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post-genre journal and small press. At Ghost Proposal, we’re into writing that is aware of its own topography.

Ghost Proposal is:

Proposal: an offering; a possibility; a conjecture; a guess; a hypothesis; a thing-to-be-explored. Ghost: a shadow on the sleeve of your sweater; a rhythm returning from lifetimes before; the meandering suggestion of a river on an ancient, yellowed map. We like work that engages with thought process. We think of writing as “a letter from a stranger that you can’t bear to throw

away. It haunts you; it strengthens you.” (Mary Oliver). We want to publish your strange objects. The whispers sitting in between your shoulder blades. Translation: We publish poetry, essays, hybrid works of both, works that nestle in between poetry and essays, works that stretch the boundaries of poetry and essays. We publish images and multimedia. We do not publish fiction. We do publish poetry and essays that play with elements of fiction. Manifesto: We do not label by genre in our issues. We want to engage with the work itself, separate from the discussion of labels. We want to talk about what the work is doing, not what it is.

21/10/2024

NEW VISUAL POETRY PAMPHLET OUT TODAY! Chantine Akiyama Poh’s “Family Conversation” won the 2023 Ultraslant Prize and was risograph-printed in a limited edition of 100. Get your copy for $5 at ghost proposal dot com.

17/06/2024

From Issue 14: an excerpt of “(o)bituary: Unnamed” by olivier.

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olivier () is a research-based artist+writer and archives worker. They speak Cantonese at home with their demonic cat. Their practice is rooted in the ephemerality and the anarchival in q***r and trans theory, and ufology. They toy with poetics and semiotics, caress languaging and linguistics, draw with speculative projects, artists’ books, videos, performative lectures, happenings, surveys… and lead a secret mail art practice. olivier holds an MA in Visual and Critical Studies. Born and raised in British-Hong Kong, they are now temporarily floating in the rivers of Chicago after some adventures in the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. For the past decade, their time-machine has been stuck in this dimension. So it goes.

16/06/2024

From Issue 14: a text(ile) triptych by Kelly Hoffer.

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Kelly Hoffer () is a poet and book artist. Her debut collection of poems UNDERSHORE (2023) was selected by Diana Khoi Nguyen as the winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize. Her book manuscript Fire Series was a finalist for the 2021 National Poetry Series and the Georgia Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, American Chordata, TAGVVERK, and Chicago Review, among others. Her essays and criticism have appeared in Jacket2, Cultural Critique, Inscription, and The Henry James Review. She currently teaches in the MFA program at the University of Michigan as the Helen Zell Visiting Professor of Poetry.

15/06/2024

Ghost Proposal commits to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). We won’t collaborate with academic and cultural institutions that are complicit in Israel’s occupation and genocide of the Palestinian people. We urge other cultural organizations to make similar commitments.

14/06/2024

Our 14th issue officially hits the newsstands (aka our website) today!

11/03/2024

We put together a quick zine on how to buy eSIMs for people in Gaza. 🍉

19/02/2024

We are thrilled to announce that Chantine Akiyama Poh is the 2023 winner of the Ultraslant Prize for her poem “Family Conversation.” We are also excited to announce Kondo Heller as our runner up for their poem “been in a place where people live.” Stay tuned for the release of both works as riso-printed pamphlets. Thank you again to everyone who submitted.

31/01/2024

Genre is fake, but money is unfortunately real. Buy a sticker and help us print more books and signs! Link in bio.

29/12/2023

New free risograph-printed sign, designed by 💚❤️🖤. Get free copies shipped to you via the link in our bio. ✉️

21/11/2023

Free risograph-printed posters - DM us your address and how many to send. With gratitude to for the design.

12/11/2023

Another free poster! DM us your address and how many you want (or, if you’re local to Western Mass, you can also come pick some up). Once again thanks to for the design. 🍉

10/11/2023

Free riso-printed signs to anyone who wants! Bring them to protests, stick them in a window, put one on your car. DM us your address and how many you’d like. Gratitude to for the design. 🍉

01/11/2023

Today, we’re thrilled to release Points of Return by —the winner of our 2021 chapbook contest. Points of Return forecasts a cloudless future. The landscape of the text is at once stark and lush, opaque and translucent. The language, printed on paper and see-thru vellum, incises its container, returning, and sometimes just turning. Limited edition of 100; order your copy on the Ghost Proposal website.

