Tahoma Literary Review
@tahomareview.bsky.social
We publish poetry, fiction, and nonfiction twice a year. Professional pay rates.
All online since 2024!
Current issues, submission periods, etc. at tahomaliteraryreview.com
All online since 2024!
Current issues, submission periods, etc. at tahomaliteraryreview.com
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Our new issue is here and it's a stunner! Cover art by Vivienne Strauss.
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Spotlight on Katharine Whitcomb's breathtaking "Poem Ending with a Line by Deborah Digges." tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/p...
Poet’s Note:
[This poem] is an elegy and an homage. I have been greatly inspired as a writer by the work of Deborah Digges, who died by apparent suicide in 2009.
Poet’s Note:
[This poem] is an elegy and an homage. I have been greatly inspired as a writer by the work of Deborah Digges, who died by apparent suicide in 2009.
Poem Ending with a Line by Deborah Digges - Tahoma Literary Review
Sometimes when I cannot write I remember my professor’s astonishing beauty, how we fell before the heft of her hair, lay down on her creased pages &
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November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Spotlight on Katharine Whitcomb's breathtaking "Poem Ending with a Line by Deborah Digges." tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/p...
Poet’s Note:
[This poem] is an elegy and an homage. I have been greatly inspired as a writer by the work of Deborah Digges, who died by apparent suicide in 2009.
Poet’s Note:
[This poem] is an elegy and an homage. I have been greatly inspired as a writer by the work of Deborah Digges, who died by apparent suicide in 2009.
"'Bear' is a short, nonfiction piece that came from me and my family making it through the winter of 2025. By any means possible, that’s what we were doing to get through these both literal and figurative dark times."--poet & writer Melissa O'Neil
Bear - Tahoma Literary Review
Some of my kids’ friends came over and stayed until dark the other night, which, in winter on the Olympic Peninsula, is still quite early. My partner and
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November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"'Bear' is a short, nonfiction piece that came from me and my family making it through the winter of 2025. By any means possible, that’s what we were doing to get through these both literal and figurative dark times."--poet & writer Melissa O'Neil
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Thank you @tahomareview.bsky.social for nominating "Plague" for Best of the Net for 2026, alongside other great #artworks and online literary #writing! Read Issue 28 / Spring 2025 below.
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Thank you @tahomareview.bsky.social for nominating "Plague" for Best of the Net for 2026, alongside other great #artworks and online literary #writing! Read Issue 28 / Spring 2025 below.
Two more days to send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, or poetry in translation.
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We are reading! We are open for submissions from August 15 to October 31. General guidelines are below.In addition to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, we are now open to graphic narratives and poetry...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Two more days to send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, or poetry in translation.
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A coming-of-age story meets A Walk in the Woods in this flash fiction piece by Kyra Kondis. From Issue 29:
What to Do in a Bear Attack - Tahoma Literary Review
Wyatt Stephen has been reading a book about bear attacks in the United States. I learn about this in great detail in Stacy Miller’s backyard. Stacy’s
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October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A coming-of-age story meets A Walk in the Woods in this flash fiction piece by Kyra Kondis. From Issue 29:
One more week 🎃 to send work for our current reading period, open through October 31.
Remember that we are now open to graphic narratives and poetry in translation, in addition to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit
Remember that we are now open to graphic narratives and poetry in translation, in addition to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit
Tahoma Literary Review Submission Manager
We are reading! We are open for submissions from August 15 to October 31. General guidelines are below.In addition to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, we are now open to graphic narratives and poetry...
tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One more week 🎃 to send work for our current reading period, open through October 31.
Remember that we are now open to graphic narratives and poetry in translation, in addition to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit
Remember that we are now open to graphic narratives and poetry in translation, in addition to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
tahomaliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit
👀 Jackie K. White and Simone Muench's poem "teeth-grinder, lace-cutter," part of a collaborative project, "The Alchemy of Ghosts,” wherein they "engage with the voices of the women associated with both the artistic and literary Surrealist movement, who have often been historically marginalized"
teeth-grinder, lace-cutter - Tahoma Literary Review
a Mansour and Tanning assemblage From cheap coffins, the dead blaze like stained glass in the gloom. Their airbrushed eyes of storms and logics, say Don’t
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October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
👀 Jackie K. White and Simone Muench's poem "teeth-grinder, lace-cutter," part of a collaborative project, "The Alchemy of Ghosts,” wherein they "engage with the voices of the women associated with both the artistic and literary Surrealist movement, who have often been historically marginalized"
Today’s Poem Per Diem is “Jackson Pollack” by Jenny Molberg from our most recent issue.
