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Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts

A literary journal out of the University of Tennessee, we publish fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, craft essays, and interviews with writers.

Founded in 2007 by graduate students in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Tennessee, Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts is a nationally distributed journal of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews, and craft essays. Published annually every spring, each issue is accompanied by Grist Online, which features some of the best work we’ve received during our reading period (June 15-

Sept 15). In addition to general submissions, Grist holds the Pro Forma Contest every spring (March 15-April 30), recognizing unpublished creative work that explores the relationship between content and form, whether in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or a hybrid genre. Throughout the year, we publish interviews, craft essays, and reviews on our blog, The Writing Life. http://gristjournal.com

07/15/2024

ATTENTION!! Fee free submission day is TODAY!!! Want to submit? Click the link below!

gristjournal.submittable.com

07/10/2024

Fee Free Submission Day is approaching!! Mark your calendars! 📆🤍

07/01/2024

Visual Arts submissions are open! Click the link below to go straight to our submission portal:

www.gristjournal.submittable.com

05/21/2024

We are OPEN! Send us your best this summer and tell your friends!

05/19/2024

In case you haven’t heard the news, Issue 16 and its online companion are HERE! Subscribe or grab a print issue at gristjournal.submittable.com or dive into our online content right now at gristjournal.com. We are so excited to share this big beautiful book with you and showcase these amazing authors. If you’re considering submitting during our summer reading period (open NOW) consider picking up Issue 16 to see what we’re loving and looking for!

05/14/2024

Hello everyone! Here is one more reminder that the ProForma submission window closes tomorrow!

Again:
This year’s contest will be judged by Choreopoems Scholar, Winners receive $1000 and publication in next year’s print issue.

Submittable is open April 1-May 15: gristjournal.submittable.com

Don’t miss this opportunity to send us your work! 🤗

05/08/2024

Here is your reminder❕The ProForma submission window closes in ONE WEEK❕Get your work in by the deadline❕Judged by ⏰

05/01/2024

Submit to our ProForma contest free of charge for one day and one day only! Head to our Submittable by the end of the day today, May 1st!

04/23/2024

Don’t forget to send your hybrid, genre-defying, or formally out-of-the-box writing to our annual ProForma contest! Details on our Submittable.

03/25/2024

Grist

“A poet’s work … to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep.” ~Salman Rushdie

Wake us from our slumber and send us your best work!

This year’s contest will be judged by Choreopoems Scholar, Winners receive $1000 and publication in next year’s print issue.

Submittable is open April 1-May 15: gristjournal.submittable.com

02/06/2024

When: February 7-10. Where: Kansas City Convention Center
Bookfair table T1446

Come say hello and learn about:

🖋️Recent issues
🖋️Our spring contest
🖋️General submissions
We hope to see you soon! 👋🏽
and more!

11/16/2023

Remember that the NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference deadline for academic and creative proposals is on December 15, 2023. Get your submissions in by then! The conference organizers welcome conversations regarding a multiplicity of home/body spaces and aims to gain a greater understanding of how to navigate our homes and ourselves when the rooting or grounding of this space is dichotomous with the bodies that we inhabit 🧡🤍They are also in need of volunteers! 🧡🤍 Please send abstracts of approximately 250-300 words as an attached PDF or Word document to: [email protected].

10/09/2023

Are you looking for a place to submit both academic and scholarly work? UTK’s biennial Interdisciplinary Conference, NEXUS, is currently accepting submissions, which will take place (in a hybrid format) April 5-7th, 2024.

The theme “Home/Bodies” welcomes conversations regarding a multiplicity of home/body spaces and aims to gain a greater understanding of how to navigate our homes and ourselves when the rooting or grounding of this space is dichotomous with the bodies that we inhabit.

In addition to academic papers NEXUS 2024 also welcomes creative work to be shared and discussed in a panel format. Creative submissions may include:
-Multi-genre writing (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid)
-Visual art
-Video projects
-Musical performances

Please send abstracts of approximately 250-300 words as an attached PDF or Word document to: [email protected] by December 15, 2023. Please indicate if you would prefer to present your work in person or virtually, and if your submission is scholarly or creative, in the body of the email.

*Painting by UTK alumni 🧡

09/30/2023

… CLOSE on OCTOBER 15th so get your wonderful creations submitted by then! 🖼️🖍️🎨🖌️📸

08/19/2023

The ProForma winners are as follows:

Winner: Prunus Alleghaniensis by Cristina Craigo — to be published in ISSUE 17!

