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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · 7d

Announcing our nominees for Best of Net! Sending congratulations to these folks!

We believe in celebrating the work that’s touched us most or is doing something unique, and that’s what this list reflects.

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · Sep 1

Over 200 publications re-opened today, including @ninthletter.bsky.social @utampapress.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @3lobedmag.com @wallstrait.bsky.social https://duotrope.com...

Re-openings for September 01, 2025

Over 200 publications re-opened today, including @ninthletter.bsky.social @utampapress.bsky.social @echapbooks.bsky.social @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @trollbreathmag.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @3lobedmag.com @wallstrait.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Opening submissions a few hours early as a treat! Send us work written through gritted teeth, clenched fists. Invite us into the moments that changed your life, for better or for worse. We want it all!

turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our final feature from V2.1 is Tanya Nikiforova’s poem, “To Water.”

Read this piece, and the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/t...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Automatic Dripping (3)” by Ellsworth Kelly.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Sam Aureli’s poem, “Geometry of Silence.”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s...

We paired this piece with artwork submitted by Cécile Gonneau titled “Walking Ghosts.”

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today’s feature is an excerpt from @godstained.bsky.social’s poem “on dealing with grief.”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/ad/

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Reach,” James Juszczyk.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Submissions open in one week! Yay!

How/What to Submit:
turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Read previous issues:
turningleafjournal.com/read/

Open September 1st through November 1st to CNF, Poetry, Hybrid, and Art!

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Suze Kay’s poem, “SELFISH GIRL”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s...

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We paired this piece with artwork submitted by @lowermelody.bsky.social titled “Matrilineal.”

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Alex Mason’s essay, “Strawberry Fanta.”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Textile sample,” Unknown Designer. Manufactured by J. Claude Frères & Co

The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Jenny Chu’s poem, “Someday My Mother Will Die.”

Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/j...

We paired this piece with photography from the public domain titled “San Mateo County, California (Coast),” by Minor White.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jul 23

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Nancy L. Penrose’s essay, “In a Labyrinth, Time is Suspended.”

Link here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/n...

We commission at least 1 original piece of artwork per issue & worked with Artist @anitaeralieschley.bsky.social to create this one

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jul 23

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Alex Dawson’s poem, “Whale Song”

Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/a...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain by Rudy Pozzatti.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jul 15

The summer 2025 Leaflet is now available! Featuring an interview with @susanbarryschulz.com

Join us in the conversation 🧵:
How do you find inspiration from art? If you try your hand at ekphrastic writing, share it with us! We'd love to read it.

Link Here: turningleafjournal.com/leaflet-summ...

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jul 14

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Kaavya Butaney’s poem, “Tangerines”

Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/k...

We paired this piece with artwork titled “Tangerine Sugar,” by Benjamin Schonzeit. Used with permission from Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Christina Lee’s essay, “Wrong Fruit.”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/c...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Composition,” Serge Poliakoff.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jul 1

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Patty Somlo's essay, “Trusting Water to Hold Me.”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/p...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “The Derelict” or “The Lost Boat,” Arthur Wesley Dow.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jun 17

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Anna Nygren’s poem, “fish calendar.”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/a...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Fish Series, No.6,” Charles Demuth.

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Sam Aureli @samaureli.bsky.social · Jun 9

I'm excited to see my poem, Geometry of Silence, in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social . It was a difficult one to write. For years, I avoided speaking openly about my childhood, but now I look trauma straight in the eye. Healing sometimes begins by naming what once had no words.

“Geometry of Silence,” Sam Aureli

Geometry of SilenceBy Sam Aureli It began with a tumble of chairs,a child’s bones, still soft,twisted—a geometry lesson in pain.I bit down hard,swallowed the scream.By nine, I knewthe precise lengt…

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jun 11

Today’s feature is an excerpt from @adlibby.bsky.social's poem, “A Moon by Any Other Name."

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/a...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Courbevoie: Factories by Moonlight,” Georges Seurat.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jun 8

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Shannon Mulvey’s essay, “Christmas Dinner.”

Read this piece, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/s...

We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Paper Plates,” by Helen Torr.

The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jun 4

We begin features from Volume 2, Issue 1 with this heart wrenching poem from Kelsy Bellah, “I stopped admiring the sky.”

Read this poem, the rest of V2.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2025/06/01/k...

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We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain.

The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · Jun 1

It’s here! Volume 2, Issue 1 is now available. We’re so excited to share this with you.

This gorgeous cover artwork is from Cécile Gonneau. The piece is titled “les absents (the missing).”

Read the whole thing here: turningleafjournal.com/volume-2-iss...

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · May 28

Our EIC will be sharing more about these numbers in the editor's letter prefacing the issue.

If there's anything else you'd like to see us publicize, send us a DM or an email.

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · May 28

We're just a few days away from the release of Volume 2, Issue 1! Please share congratulate our contributors--we're so grateful and excited to publish their work! 🌿

As always, we're committed to transparency and are making all of our numbers public (slide 2).

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The Turning Leaf Journal @turningleafjournal.bsky.social · May 18

For everyone who submitted work for Volume 2, Issue 1: all of our decisions have been sent out! If you have not received a response from us, please reach out!

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