NEWS & UPDATES
Arts & Letters Will Be Online Only Spring 2025
Arts & Letters will not appear in print in Spring 2025, but we will still be running our Annual Prizes. The work of those prize winners will be published on our beautiful new website.
Our staff has begun reading for our tenth annual Unclassifiable Contest, which celebrates works that blur, bend, blend, erase, or obliterate genre and other labels. Look forward to our finalist announcement later this year, and to see their work published on our website in Spring 2025.
Announcing Karen Salyer McElmurray’s Newest Essay Collection
Announcing the forthcoming publication of an essay collection by Arts & Letters’ past Prose Editor Karen Salyer McElmurray.
25th Annual Prize Winners Announcement
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Arts & Letters Prizes in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, & Poetry. Each winner receives a $1,000 prize and publication in an upcoming issue.
Unclassifiable Contest – Submissions Closed
Our 10th Annual Unclassifiable Contest Is Open May 1 to July 31.
Our Unclassifiable contest is for works that blur, bend, blend, erase, or obliterate genre and other labels.
25th Annual Prizes – Submissions Closed
Prize submission period February 1 – March 31. For our prizes in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, we offer the winner a $1,000 prize and publication in one of next year’s issues. Prize submissions are also considered for regular-payment publication.
Issue #47 – Special Issue Announcement
Arts & Letters is pleased to announce that Issue #47 will be published as a special mid-year issue in celebration of the journal’s 25th Anniversary, including poetry by Billy Collins, Chelsea Rathburn, and Alexandria Peary. Available for purchase 1/24.
Ampersand Interview Series: Kat Mustatea interviewed by Kelsie Doran
Assistant Managing Editor Kelsie Doran spoke with Kat Mustatea about Instagram, New York, and her piece, Voidopolis, which is published in Issue 42 of Arts & Letters.
Ampersand Interview Series: Roy Bentley interviewed by Kelsie Doran
Assistant Managing Editor Kelsie Doran spoke with Roy Bentley about Ohio, Greek mythology, and his upcoming books, Hillbilly Guilt and Beautiful Plenty.
Ampersand Interview Series: Desiree Evans interviewed by Kelsie Doran
In the latest Ampersand Interview, Assistant Managing Editor Kelsie Doran spoke with Desiree Evans about quarantine, forgiveness, and her piece, “Flesh”.
Ampersand Interview Series: Karyna McGlynn interviewed by Kelsie Doran
Assistant Managing Editor Kelsie Doran spoke with Karyna McGlynn about the 1980s, puberty, and her poems which will be published in the forthcoming Arts & Letters Issue.
Ampersand Interview Series: L.I. Henley interviewed by Kelsie Doran
In the latest Ampersand Interview, Assistant Managing Editor Kelsie Doran spoke with L.I. Henley about her piece, “Drive! (You’re Lost Little Girl, You’re Lost)”.
Ampersand Interview Series: Wes Civilz interviewed by Kelsie Doran
Kelsie Doran spoke with Wes Civilz about his upcoming projects and his three poems: “First Thing,” “The Walk,” and “Interrupter” which were published in Arts & Letters Issue 40.