Vulgar. It’s a word reserved for only our most visceral reactions. Vulgar is ugly, crass, and a blatant rejection of good taste. It’s lowbrow. It’s crude. It is a challenge to the status quo. It is the voice of the masses. For Issue 59.1, we want language that refuses to bow or be colonized. We want writing that reflects, refracts, and distorts. We want stories that ooze and squelch, poems that snarl and spit. Reach into the soil and show us the life writhing and twisting in the darkness. Show us that sharp-edged treasure can be forged from trash. Send us writing that walks up to poise, reverence, and control… and farts.
We are accepting prose (approximately 4,000 words or less), and poetry (up to four poems, to a maximum of six pages). Please submit via Submittable. We pay $30 per printed page of prose, and $40 per printed page of poetry.
The deadline has been extended to May 31, 2020. To read the guidelines (please do that!), and submit, click here.