For #blackhistorymonth , we want to shout out our contributor @fredaepum.bsky.social , whose work was highlighted in IHLR 21.3.
And congratulations to her for her recent memoir, The Gloomy Girl Variety Show!
https://www.feministpress.org/books-overflow/the-gloomy-girl-variety-show
And congratulations to her for her recent memoir, The Gloomy Girl Variety Show!
https://www.feministpress.org/books-overflow/the-gloomy-girl-variety-show
February 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For #blackhistorymonth , we want to shout out our contributor @fredaepum.bsky.social , whose work was highlighted in IHLR 21.3.
And congratulations to her for her recent memoir, The Gloomy Girl Variety Show!
https://www.feministpress.org/books-overflow/the-gloomy-girl-variety-show
And congratulations to her for her recent memoir, The Gloomy Girl Variety Show!
https://www.feministpress.org/books-overflow/the-gloomy-girl-variety-show
"With the weight of the Sandbox Ghost lifted, Ella went off to play, and I stayed at the table, replaying the scene: Ella’s revelation of the secret she’d been told to keep"
Read Sandbox Ghost in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
Read Sandbox Ghost in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
March 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"With the weight of the Sandbox Ghost lifted, Ella went off to play, and I stayed at the table, replaying the scene: Ella’s revelation of the secret she’d been told to keep"
Read Sandbox Ghost in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
Read Sandbox Ghost in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
It's Free Day at IHLR! The gate is open for free submissions to the 2025 Chapbook Competition! Submit till the cap fills! Once per person--
tinyurl.com/ydeyfjnh
tinyurl.com/ydeyfjnh
February 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
It's Free Day at IHLR! The gate is open for free submissions to the 2025 Chapbook Competition! Submit till the cap fills! Once per person--
tinyurl.com/ydeyfjnh
tinyurl.com/ydeyfjnh
Casi no he jugado Rythm Heaven Fever pero esta canción del Remix 3 (Creo que es), no deja de sonar en mi cabeza lol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHlR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHlR...
Rhythm Heaven Fever - Tonight [ENG] [LYRICS]
YouTube video by LaytonsApprentice2
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November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Casi no he jugado Rythm Heaven Fever pero esta canción del Remix 3 (Creo que es), no deja de sonar en mi cabeza lol
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHlR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHlR...
"She was born one Sunday morning, and I came along four minutes later."
IHLR PhotoFinish includes the winner and finalists responding to our photo prompt. Read Barbara Krasner's essay, "Self-Satisfaction," and the other pieces in this year's finale issue! issuu.com/ironhorserev...
IHLR PhotoFinish includes the winner and finalists responding to our photo prompt. Read Barbara Krasner's essay, "Self-Satisfaction," and the other pieces in this year's finale issue! issuu.com/ironhorserev...
February 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"She was born one Sunday morning, and I came along four minutes later."
IHLR PhotoFinish includes the winner and finalists responding to our photo prompt. Read Barbara Krasner's essay, "Self-Satisfaction," and the other pieces in this year's finale issue! issuu.com/ironhorserev...
IHLR PhotoFinish includes the winner and finalists responding to our photo prompt. Read Barbara Krasner's essay, "Self-Satisfaction," and the other pieces in this year's finale issue! issuu.com/ironhorserev...
We’re excited to announce the results of the 2025 IHLR Chapbook Prize!
Winner: Love in the Key of Cobra by Katie Kemple
This year’s submissions pool was extraordinary. Please join us in celebrating Katie and all the writers whose incredible work rose to the top.
Winner: Love in the Key of Cobra by Katie Kemple
This year’s submissions pool was extraordinary. Please join us in celebrating Katie and all the writers whose incredible work rose to the top.
October 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We’re excited to announce the results of the 2025 IHLR Chapbook Prize!
Winner: Love in the Key of Cobra by Katie Kemple
This year’s submissions pool was extraordinary. Please join us in celebrating Katie and all the writers whose incredible work rose to the top.
Winner: Love in the Key of Cobra by Katie Kemple
This year’s submissions pool was extraordinary. Please join us in celebrating Katie and all the writers whose incredible work rose to the top.
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農水省チャンネル（ばずまふ）、あまりにも便モと親和性が高い
農水省チャンネル（ばずまふ）、あまりにも便モと親和性が高い
農水省男子(25)のホワイトデー
【かんとうきっちん】ホワイトな日にはホワイトなおにぎりを。どうも福本です。みなさん、ホワイトデーの贈り物は決まっていますか？花担当の同期は、「ラナンキュラス」というおにぎりがおすすめのようです。目で楽しむタイプのおにぎりみたいですね。にぎり言葉は「あなたは魅力的」だとか。いいですね～～みなさんのホワイトデーの選択...
