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The Writing Disorder http://writingdisorder.com/ Submission Guidelines — Send us your best work. We ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS all year long. Editors: C.E. Please attach it to your email.

NEEDS: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Reviews, Comic Art, Experimental
We would like to see more poetry, long fiction, nonfiction, and artwork. Lukather and Paul Garson
Poetry Editor: Juliana Woodhead
Contributing Editor: Sarah Sarai

The Writing Disorder accepts Microsoft Word document (storytitle.doc or .docx) submissions by email. But we can’t promise that it’s going to look exactly the way

you had it (we are Mac users). Send your work to: [email protected]

NOTE: Please include your last name in the title of your Word document. You may also send information using our submission form.

YOUR SUMMER READING LISTAll New Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction and ArtThe Writing Disorder - Summer 2025 Issuehttps://writi...
20/06/2025

YOUR SUMMER READING LIST
All New Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction and Art

The Writing Disorder - Summer 2025 Issue

https://writingdisorder.com/

FICTION
The Co**ie Squirrels of Chisholm Lookout by Allen Billy
H.R. by Chris Brower
Greatest Chain of All by Julia Faour
Sort of Maybe Famous by Michael Loyd Gray
The Garden by Bay Sandefur
In Your Dreams by Noelle Shoemate
Wind Chime Café by Brittany Sirlin
She’ll Talk When She Has Something to Say by Dennis Vannatta

POETRY
Daniel Damiano
Alexandra Disabella
Cleo Griffith
Charles Grosel
Emma Johnson-Rivard
J. Scott Lewis
Chuck Rybak

NONFICTION
Book Review: Hope and Wild Panic by Hugh Blanton
Dada, Politics and Gender by Mahshid Gorjian
Spoiler: I’m Asexual by Sarah R. McNamara
Flavors of Grief by Brandy E. Wyant

ART
The Art of Brad Morrison

The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal. We publish new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and interviews. Submissions are welcome all year long.

Enjoy reading the spring 2025 issue of The Writing Disorder – with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. Our spri...
20/03/2025

Enjoy reading the spring 2025 issue of The Writing Disorder – with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. Our spring issue features that fantastic art of Denise Brook. There are also book reviews. Thanks for your support!

https://writingdisorder.com/

The Writing Disorder • Spring 2025

FICTION
Of Two Minds by Vicki Addesso
Missy Anderson’s Funeral by Viktor Athelstan
The Tomb in the Orchard by Claude Chabot
Cutthroat by Nicholas Godec
Sam the Fishing Dog by Jeff Hazlett
Vanishing Act by Seonah Kim
Covet Thy Brother’s Truck by Travis Lee
Influencing Henry by Lesley Morrison
Arctic Peonies by Birgit Lennertz Sarrimanolis

POETRY
Alicia Caldanaro
John A. deSouza
Fran O’Farrell
Jordyn Pimental
Paul Rabinowitz
Ron Riekki

NONFICTION
Botox Bitch Fairy by Katarina Keča
Book Review: The Story of Art Without Men by Mahshid Gorjian
The Ashtray Heist or How to Come Out to Your Fourth-Best Friend by Kyle Mustain
Book Review: A Healthy Interest in the Lives of Others by Anne Osmer

ART
The Art of Denise Brook

The Writing DisorderWinter 2024/25FICTIONThe Last Murmuration of Gwyneth by Winnie BrightWhite Rabbits by Marco Etheridg...
23/12/2024

The Writing Disorder
Winter 2024/25

FICTION
The Last Murmuration of Gwyneth by Winnie Bright
White Rabbits by Marco Etheridge
Human Beings Live Here by Mike Heppner
This Story Was Written For You by Ryan W. Honaker
Butcherback Argosy by Jessica Lackaff
A Sighting by Harriet Sandilands
Butterfly City by Lesley Warren

POETRY
Alan Brayne
Chris Callard
Kristina Lynn
Sarah McNamara
Daniel Meltz
Todd Sformo

NONFICTION
Do the Dead Choose Their Biographers? by Scott Bane
Fields by Alan Crowe
Revenge of the Ocean: On the Legacy of Jaws by Lauren Gallagher
A Different Kind of Music by Erin Moine
Book Review: Wolfboy of Rego Park, review by Michael Weingrad

ART
The Comic Art of John Pham

View work here: https://writingdisorder.com/

Read our winter 2024/25 issue of The Writing Disorder with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. Our featured art...
23/12/2024

Read our winter 2024/25 issue of The Writing Disorder with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art. Our featured artist is John Pham. View work here - https://writingdisorder.com/

The Writing Disorder
Winter 2024/25

FICTION
The Last Murmuration of Gwyneth by Winnie Bright
White Rabbits by Marco Etheridge
Human Beings Live Here by Mike Heppner
This Story Was Written For You by Ryan W. Honaker
Butcherback Argosy by Jessica Lackaff
A Sighting by Harriet Sandilands
Butterfly City by Lesley Warren

POETRY
Alan Brayne
Chris Callard
Kristina Lynn
Sarah McNamara
Daniel Meltz
Todd Sformo

NONFICTION
Do the Dead Choose Their Biographers? by Scott Bane
Fields by Alan Crowe
Revenge of the Ocean: On the Legacy of Jaws by Lauren Gallagher
A Different Kind of Music by Erin Moine
Book Review: Wolfboy of Rego Park, review by Michael Weingrad

ART
The Comic Art of John Pham

Coming soon — the winter issue of The Writing Disorder, with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art.
07/12/2024

Coming soon — the winter issue of The Writing Disorder, with all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art.

