Contrary Magazine

13/07/2023

05/04/2023

Our Spring 2023 issue is sprung! With new fiction from Cork by Edward Mc Whinney, lyrical non-fiction from Tasmania by Emma Wilkins, from Bristol, UK by Rebecca Cawley-Hassall, and from Brooklyn— Chicago's loss—by Jerusha Crone.

Contrary, the literary Journal of Unpopular Discontent, publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary and writings that confront the edges of those categories.

02/12/2022

Congratulations to our Pushcart nominees!

Poetry, "On Gratitude" by Despy Boutris and "Stillbirth" by Rae Hoffman Jager.

Prose, "Dark Matter" by Mandira Pattnaik, "We Were Girls Once, Dancing" by Curtis Smith, "A Song of Silence" by McKenna Shea, and "A Weekend in Aubervilliers" by Nick Sweeney. Please read this beautiful works at http://contrarymagazine.com .

23/10/2022

Fall is definitely in the air for many of us, so let's launch our fall issue as part of !

Check out beautiful work by Nick Sweeney, Karis Lee, Hannah Bonner, Anna Leahy, Marie Biondolillo, Chinedu Gospel, Catherine Chiarella Domonkos, and Bethany F. Brengan.

Contrary, the literary Journal of Unpopular Discontent, publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary and writings that confront the edges of those categories.

11/10/2022

Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominees, McKenna Shea, Shirley Hilton, Jonathan Calloway, Curtis Smith, Leah Callen, Christine Naprava, Adam Hughes, Kan Ren Jie, Richard Jeffrey Newman, and Roseanne Freed!

It was an honor to publish these amazing works! Please go to ContraryMagazine.com and use our search feature to find these works and share them! They deserve to be read by everyone!

10/07/2022

Let's start this week off with some gorgeous literature! We're proud to share the Summer issue of Contrary with you, featuring work by: Nadia McGlinn, Edward Mc Whinney, Despy Boutris, Rae Hoffman Jager, Renee Emerson, and Sean Cho A.

http://contrarymagazine.com/archives/summer-2022/

Please read, enjoy, and share!

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09/04/2022

We are so delighted with our spring issue and hope you will be too!

We have amazing work by Edward Mc Whinney, Shirley Hilton, Evan Gurney, McKenna Shea, Martin Willitts Jr., Mandira Pattnaik , Jonathan Calloway, Curtis Smith, and Ele Pawelski!

Please read and share everywhere!

Contrary, the literary Journal of Unpopular Discontent, publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary and writings that confront the edges of those categories.

13/01/2022

Have you made a New Year's Resolution to read more? Our winter issue is filled to the brim with PERFECTION!

Read works by: Kan Ren Jie, Matt Barrett, Adam Hughes, Chelsea Stickle, Roseanne Freed, Liam Hogan, and Richard Jeffrey Newman .

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Contrary, the literary Journal of Unpopular Discontent, publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary and writings that confront the edges of those categories.

30/11/2021

We are honored to announce our 2021 Pushcart nominees!

Fiction:
“When We Were Girls” by Julianna Baggott
“Swan Garden” by Lucy Zhang

Creative Nonfiction
“Any Other Night” by Carly Parker-Plank
“Dear Parents, Know This” by Sarah Twombly

Poetry:
“Outis Odysseus” by Catherine Rockwood
“Why Annie Oakley and Dolly Parton Had No Children” by Sara Moore Wagner

Please join us in congratulating them, and share their works! http://contrarymagazine.com

14/10/2021

We're DELIGHTED with our fall issue, and we think you will be, too! Click to read work by Q.Y. Tie, Moriah Cohen, Michael Keenan Gutierrez, Leah Callen, Mary Pigliacelli, Christine Naprava, Agata Szczeszak-Brewer, and Fran Schumer !

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Contrary, the literary Journal of Unpopular Discontent, publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary and writings that confront the edges of those categories.

27/09/2021

Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominees! Julianna Baggott, Lucy Zhang, Cindy Hunter Morgan, Julia Sinnett TenBroeck, Eliza Browning, Susan Comninos, Eric Wayne Dickey, Michele Harmeling, Sarah McCartt-Jackson, and Jared Beloff.

Please use our "search" feature to find all of this amazing work! http://contrarymagazine.com/search/

As with all nominations, these were difficult decisions to make! We're proud of every word we publish, and we publish so many amazing writers! Thank you for 18 years of powerful work and loyal readership!

08/08/2021

In honor of Sara Moore Wagner's birthday, we'd love for you to read her beautiful poem, "Why Annie Oakley and Dolly Parton Had No Children," at Contrary Magazine:

https://contrarymagazine.com/2021/why-annie-oakley-and-dolly-parton-had-no-children/

Why Annie Oakley and Dolly Parton Had No Children by Sara Moore Wagner Mother rhinestone, mother curled lashes, great head of the household asleep with foam rollers in her hair, wound into spirals. Unravel, comb out, spray up to heaven and higher, high as the ladder daddy nailed into the tree so we....

06/07/2021

Our summer issue is a FIRECRACKER! Check out brilliant work by Julianna Baggott Official Fan Page, Christie O. Tate, Carly Parker-Plank, Sarah Twombly, Meg Pokrass, author and Jeff Friedman, Erin C Murphy, Genevieve Abravanel, Jared Beloff, Catherine Rockwood, and Sara Moore Wagner .


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Contrary, the literary Journal of Unpopular Discontent, publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary and writings that confront the edges of those categories.

04/06/2021

Congratulations to Heather De Bell! Her story "After Hours," originally published in Contrary, was selected for the Wigleaf 50! http://wigleaf.com and here's After Hours: https://contrarymagazine.com/2020/after-hours/

I used to go to clubs with a girl whose father hanged himself on her thirteenth birthday. I liked to go out with her because she would get just as fu**ed up as I would. We weren’t proud of it. We weren’t ashamed, either. It was just the way we were. She liked to drink

12/04/2021

Spring has sprung! Find delight in these works by Sarah McCartt-Jackson, Madilyne Igleheart, Daisy Bassen, Edward Mc Whinney , Joe Wilkins, M. Price, P.L. Watts, Jared Beloff , Angela J. Latham, and Matthew Burnside.

Contrary, the literary Journal of Unpopular Discontent, publishes poetry, fiction, lyrical commentary and writings that confront the edges of those categories.

30/11/2020

Congratulations to all of our Pushcart nominees!

For Poetry: Eric Wayne Dickey for "James Dean," and Michele Harmeling for "100 Feathers Tied In Bundles (Leda, after the Swan)"

For Fiction: Adam Dalva for "Walk-on" and Donna D. Vitucci for "Roy"

For Creative Nonfiction: Jim Krosschell for "Forage" and Julia Sinnett TenBroeck for "I Will Love You Fiercely, Stranger"

Please read this brilliant works at http://contrarymagazine.com !

20/10/2020

Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominees! DeMisty Bellinger, Laura Lee Washburn, Ashley Inguanta, Hannah Beilenson, T.J. Moretti, Sage Ravenwood, Donna D. Vitucci, Heather De Bel, Jesse Lawhead, and Devon Ora.

Please use our "search" feature to find all of this amazing work! http://contrarymagazine.com/search/

While you're there, read the fall issue, explore the archives! We have 17 years of amazing literature waiting for you!