TH

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:29:56 -0500

onehundreddollars:

onehundreddollars:

There are only a few more days to submit your poems, fiction, nonfiction, comics, and illustrations to N/A, so if you’ve been waiting, hop to it!

Submit all work to: NALiteraryMagazine@gmail.con

Please include a short bio with your submission!

THE FINAL DAYS TO SUBMIT ARE UPON THEE.

This is your last chance. Submissions close today.

Issue 4 of N/A Literary Magazine is now available!

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:21:13 -0500

Issue 4 of N/A Literary Magazine is now available! :

naliterarymagazine:

We are proud to present the fourth issue of N/A Literary Magazine, featuring:

Ewa James Ewa
Meghan Tutolo
Rachel Sholtes
Alec Moran
Erika D. Price
Ariana D. Den Bleyker
David Pritchard
Howie Good
Vincent Maglori
Wyatt Sparks
Dana Jerman

You can purchase the new issue at our BigCartel. Back issues of the magazine are also available for only $2. Buy a copy and support up-and-coming writers!

Good news! Our latest issue of N/A Literary Magazine is now ON SALE for only $5.

Even better, back issues are only $2!

Read some great poems and stories from up and coming writers and support independent publishing all at the same time!

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Submissions for Issues 5 and 6 are now open!

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:50:20 -0500

naliterarymagazine:

N/A Literary Magazine is looking for poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and graphic/cartoon submissions!

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: NALiteraryMagazine@gmail.com

Guidelines: up to five poems, no more than 100 lines each. One fiction/nonfiction piece per submission, no more than 10 pages in length. Submit graphic work as a PDF. Please include a short biography. Non-rhyming poems are preferred.

In your submission guidelines you say you don't allow previously published work. Does that count blogs or do you mean other magazines and publications and stuff? Sorry, I'm sure you get this a lot.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:29:40 -0500

We mean other print/online magazines and journals. Personal blogs are a-okay.

Why are you accepting submissions to both issues five and six at the same time? Is there any difference?

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:19:38 -0500

We accept submissions on a rolling basis, so we have a few pieces that didn’t make it into issue 4 that we want to publish in issue 5. Similarly, if we have pieces that we like that we can’t use in issue 5 due to space, we’ll place that work in issue 6.

Right now we are especially interested in fiction and illustrated work for issue 5, but if we receive an abundance of really good poetry submissions, we’ll be able to place some of them in issue 6.

Wyatt Sparks reading a poem at our the issue 4 release...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:44:59 -0500

Wyatt Sparks reading a poem at our the issue 4 release party.

If you’re in the Chicago area, we’d love to see you at our next reading. Follow us here to stay tuned for updates.

Reminder: submissions for issues 5 and 6 are now OPEN! Submit your poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or comic/illustrates work to us. We specialize in emerging writers, so no previous publication credits are necessary.

For the Issue 5 submissions: how short is "short fiction"? It said no longer than ten pages, but is flash fiction included?

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:57:55 -0600

Flash fiction is always welcome.

Shorter is usually better.

Hello, just wondering if submissions had to be previously unpublished?

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:33:11 -0600

Yes. However, we do allow simultaneous submissions as long as you notify us immediately if your work was accepted elsewhere.

Should I attach my poem or short fiction in the email. Also, what format?

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:53:40 -0600

Attachments would be best. We suggest standard submission format: Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch margins.

Hey, if I want to send in a story and some artwork, should those be in separate emails? Love your 'zine :D

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:25:20 -0600

Yes, separate emails would be preferred! You could also put the category that you are submitting under in the headline of your emails. Thanks!

Attention, cartoonists or graphic novelists!

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:51:20 -0600

naliterarymagazine:

N/A Literary Magazine is now accepting black and white graphic submissions!

This includes designs for the cover of the magazine as well as submissions for inclusion in N/A. We are dedicated to helping emerging artists, so no prior illustration publication credits are necessary to submit.

SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO: NALiteraryMagazine@gmail.com. We’ll get back to you as soon as computerly possible.

Issue 4 of N/A Literary Magazine is now available!

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:24:00 -0600

Issue 4 of N/A Literary Magazine is now available! :

We are proud to present the fourth issue of N/A Literary Magazine, featuring:

Ewa James Ewa
Meghan Tutolo
Rachel Sholtes
Alec Moran
Erika D. Price
Ariana D. Den Bleyker
David Pritchard
Howie Good
Vincent Maglori
Wyatt Sparks
Dana Jerman

You can purchase the new issue at our BigCartel. Back issues of the magazine are also available for only $2. Buy a copy and support up-and-coming writers!

Harry Breitner wrote N/A a theme song!

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:48:55 -0600

Harry Breitner wrote N/A a theme song!

onehundreddollars: Samy Sabh, reading his poem Edward Hopper’s...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:46:08 -0600

onehundreddollars:

Samy Sabh, reading his poem Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks As Interpreted By Children at last night’s Issue 4 release party.

Thank you again to everyone who came out! We had a blast!

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that our release party for issue 4 is this Thursday!

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:37:30 -0600

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that our release party for issue 4 is this Thursday!:

Join us for a night of music and poetry and revelry!

A donation of $1 at the door will get you a copy of the issue and will go toward the printing of our next issue.

Featuring performances from:

Steve Aron
Elizabeth Kerper
Wyatt Sparks
Harry Breitner
Ewa James Ewa
Samy Sabh

We hope to see you there!

No Assholes!

Congratulations to all of the artists and writers featured in Issue 5 of N/A!

Sequoias

Stay tuned for important news about issue 5!Art by Luke...

Heavenly Something

The fifth issue of N/A Literary Magazine is coming soon!

SUBMISSIONS CLOSE APRIL 30TH

Issue 4 of N/A Literary Magazine is now available!

Submissions for Issues 5 and 6 are now open!

In your submission guidelines you say you don't allow previously published work. Does that count blogs or do you mean other magazines and publications and stuff? Sorry, I'm sure you get this a lot.

Why are you accepting submissions to both issues five and six at the same time? Is there any difference?

Wyatt Sparks reading a poem at our the issue 4 release...

For the Issue 5 submissions: how short is "short fiction"? It said no longer than ten pages, but is flash fiction included?

Hello, just wondering if submissions had to be previously unpublished?

Should I attach my poem or short fiction in the email. Also, what format?

Hey, if I want to send in a story *and* some artwork, should those be in separate emails? Love your 'zine :D

Attention, cartoonists or graphic novelists!

Issue 4 of N/A Literary Magazine is now available!

Harry Breitner wrote N/A a theme song!

onehundreddollars: Samy Sabh, reading his poem Edward Hopper’s...

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that our release party for issue 4 is this Thursday!

Hey, if I want to send in a story and some artwork, should those be in separate emails? Love your 'zine :D