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Now Reading … Graphic Narratives
As of our reading period in August, we are introducing a new submission category: the Graphic Narrative. When we were a print magazine, high publishing costs scared us off of accepting hybrid prose & artwork pieces. With our expanded capacity online, though, we now want to formalize our acceptance of graphic narratives. When we open …
TLR Contributors Discuss Graphic Narratives
Introducing Our Latest Traveler to MARS
“I fell in love with Helen, this demigod ill-suited to both the Sparta and Troy of Bronze Age Greece and of 1990s Tennessee.” — Poet Maria Zoccola in conversation with TLR’s Jessica Cuello
Our poetry editor Jessica Cuello interviews Maria Zoccola about her debut collection, which has received critical praise from The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and many more. TLR published “helen of troy recovers at st. francis,” in Issue 23, Summer 2022. JC: Helen of Troy is the voice of the poems in Helen of Troy, 1993. She is …
New for Us: Poems in Translation
With the reading period that starts January 15, we will begin publishing poems in translation. Translations are new to Tahoma Literary Review and a passion of our poetry editor Jessica Cuello; read her thoughts about it. For translations we have created a separate category on the submission page; please follow the guidance carefully. Submission and …
“Translation is an art form in its own right” — Editor Jessica Cuello on Poetry and Translations
Our poetry editor Jessica Cuello is passionate about poetry translations, both reading and creating them, and she inspired us to start including them in TLR. We had a virtual round table discussion with her about this new (to us) submission category. (Read on our website) Why, at this moment, did you decide to add poem translations …
“My poems allow me to stay close to childhood”
Kaan Ya Makaan: Once Upon a Place and Time
Transparency Index – Issue 27
The goal of our Transparency Index is to show generally how the magazine’s financials work. Tahoma Literary Review charges submission fees, and pays its writers and staff. With the Transparency Index we want to share in part how—or whether— those balance out. Issue 27 is the magazine’s second all-online issue, so our finances may be …
Your Contributions at Work: Supporting BIPOC and Other Marginalized Writers
Our discussion with Lorena at Solstice touched on the role of literary magazines in the writing community. One of our goals within the community is to support writers from under-represented groups. In 2020 we introduced the free submission category for underrepresented writers; in 2022 we started a fellowship for a BIPOC writer at a writing residency. With …
“I was being guided through a special process”: Emily Jon Tobias on Her Debut Story Collection
