Nimrod Journal
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Bringing you the brightest new voices since 1956. Published by the University of Tulsa.
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One of those moments an editor—this editor, at least—dreams of.
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
One of those moments an editor—this editor, at least—dreams of.
The Summer 2026 issue of NIMROD will carry this previously unpublished sonnet by Weldon Kees (1914-1955), one of the subjects of @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social’s essay from our Summer 2025 issue. It was discovered by Dana Gioia. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/night-in-j...
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The Summer 2026 issue of NIMROD will carry this previously unpublished sonnet by Weldon Kees (1914-1955), one of the subjects of @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social’s essay from our Summer 2025 issue. It was discovered by Dana Gioia. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/night-in-j...
This morning our newsletter readers received Mays Kuhail’s mstory “Between the Seas,” which was awarded second place in our annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction competition by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social). nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/between-th...
Between the Seas
A story by Mays Kuhail
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January 30, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This morning our newsletter readers received Mays Kuhail’s mstory “Between the Seas,” which was awarded second place in our annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction competition by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social). nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/between-th...
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Contributor's copies of the Winter 2026 issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social have arrived in Latvia. Many thanks to @bdralyuk.bsky.social and the team for including my humble poem among such luminaries.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Contributor's copies of the Winter 2026 issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social have arrived in Latvia. Many thanks to @bdralyuk.bsky.social and the team for including my humble poem among such luminaries.
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Thank you, @nimrodjournal.bsky.social & @randallmann.bsky.social!
Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD.
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Thank you, @nimrodjournal.bsky.social & @randallmann.bsky.social!
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Thank you, @bdralyuk.bsky.social. The newly remade @nimrodjournal.bsky.social is so good, and I'm glad this anti-to-do-list has a home there. 💚
Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD.
January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Thank you, @bdralyuk.bsky.social. The newly remade @nimrodjournal.bsky.social is so good, and I'm glad this anti-to-do-list has a home there. 💚
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Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD.
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD.
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD.
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Here's the new @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, looking ✨✨✨. It has two poems from MIGHT COULD, including this one. Thanks to editor @bdralyuk.bsky.social, and to @randallmann.bsky.social, judge for the Neruda Prize, for naming this poem second place and for his comments. 💚
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Here's the new @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, looking ✨✨✨. It has two poems from MIGHT COULD, including this one. Thanks to editor @bdralyuk.bsky.social, and to @randallmann.bsky.social, judge for the Neruda Prize, for naming this poem second place and for his comments. 💚
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Excellent essay - a translator nightmare, and a not uncommon scenario. If you think translators ‘just’ translate, read this for a sense of the levels of research and responsibility we’re often tasked with, and how much can be at stake.
Our free newsletter subscribers have just received Esther Allen’s (@eallen.bsky.social) essay from the new Winter 2026 issue—a Borgesian tale of petty feuds and international rights, obsessive friendships and tangled copyrights. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/borges-and...
Borges and “Borges”
An essay by Esther Allen
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January 16, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Excellent essay - a translator nightmare, and a not uncommon scenario. If you think translators ‘just’ translate, read this for a sense of the levels of research and responsibility we’re often tasked with, and how much can be at stake.
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A beautiful sight, if I do say so myself…
We’re three issues in to the new run of NIMROD, redesigned by @utulsa.bsky.social’s own M. Wright. Our gratitude to the university, where the journal was founded 70 years ago, and to you, our subscribers and supporters, is boundless!
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
A beautiful sight, if I do say so myself…
We’re three issues in to the new run of NIMROD, redesigned by @utulsa.bsky.social’s own M. Wright. Our gratitude to the university, where the journal was founded 70 years ago, and to you, our subscribers and supporters, is boundless!
January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
We’re three issues in to the new run of NIMROD, redesigned by @utulsa.bsky.social’s own M. Wright. Our gratitude to the university, where the journal was founded 70 years ago, and to you, our subscribers and supporters, is boundless!
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Esther Allen (@eallen.bsky.social) can spin the woolliest yarn with scholarly precision… You know who else was known for such things?
January 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Esther Allen (@eallen.bsky.social) can spin the woolliest yarn with scholarly precision… You know who else was known for such things?
Our free newsletter subscribers have just received Esther Allen’s (@eallen.bsky.social) essay from the new Winter 2026 issue—a Borgesian tale of petty feuds and international rights, obsessive friendships and tangled copyrights. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/borges-and...
