Electric Literature
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Our sponsor, the Juniper Summer Writing Institute, is open for applications to the 2026 program! It’s one week of intensive writing workshops, craft sessions, readings, and manuscript consultation under the guidance of incredible authors. Learn more: buff.ly/aX7AaAK
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Our sponsor, the Juniper Summer Writing Institute, is open for applications to the 2026 program! It’s one week of intensive writing workshops, craft sessions, readings, and manuscript consultation under the guidance of incredible authors. Learn more: buff.ly/aX7AaAK
I once heard of a reader that finished their TBR list. I also heard of a guy who lives in the north pole and flies around every Christmas Eve. 🎁
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I once heard of a reader that finished their TBR list. I also heard of a guy who lives in the north pole and flies around every Christmas Eve. 🎁
We're getting down to the wire! It's the semifinals of our Best Book Covers of 2025 competition ⚡ 💡 📚 Vote now on our Instagram stories and on our website, to bring your favorite cover to the final round!
December 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We're getting down to the wire! It's the semifinals of our Best Book Covers of 2025 competition ⚡ 💡 📚 Vote now on our Instagram stories and on our website, to bring your favorite cover to the final round!
The Best Book Covers of 2025 continues with round 3! The voting has been neck and neck so far. Every vote counts! ⚡ 💡 📚 Cast your votes now in our Instagram stories and on our website!
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Best Book Covers of 2025 continues with round 3! The voting has been neck and neck so far. Every vote counts! ⚡ 💡 📚 Cast your votes now in our Instagram stories and on our website!
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We say it’s actually in the eyes of the bookholder—and that means you! Help us determine which book cover is the best of 2025 ⚡ 💡 📚 Cast your votes for round one now, in our Instagram stories and on our website!
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We say it’s actually in the eyes of the bookholder—and that means you! Help us determine which book cover is the best of 2025 ⚡ 💡 📚 Cast your votes for round one now, in our Instagram stories and on our website!
Oh, is that me crying? Those are just tears of joy! Haha!
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Oh, is that me crying? Those are just tears of joy! Haha!
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join a literary network of global voices mentored by acclaimed authors in the publishing capital of the world, NYC. Our sponsor, Columbia University School of the Arts, welcomes applications for the MFA in Writing. Info session: 12/5. Application Deadline: 1/6/26.
Link: buff.ly/X7ZEL1Q
#writingmfa
Link: buff.ly/X7ZEL1Q
#writingmfa
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join a literary network of global voices mentored by acclaimed authors in the publishing capital of the world, NYC. Our sponsor, Columbia University School of the Arts, welcomes applications for the MFA in Writing. Info session: 12/5. Application Deadline: 1/6/26.
Link: buff.ly/X7ZEL1Q
#writingmfa
Link: buff.ly/X7ZEL1Q
#writingmfa
Our sponsor, The Queens Review, is open for submissions. Send them your most unruly, boundary-pushing work by December 15th at: bit.ly/TQRSubmit
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our sponsor, The Queens Review, is open for submissions. Send them your most unruly, boundary-pushing work by December 15th at: bit.ly/TQRSubmit
I think I like this little life :) ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I think I like this little life :) ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our sponsor, the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation—located in the most culturally and linguistically diverse in the nation—will hold a virtual Open House information session, December 4, 5–6 PM. Click for Zoom info! buff.ly/ympMvf8
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our sponsor, the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation—located in the most culturally and linguistically diverse in the nation—will hold a virtual Open House information session, December 4, 5–6 PM. Click for Zoom info! buff.ly/ympMvf8
Time to polish up your essays! 📝 ⚡ 💡 Electric Literature will open for submissions in ✨Personal Narrative✨ on Monday, December 1! All submissions will be accepted through our Submittable page. Portal closes at 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, December 14, or when we receive 500 submissions.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Time to polish up your essays! 📝 ⚡ 💡 Electric Literature will open for submissions in ✨Personal Narrative✨ on Monday, December 1! All submissions will be accepted through our Submittable page. Portal closes at 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, December 14, or when we receive 500 submissions.
Have you got your copy of "Both/And" yet? This shining review from Blaque Out Magazine might help you!
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November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Have you got your copy of "Both/And" yet? This shining review from Blaque Out Magazine might help you!
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Happy Halloween, from the Electric Lit staff to you! 🎃 🎃 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Happy Halloween, from the Electric Lit staff to you! 🎃 🎃 🎃
I really enjoy how Electric Literature pushes up against and tests the boundary between irony and authenticity within the meme genre, leading viewers toward existentially evocative impressions and new, profound understandings of the writing life.
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I really enjoy how Electric Literature pushes up against and tests the boundary between irony and authenticity within the meme genre, leading viewers toward existentially evocative impressions and new, profound understandings of the writing life.
Halloween costume ideas for your favorite writer trio friend group 🎃 👻 ‼️ Who are you going as?
October 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Halloween costume ideas for your favorite writer trio friend group 🎃 👻 ‼️ Who are you going as?
With Augsburg’s two-year low residency Master of Fine Arts, elevate your creative writing through a program catered to your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, or playwriting goals. Learn more: augsburg.edu/mfa
October 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
With Augsburg’s two-year low residency Master of Fine Arts, elevate your creative writing through a program catered to your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, or playwriting goals. Learn more: augsburg.edu/mfa
