Cleaver Magazine

Cleaver Magazine Cleaver Magazine publishes sharp-edged art & literary work by established & emerging voices. To “cleave” is both to stick tight and to fall away.

Cleaver Magazine shares “cutting-edge” artwork and literary work from a mix of established and emerging voices.We publish a quarterly literary magazine with poetry, short stories, essays, flash prose, visual art, graphic narratives, and visual art. Look for the literary quarterly in March, June, September, and December. In each issue we present several emerging writers and alongside established wr

iters and artists. We see ourselves as facilitators and stewards of the literary and artistic work that we publish. In addition to our literary quarterly, we publish weekly and daily features, including Life As Activism (poetry and prose with a social justice theme), writer-to-writer craft essays, author interviews, travel essays, and reviews of books from small and independent publishers. Our weekly in-house advice columnist, “Ask June” opines on matters punctuational, interpersonal, and philosophical, spinning wit and literary wisdom in response to your ethical quandaries. Our podcast On The Edge is a virtual poetry reading series, available for download on iTunes and SoundCloud. Our radio plays feature original short scrips performed by professional actors. The scripts are available for download as PDF files; the recordings are free for listeners on iTunes and SoundCloud. About our name: “cleave” is a Janus word, also known as an “auto-antonym”, meaning both itself and its opposite. A cleaver is the most broad-edged and brutally efficient kitchen knife, designed to be swung like a hammer for the most effective channel of force. “Cleave” also means to come together with strong attachment. Submissions guidelines at the Cleaver Magazine website. For book review queries, see the masthead on our website. For other queries, email: [email protected]

REGISTER NOW: The Cleaver 50 Contributors Reading is Sunday, July 20, at 7pm Eastern. Join us for an evening of outstand...
07/10/2025

REGISTER NOW: The Cleaver 50 Contributors Reading is Sunday, July 20, at 7pm Eastern.

Join us for an evening of outstanding work from Mikki Aronoff, Michelle Bitting, Alysha Black, Shaun Pieter Clamp, Michael Copperman, Crockett Doob, Charlotte Gullick, Liana Johnson, Callie Ann Marsalisi, Lane Osborne, Naisha Randhar, and Diane Zinna.

Please open your Zoom account to register. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/rlLWwZAtRLOUDKiR_c2LRw

In our July masterclass Beth Kephart explores how — in the tumult of these times — writing is a risk you take to find pr...
07/07/2025

In our July masterclass Beth Kephart explores how — in the tumult of these times — writing is a risk you take to find proof of residual beauty, courage, purpose, and honesty.

Come prepared to be inspired by writers like Virginia Woolf, Chloe Dalton, Lulu Miller, and Nick Cave — and to write inspirations of your own.

TRANSCENDING THE TUMULT: WRITE RIGHT NOW
All-genre masterclass taught by Beth Kephart
Sunday, July 27
2-4pm Eastern on Zoom

https://cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/327475/beth-kephart-transcending-the-tumult-write-right-now-july-27-2025

07/05/2025

We want to read you!

Cleaver accepts work of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and flash year-round, on a rolling basis, for our quarterly literary magazine. We also publish book reviews, craft essays, author interviews, and writing tips.

Please see our website for submission guidelines. Link in our bio.

GREAT NEWS for nonfiction writers: Cleaver Senior CNF Editor Sydney Tammarine is available for one-on-one writing clinic...
07/03/2025

GREAT NEWS for nonfiction writers: Cleaver Senior CNF Editor Sydney Tammarine is available for one-on-one writing clinics this summer!

Have Sydney read your essay (up to 3000 words) and offer constructive written feedback regarding what’s working, what needs attention, and how to improve in key craft areas. The first 10 submissions will receive an expedited turnaround and special price.

Sydney Tammarine’s work has appeared in Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, B O D Y, LIT Magazine, and other journals. Her work was selected as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2021 and 2024. Sydney is Assistant Professor of English at Davis & Elkins College.

https://cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/330781/summer-special-creative-nonfiction-clinic-with-sydney-tammarine

“Someday, you’ll be spurned. For now, you need, at least, to know how to act viciously. Surely, you’ve wanted to strangl...
07/01/2025

“Someday, you’ll be spurned. For now, you need, at least, to know how to act viciously. Surely, you’ve wanted to strangle someone. A sibling, a friend?”

EXPOSURE, a short story by Liana Johnson, appears in our new issue. Read Cleaver 50 now! https://www.cleavermagazine.com/exposure-by-liana-johnson/

"That morning when Lydia woke up, she saw that she’d become a refrigerator. It must have happened fairly quickly since s...
07/01/2025

"That morning when Lydia woke up, she saw that she’d become a refrigerator. It must have happened fairly quickly since she was certain she had woken around two a.m. to give the baby a bottle."

THE REFRIGERATOR, flash fiction by Frances Blankenship, appears in our current issue, Cleaver 50.

https://www.cleavermagazine.com/the-refrigerator-by-frances-blankenship/

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