Tinderbox has been home to poets like Amy Gerstler, Emily Yoon, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Erika Meitner, Tiana Clark, Maggie Smith, Aria Aber, Diannely Antigua, Rosebud Ben-Oni, torrin a. Aside from publishing our quarterly issues, we also sponsor an annual contest, with past winners including Fatima Seck and Threa Almontaser. A sister of publisher Tinderbox Editions, we’ve been showcasing work from poetry’s brightest voices for six years. HOPKINSON: Tell me a little bit about Tinderbox.ĭOW: Tinderbox Poetry Journal is an online literary magazine published quarterly that uplifts the well-written and the well-lived. See my interview with Dow and a link to submission guidelines below. I was curious how and why this poetry journal began and what they’re looking for in submissions, so I asked Editor-in-Chief Hannah Dow a few questions to find out. To get a feel for what types of poetry they publish, you can read past issues online, including my poem ' Resurrection Party' and the review of my chapbook Footnoteby Eileen Murphy.

This themed feature is focused on “work living within the space of the health and the industry that allows access to care or precludes care.” Read more about Gamma Knife in the interview below. They recently launched a new special feature to accompany their quarterly issues entitled Gamma Knife. Tinderbox Poetry Journal was original founded six years ago and publishes online quarterly issues of poetry, book reviews, and interviews with poets.

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