The unranked Runners-Up: A Framed Sestina for the Genetics of Forgetting... by Jen Karetnick

And…

S***m BOGO by Jeni Prater

Judged by Destiny O. Birdsong: 🙏🏽

CONGRATULATIONS ALL! 🥳👏🏽🧡

08/14/2023

We urge you to take William Shakespeare’s advice: “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” General submissions close tomorrow at midnight so get your work in before it is too late! You can submit by going here: https://gristjournal.submittable.com/submit or by clicking the link in bio!

08/08/2023

It’s true! General subs are closing in one week so show us what you’ve got! We look forward to seeing your submissions! To submit, you can go to the link in our bio, or go here: https://gristjournal.submittable.com/submit

07/15/2023

Today is the day! At no cost, you can submit your writing and visual art for consideration 📝🎨 So please show us what you’ve got! To submit your work, you can go here: https://gristjournal.submittable.com/submit or click the link in bio!

07/10/2023

In five days, FEE FREE submissions open! You can submit your work by going to this link https://gristjournal.submittable.com/submit or by clicking the link in bio, and going to “submit.” We are excited to read/see your work!

09/20/2022

Fresh review on the Grist webpage! Alison Hramiak’s insightful review of Daniel Biegelson’s book, Of Being Neighbors.

Read the full review at the link in our bio!

09/18/2022

On the grist website now! Alison Hramiak’s review of Scale Model of a Country at Dawn by John Sibley Williams.

Read more of this review, and others, at the link in our bio!

08/24/2022

Welcome back! If you are looking for some good back-to-school reading pick up a copy of Grist issue 14!

06/21/2022

Smokey appreciates the literary arts. He says Issue 14 is dog-gone good.

📖 Grab your copy today at the link in our bio!

05/20/2022

Today is the last day to submit to the extended deadline for ProForma!

ProForma seeks work of any genre that examines the relationship and boundaries between content and form. This year, our contest judge is the inimitable Julie Marie Wade! More here:

02/27/2022

Grist has a wonderful collection of poetry and drawings looking for a review. Plumstuff is a reinvention of Rolli’s out-of-print debut collection Plum Stuff with 20 revised poems from the original collection and 40 new poems and illustrations. This collection has been described as “ripe with Rolli’s trademark economy, quotability, and wit, these are poems to be gulped down like summer fruit.” Let us know if you’re interested!

02/12/2022

Hi everyone! Grist has a new collection of poetry looking for a thoughtful review. Alas the day is Ben Robinson’s first book of poetry. It tackles hate, the importance of education, and a host of other subjects. If you’re interested, let us know!

01/20/2022

Grist has another lovely collection of poetry looking for a reviewer. Scale Model of a Country at Dawn by John Sibley Williams covers a plethora of American landscapes as it illuminates a world filled with tragedy and ruin as well as life and celebration. Let us know if you’re interested!

01/04/2022

Grist has a lovely collection of poetry by Susan Nguyen looking for a stellar review for the new year. Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American poet whose debut collection, Dear Diaspora, is an unapologetic reckoning with history, memory, and grief. This collection explores the intersection between girlhood and diaspora in a small American town. Let us know if you’re interested!

12/06/2021

Hey everyone! Grist has two new wonderful collections looking for a review!
1. Animal Disorders by Deborah Thompson is a collection of personal essays about the disordered relationships humans have with nonhuman animals such as pet-keeping, animal hoarding, animal sacrifice, magical thinking, and grieving.
2. New Life by JoAnna Novak is a collection of poetry that offers a subversive glimpse of preparing for motherhood through a meditation on the changing/changeling body.
Let us know if you’re interested!

11/19/2021

Hey everyone! Grist has two new poetry collections and one flash fiction collection looking for a thoughtful reviewer.
1. The Gleaming of the Blade by Christian J. Collier is a collection of poetry that examines Black masculinity in the contemporary American South alongside the ghosts of the past
2. The Drowning House by John Sibley Williams is another collection of poetry that grapples with ghosts and injustice in American landscapes and history
3. The Predatory Animal Ball by Jennifer Fliss is a collection of flash fiction about people left in the predators’ wake and the way grief and fear manifest.

If you are interested in writing a review, please let us know!

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