The MacGuffin

01/05/2026

Hi. We’re back. 👋

12/23/2025

Alright, I’m wrapping it up here and taking off until early January. While submissions are open and SchoolcraftBooks.com is up and running, everything on campus is closed down until Jan. 5. We’ll see ya in the new year.
Enjoy this video of the campus bell tower hit with some festive red/green/yellow LEDs. Fun fact: They used to run string lights from top to bottom back in the day.

12/02/2025

Super excited to share our nominations for this year’s Pushcart Prize!!
For : Joshua Martin, Molly Thapviwat, and Kuo Zhang
For : Carolyn Lieberg, Andrew Nickerson, and Alina Zollfrank
You can find all of these issues (except 41.1, due out later this month) and MORE at SchoolcraftBooks.com (http://bit.ly/MacGuffinStore).

11/08/2025

Attending the Winter Wheat Bookfair today? So are we! Editor Brett Griffiths is in the house with a treasure trove of MacGuffin goodies.

10/13/2025

If you're in or around Fort Collins this weekend, check out Lew Forester reading with Church of Beethoven live at Avogadro's Number on Sunday!

Church of Beethoven presents Barbara Thiem, Cello with violinist Erik Peterson Oct. 19, 3 pm at Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins

10/07/2025

Excited to finally congratulate poetry staffer Angie Minkin on winning Passager's 2025 Poetry Contest!! You can pick up a copy that includes an Angie feature here:

Passager Poet Angie Minkin & 43 Honorable Mentions I take dance classes two to three times a week through Rhythm & Motion at the ODC Studios and

09/23/2025

We're thrilled to announce the winners of this year's POET HUNT, selected by guest judge Darrel Alejandro Holnes!! The grand prize-winning poem and two honorable mention selections will appear in vol. 41.2, due out early next year. Congrats also to our finalists and semifinalists who made it into the final round of judging!!!

If you entered POET HUNT 30, you'll receive a free copy of vol. 41.2.

Keep an eye out for news about POET HUNT 31 around the end of the year.

09/16/2025

For our locals: Come hang with author, former Prose Staffer, and friend of the mag Jared M. Bentley this Saturday at the Ypsi Public Library's Michigan Ave. location for a reading from his new collection, "Robots, Please."

09/10/2025

MacGuffin West Bureau Chief KATHLEEN McCLUNG has a new poetry collection out from , and it's all about the movies!! Pull out the popcorn and pick up your copy right here: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/climbing-the-fire-escape-flipping-the-raft-poems-on-women-in-movies-by-kathleen-mcclung 🍿

09/08/2025

In case you missed it, we got a shoutout in last week's !! Thanks to Becky, Jessica, and the rest of the team. ❤️

"... focusing on university-based literary journals."

07/24/2025

Reviewing the proofs for 40.3 and something here looks...uhhh...different. 👀 Guess we'll see how this turns out in a few weeks. Available at the office and at SchoolcraftBooks.com in August!!