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The Pointed Circle
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A literary magazine out of Portland, OR, established in 1984.

Visit us at thepointedcirclepdx.com

Submit via email until April 24th, 2025.

#PDX #opensubs #opensubmissions
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The Pointed Circle @pointedcircle.bsky.social · May 19
JOIN US for a launch event of the 41st issue of THE POINTED CIRCLE! Co-hosted with our friends at Alchemy.

Tuesday, JUNE 10
PCC SYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

DOORS 6:30, EVENT 7-8:30 PM

Featuring readings by Carolyn Moore Residents Kweku Abimbola and Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
A flyer in a pink mottled background and tan border, with flowers in blue and green. Text in a seventies retro cont in brown and green reads POINTED CIRCLE LAUNCH PARTY with Alchemy Literary Magazine Tuesday, JUNE 10 PCC SYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DOORS 6:30, EVENT 7-8:30 PM Featuring readings by Carolyn Moore Residents Kweku Abimbola and Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
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so happy to have two poems in the latest issue of @pointedcircle.bsky.social — here is “cataclysm” and “aria for the beating heart” 🩵
August 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Join us TONIGHT at PCC Sylvania Performing Arts Center for a launch event of the 41st issue of THE POINTED CIRCLE and the 51st issue of ALCHEMY!

#poetry #pdx #portland #pcc #event #art #writing
pointedcircle.bsky.social The Pointed Circle @pointedcircle.bsky.social · May 19
JOIN US for a launch event of the 41st issue of THE POINTED CIRCLE! Co-hosted with our friends at Alchemy.

Tuesday, JUNE 10
PCC SYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

DOORS 6:30, EVENT 7-8:30 PM

Featuring readings by Carolyn Moore Residents Kweku Abimbola and Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
A flyer in a pink mottled background and tan border, with flowers in blue and green. Text in a seventies retro cont in brown and green reads POINTED CIRCLE LAUNCH PARTY with Alchemy Literary Magazine Tuesday, JUNE 10 PCC SYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DOORS 6:30, EVENT 7-8:30 PM Featuring readings by Carolyn Moore Residents Kweku Abimbola and Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
June 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Join us JUNE 9th at MISSISSIPPI PIZZA & ATLANTIS LOUNGE.

An OPEN MIC with readings from the editors of the 41st issue of The Pointed Circle as well!

Signups at 5:30, event at 6. Bring friends!
Flyer in pink mottled background with grey border. Top right is a blue and red flower with green stem. Top reads POINTED CIRCLE in green, followed by EDITOR READING & OPEN MIC in navy. Green text follows reading "Monday June 9 Mississippi Pizza & Atlantic Lounge Doors/Sign Ups at 5:30 PM Reading starts at 6:00 PM"
June 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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JOIN US for a launch event of the 41st issue of THE POINTED CIRCLE! Co-hosted with our friends at Alchemy.

Tuesday, JUNE 10
PCC SYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

DOORS 6:30, EVENT 7-8:30 PM

Featuring readings by Carolyn Moore Residents Kweku Abimbola and Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
A flyer in a pink mottled background and tan border, with flowers in blue and green. Text in a seventies retro cont in brown and green reads POINTED CIRCLE LAUNCH PARTY with Alchemy Literary Magazine Tuesday, JUNE 10 PCC SYLVANIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DOORS 6:30, EVENT 7-8:30 PM Featuring readings by Carolyn Moore Residents Kweku Abimbola and Henneh Kyereh Kwaku
May 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Save the date! Get involved!

@smallpressday.bsky.social is celebrating 10 Years of Small Press Day on July 19th, 2025. smallpressday.co.uk

If you self-publish your own comics & zines & want to do a shop signing event, contact your local bookshop.

To celebrate, I spent the morning drawing a poster
A tribute to the My Neighbour Totoro film poster. Paige the event mascot stands with umbrella next to a Totoro shaped & sized pencil
April 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Our fine editorial team is telling you about an IMMORTALITY opportunity! Submit nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art by tomorrow, APRIL 24! Link to details in bio.