Sunday, October 12
JACKSON POLLOCK I do not believe in forgiveness.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today’s Poem Per Diem is “Jackson Pollack” by Jenny Molberg from our most recent issue.
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Today's listing of the day is: Tahoma Literary Review (TLR) @tahomareview.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: Tahoma Literary Review (TLR) @tahomareview.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity
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October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Spotlight this week on Betty J. Cotter, writing what she initially thought of as the “field trip story,” which then evolved into a greater examination of aging, memory, and our threatened environment.
The Memory Root - Tahoma Literary Review
For a while, Doris remembered when it started. A January day. Mild: 65 degrees, gentle breeze blowing in from the Gulf. She had brought her biology
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October 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Spotlight this week on Betty J. Cotter, writing what she initially thought of as the “field trip story,” which then evolved into a greater examination of aging, memory, and our threatened environment.
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Embark contributor Jillian Schedneck has had a story called “#lasteuropeansummer” published in the @tahomareview.bsky.social! Check it out here: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/l...
#lasteuropeansummer - Tahoma Literary Review
The day the EU announced its impending border closure, we let the news and its implications settle among us, casting a long, dark shadow over our imagined
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October 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Embark contributor Jillian Schedneck has had a story called “#lasteuropeansummer” published in the @tahomareview.bsky.social! Check it out here: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/l...
Spotlight this week on poet Ellen Kombiyil, whose gorgeous erasures can be seen on our website.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Spotlight this week on poet Ellen Kombiyil, whose gorgeous erasures can be seen on our website.
tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/s...
tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/s...
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"Lara eats chocolate cake again when the man she loves brings it to her after his wife has gone into town to run errands." @kellypedro.bsky.social in @tahomareview.bsky.social
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Preserves - Tahoma Literary Review
In winter, Lara eats root vegetables from the cellar—crisp carrots and sugar beets that snap between her calcified teeth. Outside, the snow is like
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September 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Lara eats chocolate cake again when the man she loves brings it to her after his wife has gone into town to run errands." @kellypedro.bsky.social in @tahomareview.bsky.social
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I'm heartbroken that poet Jennifer Martelli has died. Her poem "Teeth" appeared in Issue 21 of @tahomareview.bsky.social - one of my first issues as editor. I fell in love with her poems and was lucky to become her friend. She was funny, brilliant, deeply generous, & kind. She will be very missed 🐈⬛💔
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm heartbroken that poet Jennifer Martelli has died. Her poem "Teeth" appeared in Issue 21 of @tahomareview.bsky.social - one of my first issues as editor. I fell in love with her poems and was lucky to become her friend. She was funny, brilliant, deeply generous, & kind. She will be very missed 🐈⬛💔
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Why does it never get to be
our hands
the ones that rise up,
the ones that proclaim the voice
of disgust…
Read Susana Thénon’s “Advent,” translated by Karen Elizabeth Bishop in @tahomareview.bsky.social this #NationalTranslationMonth: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/t...
our hands
the ones that rise up,
the ones that proclaim the voice
of disgust…
Read Susana Thénon’s “Advent,” translated by Karen Elizabeth Bishop in @tahomareview.bsky.social this #NationalTranslationMonth: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/t...
Two Poems by Susana Thénon, trans. from the Spanish by Karen Elizabeth Bishop - Tahoma Literary Review
from Unrelenting Age (1958) | from Edad sin tregua (1958) Advent Why does it never get to beour handsthe ones that rise up,the ones that proclaim the
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September 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Why does it never get to be
our hands
the ones that rise up,
the ones that proclaim the voice
of disgust…
Read Susana Thénon’s “Advent,” translated by Karen Elizabeth Bishop in @tahomareview.bsky.social this #NationalTranslationMonth: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/t...
our hands
the ones that rise up,
the ones that proclaim the voice
of disgust…
Read Susana Thénon’s “Advent,” translated by Karen Elizabeth Bishop in @tahomareview.bsky.social this #NationalTranslationMonth: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/t...