Borges and “Borges”
An essay by Esther Allen
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January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Our free newsletter subscribers have just received Esther Allen’s (@eallen.bsky.social) essay from the new Winter 2026 issue—a Borgesian tale of petty feuds and international rights, obsessive friendships and tangled copyrights. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/borges-and...
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Thrilled for one of my #poems to appear in the latest issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social with Rachel Hadas, A.M. Juster, Brian Brodeur, and many other wonderful poets & writers.
Many thanks to poet & editor, @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
#poetry #memory #Medusa #mother
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Many thanks to poet & editor, @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
#poetry #memory #Medusa #mother
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January 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Thrilled for one of my #poems to appear in the latest issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social with Rachel Hadas, A.M. Juster, Brian Brodeur, and many other wonderful poets & writers.
Many thanks to poet & editor, @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
#poetry #memory #Medusa #mother
@franklininstitute.bsky.social
Many thanks to poet & editor, @bdralyuk.bsky.social.
#poetry #memory #Medusa #mother
@franklininstitute.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover of our Winter 2026 issue, which is already reaching subscribers! Take a look at the contents here: nimrod.utulsa.edu/current-issue/
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover of our Winter 2026 issue, which is already reaching subscribers! Take a look at the contents here: nimrod.utulsa.edu/current-issue/
January 1, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Go on over to read my little New Year’s note and, more importantly, Nicholas Pierce’s interview with Erin O’Luanaigh, who writes smashing poems like this:
December 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Go on over to read my little New Year’s note and, more importantly, Nicholas Pierce’s interview with Erin O’Luanaigh, who writes smashing poems like this:
Read an interview with Erin O’Luanaigh about her debut collection, AVAIL (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social), by Nicholas Pierce, along with her poem “His Girl Friday” from our Summer 2025 issue. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/falling-in...
Falling into Place: An Interview with Erin O’Luanaigh
By Nicholas Pierce
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December 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Read an interview with Erin O’Luanaigh about her debut collection, AVAIL (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social), by Nicholas Pierce, along with her poem “His Girl Friday” from our Summer 2025 issue. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/falling-in...
We could not be more excited to read your submissions to our annual literary contests! Please go to our site to learn more (link in bio, URL in the image).
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We could not be more excited to read your submissions to our annual literary contests! Please go to our site to learn more (link in bio, URL in the image).
We are excited to reveal the judges of our 2026 Literary Awards! Learn more about their work and enjoy a poem by Rachel Hadas from our coming Winter issue: nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/the-2026-l...
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We are excited to reveal the judges of our 2026 Literary Awards! Learn more about their work and enjoy a poem by Rachel Hadas from our coming Winter issue: nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/the-2026-l...
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I enjoy every single part of the job @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, but this is certainly a highlight. It is a joy to hear our prize winners read!
If you weren’t able to join us for the 2025 Literary Prize presentation, you can view it here. An inspiring double reading! Our thanks to our winners and judges, including @talianeffson.bsky.social, @nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social, and @randallmann.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=r53p...
2025 Nimrod Literary Awards Reading
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November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I enjoy every single part of the job @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, but this is certainly a highlight. It is a joy to hear our prize winners read!
If you weren’t able to join us for the 2025 Literary Prize presentation, you can view it here. An inspiring double reading! Our thanks to our winners and judges, including @talianeffson.bsky.social, @nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social, and @randallmann.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=r53p...
2025 Nimrod Literary Awards Reading
YouTube video by Nimrod International Journal
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November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you weren’t able to join us for the 2025 Literary Prize presentation, you can view it here. An inspiring double reading! Our thanks to our winners and judges, including @talianeffson.bsky.social, @nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social, and @randallmann.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=r53p...
Join us in just under 30 minutes!
Please join us on Friday, November 14, at 2pm CST, to celebrate and hear the winners of NIMROD’s annual literary awards, Michael Lavers and Talia Neffson, with judges Randall Mann and Nancy Jooyoun Kim.
Zoom address in post below.
Zoom address in post below.
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Join us in just under 30 minutes!
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Do tune in to hear work you won’t soon forget!
Please join us on Friday, November 14, at 2pm CST, to celebrate and hear the winners of NIMROD’s annual literary awards, Michael Lavers and Talia Neffson, with judges Randall Mann and Nancy Jooyoun Kim.
Zoom address in post below.
Zoom address in post below.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Do tune in to hear work you won’t soon forget!