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MudRoom | Submissions OPEN
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A magazine of poetry and prose. Submissions are open through November 25! We pay $15 per accepted piece.
Submissions close on November 25. Just a reminder

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November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In "Hookup," Miss Jackson Newbern crafts an image that doesn't let go, making an incredible poem in the process. Read it here, along with the rest of Issue 19.

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HOOKUP, MISS JACKSON NEWBERN — MudRoom
Hookup
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November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Stephanie Powell takes a familiar form and makes a poem that reveals all the mechanics and anxieties that live beneath it. When we first read it, it haunted us. Check it out in our newest issue and let it haunt you too.

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SUBJECT: RE: MATERNITY LEAVE, STEPHANIE POWELL — MudRoom
subject: re: maternity leave
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October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"After Hours" is intoxicating, mysterious, and a little bit scandalous. Read it here, then check out the rest of Issue 19.
AFTER HOURS, DANIEL MOHR — MudRoom
AFTER Hours
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Congrats congrats congrats to MudRoom's Best of the Net nominees! Read their contributions here:

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October 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
MudRoom is open for submissions through November 25! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art for Issue 20.
Submissions — MudRoom
Submissions are open! Send us your work through November 25.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Impossible to post any part of Bryan Thomas Daly’s incredible poem without spoiling it. Read to see why it opens Issue 19.
SLOUGH, BRYAN THOMAS DALY — MudRoom
Slough
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September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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New poem by candidate Corey Miller up at @mudroommag.bsky.social 👟

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September 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
In no particular order, eight moments from Issue 19.

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September 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Issue 19 is live! Check out incredible work by @IronBrewer, @bryanthomasdaly, Christina Chiu, Miss Jackson Newbern, Stephanie Powell, Ayesha Owais, Daniel Mohr, and Gabby Kiser. And beautiful cover art by Jacelyn Yap!

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September 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Issue 19 goes live on September 1 🐐
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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“Pudgy,” despite its forthcoming structure, gently pulls us off the expected path. The result? We reach the end and say “Of course, of course,” and immediately go back to the beginning to start again.
VAIDHY MAHALINGAM — MudRoom
Pudgy , Vaidhy Mahalingam
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August 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Can you create a world without grief? Or does even its absence make it? Read I Echo's transformative, meditative poem in Issue 18.

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I ECHO — MudRoom
“Lost,” I Echo
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August 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Silverfish by Elisa Luna Ady is a poem that moves with speed and precision. Read the whole piece here along with the rest of Issue 18.
ELISA LUNA ADY — MudRoom
“Silverfish,” Elisa Luna Ady
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August 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Somewhere in this family, Skinner senses a secret story. But how do we make stories out of other people?

Check out Robert Stone's mysterious, compelling piece in Issue 19.
ROBERT STONE — MudRoom
Vacancy, Robert Stone
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July 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Last day to submit to MudRoom for issue 19! Or else you have to wait until October (scary 🎃)
July 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In case you’re curious what poetry we’re interested in for the next issue. 2 days left to submit!
July 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
9 days left to submit! Read to see what Kiera, our Prose Editor, looks for every period, as well as the logistics of sending us your stuff.
July 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Images in MR Layne's "Book of Jonah" shift, float, and dive—they knock against each other and drift. Read the full piece here:

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July 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New party question just dropped by Elizabeth Wing in her piece “The Sirens.” Read the full (incredible) story on our website, along with the rest of Issue 18.
July 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This poem by @chamm6.bsky.social‬ is “part of a series based on [her] studies of insane asylums for women in Great Britain and America during the late 19th century."

Read the full poem here, as well as the rest of its context limited by the Bluesky word count.

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June 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In case you weren't aware, you should send us your art 👀

Submissions are open through July 25. Guidelines here: www.mudroommag.com/submissions
June 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A preview of William Bortz's "When You Have to Shoot the Horse" from Issue 18. Read the full poem here.

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June 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Actually I enjoy trying to find and discover myself in hell. Become a writer
May 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM