CALYX Press
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Independent Publisher of Art and Literature by Women+ Since 1976
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Join CALYX Press for a powerful series of four generative writing workshops, designed to support participants in writing on the topic. Explore your voice in a safe and accepting space. A virtual reading event will complete the workshop experience. Link in bio or at calyxpress.org. #writingcommunity
September 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Join CALYX Press for a powerful series of four generative writing workshops, designed to support participants in writing on the topic. Explore your voice in a safe and accepting space. A virtual reading event will complete the workshop experience. Link in bio or at calyxpress.org. #writingcommunity
Congratulations to this year's poetry prize winners, judged by the one and only, Ellen Bass! Read the poems here: www.calyxpress.org/lois-cransto... #communityofwriters #poetry #poets #poetryprize #womenwriters #womenwritingpoetry #womenpoets
August 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Congratulations to this year's poetry prize winners, judged by the one and only, Ellen Bass! Read the poems here: www.calyxpress.org/lois-cransto... #communityofwriters #poetry #poets #poetryprize #womenwriters #womenwritingpoetry #womenpoets
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"Derecho" by Sarah Pedry is one of the most storied covers we've ever had! 😍
Visit Calyxpress.org to pre-order and read: Niwawa, the Award-winning short story by Suqi Karen Sims. #communityofwriters #litmag #poetry #nonfiction #WriterCommunity #coverdesign #booklove
"Derecho" by Sarah Pedry is one of the most storied covers we've ever had! 😍
Visit Calyxpress.org to pre-order and read: Niwawa, the Award-winning short story by Suqi Karen Sims. #communityofwriters #litmag #poetry #nonfiction #WriterCommunity #coverdesign #booklove
July 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Do you see her? ❤️
"Derecho" by Sarah Pedry is one of the most storied covers we've ever had! 😍
Visit Calyxpress.org to pre-order and read: Niwawa, the Award-winning short story by Suqi Karen Sims. #communityofwriters #litmag #poetry #nonfiction #WriterCommunity #coverdesign #booklove
"Derecho" by Sarah Pedry is one of the most storied covers we've ever had! 😍
Visit Calyxpress.org to pre-order and read: Niwawa, the Award-winning short story by Suqi Karen Sims. #communityofwriters #litmag #poetry #nonfiction #WriterCommunity #coverdesign #booklove
Winners will be published in the 50th Anniversary issue of the journal. Judge: Julia Alvarez!!!😍 $20 Submission fee, $500 Prize. #literaryjournal #womenwriting #womenwriters #womenwritersofcolor #womenwhowrite #callforsubmissions #fictionwriters #creativenonfictionwriters
July 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Winners will be published in the 50th Anniversary issue of the journal. Judge: Julia Alvarez!!!😍 $20 Submission fee, $500 Prize. #literaryjournal #womenwriting #womenwriters #womenwritersofcolor #womenwhowrite #callforsubmissions #fictionwriters #creativenonfictionwriters
Just a few more days left! #poets #communityofwriters #poetryprize #callsforsubmissions #writingcontests
June 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just a few more days left! #poets #communityofwriters #poetryprize #callsforsubmissions #writingcontests
June 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today's contributor is Tiffany Promise, author of "The Cave-In, The Empty." www.tiffanypromise.com.
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Tiffany Promise (she/her) is a writer, poet, punk vocalist, chronic migraineur, and the mother of two wildlings. Winner of the 2023 Honeybee Prize for Literature.
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Tiffany Promise (she/her) is a writer, poet, punk vocalist, chronic migraineur, and the mother of two wildlings. Winner of the 2023 Honeybee Prize for Literature.
June 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today's contributor is Tiffany Promise, author of "The Cave-In, The Empty." www.tiffanypromise.com.
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Tiffany Promise (she/her) is a writer, poet, punk vocalist, chronic migraineur, and the mother of two wildlings. Winner of the 2023 Honeybee Prize for Literature.
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Tiffany Promise (she/her) is a writer, poet, punk vocalist, chronic migraineur, and the mother of two wildlings. Winner of the 2023 Honeybee Prize for Literature.
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren, author of "Wild Indigo" and "Test Strip for Maximum Black" (pictured). buff.ly/DDBcsNJ. Photo credit Sonia Bazar.
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Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren is a poet and translator in Montreal, Quebec.
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Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren is a poet and translator in Montreal, Quebec.
June 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren, author of "Wild Indigo" and "Test Strip for Maximum Black" (pictured). buff.ly/DDBcsNJ. Photo credit Sonia Bazar.
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Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren is a poet and translator in Montreal, Quebec.
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Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren is a poet and translator in Montreal, Quebec.
Today's contributor is Brittany Micka-Foos, author of "Border Crossings." buff.ly/QomQE2U.
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Brittany Micka-Foos is the author of the chapbook a litany of words as fragile as window glass and the short story collection It's No Fun Anymore.
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Brittany Micka-Foos is the author of the chapbook a litany of words as fragile as window glass and the short story collection It's No Fun Anymore.
June 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Today's contributor is Brittany Micka-Foos, author of "Border Crossings." buff.ly/QomQE2U.
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Brittany Micka-Foos is the author of the chapbook a litany of words as fragile as window glass and the short story collection It's No Fun Anymore.
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Brittany Micka-Foos is the author of the chapbook a litany of words as fragile as window glass and the short story collection It's No Fun Anymore.
Today's contributor is Patricia Murphy, author of "The Perfectionist Goes to Boarding School."
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Patricia Murphy retired from Arizona State where she taught writing and magazine production and founded the literary magazine Superstition Review.
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Patricia Murphy retired from Arizona State where she taught writing and magazine production and founded the literary magazine Superstition Review.
June 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today's contributor is Patricia Murphy, author of "The Perfectionist Goes to Boarding School."
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Patricia Murphy retired from Arizona State where she taught writing and magazine production and founded the literary magazine Superstition Review.
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Patricia Murphy retired from Arizona State where she taught writing and magazine production and founded the literary magazine Superstition Review.
June is the LAST month to submit to the 25th Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize, judged by Ellen Bass! See www.calyxpress.org for full guidelines. Photograph by Irene Young.
June 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
June is the LAST month to submit to the 25th Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize, judged by Ellen Bass! See www.calyxpress.org for full guidelines. Photograph by Irene Young.
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Faith Gómez Clark, author of "When a Friend Asks Me What It's Like to Be a Mother with Dissociative Identity Disorder." www.faithgomezclark.com.
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May 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Faith Gómez Clark, author of "When a Friend Asks Me What It's Like to Be a Mother with Dissociative Identity Disorder." www.faithgomezclark.com.
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Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Elisabeth Adwin Edwards, author of "Coastal Acoustics." buff.ly/cYCusMw
Edwards’s poems have been published in The Tampa Review, B O D Y Literature, and elsewhere; her prose has been published in HAD, CutBank, On The Seawall, and other journals.
Edwards’s poems have been published in The Tampa Review, B O D Y Literature, and elsewhere; her prose has been published in HAD, CutBank, On The Seawall, and other journals.
May 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Elisabeth Adwin Edwards, author of "Coastal Acoustics." buff.ly/cYCusMw
Edwards’s poems have been published in The Tampa Review, B O D Y Literature, and elsewhere; her prose has been published in HAD, CutBank, On The Seawall, and other journals.
Edwards’s poems have been published in The Tampa Review, B O D Y Literature, and elsewhere; her prose has been published in HAD, CutBank, On The Seawall, and other journals.
Jessie Wingate is a florist and poet living on unceded Ohlone land in California. She holds an MA in art history. Her work has been published in Mother Mag, Chestnut Review, F(r)iction, and others. www.jessiewingate.com.
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May 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Jessie Wingate is a florist and poet living on unceded Ohlone land in California. She holds an MA in art history. Her work has been published in Mother Mag, Chestnut Review, F(r)iction, and others. www.jessiewingate.com.
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Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Lalini Shanela Ranaraja, author of "Bleachers" and "Heiligenblut."
Ranaraja is a multigenre creative from Kandy, Sri Lanka. She has written for Wildness, Hunger Mountain, Strange Horizons, Sky Island Journal, and others. www.shanelaranaraja.com.
Ranaraja is a multigenre creative from Kandy, Sri Lanka. She has written for Wildness, Hunger Mountain, Strange Horizons, Sky Island Journal, and others. www.shanelaranaraja.com.
May 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Lalini Shanela Ranaraja, author of "Bleachers" and "Heiligenblut."
Ranaraja is a multigenre creative from Kandy, Sri Lanka. She has written for Wildness, Hunger Mountain, Strange Horizons, Sky Island Journal, and others. www.shanelaranaraja.com.
Ranaraja is a multigenre creative from Kandy, Sri Lanka. She has written for Wildness, Hunger Mountain, Strange Horizons, Sky Island Journal, and others. www.shanelaranaraja.com.
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Kimberly Ann Priest, author of "What People See."
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Kimberly Ann Priest is the author of Slaughter the One Bird (Sundress 2021), tether & lung (Texas Review Press 2025), and Floralia (Unsolicited Press 2025). buff.ly/1pMhAyO
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Kimberly Ann Priest is the author of Slaughter the One Bird (Sundress 2021), tether & lung (Texas Review Press 2025), and Floralia (Unsolicited Press 2025). buff.ly/1pMhAyO
May 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Kimberly Ann Priest, author of "What People See."
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Kimberly Ann Priest is the author of Slaughter the One Bird (Sundress 2021), tether & lung (Texas Review Press 2025), and Floralia (Unsolicited Press 2025). buff.ly/1pMhAyO
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Kimberly Ann Priest is the author of Slaughter the One Bird (Sundress 2021), tether & lung (Texas Review Press 2025), and Floralia (Unsolicited Press 2025). buff.ly/1pMhAyO
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Lisa Sheets, author of "Portrait of Marie Curie." buff.ly/DgsqlT1.
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Lisa Sheets is a former sculptor and flutist who now devotes her time to artist books, mixed media collage, vintage doll collecting, and sign language interpreting.
