Italo Calvino found in writing the comfort of belonging to a collective enterprise. For Charles Bukowski, it sprang from the soul like a rocket. Joy Williams found in it a gateway from the darkness to the light. For David Foster Wallace, it was about fun. Joan Didion saw it as access to her own mind. So why do great writers write? George Orwell itemized four universal motives. *Submissions for the Spring 2022 issue are now closed.The question of why writers write holds especial mesmerism, both as a piece of psychological voyeurism and as a beacon of self-conscious hope that if we got a glimpse of the innermost drivers of greats, maybe, just maybe, we might be able to replicate the workings of genius in our own work. Please apply trigger warnings if applicable. Work should be thoroughly fact-checked, if necessary. Feel free to think outside the box-we’re into new things / styles / formats. We appreciate exploration of the complex, the familiar, and non-traditional forms of writing. jpg format) of artwork per submission. We are committed to prioritizing artists of color.Īttention to writing as craft is vital, and sentence-level details should be refreshing. Please send no more than four poems (six pages maximum), 15 pages of fiction (preferably a short story) or creative nonfiction, 5-7 pages of graphic narrative, or up to 3 pieces (photos at least 300 dpi, in. Blend the forms by creating a visual aid for your pages of prose. Consider graphic narratives, illustrations, minimal line art, visual art, digital paintings, and 3D digital sculpture. We’d also like to make room for further hybrid forms in the artist community. MARY accepts previously unpublished fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid genres. Silem Mohammad, Matthew Zapruder, and Dorathea Lasky. MARY has also conducted interviews with award-winning writers such as Michael Palmer, Nick Flynn, Susan Steinberg, Michael Pollan, John D’Agata, Jo Ann Beard, Mary Roach, Forrest Gander, and Kent Johnson. Powell, Gillian Conoley, Bruce Smith, Elizabeth Robinson, Rebecca Curtis, Carol Snow, K. Since its inception in 2002, MARY has published contemporary poetry and prose from a diverse group of talented emerging writers and established artists, including D.A. MARY: A Journal of New Writing is a student run online arts journal sponsored by Saint Mary’s College of California’s MFA in Creative Writing program.
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