02/10/2023

We’ve extended the deadline for the Ultraslant Prize for Visual Poetry to October 15. $250 and pamphlet publication. Forgot to send work in September? Now’s your chance not to forget again. ghostproposal.com/submit

20/09/2023

We’re reading for Issue 14 of Ghost Proposal ⏰ September 1-30 ⏰ Link in bio to send us your work! Submissions are free.

15/09/2023

⏳Just 15 days left to submit to the Ultraslant Prize for Visual Poetry!⌛️

Winner will receive $250 and have their poem printed in pamphlet form. Sliding scale fee, $0-$15. Link in bio to send us your work!

01/09/2023

This month we’re reading for Issue 14 of our journal AND for the Ultraslant Prize for Visual Poetry. Submissions are open from September 1–30. Details on our website! Link in bio.

13/06/2023

We’re excited to share that ’s visual poem from Issue 13 is featured today on !

02/04/2023

From Issue 13: “Slow Golf Clap” by Nicolette Daskalakis

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Nicolette Daskalakis is a writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. Her work has appeared in Rattle, The New York Times, Pride.com, and elsewhere. She is the author of "Portrait of Your Ex Assembling Furniture." Nicolette holds a BA in Film & TV Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Fine Arts in France. You can find her at www.nicolettedaskalakis.com or on Instagram and

01/04/2023

From Issue 13: “Five Poems & Accompanying Photographs from The Same Field by Different Light” by Sara Judy

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Sara Judy is a poet who holds a PhD in English from the University of Notre Dame, where she is currently a postdoctoral fellow. Her poetry and reviews have appeared in EcoTheo Review, Psaltery & Lyre, entropy mag, and elsewhere. With Jacob Schepers, Sara edits the literary journal Ballast.

31/03/2023

From Issue 13: Two poems by Yi Sang (probably). Translated by Michael Joseph Walsh.

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Michael Joseph Walsh is the author of Innocence (CSU Poetry Center, 2022) and co-editor of APARTMENT Poetry. His poems, reviews, and translations from the Korean have appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Denver Quarterly, DIAGRAM, Guernica, FOLDER, Fence, jubilat, and elsewhere. He lives in Denver.

30/03/2023

From Issue 13: The Power of Then by William Hazard

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William Hazard is a poet, musician, sound designer, and open-source software developer who lives in Philadelphia. He holds an MFA in poetry from Temple University, where he currently teaches. He is an editor at Overpass Books. His recent work can be found on GitHub.

29/03/2023

From Issue 13: two poems by Funto Omojola

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Funto Omojola is a Nigerian American poet, performer, and visual artist based in New York. They are the founding editor of ẹwà, an online literary journal that publishes work exclusively by immigrant writers. They are a 2022-2023 Poetry Project Fellow.

28/03/2023

From Issue 13: NO LYDIA DAVIS by Lo**ta Copacabana.

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Lo**ta Copacabana is a writer, editor and translator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. They are the author of Buena leche, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Ministry of Labor. In 2017, the Hay Festival included them in Bogotá 39, a list comprehending the thirty-nine best Latin American writers under the age of forty. They hold MFAs from the University of Iowa and the University of Texas at El Paso. They live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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From Issue 14: an excerpt of “Pssst #2: Gallery,” an audio-based piece by Tracie Morris. 〰️〰️〰️ Tracie Morris (MFA, PhD) is a multidisciplinary poet. She has written/edited 11 books and is also a vocalist and filmmaker. Tracie is a Professor of Poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop who lives in Brooklyn, NY and Iowa City, IA.

Nora Claire Miller reading from their new chapbook LULL! If you missed the reading, grab a copy of the book at the link in bio.

New work from Nathanael Jones

Patrick Samuel kicking us off at last night’s reading

Send us your rain water roads. Submissions are still open. #haunt #opengates

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