#booksky #poetry #art #opensubs #opensubmission #litmag #literary #publishing
pointedcircle.bsky.social The Pointed Circle @pointedcircle.bsky.social · Apr 8
The printed word is very much alive! Submit to The Pointed Circle by April 24. Visit thepointedcirclepdx.com and submit to the email address there. Visual art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction accepted!

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April 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW APRIL 24TH!

The deadline for your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art submission to the 41st issue of The Pointed Circle is due! Join us this year and DIG IN!

#art #poetry #booksky #litmag #opensubs #opensubmissions #portland #pnw #fiction #nonfiction
pointedcircle.bsky.social The Pointed Circle @pointedcircle.bsky.social · Apr 10
THE POINTED CIRCLE at PCC is accepting submissions to the theme of our 41st issue, DIG IN! Check out details on our website thepointedcirclepdx.com and send submissions via email until April 24, 2025.

#opensubs #litmag #art #writing #portland #PNW #PDX
Lime green and pink text on a background of brown dirt, using a groovy 70s inspired font with curves. Issue 41 Theme DIG IN! Submissions Open Now! Via Email Until April 24th thepointedcirclepdx@gmail.com www.thepointedcirclepdx.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Just a few more days to submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art to the Pointed Circle! Join us and DIG IN!

#litmag #art #booksky #poetry #opensubs #opensubmissions #portland
pointedcircle.bsky.social The Pointed Circle @pointedcircle.bsky.social · Apr 10
THE POINTED CIRCLE at PCC is accepting submissions to the theme of our 41st issue, DIG IN! Check out details on our website thepointedcirclepdx.com and send submissions via email until April 24, 2025.

#opensubs #litmag #art #writing #portland #PNW #PDX
Lime green and pink text on a background of brown dirt, using a groovy 70s inspired font with curves. Issue 41 Theme DIG IN! Submissions Open Now! Via Email Until April 24th thepointedcirclepdx@gmail.com www.thepointedcirclepdx.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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EDITOR BIO: Kiddo Wybie

Kiddo and the team at Pointed Circle invite submissions to the theme of our 41st issue - DIG IN! Submissions accepted via email until April 24, 2025!

#litmag #opensubs #opensubmissions #booksky #art #publication
A black flyer with four quadrants accented in hot pink and lime green. Top left, a blonde person with a green shirt stares into the camera half lit by the sun. Bottom left, droopy pink heart-shaped flowers on a lime green vine. Top right: KIDDO WYBIE written in a seventies vintage curvy font. Bottom right is a green text box, accented in pink, with black text reading: KIDDO WYBIE IS A MULTINATIONAL, MULTIMEDIA ARTIST, WRITER, AND EDITOR. XE HAS BEEN WRITING POETRY SINCE 2022 ALONGSIDE THEIR MAIN WORKS IN CERAMICS, DANCE, AND MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURE. FOCUSED ON CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ND RECOVERY, WYBIE DESCRIBES XEIR ART STYLE AS UNCANNY, BITTERSWEET, AND VIVID.
April 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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EDITOR BIO: Fiona Siddall

Fiona and the team at Pointed Circle invite submissions to the theme of our 41st issue - DIG IN! Submissions accepted via email until April 24, 2025!
Lime green and hot pink flyer on a black background. Top left, a dark-haired women hugging a cat. Bottom left, a pink stem with green orchid bulbs design. Top right, "Fiona Siddall" in a seventies retro style wide font. Bottom right, black text on a green rounded rectangle with pink shadow, reading "Fiona Rose is a writer, musician, artist, and student residing in Portland Oregon. A poet and editor, her work has been features in Cathexis Northwest Press and Lowlife Literary Press."
April 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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EDITOR BIO: Travis Hall

Travis and the team at Pointed Circle invite submissions to the theme of our 41st issue - DIG IN! Submissions accepted via email until April 24, 2025!
Black background flyer. Top left, a smiling breaded person in a hooded sweetshirt, black and white. Bottom left, a lime stemmed tropical flower with a hot pink flower. "TRAVIS HALL" is written top right, below it a curved rectangular text box, lime green with pink shadow. Text "Travis Hall is a non-binary poet from somewhere in Nebraska. They currently live in Oregon with their car, Captain."
April 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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EDITOR BIO: Saoirse Chance

Saoirse and the team at Pointed Circle invite submissions to the theme of our 41st issue - DIG IN! Submissions accepted via email until April 24, 2025!

