HEY, WEโRE
SO TO SPEAK
an intersectional feminist
literary journal established in 1992
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WINTER 2026
Cover Art: โDancing in the Rubbleโ by Mayah Monet Lovell
SKY BASHERIAN
LIya chen
celia cook
meriem evangeline
riley gable-fleming
katya guamรกN
asher joseph
mayah monet lovell
featuring
julia mallory
dana maya
melissa nicholls wren s.
Lauren rile smith
kim suttell
alison clara tan
shui-yin sharon yam
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Short stories, flash fiction & micros.
Double-spaced with numbered pages, please. 5,000 words or less.
For flash or micros, please send up to 3 in a single submission packet.
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5 poems max, 10 pages total.
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Personal essay, memoir, profiles, & undefinable experiments.
Double-spaced with numbered pages, please. 5,000 words or less.
For flash or micros, please send up to 3 in a single submission packet.
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Anything you can imagine that engages with intersectional feminism, implicitly or explicitly. Please limit to 5 pieces per submission packet.
PNG formats at 300 dpi, please.
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Open to multiple forms of storytelling, but we prefer blends, hybrids, interviews, reviews, and work that pushes the boundaries of genre.
2,000 words or less; 3 poems max. Double-spaced with numbered pages, please.
list of past
contributors
Kristin Aardsma, Andrea Acker, Christina Adam, Diana Adams, Chelsea Adams, Rebecca Adams, Kim Addonizio, Lindsay Adkins, Paul David Adkins, Beenish Akhtar, Linaa Alataar, Jessica Alazraki, Marcia Aldrich, Nolde Alexius, Kim van Alkemade, Cynthia Allen, Ashleigh Allen, Laura Allen, Sophia Allison, Sue Allison, Margaret Almon, Hana Altaratz, Tamar Altebarmakian, Jeanne Althouse, Cecelia Concepcion Alvarezโฆ
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