Our 2023 Poetry Contest is now open! FIRST PRIZE: $1,000 + possibility of publication in Room SECOND PRIZE: $250 + possibility publication in Room HONOURABLE MENTION: $100 + publication on Room’s website DEADLINE: September 15th, 2023 2023 Judge: John Elizabeth Stintzi John Elizabeth Stintzi is a writer, cartoonist, and editor who grew up on a …
Room Magazine invites unpublished poetry on any theme for our issue 47.2, edited by Ruchika Gothoskar, Jane Shi, Aris Keshav, and Ivy Sarkar. 47.2 is our contest issue: selected pieces from this reading period will be published alongside our 2023 contest winners, so send us your absolute best work. Before submitting, please read about …
Wade through the pleasures and pains of the flesh with us in the BODIES issue! We're seeking poetry about touch and isolation, trans and queer embodiment, fat liberation, chronic illness and disability, brutality, sensuality, and other meditations on the bones and muscles you inhabit every day. What words live in the …