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Excited after years of submitting to have a piece forthcoming in @pinchjournal.bsky.social! Back to my CNF nonsense.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Excited after years of submitting to have a piece forthcoming in @pinchjournal.bsky.social! Back to my CNF nonsense.
Reposted by The Pinch
Thrilled to announce that my short story, Horn of Plenty, will appear in the spring issue of The Pinch Journal. Look for more info in March, when you can pick up a copy of your own!
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thrilled to announce that my short story, Horn of Plenty, will appear in the spring issue of The Pinch Journal. Look for more info in March, when you can pick up a copy of your own!
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
@pinchjournal.bsky.social
"The Summer My Blood Flowed for The First Time" by Rivka Clifton is up on our website. Go to pinchjournal.com to check it out.
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"The Summer My Blood Flowed for The First Time" by Rivka Clifton is up on our website. Go to pinchjournal.com to check it out.
This week, we published "50/50 Custody Contrapuntal" by Sarah Mark. Go to www.pinchjournal.com to read the poem.
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This week, we published "50/50 Custody Contrapuntal" by Sarah Mark. Go to www.pinchjournal.com to read the poem.
This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.
Read it now on PJO!
Read it now on PJO!
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.
Read it now on PJO!
Read it now on PJO!
This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.
Read it now on PJO!
Read it now on PJO!
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.
Read it now on PJO!
Read it now on PJO!
This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.
Read it now on PJO!
Read it now on PJO!
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.
Read it now on PJO!
Read it now on PJO!
Up on PJO today, the poem "Heartwood" by Eric Roy. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Up on PJO today, the poem "Heartwood" by Eric Roy. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it.
Editorial assistant Elena Kang had the opportunity to interview Kerry James Evans. His second book Nine Persimmons will be published in March 2026 by the University of Nebraska Press and is available for preorder now. Read the full interview here:
Poet Kerry James Evans on Gathering Fragments into Stillness — PINCH
When I think of influence, I like its earliest meaning—when it referred to
the flow of energy from the stars into human life, from in-fluere, “to flow
into.” I’m drawn to that sense of permeability: how the world and language
pass through us, one current at a time, until some form of coherence takes
shape.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Editorial assistant Elena Kang had the opportunity to interview Kerry James Evans. His second book Nine Persimmons will be published in March 2026 by the University of Nebraska Press and is available for preorder now. Read the full interview here:
Submit your new and previously unpublished nonfiction work for consideration! Deadline is November 2. Submission link in bio.
We can't wait to read your work!
We can't wait to read your work!
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Submit your new and previously unpublished nonfiction work for consideration! Deadline is November 2. Submission link in bio.
We can't wait to read your work!
We can't wait to read your work!
Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Our nonfiction submissions are currently open! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work!
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our nonfiction submissions are currently open! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work!
Congratulations to our nominees and thank you to every writer who continues to make this community thrive.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congratulations to our nominees and thank you to every writer who continues to make this community thrive.
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"I want to talk about the body & how it persists ..." writes Katelyn Sweeney in her gorgeous poem, Birding Through the Aftermath, out on PJO now. Go to our site to read it.
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"I want to talk about the body & how it persists ..." writes Katelyn Sweeney in her gorgeous poem, Birding Through the Aftermath, out on PJO now. Go to our site to read it.
Congratulations to the late Karen Kao whose work was chosen by Leslie Jamison as the 2025 Sarabande Prize in the Essay winner. The collection Swimming Upside Down is slated for publication in June 2027. Her piece "Cardamom Heals All Wounds" is featured in Issue 45.2 of the Pinch.
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Congratulations to the late Karen Kao whose work was chosen by Leslie Jamison as the 2025 Sarabande Prize in the Essay winner. The collection Swimming Upside Down is slated for publication in June 2027. Her piece "Cardamom Heals All Wounds" is featured in Issue 45.2 of the Pinch.
Up on PJO today, the poem "Skin Care for Temporary Ghosts" by J.M. Emery. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it!
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Up on PJO today, the poem "Skin Care for Temporary Ghosts" by J.M. Emery. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it!
Our art submissions are open! Here's a quick guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.
🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Our art submissions are open! Here's a quick guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.
🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
Looking for a place to submit your poems? Today is the last day our submission window for poetry will be open for the year! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work! #poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
October 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Looking for a place to submit your poems? Today is the last day our submission window for poetry will be open for the year! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work! #poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
This week, we present a preview of "how easy, to take the lungs for granted" which is another poem by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full piece on PJO now.
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
September 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This week, we present a preview of "how easy, to take the lungs for granted" which is another poem by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full piece on PJO now.
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
Congratulations to Katie Erbs for "Schrödinger" being today's poem on Poetry Daily! We're so excited and honored to have worked with her here at the Pinch. Check her out on their site today #poetry #poetrydaily #thepinch #pinch
September 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Congratulations to Katie Erbs for "Schrödinger" being today's poem on Poetry Daily! We're so excited and honored to have worked with her here at the Pinch. Check her out on their site today #poetry #poetrydaily #thepinch #pinch