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March 11, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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農水省チャンネル（ばずまふ）、あまりにも便モと親和性が高い
農水省チャンネル（ばずまふ）、あまりにも便モと親和性が高い
"the missed curfew, you better/ get home, nothing mattered before/ the first one"
Pick up IHLR 27.1 to read "Ode to Kisses" by Haley June Gross and the other great pieces!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
Pick up IHLR 27.1 to read "Ode to Kisses" by Haley June Gross and the other great pieces!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
May 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"the missed curfew, you better/ get home, nothing mattered before/ the first one"
Pick up IHLR 27.1 to read "Ode to Kisses" by Haley June Gross and the other great pieces!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
Pick up IHLR 27.1 to read "Ode to Kisses" by Haley June Gross and the other great pieces!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
So proud of IHLR contributor Melissa Holm Shoemake for her inclusion in #BestNewPoets2024. So proud to have published her poem in our pages. @poetrunner.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
So proud of IHLR contributor Melissa Holm Shoemake for her inclusion in #BestNewPoets2024. So proud to have published her poem in our pages. @poetrunner.bsky.social
On Wednesday, Nov 6, at 5:30 a.m., I left Twitter and took IHLR with me. Looking for all #writers and #editors. Let's make a community that deserves our attention and care!
#Introduction
Hi! We're Iron Horse, a lit journal at Texas Tech. We left the bird app last week and have now migrated 👏
We publish 3 print & 3 e-issues each year. We're accepting submissions for our themed issue, DECEPTION, for two more days, so please send us your work!
ironhorse.submittable.com
Hi! We're Iron Horse, a lit journal at Texas Tech. We left the bird app last week and have now migrated 👏
We publish 3 print & 3 e-issues each year. We're accepting submissions for our themed issue, DECEPTION, for two more days, so please send us your work!
ironhorse.submittable.com
Iron Horse Literary Review Submission Manager
Iron Horse Literary Review publishes short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. General Guidelines: • All manuscripts must be submitted online, via Submittable. We do not accept submissions via regular ...
ironhorse.submittable.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:10 PM
As part of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're celebrating Afaa M. Weaver, whose poem "Drowning" appeared in IHLR 11.2: "this earth I landed on is a false dream, a lie I chose"
Check out his book A Fire in the Hills:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-fire-in-the-hills-afaa-m-weaver/18735123?ean=9781636280820
Check out his book A Fire in the Hills:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-fire-in-the-hills-afaa-m-weaver/18735123?ean=9781636280820
February 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As part of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're celebrating Afaa M. Weaver, whose poem "Drowning" appeared in IHLR 11.2: "this earth I landed on is a false dream, a lie I chose"
Check out his book A Fire in the Hills:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-fire-in-the-hills-afaa-m-weaver/18735123?ean=9781636280820
Check out his book A Fire in the Hills:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-fire-in-the-hills-afaa-m-weaver/18735123?ean=9781636280820
Next year’s theme is TOYS—so we brought some fun to AWP!
Swing by Booth 523 to visit the IHLR Toy Shop and grab a free toy (yes, really).
While you're there, say hi and get access to our exclusive AWP submission portal for our current Open Issue and Chapbook Contest!
#AWP2025
Swing by Booth 523 to visit the IHLR Toy Shop and grab a free toy (yes, really).
While you're there, say hi and get access to our exclusive AWP submission portal for our current Open Issue and Chapbook Contest!
#AWP2025
March 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Next year’s theme is TOYS—so we brought some fun to AWP!
Swing by Booth 523 to visit the IHLR Toy Shop and grab a free toy (yes, really).
While you're there, say hi and get access to our exclusive AWP submission portal for our current Open Issue and Chapbook Contest!
#AWP2025
Swing by Booth 523 to visit the IHLR Toy Shop and grab a free toy (yes, really).
While you're there, say hi and get access to our exclusive AWP submission portal for our current Open Issue and Chapbook Contest!
#AWP2025
Read our interview with Laura Evers and more great writing in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
March 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Read our interview with Laura Evers and more great writing in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
Free Free Free! The gate is open for free submissions to the 2026 IHLR Open Issue! Submit till the cap fills! Once per person--
tinyurl.com/446hmmkw
tinyurl.com/446hmmkw
February 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Free Free Free! The gate is open for free submissions to the 2026 IHLR Open Issue! Submit till the cap fills! Once per person--
tinyurl.com/446hmmkw
tinyurl.com/446hmmkw
Heads up, writers: our free submission day for the next IHLR open issue is THIS SATURDAY!
Just a few days away, y'all!
The free submit day for our Open Issue is THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15! We will take up to 25 free submissions in both categories.
Until then, submit here: http://ironhorse.submittable.com
The free submit day for our Open Issue is THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15! We will take up to 25 free submissions in both categories.
Until then, submit here: http://ironhorse.submittable.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Heads up, writers: our free submission day for the next IHLR open issue is THIS SATURDAY!
February 6, 2024 at 12:35 AM
While putting together an issue, we have to read pieces over and over, and "Calla's Song" by Angie Chatman was a joy every time!