The fall 2024 issue of The Writing Disorder has been published.ALL NEW. Eight short stories. Eight poets. Four nonfictio...
20/09/2024

The fall 2024 issue of The Writing Disorder has been published.
ALL NEW. Eight short stories. Eight poets. Four nonfiction pieces. One artist. 21 featured writers and artists. Check out all the great new work here: https://writingdisorder.com/

The Writing Disorder
Fall 2024

FICTION
If They Can’t See the Light by L.L. Babb
No Toe in the Water by Patricia Ann Bowen
Don’t Call the Sea ‘Cerulean’ by Megan Howell
The Everlasting Hour by Chris Jalufka
One of the Guys by Renee S. Jolivette
My Speedo by T.B. Meek
Park Sh*tty by Melissa Or
Free Termite Inspections by Hillary Tiefer

POETRY
Bart Edelman
Patrick Theron Erickson
Ariel Fábrega
Robert Hill Long
Daye Phillippo
Timothy Robbins
Jake Sheff
Geoff White

NONFICTION
Book Review: Bright Eyed by Sarah Sarai - Review by Ed Go
Sam by Rachel Moncada
D-Day at Eighty by Nadine Revheim
Grandma Ward by Jon Woolley

ART
The Art of Jaina Cipriano

What are you reading this summer? How about the big summer issue of The Writing Disorder. We have all new fiction, poetr...
20/06/2024

What are you reading this summer? How about the big summer issue of The Writing Disorder. We have all new fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art — plus interviews with Deborah Holt Larkin and Ben Fox. Check out the new work here: https://writingdisorder.com/

The Writing Disorder • Summer 2024

FICTION
The Wedding Cake House by Amy Cacciola
Broke Palace by Joseph Ducato
Birth Day by Rosie Hart
Homeomorphism by Erik Harper Klass
A Single Blosson by Laura Lambie
The Last Sticky Thing by Sirong Li
When the Circus Came to Town by Deepti Nalavade Mahule
Figments by Abhishek Udaykumar

POETRY
Kenneth Johnson
Michael Penny
Stella Vinitchi Radulescu
Claudia M. Reder
Luke Sawczak
Lisa Sultani
Laurier Tiernan

INTERVIEWS
Interview with Author, Deborah Holt Larkin
Interview with Ben Fox of Shepherd

NONFICTION
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Happily Ever After by Hannah Ackerman
Sleep Lab by Joseph Bardin
For Jack and the Eagle by D.S. Liggett

ART
The Art of Paul Torres

The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal. We publish new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and interviews. Submissions are welcome all year long.

The spring 2024 issue of The Writing Disorder has just been published. The new edition features an interview with Sandra...
21/03/2024

The spring 2024 issue of The Writing Disorder has just been published. The new edition features an interview with Sandra Niemi, who recently wrote a biography about her famous Finnish Aunt, Maila Nurmi aka Vampira.

Check out the excellent fiction, poetry and nonfiction work featured in this issue - https://writingdisorder.com/

The Writing Disorder
Spring 2024

FICTION
The Death of Rhetta Brown by Norman Belanger
Red and White by L.S. Engler
The Shopping List by P.A. Farrell
The Sinking by Evelyn Herwitz
The Pond by Hannah McIntyre
Charlotte, Damned by Waters by Jacob Strunk
Gather Sainted Jellyfish, ’Tis The August Bloom by Cor de Wulf

POETRY
Josh Humphrey
J. A. Lane
Dana Roesner
Nolo Segundo
Uzomah Ugwu
Diane Webster

INTERVIEW
Interview with author, Sandra Niemi

NONFICTION
Sometimes it Takes Fifty Years to Repair a Friendship by Kelsey Berryman
Minor League Authors by Eric D. Lehman
Bat Summer by Rachel Paz Ruggera
Review: Homelight by Lola Haskins by Claire Hamner Matturo

ART
Gallery of Maila Nurmi – Vampira

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The Writing Disorder

The Writing Disorder is a literary journal devoted to literature, art and culture. We publish quarterly and are based in Los Angeles, CA. The mission of our journal is to showcase new and emerging writers – particularly those in writing programs — as well as established ones. We feature new works of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art, plus interviews with writers and artists, and some reviews. Although we strive to publish original and experimental work, The Writing Disorder remains rooted in the classic art of storytelling.

Send us your best work. We accept SUBMISSIONS all year long. No limit on word count. NEEDS: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Art, Reviews, Comic Art, Experimental We would like to see more poetry, long fiction, nonfiction, and artwork. Send your work to: [email protected] We care about the work we publish, and are grateful to the writers and artists who create it.

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