What archival traces do our intimate relationships leave behind?
What happens to intimate relationships when forced to produce proof of their legitimacy, or "good faith," to the bureaucratic immigration system? What is lost, diminished, or silenced in the process?
Read this essay by Vanessa Freije
What happens to intimate relationships when forced to produce proof of their legitimacy, or "good faith," to the bureaucratic immigration system? What is lost, diminished, or silenced in the process?
Read this essay by Vanessa Freije
Good Faith Marriage - Tahoma Literary Review
I’ve taken 1,112 photos since December 8, 2023, the day we got married. Three hundred ninety-three are from my research in historical archives, large
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September 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What archival traces do our intimate relationships leave behind?
What happens to intimate relationships when forced to produce proof of their legitimacy, or "good faith," to the bureaucratic immigration system? What is lost, diminished, or silenced in the process?
Read this essay by Vanessa Freije
What happens to intimate relationships when forced to produce proof of their legitimacy, or "good faith," to the bureaucratic immigration system? What is lost, diminished, or silenced in the process?
Read this essay by Vanessa Freije
Featuring this week: flash nonfiction from AR Manu, a Samoan-American graduate student attending Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA
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The Mangrove Coast - Tahoma Literary Review
She can still remember clearly, even after so many years away from home. The scent of plumeria and gardenia, carried through her window by the sea breeze,
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September 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Featuring this week: flash nonfiction from AR Manu, a Samoan-American graduate student attending Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA
tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/t...
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Peep this short reads by associate fiction editor Isaac Yuen www.short-reads.org/rhythm/
Rhythm
by Isaac Yuen | Beyond thought.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Peep this short reads by associate fiction editor Isaac Yuen www.short-reads.org/rhythm/
Featuring Oliver Sedano Jones' poem "Choose Your Own Adventure: Pools" in #TLR29. With an interactive format! tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/c...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Pools - Tahoma Literary Review
After Hala Alyan a boy at the swimming pool has asked if you’re ______. do you: unfold at the pale seam. where water leans on air.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Featuring Oliver Sedano Jones' poem "Choose Your Own Adventure: Pools" in #TLR29. With an interactive format! tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/c...
Includes Two Poems by Susana Thénon
Translated from the Spanish by Karen Elizabeth Bishop
Tahoma Literary Review | 2025
Translated from the Spanish by Karen Elizabeth Bishop
Tahoma Literary Review | 2025
Celebrate #NationalTranslationMonth with us by picking reads from (and bookmarking) our 2025 reading list! Find translated poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and more from lit mags and indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for National Translation Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For National Translation Month, observed annually during the month of September, we asked our member magazines and presses to share some of the literature they have published in translation. Poetry…
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September 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Includes Two Poems by Susana Thénon
Translated from the Spanish by Karen Elizabeth Bishop
Tahoma Literary Review | 2025
Translated from the Spanish by Karen Elizabeth Bishop
Tahoma Literary Review | 2025
Featuring poet Vincent Antonio Rendoni in our summer issue tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/a...
Vincent is the author of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife ( @catamaranlit.bsky.social, 2022) and the forthcoming poetry collection Dead Chicano Mixtape @redhenpress.bsky.social, 2027).
Vincent is the author of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife ( @catamaranlit.bsky.social, 2022) and the forthcoming poetry collection Dead Chicano Mixtape @redhenpress.bsky.social, 2027).
A Haibun for White Center, Washington - Tahoma Literary Review
Smell that? Refried beans. Sorry to say, the secret ingredient is lard. Better watch your step. Human or animal, I can’t discern. Ignore the boards on
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August 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Featuring poet Vincent Antonio Rendoni in our summer issue tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/a...
Vincent is the author of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife ( @catamaranlit.bsky.social, 2022) and the forthcoming poetry collection Dead Chicano Mixtape @redhenpress.bsky.social, 2027).
Vincent is the author of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife ( @catamaranlit.bsky.social, 2022) and the forthcoming poetry collection Dead Chicano Mixtape @redhenpress.bsky.social, 2027).
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August 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Tahoma Literary Review (TLR) @tahomareview.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays) opened to fee-based submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Read selections from Issue 29 with your ears at our SoundCloud channel.
Tahoma Literary Review, Issue 29
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August 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Read selections from Issue 29 with your ears at our SoundCloud channel.