Write down the bright ideas as soon as they appear. Don’t save them for later. Don’t worry about word count. Just write. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? Usually, an idea drifts down from the sky, and I catch it and keep it safe in my heart. Day by day, … Read more
You can spend morning to evening on the couch reading novels and still feel like you had a productive day. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I usually write in the early morning. I work in short, intense bursts of energy, with long periods of reflection between them. When I’m … Read more
I have recently experienced an evening that I am slowly starting to understand affected me in more ways than I initially thought. So, my instinct was to write a piece of creative non-fiction about it, to excise it, to exorcise it. And that’s exactly what I did. Nearly 1,500 words later, I’m a little more … Read more
Poetry creates shared language and uses that shared language to communicate ideas and bait them with beauty. I’m still learning both how to communicate beautifully and how to chase beauty until it communicates something. Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? My writing process might sound a little strange: the majority … Read more
I had the poems and pictures bound into a small book that I sent to each of my uncle’s family members. It was my way of showing up even from my home overseas. Would you tell us a bit about your writing process? I’ve been writing a poem a day for about a year now. … Read more
Our humble home in Caniçal clung to the hillside like a stubborn weed. The wind slipped in through the windows uninvited, and when it rained, droplets danced directly onto the worn stone slabs of the floor, marking them like aged skin. Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction The Weight of Salt I … Read more
So I began to ask myself: what can I do? I can write. I know how to capture feeling in words, how to lay bare the human heart. I also have years of experience as a queer activist on the Chinese mainland. Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Nonfiction Content Advisory: Discussion of atrocities … Read more
Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry Learning To Fly I Buying a Ticket for the Ghost TrainI buy a ticket to ride the ghost train. I don’t know it at firstbut later, when the mobile app promises methe train is approaching, then here, then gonethat the momentary variation of light, that shift in … Read more
And the birds of a feather flocked to her parties each summer. They came early and left late. Days later, neighbors would reminisce about the sangria in the punch bowl, and the music they could dance to, and how no one else’s pretty blossoms grew quite like hers. Those meaningless measuring sticks – he couldn’t … Read more
We find ourselves again in the enviable position of being the ones to open the gate and set free new wondrous works of creative writing. Sometimes we can’t believe our luck. What a joy to have spent time with this writing, submitted by brave, and exciting artists. Our most sincere congratulations are extended to every … Read more