Concrete Literary Magazine

28/10/2020

Attention writers: Concrete is open for submissions! We're accepting pieces through January 21! Send us your fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, and poetry.
https://concreteliterarymagazine.submittable.com/submit

Concrete accepts unsolicited submissions from Emerson College undergraduates, including fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, and anything else you deem “prose,” as well as poetry.  Our submission period lasts from September 1 to January 21. Submit up to 5 total pages of poetry with each poem as a...

07/02/2020

With the Oscars approaching this weekend, we've been thinking about some of the best book-to-movie adapatations (with Little Women being a clear standout from 2019). Comment your favorite book-to-movie adaptation below!

05/02/2020

Confused by the American Dirt upheavel? Read up on it here: https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/american-dirt-book-controversy-explained.html

It was supposed to be the season’s big novel. Suddenly it’s an argument starter.

19/01/2020

TODAY is your LAST CHANCE to to Concrete Literary Magazine for the chance to be published in our 2020 issue. Submit your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to http://ow.ly/WDjJ50xZh8V

17/01/2020

Happy Friday Lions! We're in the last push for submissions. Don't miss your chance to have your fiction, nonfiction, or poetry published in one of Emerson's longest running magazines. For guidelines and to submit click here http://ow.ly/Cn1N50xXHkS

15/01/2020

Quick reminder that you only have 5 days left to to Concrete Literary Magazine to be published in our print 2020 issue! Don't miss your chance to be published in on of Emerson's longest running magazines. Submit here: http://ow.ly/wrHP50xWeHu

15/01/2020

Quick reminder that you only have 5 days left to to Concrete Literary Magazine for the chance to be published in our 2020 print issue! Don't miss your chance to be published in one of Emerson's longest running magazines. Submit here: http://ow.ly/sLgr50xWeHv

14/01/2020

Happy First Day Lions! As you settle back in (Or are new on campus!), we want to remind you to submit your fiction, nonfiction, and/or poetry to Concrete for the chance to be published in our print edition, publishing at the end of the semester! http://ow.ly/YlZi50xUDKv

12/01/2020

Reminder! You have ONE WEEK left to submit your poetry, fiction, or nonfiction to Concrete for our 2020 issue! Don't miss your chance to see your work in print. Submit now!

11/01/2020

Today, we're sharing an excerpt from Jaden Cruz's "Man in Bed" from our 2019 issue. Ready to share your story? Don't miss your chance! Submit to Concrete by January 19th. http://ow.ly/F6GH50xRN6C

10/01/2020

Hello Lions! As Winter Break winds down, take advantage of your last weekend off and submit to Concrete for the chance to be published in our 2020 issue. Submissions close next Sunday, January 19th! http://ow.ly/ZRRh50xRNpW

09/01/2020

What are you waiting for?! Don't miss your chance to be published in our 2020 issue! Submissions close January 19th.

08/01/2020

For inspiration, we're sharing recent Emerson graduate Owen Elphick's piece, "Self-Portrait as Egg Shell," which was published in our 2019 issue. Want to leave your mark at Emerson? Submit by January 19th for the chance to be published in our 2020 issue! http://ow.ly/gbkK50xOGK0

07/01/2020

We're in countdown mode! You have 13 days left to submit your fiction, nonfiction, or poetry to Concrete, one of Emerson's longest running magazines. Don't miss your chance to be published! Submissions close January 19th. http://ow.ly/1Uxe50xOG0z

04/12/2019

You still have time to to Concrete Literary Magazine! We accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and more through January 19th. Submit at http://ow.ly/XH5w50xs5kI

10/10/2019

We're open for submissions! Submit your fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and more at submittable here: https://bit.ly/1HI9QQ0

08/10/2019

Who else can't wait for the release of Little Women in a little less than 3 months? https://bit.ly/2OveGIl

The Marches were loosely based on Louisa May Alcott's real family: suffragists, abolitionists, and passionate troublemakers

24/09/2019

Have you heard? We're open for submissions! Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, screen plays, and more to us here: https://concreteliterarymagazine.submittable.com/submit

13/09/2019

Have you submitted your application to join Concrete's staff for the 2019-2020 school year? If not, what are you waiting for?!

