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post-genre journal and small press. At Ghost Proposal, we’re into writing that is aware of its own topography.

Ghost Proposal is:

Proposal: an offering; a possibility; a conjecture; a guess; a hypothesis; a thing-to-be-explored. Ghost: a shadow on the sleeve of your sweater; a rhythm returning from lifetimes before; the meandering suggestion of a river on an ancient, yellowed map. We like work that engages with thought process. We think of writing as “a letter from a stranger that you can’t bear to throw

away. It haunts you; it strengthens you.” (Mary Oliver). We want to publish your strange objects. The whispers sitting in between your shoulder blades. Translation: We publish poetry, essays, hybrid works of both, works that nestle in between poetry and essays, works that stretch the boundaries of poetry and essays. We publish images and multimedia. We do not publish fiction. We do publish poetry and essays that play with elements of fiction. Manifesto: We do not label by genre in our issues. We want to engage with the work itself, separate from the discussion of labels. We want to talk about what the work is doing, not what it is.

In just a week we’ll be in New Orleans for ! We’re hosting a reading celebrating  ‘s luminous chapbook, A Seam of Electr...
04/04/2025

In just a week we’ll be in New Orleans for ! We’re hosting a reading celebrating ‘s luminous chapbook, A Seam of Electricity, on Saturday, April 12th at 3pm with this equally glowing line up. Also catch us at the book fair where we’ll have the whole GP catalog available 👀💚

NEW CHAPBOOK OUT TODAY! Ian U Lockaby’s “A Seam of Electricity” was the Editors’ Choice selection for the 2022 Ghost Pro...
06/01/2025

NEW CHAPBOOK OUT TODAY! Ian U Lockaby’s “A Seam of Electricity” was the Editors’ Choice selection for the 2022 Ghost Proposal Chapbook Contest. Risograph printed with green text in an edition of 100! Get your verdant electric dream at ghostproposal dot com. 🔌⚡️🔋💚

🔜 Celebrate the release of  ‘s chapbook, A Seam of Electricity, this Saturday, January 4th at 6pm, at  !💡Our electric li...
29/12/2024

🔜 Celebrate the release of ‘s chapbook, A Seam of Electricity, this Saturday, January 4th at 6pm, at !💡Our electric lineup includes and 🔋Come snag a chapbook + enjoy the glow of this illuminating text!⚡️

NEW VISUAL POETRY PAMPHLET OUT TODAY! Chantine Akiyama Poh’s “Family Conversation” won the 2023 Ultraslant Prize and was...
21/10/2024

NEW VISUAL POETRY PAMPHLET OUT TODAY! Chantine Akiyama Poh’s “Family Conversation” won the 2023 Ultraslant Prize and was risograph-printed in a limited edition of 100. Get your copy for $5 at ghost proposal dot com.

From Issue 14: an excerpt of “(o)bituary: Unnamed” by olivier.〰️〰️〰️olivier () is a research-based artist+writer and arc...
17/06/2024

From Issue 14: an excerpt of “(o)bituary: Unnamed” by olivier.

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olivier () is a research-based artist+writer and archives worker. They speak Cantonese at home with their demonic cat. Their practice is rooted in the ephemerality and the anarchival in q***r and trans theory, and ufology. They toy with poetics and semiotics, caress languaging and linguistics, draw with speculative projects, artists’ books, videos, performative lectures, happenings, surveys… and lead a secret mail art practice. olivier holds an MA in Visual and Critical Studies. Born and raised in British-Hong Kong, they are now temporarily floating in the rivers of Chicago after some adventures in the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. For the past decade, their time-machine has been stuck in this dimension. So it goes.

From Issue 14: a text(ile) triptych by Kelly Hoffer.〰️〰️〰️Kelly Hoffer () is a poet and book artist. Her debut collectio...
16/06/2024

From Issue 14: a text(ile) triptych by Kelly Hoffer.

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Kelly Hoffer () is a poet and book artist. Her debut collection of poems UNDERSHORE (2023) was selected by Diana Khoi Nguyen as the winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize. Her book manuscript Fire Series was a finalist for the 2021 National Poetry Series and the Georgia Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, American Chordata, TAGVVERK, and Chicago Review, among others. Her essays and criticism have appeared in Jacket2, Cultural Critique, Inscription, and The Henry James Review. She currently teaches in the MFA program at the University of Michigan as the Helen Zell Visiting Professor of Poetry.

Ghost Proposal commits to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). We won’t col...
15/06/2024

Ghost Proposal commits to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). We won’t collaborate with academic and cultural institutions that are complicit in Israel’s occupation and genocide of the Palestinian people. We urge other cultural organizations to make similar commitments.

Our 14th issue officially hits the newsstands (aka our website) today!
14/06/2024

Our 14th issue officially hits the newsstands (aka our website) today!

We put together a quick zine on how to buy eSIMs for people in Gaza. 🍉
11/03/2024

We put together a quick zine on how to buy eSIMs for people in Gaza. 🍉

We are thrilled to announce that Chantine Akiyama Poh is the 2023 winner of the Ultraslant Prize for her poem “Family Co...
19/02/2024

We are thrilled to announce that Chantine Akiyama Poh is the 2023 winner of the Ultraslant Prize for her poem “Family Conversation.” We are also excited to announce Kondo Heller as our runner up for their poem “been in a place where people live.” Stay tuned for the release of both works as riso-printed pamphlets. Thank you again to everyone who submitted.

Genre is fake, but money is unfortunately real. Buy a sticker and help us print more books and signs! Link in bio.
31/01/2024

Genre is fake, but money is unfortunately real. Buy a sticker and help us print more books and signs! Link in bio.

New free risograph-printed sign, designed by 💚❤️🖤. Get free copies shipped to you via the link in our bio. ✉️
29/12/2023

New free risograph-printed sign, designed by 💚❤️🖤. Get free copies shipped to you via the link in our bio. ✉️

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