Jelly Bucket

Jelly Bucket Jelly Bucket is the literary journal produced by the Bluegrass Writing Studio, Eastern Kentucky Univ

Jelly Bucket is produced by the MFA students of the Bluegrass Writing Studio at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. It is produced annually and the submission period runs from July 1 to December 1. Work is accepted via our Submittable page: https://jellybucket.submittable.com/submit

Jelly Bucket contributor, Lisa (Caloro) Titus' debut poetry collection, First Time, Every Time, was a finalist for the ...
16/01/2024

Jelly Bucket contributor, Lisa (Caloro) Titus' debut poetry collection, First Time, Every Time, was a finalist for the Brick Road Poetry Competition. Available here:
https://www.brickroadpoetrypress.com/order-books/lisa-titus-first

Lisa was the 2020-2021 Poet Laureate of Sullivan County, NY, and her poems have been published (or are forthcoming) in Painted Bride Quarterly, Cimarron Review, The Carolina Quarterly, and elsewhere.

Congratulations Lisa!

Meet our alumni editor for issue number 14’s, special section, Voices! Andrew Analore lives and writes on the isthmus ...
10/11/2023

Meet our alumni editor for issue number 14’s, special section, Voices! Andrew Analore lives and writes on the isthmus of Madison, Wisconsin. His poems have appeared in Technology of the Sun, Stolen Island Review, South 85 Review, Sheila-Na-Gig, Miniskirt Magazine, Spitball Magazine, Lakeshore Review, New Plains Review and other journals. He’s served as a Poetry Editor and reader for Jelly Bucket.

We welcome Nathan Spoon Âû as Jelly Bucket's guest editor for issue 14's special section, Neurodivergent Voices.Nathan ...
13/09/2023

We welcome Nathan Spoon Âû as Jelly Bucket's guest editor for issue 14's special section, Neurodivergent Voices.
Nathan Spoon is an autistic poet with learning disabilities. The author of The Importance of Being Feeble-Minded (Nine Mile Books, 2023), his poems and essays appear in Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, American Poetry Review, Bennington Review, Gulf Coast, Poetry, Poetry Daily, The Southern Review, and swamp pink, as well as the anthologies The American Sonnet: An Anthology of Poems and Essays, How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope, Mid/South Sonnets: A Belle Point Press Anthology, and The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal. He is editor of Queerly and an ally of timemedicine.org.

Announcing next issue's special section: Neurodivergent Voices. For issue 14’s special section, we’re looking for creati...
08/09/2023

Announcing next issue's special section: Neurodivergent Voices. For issue 14’s special section, we’re looking for creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, 10-min. plays, and art from neurodivergent writers and artists. Submit via Submittable : https://jellybucket.submittable.com/submit
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07/08/2023
26/07/2023

We are now accepting submissions for creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, artwork, and 10-minute plays for our general section through Dec. 1. Stay tuned for the announcement about our special section for issue 14.

https://jellybucket.submittable.com/submit

Kicking issue 13 off right with Guest Editor, Lydia Conklin
20/07/2023

Kicking issue 13 off right with Guest Editor, Lydia Conklin

18/07/2023

Jelly Bucket Issue 13 Launch with Guest Editor, Lydia Conklin

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We are now accepting submissions for creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, artwork, and 10-minute plays for our general section through Dec. 1. Stay tuned for the announcement about our special section for issue 14. https://jellybucket.submittable.com/submit

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Jelly Bucket Issue 13 Launch with Guest Editor, Lydia Conklin

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Poetry: Please send us one to five poems. All poems should be in a single document. Each poem should begin on a new page. Format poems on the page as you would have them printed.

Creative Nonfiction: We welcome nonfiction pieces of up to 5,000 words. For short nonfiction (1,000 words or less), up to three pieces may be included in one submission (one document). Please double-space all entries.

Fiction: We welcome fiction pieces of up to 5,000 words. For short fiction (1,000 words or less), up to three pieces may be included in one submission (one document). Please double-space all entries.

Text-as-Art: Each issue features a text-as-art color insert. We are looking for any art that incorporates words or books in a lovely and creative way. We are also seeking altered book pages! Please submit up to 10 pieces of art in a single file. If we decide to use your work, we will contact you for higher resolution images.