#writingcommunity #booksky #litmag #opensubs #opensubmissions #art #poetry #fiction #nonfiction
A poster with a black background. Top left: A woman in a black hat and light shirt salutes on a grey blue sky. Bottom left a lime and pink flower dropped over. Top right, the name Saoirse Chance. Bottom right the biography on a rounded rectangle of lime with a pink shadow "Saoirse is a writer, artist, filmmaker, and photographer. Regardless of her racecar brain, her work has been features by the Kern Telegram, The Reader, and Icarus Magazine, and she has worked on digital publications like Daily MTG, Lifted Geek, and All Chat."
April 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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THE POINTED CIRCLE at PCC is accepting submissions to the theme of our 41st issue, DIG IN! Check out details on our website thepointedcirclepdx.com and send submissions via email until April 24, 2025.

#opensubs #litmag #art #writing #portland #PNW #PDX
Lime green and pink text on a background of brown dirt, using a groovy 70s inspired font with curves. Issue 41 Theme DIG IN! Submissions Open Now! Via Email Until April 24th thepointedcirclepdx@gmail.com www.thepointedcirclepdx.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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EDITOR BIO: Casey Elder

Casey and the team at Pointed Circle invite submissions to the theme of our 41st issue - DIG IN! Submissions accepted via email until April 24, 2025!

#litmag #creativewriting #art #opensubs
A bearded man in portrait in top left corner. Bottom left is a bright green plant with pink six-petal flowers. Top right is "Casey Elder" in green and pink, with bio in bottom right reads "Casey Elder is a writer and musician from Portland OR. His poem "The Stone Pig" was published in the 2022 issue of the Bellwether Review. He has released an album entitled "Reflections" under the moniker Shambles, an album as part of the duo Dungeon Brothers, and has been features on various projects in collaboration with other artists."
April 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Calling All Poets, Writers & Artists!
For our 41st issue, our theme for 2025 is DIG IN, and we’re looking for work exploring the ways in which we can get our hands dirty, find interconnectedness, and ground ourselves in community.

Submit via email by April 24, 2025!

#opensubmissions #litmag #art
POINTED CIRCLE 2025 THEME: DIG IN! Chartreuse text on brown background, center "Topics we're especially interested in right now:" spiral pink arrows to: -Stories of working through radicalization to organization -Interdependence -Exploring root systems -Community -Connections -Discovering symbiosis -Mychorrhizae and uncovering previously unknown networks of communication and commonality
April 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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EDITOR BIO: Maylie McDaniel

Pointed Circle invites submissions to the theme of our 41st issue - DIG IN!

#litmag #creativewriting #art #opensubs
maylie in a red hat with a brown dog to image left in an outdoor setting. Format is Pointed Circle editor bio, text "Maylie McDaniel" title in yellow and red, with text box reading "Maylie is a writer and artist based in Portland. Her work skews towards haunting and humor as she draws inspiration from the various hauntings in the state and finding laughter in place of fear."
April 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The printed word is very much alive! Submit to The Pointed Circle by April 24. Visit thepointedcirclepdx.com and submit to the email address there. Visual art, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction accepted!

youtu.be/FJBZlwyaz0A?...
Pointed Circle Promo Video
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April 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Happy National Poetry Month! (Send us your poetry subs until April 15th 🌸)
A graphic with a beige background and four bright pink flowers that says “National Poetry Month”
April 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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“...the machinations behind the narrative revealed, gaining access to the screenwriters underlying intentions and the minutiae that ordinary viewers weren’t privy to.”

Jessie Carver’s “[SILENCE],” featured in our Spring 2025 print edition available now.

Details:

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#writingcommunity
March 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Get your subs in, writers!! I can answer any questions you have about the theme or process.

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March 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Pointed Circle submissions are open! Send us your best poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Link in bio.
A bright green and pink graphic which says in bright letters Pointed Circle This Year’s Theme Dig In! A graphic showing pink arrows pointing to all of our theme suggestions: Community, Symbiosis, Interdependence.
March 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM