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Shenandoah Literary Magazine ...passionate understanding, formal accomplishment & serious mischief. Online at http://shenandoahliterary.org.

We are NOW OPEN for Creative Nonfiction submissions!! Head on over to Shenandoah.submittable.com/submit. Swipe to see wh...
11/15/2025

We are NOW OPEN for Creative Nonfiction submissions!! Head on over to Shenandoah.submittable.com/submit. Swipe to see what editor Jean-Luc Bouchard is looking for!

Head on over to The Peak and check out or newest post — a Behind the Poem with Rosebud Ben-Oni on her poem “82Pb :: Head...
11/12/2025

Head on over to The Peak and check out or newest post — a Behind the Poem with Rosebud Ben-Oni on her poem “82Pb :: Head like a Hole{i’d rather die—}” from Issue 74.1-2. In this piece, Ben-Oni introduces her readers to Plumbum, the element that animates her Atomic Sonnet with its propensity for destruction and an affinity for Nine Inch Nails. Check it out at shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak

Reminder that we’re opening for Creative Nonfiction submissions on November 15! Our new Creative Nonfiction Editor Jean-...
11/10/2025

Reminder that we’re opening for Creative Nonfiction submissions on November 15! Our new Creative Nonfiction Editor Jean-Luc Bouchard will review the submissions 👏 Swipe to read what he’s looking for!

There’s a new Small Town Dispatches up on The Peak 🥳 In this one, Special Features editor Nadeen Kharputly interviews Sh...
11/01/2025

There’s a new Small Town Dispatches up on The Peak 🥳 In this one, Special Features editor Nadeen Kharputly interviews Shenandoah contributor Mathew Goldberg. Check it out to get a glimpse of Mathew’s life in Rolla, Missouri!

Meet our new Creative Nonfiction Editor: Jean-Luc Bouchard!  Prior to joining Shenandoah and Washington and Lee Universi...
10/27/2025

Meet our new Creative Nonfiction Editor: Jean-Luc Bouchard!
 
Prior to joining Shenandoah and Washington and Lee University, where he teaches creative writing and English courses, Jean-Luc taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Before that, he worked as an editor and writer in journalism and digital media companies including BuzzFeed, Business Insider, Quartz, and Medium; since 2017, he has also been a Features Contributor for The Onion. As a freelance writer, his work has appeared in publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, Vox, VICE, Passages North, Catapult, Split Lip, Epiphany, and more.
 
For Shenandoah, here’s what he’s looking for: “I’m seeking creative nonfiction rooted in the author’s obsessions and passions. I like to see writers actively grappling on the page with their chosen subjects, whether intellectually or emotionally. I’m also interested in CNF that is intentional about its structure and pacing—whether that is propulsive and playful, or meditative and reflective—and I always welcome CNF submissions that incorporate elements of research, literary journalism, and cultural criticism in addition to memoir, lyric essay, and personal essay. I love nonfiction humor and humor memoir as well as flash nonfiction, so I encourage you to submit those drafts, too.”
 
For more information about our new Creative Nonfiction Editor, be on the lookout for an upcoming interview!

Here’s our updated reading periods for this fall 🤩 Note the new section: We open for Creative Nonfiction on November 15,...
10/21/2025

Here’s our updated reading periods for this fall 🤩 Note the new section: We open for Creative Nonfiction on November 15, to be considered by our new editor Jean-Luc Bouchard! Happy writing!!

Check out this post on The Peak! Shenandoah intern Ellis Nicholson sat down with poetry editor Lesley Wheeler to chat ab...
10/21/2025

Check out this post on The Peak! Shenandoah intern Ellis Nicholson sat down with poetry editor Lesley Wheeler to chat about her poetry collection Mycocosmic, which was published earlier this year 🤩 Read the interview at shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/

New on The Peak! Check out “Shenandoah Interviews State Senator Ghazala Hashmi,” a conversation between Nadeen Kharputly...
10/14/2025

New on The Peak! Check out “Shenandoah Interviews State Senator Ghazala Hashmi,” a conversation between Nadeen Kharputly and Ghazala Hashmi right now at shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/ 👏

Check out the new post on our blog! Shenandoah intern Kaia Beddows sat down with nonfiction editorial intern Stevie Bill...
10/07/2025

Check out the new post on our blog! Shenandoah intern Kaia Beddows sat down with nonfiction editorial intern Stevie Billow to chat about their writing journey, creative inspirations and the curation behind the essays featured in Shenandoah’s 75th anniversary edition! Go check it out at shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/ 👏

We’ve got submission opportunities open and editorial fellows eager to read your pieces 🤩 We’re still open for Comics, t...
09/30/2025

We’ve got submission opportunities open and editorial fellows eager to read your pieces 🤩 We’re still open for Comics, to be considered by editorial fellow Robert James Russell. We’re also opening for Poetry on October 15 for our editorial fellow Samyak Shertok to review!

For Virginia poets, keep an eye out for the Graybeal-Gowen Prize submission opening, which will be open October 15-31!

Head over to shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/ because a NEW Small Town Dispatches is out! This one features Shenandoah co...
09/23/2025

Head over to shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/ because a NEW Small Town Dispatches is out! This one features Shenandoah contributor Holly M. Wendt and her town of Annville, Pennsylvania!

New post on the Peak! Check out this interview with guest Comics Editor Qiana Whitted at shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/
09/16/2025

New post on the Peak! Check out this interview with guest Comics Editor Qiana Whitted at shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/

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