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Lisa Sheets is a former sculptor and flutist who now devotes her time to artist books, mixed media collage, vintage doll collecting, and sign language interpreting.
May 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Lisa Sheets, author of "Portrait of Marie Curie." buff.ly/DgsqlT1.
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Lisa Sheets is a former sculptor and flutist who now devotes her time to artist books, mixed media collage, vintage doll collecting, and sign language interpreting.
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Lisa Sheets is a former sculptor and flutist who now devotes her time to artist books, mixed media collage, vintage doll collecting, and sign language interpreting.
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Katherine P.F. Holmes, author of "St. Elmo's Fire." kpfholmes.com.
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Katherine P. F. Holmes is a fiction writer and MFA student at Emerson College. Her work has been published in Eternal Haunted Summer and Litbreak Magazine.
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Katherine P. F. Holmes is a fiction writer and MFA student at Emerson College. Her work has been published in Eternal Haunted Summer and Litbreak Magazine.
May 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Katherine P.F. Holmes, author of "St. Elmo's Fire." kpfholmes.com.
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Katherine P. F. Holmes is a fiction writer and MFA student at Emerson College. Her work has been published in Eternal Haunted Summer and Litbreak Magazine.
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Katherine P. F. Holmes is a fiction writer and MFA student at Emerson College. Her work has been published in Eternal Haunted Summer and Litbreak Magazine.
Artists and writers: When and how do we talk about money and all of its "trappings"? Dare we address the undervaluation of creative labor? What about creative time vs. caregiving responsibilities, or selling vs. self-censorship? Free webinar this Thursday! 5:30 PT - calyxpress.org
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May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Artists and writers: When and how do we talk about money and all of its "trappings"? Dare we address the undervaluation of creative labor? What about creative time vs. caregiving responsibilities, or selling vs. self-censorship? Free webinar this Thursday! 5:30 PT - calyxpress.org
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Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Wendy Wisner, author of the poems "As Though the Whole Thing Never Happened" and "Nothing's Okay and Everything's Fine." www.wendywisner.com.
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May 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Wendy Wisner, author of the poems "As Though the Whole Thing Never Happened" and "Nothing's Okay and Everything's Fine." www.wendywisner.com.
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Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Marin Smith, author of "The Open Heart." marinsmithwrites.wordpress.org.
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Marin Smith is a wordwrangler, poet, essayist, mother, and an Enneagram 4. She has an MA in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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Marin Smith is a wordwrangler, poet, essayist, mother, and an Enneagram 4. She has an MA in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
May 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Marin Smith, author of "The Open Heart." marinsmithwrites.wordpress.org.
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Marin Smith is a wordwrangler, poet, essayist, mother, and an Enneagram 4. She has an MA in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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Marin Smith is a wordwrangler, poet, essayist, mother, and an Enneagram 4. She has an MA in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Susanna Lang, who reviewed Jen Karetnick's "Inheritance with a High Error Rate." www.susannalang.com/
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May 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Susanna Lang, who reviewed Jen Karetnick's "Inheritance with a High Error Rate." www.susannalang.com/
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Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Rochelle Hurt, author of "Carmen Herrera--Blanco y Verde (1959)." www.rochellehurt.com.
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Rochelle Hurt is the author of four poetry collections, including The J Girls: A Reality Show (Indiana University Press, 2022).
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Rochelle Hurt is the author of four poetry collections, including The J Girls: A Reality Show (Indiana University Press, 2022).
May 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today's Vol. 35:1 contributor is Rochelle Hurt, author of "Carmen Herrera--Blanco y Verde (1959)." www.rochellehurt.com.
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Rochelle Hurt is the author of four poetry collections, including The J Girls: A Reality Show (Indiana University Press, 2022).
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Rochelle Hurt is the author of four poetry collections, including The J Girls: A Reality Show (Indiana University Press, 2022).
National Poetry Month, Day 30
"For CALYX," by Ursula K. Le Guin, CALYX Journal, Vol. 12:3, 1990.
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"For CALYX," by Ursula K. Le Guin, CALYX Journal, Vol. 12:3, 1990.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
National Poetry Month, Day 30
"For CALYX," by Ursula K. Le Guin, CALYX Journal, Vol. 12:3, 1990.
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#nationalpoetrymonth #womenpoets #smallpresspublishing
"For CALYX," by Ursula K. Le Guin, CALYX Journal, Vol. 12:3, 1990.
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Artists! This is a reminder that submissions sent to us by Thursday, May 1 will be considered for publication in our upcoming issue (Vol. 35:2, summer/fall). Any submissions received after May 1 will be considered in December.
Submit now at buff.ly/Ow0Xibf (it's free!).
Submit now at buff.ly/Ow0Xibf (it's free!).
April 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Artists! This is a reminder that submissions sent to us by Thursday, May 1 will be considered for publication in our upcoming issue (Vol. 35:2, summer/fall). Any submissions received after May 1 will be considered in December.
Submit now at buff.ly/Ow0Xibf (it's free!).
Submit now at buff.ly/Ow0Xibf (it's free!).