We're filling roles for:
-Marketing Assistant
-Head Copy Editor
-Assistant Copyeditor
-Staff Readers

If you're interested in applying for any of these roles (or know someone who might be!) Facebook message the account with your email address and we'll send the application to you!

The deadline to apply is TOMORROW, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH! Don't miss the opportunity to join an amazing team and get valuable publishing experience!

13/09/2019

Concrete Literary Magazine is hiring for the 2019-2020 school year! If you're interested in joining our staff and getting some invaluable publishing experience, message our page with your email for an application.

We're hiring:
-Marketing Assistant
-Head Copy Editor
-Assistant Copy Editor
-Staff Readers

Please note: Applications are due no later than Saturday, September 14th by noon.

12/09/2019

"The Testaments is Atwood at her best, in its mixture of generosity, insight and control. The prose is adroit, direct, beautifully turned."
http://ow.ly/rk5d50w5lwV

Margaret Atwood is at her best in this Booker-shortlisted return, three decades on, to the patriarchal dystopia of Gilead

18/04/2019

Today is the day! Come celebrate the Spring 2019 issue launch of Concrete in the CoLab from 7 pm-9 pm! We'll be serving up free cake/food, free copies of Concrete, and readings from our authors. We'll see you there!

17/04/2019

The Spring 2019 Launch is TOMORROW night from 7-9 pm in the CoLab! Come by to eat some cake, pick up free copies of the magazine, and hear from writer's like Owen Elphick:

17/04/2019

Only ONE more day until the Spring 2019 launch of Concrete Literary Magazine! Today, we're spotlighting two of our authors, the first: Isabella Rodrigues. And don't forget to attend the launch, tomorrow, April 18th, at 7 pm in the CoLab!

16/04/2019

The Spring 2019 launch of Concrete is only two days away! Meet another one of our authors, Laura Rodgers. And come pickup a free copy of Concrete, meet other writers, and eat free cake this Thursday 4/18 at 7 pm in the CoLab!

11/04/2019

In preparation of our Spring 2019 launch next Thursday, we're highlighting some of our talented authors! Today, meet Thomas McCorkle, author of the soon-to-be-released short story "The Incapable Charles S. Sycamore." And get a copy of the Spring 2019 issue, April 18th at 7pm in the CoLab!

10/04/2019

If your fiction/nonfiction/poetry workshops have ever made you feel emotionally drained, you're not alone. http://ow.ly/Ho9g50pzAfe

If you’ve taken creative writing classes then you probably know what it’s like to sit in silence while everyone else in the room discusses your work as if you aren’t even there. This is called work…

09/04/2019

Leading up to our launch on April 18th, we'll be spotlighting a few of our authors here. Stay tuned!

01/03/2019

Happy Spring Break from us to you!

27/02/2019

"There are ways of sitting static, of finding meaning and even a sense of possibility without going on a walk and searching for a pear tree, an argument, a plot." http://ow.ly/iY3d30nOEF8

In the winter, or at the advent of extreme stress, my feet begin to turn a horrible color, the color of a malevolent ocean, an eight-ball under fluorescent light, an eggplant left too long in the c…

26/02/2019

"As a closeted transgender child, I had hoped that a similar [transformative] love might fall upon me, and, in so doing, cure me of the unfathomable desire that had dominated my heart since I was five or six." http://ow.ly/pShx30nOEyk

The comic strip contained lessons about the ubiquity of unrequited love and the possibility of self-acceptance.

24/02/2019

The Oscars are tonight Emersonians! Take a look at The New Yorker's write-ups of Oscar nominated movies to get yourself in the spirit. http://ow.ly/IUoG30nOEuC

From The New Yorker’s archive, some of our best writing on several of the nominated films for the ninety-first Academy Awards.

20/02/2019

We're all looking for some ways to escape these days...Check out 7 recommend reads that will take you down the rabbit hole http://ow.ly/WJGU30nLhvP

Mark Mayer, author of “Aerialists,” recommends novels with hidden realities