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Poetry
How We Select Poems to Publish
15 February 2019 on Blog, PoetryIn order to shed light on one aspect of the submission process, the Barnstorm poetry team answers the question, “How do you select poems for possible publication?” Morgan: When looking...
Storystorm
The Thing I Call “Inspiration”
08 February 2019 on Fiction, StorystormI used to think that to be a writer, I have to be creative—to have a well of stories singing within me, to have dreams that will create either chaos...
Poetry
“A Hive for Water” by Fred Dale
01 February 2019 on Blog, PoetryA sealed, clear bag of water hung above the door, dusk’s sleepy light palmed in its many mirrored hands. The barman said it kept the bees away, proving, at the...
Storystorm
What Do We Look For in Nonfiction Submissions?
01 February 2019 on Nonfiction, StorystormWe don’t read creative nonfiction just to be informed — we also want to be moved. All our readers have wonderfully distinct perspectives, and all are moved by different elements...
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Snowstorm: Winter Reading Recommendations
21 December 2018 on BlogIf you'd like to curl up with a good book this winter (or you need a last-minute gift) look no further than our winter reading recommendation list. From memoir to...
Storystorm
The Score for a Voice
14 December 2018 on Poetry, Storystorm“Prosody is not much taught or talked about, since it was a form of institutional terrorism in the previous, metrical orthodoxy.” Robert Haas, Listening and Making Prosody is a spooky...
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Twelve Notes
07 December 2018 on BlogI can’t stop thinking about Sam Elliott. His thundering voice, yes, which has haunted me since I first saw the Christmas movie Prancer as a little girl. But more than...
Poetry
“The Heart” by Arlene Naganawa
30 November 2018 on Blog, PoetryA door opened into her body, a cavern, pinpricks like electric wasps. Her fingers dimmed like fireflies drained of light. So this is someone’s work, she thought, the dimpled spider...
Storystorm
The Boring Post
30 November 2018 on StorystormThis fall, during a very, very long run, I wrote an entire story in my head. At its start, I had an inkling of an idea, and by its end,...
Storystorm
Presence in Poetry
23 November 2018 on Poetry, StorystormI write poetry to get weird. I want to be the weirdest me there is and then push that marker; I want to float, magnanimous as a blimp; to pop...
Storystorm
The Art of Ignoring
16 November 2018 on Fiction, Storystorm16A writer’s voice is their holy grail: key to their success and an absolute nightmare to find. What a strange conundrum, that finding your voice is hard. It should be...
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Kim Adrian
09 November 2018 on Nonfiction, The Writer's Hot SeatKim Adrian is the author of The Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet, a memoir that David Shields calls “a stunning merger of form and content,” and Sock, which is part of Bloomsbury’s Object Lessons Series and...
