Witness Weekends are back with a bang! Join us as Christopher Citro reads from his poem, “The New Avenues the Only Avenues We Have,” from the Fall/Winter 2020 Online Issue. Citro’s work was a fast favorite among our readers, who found his poems well-crafted, intimate and surprising. Ultimately we were drawn in to the blue-dark… [Read More]
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Witness Weekends: Fall/Winter Issue
Witness Weekends are Back! Join us for readings from our Fall/Winter Issue contributors, all month long on our YouTube Channel and social media pages.
Now Open for Submissions!
We are excited to announce some new changes for this reading period; we have extended our deadline, and added new free submission periods! From now until we reach capacity, there are no reading fees, thanks to the generosity of our previous submitters. So submit today!
The 2021 Lit Award Finalists
Hello to 2021 with our Lit Award Finalists coming in hot! Special thanks to our judges, and congratulations to this talented group!
Happy Nevada Day!
Call for Volunteer Readers
Come join our *Witness* team! We are currently looking for volunteer readers, in every genre. For consideration, please send a short bio &/or CV, as well as your preferred genre(s) to witness.community@unlv.edu by Sept 25th. We can hardly wait!#writingcommunity #litmag #readers pic.twitter.com/mxHg2zxhiC — Witness Magazine (@witnessmag) September 21, 2020
Ambitious and Unrelenting
A Review of The Loneliest Band in France: A Novella By Veronica Klash The Loneliest Band in France: A Novella by Dylan Fisher, published by Texas Review Press is presented in halves. In the first, the reader follows Sri Lankan Migara de Silva through the streets of Montpelier, where he is studying at the local… [Read More]
Send Us Your Art!
Now accepting art for our 2021 Spring Issue! September 1st – November 1st Submit today! bit.ly/witnessTVart
Now Open for Submissions: Spring 2021!
We are now open for our Spring 2021 print issue: As Seen on TV. The theme is open to each author’s interpretation, and we encourage creative approaches. As COVID-19 continues to impact our lives, many of us have turned to television as a source of comfort. Yet, these familiar shows are now populated by characters… [Read More]
Introducing Our First Art Contest; Come Be a Part of q+1!
UPDATE: Deadline Extended to July 6th!
q+1 Issue: Thespians
by Kristin Ito “Thespians!” he shouts at us from the front of the crowded restaurant. Katie and I had been talking to the man ten minutes earlier at the bar. In his fifties or sixties, he wore Buddy Holly glasses and a wide Cheshire Cat smile. He’d ordered a couple of drinks, and while he… [Read More]
q+1 Issue: Temporary Organ
by Oona Robertson They say the uterus is the thing that holds a woman inside of herself. Blood-wetted. Always emptying or filling. A tide on the open ocean. Entangled. Drumming heartbeats. Blankets of blood thickness. Umbilical cord wrapping around and around and into us. This piece we hold internally, forking toward the tiny livers and… [Read More]