Read it and the other pieces in IHLR 27.1!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
Read it and the other pieces in IHLR 27.1!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
May 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
While putting together an issue, we have to read pieces over and over, and "Calla's Song" by Angie Chatman was a joy every time!
Read it and the other pieces in IHLR 27.1!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
Read it and the other pieces in IHLR 27.1!
Purchase a copy here: tinyurl.com/57u4exnn
"With his swinging, bulky arms and long strides, pedestrians coming from the other direction dodge out of Hank’s way, as if avoiding a careening truck"
Read Little Bandits by Bill Gaythwaite in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
Read Little Bandits by Bill Gaythwaite in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
March 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"With his swinging, bulky arms and long strides, pedestrians coming from the other direction dodge out of Hank’s way, as if avoiding a careening truck"
Read Little Bandits by Bill Gaythwaite in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
Read Little Bandits by Bill Gaythwaite in IHLR 26.2, coming soon!
ironhorse.submittable.com/submit/21485...
"For $150 plus tip every 6 to 8 weeks, I could age the way all American women are taught. Very slowly." #gogrombre
Read the 2025 IHLR Long Story, "Last Dye: An Essay," by @amymonticello.bsky.social!
It's free! tinyurl.com/568cvsw9
Read the 2025 IHLR Long Story, "Last Dye: An Essay," by @amymonticello.bsky.social!
It's free! tinyurl.com/568cvsw9
June 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"For $150 plus tip every 6 to 8 weeks, I could age the way all American women are taught. Very slowly." #gogrombre
Read the 2025 IHLR Long Story, "Last Dye: An Essay," by @amymonticello.bsky.social!
It's free! tinyurl.com/568cvsw9
Read the 2025 IHLR Long Story, "Last Dye: An Essay," by @amymonticello.bsky.social!
It's free! tinyurl.com/568cvsw9
Free entry on June 12: For the IHLR annual PhotoFinish, win $250 and online publication for very brief ekphrastic work. View the photo and provide a response of up to 500 words for prose or 15 lines for poetry | http://ow.ly/224M30ogtwY @IHLR with @submittable HT @hopeclark
February 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Free entry on June 12: For the IHLR annual PhotoFinish, win $250 and online publication for very brief ekphrastic work. View the photo and provide a response of up to 500 words for prose or 15 lines for poetry | http://ow.ly/224M30ogtwY @IHLR with @submittable HT @hopeclark
"My Mother Says, 'I'm Going to Flush the Toilet Now'", a poem by H.R. Webster | http://www.versedaily.org/2022/mymothersaysimgoingtoflush.shtml @HR_Webs via @versedailypoems and @IHLR
February 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"My Mother Says, 'I'm Going to Flush the Toilet Now'", a poem by H.R. Webster | http://www.versedaily.org/2022/mymothersaysimgoingtoflush.shtml @HR_Webs via @versedailypoems and @IHLR
As part of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating Carl Phillips, whose poems appeared in IHLR 11.2.
"I can talk about longing, sure, or I can change // the subject."
Check out his Pulitzer-winning Then the War:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374603762/thenthewar/
"I can talk about longing, sure, or I can change // the subject."
Check out his Pulitzer-winning Then the War:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374603762/thenthewar/
February 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As part of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating Carl Phillips, whose poems appeared in IHLR 11.2.
"I can talk about longing, sure, or I can change // the subject."
Check out his Pulitzer-winning Then the War:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374603762/thenthewar/
"I can talk about longing, sure, or I can change // the subject."
Check out his Pulitzer-winning Then the War:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374603762/thenthewar/
In the body of your email, please include:
- A short intro about who you are
- Your connection to Creative Writing (MFA/MA program, publications, teaching, etc.)
- A note on why you’d like to read for IHLR
Send to [email protected]
- A short intro about who you are
- Your connection to Creative Writing (MFA/MA program, publications, teaching, etc.)
- A note on why you’d like to read for IHLR
Send to [email protected]
September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In the body of your email, please include:
- A short intro about who you are
- Your connection to Creative Writing (MFA/MA program, publications, teaching, etc.)
- A note on why you’d like to read for IHLR
Send to [email protected]
- A short intro about who you are
- Your connection to Creative Writing (MFA/MA program, publications, teaching, etc.)
- A note on why you’d like to read for IHLR
Send to [email protected]
As part of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're celebrating Camille T. Dungy, whose poem "Bîtan" appeared in IHLR 14.2: "doubledutch was a word that meant her thoughts/ cutting circles through daybore."
Check out her book Soil:
https://oldfirehousebooks.com/book/9781982195304
Check out her book Soil:
https://oldfirehousebooks.com/book/9781982195304
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As part of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're celebrating Camille T. Dungy, whose poem "Bîtan" appeared in IHLR 14.2: "doubledutch was a word that meant her thoughts/ cutting circles through daybore."
Check out her book Soil:
https://oldfirehousebooks.com/book/9781982195304
Check out her book Soil:
https://oldfirehousebooks.com/book/9781982195304