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Mulberry Literary is a free, online indie lit mag featuring prose, poetry, art, and so much more. We accept submissions up to 6,500 words on a rolling basis.

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30/11/2025

ISSUE XI: "vicissitude" IS LIVE ‼️

Thank you to every fantastic creative who contributed to this issue! We are eternally grateful for the continued support of every applicant, reader and editor 💓 Where would we be without this amazing network of writers, poets and artists? The world comes to life when we work together and make something wonderful for people to enjoy for many years to come!

Fresh Voices Award Winners—
◉ First Place in Art: Amuri Morris.
◉ First Place in Poetry: Phoebe Nerem.
◉ First Place in Prose: Amelia McPhillips.

Creative Nonfiction—
◖Malaika Ali, Michael Hardin, and Kaia Rogers.

Fiction—
◖Andrea Benvenuto, Amelia McPhillips, and Bella Paracca.

Poetry—
◖Rachel Beachy, Maudie Bryant, Phoebe Nerem, and John Rodzvilla.

Visual Art—
◖David Anyanwu, Alma Ariaz, Julia Kossack, Amuri Morris, Marie Recalde, and Amanda Yskamp.

Check out "viscissitude"—featuring art, prose, poetry, and more— for FREE up on our website! 🖤

Cover art by the amazing David Anyanwu ( )!
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24/10/2025

Shannon Marzella's "Nervous Breakdown" 🥀

Read the whole piece and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site!

ALT TEXT: An ombre background that starts with blue and fades to cream at the bottom. The title of the piece "Nervous Breakdown" is in large white text at the top, with a section of the poem directly below in a column that reads: "For my grandmother. Tell me, did you suffer the rose, knotted and frail in your thin hands? Was all of your kneeling for naught? Did you execute small vices and pile them, tipping, in your medicine cabinet?" The authors name is at the bottom: Shannon Marzella.
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22/10/2025

From Fresh Voices Award Winner, D.D. Johnson 🪆

Read "Madeleine" in its entirety and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site! ✨️

ALT TEXT: On a red backdrop with two anatomical hearts on either side, white text reads, "Shortly after ending our relationship, I purchased a new one." An image of a woman's pristine smile is bookended by white text reading, "Madeleine — D.D. Johnson"
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17/10/2025

"Blood & Elegies" by Leila Farjami 🍂

Read the whole piece and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site!

ALT TEXT: Red thread trails across a pink background, accompanied by a needle and button. A hand as well as an IV bag float on either side. Black text reads, "Blood & Elegies — Leila Farjami." An excerpt reads, "I translate blood / to blood / I translate my immigrant father's brain tumor / into a gr***de / I translate my immigrant mother's dementia / into a minefield"
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15/10/2025

Shaurya Pathnia's "Hello. I need a plumber at my place, actually" 💧

Read the whole piece and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site!

ALT TEXT: A cream colored background with dark grey thin text. There are two bright yellow horizontal rectangles that highlight words on the top and the bottom. The text which is read in a declining angle, reads: "Hello. I need a plumber at my place, actually the tap in the bathroom never shuts downs, it drips constantly in a uniform manner, and takes of the role of a loud wall-clock." The poet's name is at the bottom: Shaurya Pathnia.
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13/10/2025

"Dispatch from Le Dôme" by Ren K.D.

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ALT TEXT: On a pink gingham backdrop, accompanied by bread, fruit, coffee, a book, and granola, reads "Dispatch From Le Dôme by Ren K.D." An excerpt reads, "I’m a beautiful nineteen and I have everything in the world a person could possibly want. All this except for the fact that I seem to be terminally insane."
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10/10/2025

"Spiral Girl" by Fresh Voices Award Winner Ashanti Ameresekere 🌀

Check out the full view of the piece and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site!

ALT TEXT: a collage of Countess of Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini. Dressed in Victorian attire, she sits in a skull, peering out of a picture frame, colorful tears falling from her eye. She is surrounded by lace, foliage, a golden frame, and swirls of black spirals on a background of blue. On either side of her, text reads, "Spiral Girl — Ashanti Ameresekere"
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08/10/2025

Tony Trigilio's "Collins family lawyer Evan Hanley begins another pompous Prince of Darkness ritual," 🕯

Read the whole piece and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site!

ALT TEXT: On a background of old parchment paper, accompanied by a feather quill, tome, skeleton key, candle, and inkwells, reads "Collins family lawyer Evan Hanley begins another pompous Prince of Darkness ritual, by Tony Trigilio." The excerpt reads, "six black candles burning over his left shoulder and a tiny, brass genie lamp in his hands filled with infernal holy water—but Reverend Trask’s (Jerry Lacy) shadow flits across the screen as he runs to take his spot for the next scene, interrupting Hanley in mid-sentence."
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06/10/2025

"From Portal" by Nicolò Potestà 🪞

Read the whole piece and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site!

ALT TEXT: A photo of arms holding a standing rectangular mirror from behind, in the corner of a room. The photo is made to be somewhat faded/transparent. There is text on the image that says "I see old dreams here, in my first dog’s water bowl, through the little windows in the back door, in the reflection of the bath room mirror which I caught a glimpse of". At the bottom there is the text "FROM PORTAL BY NICOLÒ POTESTÀ".
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03/10/2025

"If You Come to My Haunted House As A Tourist" by Cass Costa 👻

Read the whole piece and more in Issue IX: THE NECROGRAPHER up on our site! ✨️

ALT TEXT: A ghostly figure draped in red, holding a skull with a candle burning stands in the background. Above them, red text reads "If You Come to My Haunted House As A Tourist — Cass Costa." An excerpt reads "turn back, don't do it, leave for good. If my warnings seem lackluster, sure, proceed. I mean, it is your neck, figuratively and perhaps literally, if you step beyond the threeshold."

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05/09/2025

Our friends over at Writer's Block Ink () are hosting a score of wonderful workshops this season! And some of them feature familiar faces from the Mulberry Team!

You can take classes with our amazing Acquisition Editor Cecilia Dillon, as well as our Founder & EIC, Kae Johnston ✨️

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