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Last Syllable: A Longform Literary Journal
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A Longform Literary Journal. Issue III is out NOW! Read it at: lastsyllablelit.com
Thank you to everyone who submitted!!
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We will only be open for submissions for 5 more days! Our submission period will end this Friday, October 31 (Halloween). Send us your work before then!! lastsyllablelit.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Congratulations to our Book Award finalists!!
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Congratulations to our Best of the Net Nominees!!
October 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
We are officially open for submissions until October 31st! Send us your long-form fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and your work that transcends the genres! Submit on: lastsyllablelit.com
We can’t wait to read your work!!

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction #poetry #nonfiction #litjournal #submit
October 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This Easter, we invite you to celebrate with us the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
May your reading, writing, and wondering this season draw you closer to the Word Himself. 💛✝️
#Easter #HeIsRisen #FaithAndLiterature #LastSyllable
April 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Hi poetry babes—hope April finds you revising that beautiful, full-length manuscript, and that you consider sending it our way when we open on May 1.

Submission guidelines here: riverriverbooks.org/editors/subm...

Model contract here: riverriverbooks.org/editors/cont...
April 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yes!
Last day of #AWP25 already?? Submit to us (in the fall) and stop by the @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social booth at #946 (right now!)
March 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our wonderful publisher, Dr. Katie Manning, moderated a panel discussion at AWP titled “It’s Personal, Not Strictly Business: Networking for Writers.” Star panelists Abayomi Animashaun, Elizabeth Dark, and Jessica Jacobs shared valuable insights. Friends of Last Syllable, we hope to see you at #946!
March 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Congratulations!
Thanks Last Syllable Lit for publishing an essay that is either about: sleep, intensity, acting, my stroke, my OCD, procedural television, a moment of kindness on social media, or @vincentdonofrio.bsky.social. I hope it’s the latter, but most likely all of the above. lastsyllablelit.com/procedural
March 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Congratulations!
I'm honored to be included in the gorgeous @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social's latest issue! Many thanks to them for publishing this long poem that took me forever to write as I wrestled with what it means to be the descendent of a long line of white Southerners.
lastsyllablelit.com/heres-a-trut...
March 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congratulations!
You can read my poem "A bildungsroman" along with some really stellar work in @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social today!! Sooooo excited and honored to be in such good company. Can't thank the editors and readers at Last Syllable enough 💖💖💖
It’s time! Last Syllable Issue 4 is officially LIVE! 🚨
Dive into a stunning collection of poetry, prose, and ideas that linger beyond the final word. Read, reflect, and revel in the artistry.
✨ Explore the issue now: lastsyllablelit.com/issue-iv.
#LastSyllable #NewIssue #LiteraryMagazine
March 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The fabulous author François Bereaud, whose play was published in Last Syllable Issue 3, visits our table at AWP! We hope more friends of Last Syllable stop by booth #946 to say hello.
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Friends of Last Syllable, if you're at AWP, stop by booth #946 to chat with our friendly team! #AWP
March 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#AWP25 kicks off tomorrow! The Last Syllable team can’t wait to connect with you at table #946!
March 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Last Syllable is launching an Annual Post-Publication Book Award Contest! 📚✨
🏆 $1,000 cash prize and ✈️ up to another $1,000 travel expenses to PLNU, and 🎤 a headlining feature in the PLNU M.A. in Writing program’s Visiting Writers Series!
Check lastsyllablelit.com/book-awards for details!
March 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It’s time! Last Syllable Issue 4 is officially LIVE! 🚨
Dive into a stunning collection of poetry, prose, and ideas that linger beyond the final word. Read, reflect, and revel in the artistry.
✨ Explore the issue now: lastsyllablelit.com/issue-iv.
#LastSyllable #NewIssue #LiteraryMagazine
March 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🚀 Exciting news! Last Syllable Issue 4 is dropping tomorrow! 🎉 Get ready for a powerful collection of poetry, prose, and art that will stay with you long after the last syllable. Stay tuned—you won’t want to miss this! #LastSyllable #NewIssue #ComingSoon
March 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy Issue Release Day to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!! Founded by our professor and publisher @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social 😊
“Tomorrow will bring a different mess,” writes Maria Koors in “The Optimist’s Almanac.” As I’ve prepared this Spring 2025 issue, I’ve been thinking about the messes that continue to pile up, both personal and shared.

www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-38-spr...
March 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
🚨 Exciting News! 🚨
The wait is almost over—"Last Syllable" Issue 4 is dropping in just ONE week! Get ready for a stunning collection of poetry, prose, and ideas that linger long after the last word. Stay tuned—you won’t want to miss this! 🔥📖 #LastSyllable #Issue4 #ComingSoon
March 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Submissions are open for Issue No. 7! Send us your best short stories, poems, or essays for a chance to be published. 💙
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March 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Friends of “Last Syllable,” meet us at AWP at booth 946!
March 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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So. I cried a lot today.

So then I read this beautiful essay “On Crying” on @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social
I’ve also wondered about the “Weeping Woman” across cultures. I, too, have tried forcing myself to cry in church to no avail, only to cry for myself later on. 🤍

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March 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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We can’t wait to welcome #AWP25 to the City of Angels with a night of readings & revelry @ The Count’s Den in DTLA on Thu 3/27 with our friends Rinky Dink, Ghost Parachute, Bull, Fractured Lit & Stalking Horse presses.

More details to come!
February 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The poets are showing up in our submissions (love it! Kept it coming!)

Where are our fiction and CNF writers? Our cover artists?

#CallForSubmissions is open through the end of March

Theme: #Resistance
March 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM