Wild Willow Magazine

we kissed between a junkyard and an abandoned storage unit

"January” by Lilly Lu, pdf pg. 31

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He was a funny little creature with a snake-like head [...]

"Magda Gave Birth to a Ferret on a Thursday” by Beth Sherman, pdf pg. 24

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🎨 Reese Mars Arts (instagram.com/reesemarsarts)
🎨 Chuck Eaton (instagram.com/thechuckeaton)

For #FollowFriday this month, we want to give love to visual artists. They’re the reason our magazine issues look so incredible! So QUEER ARTISTS! BIPOC ARTISTS! This week is for you!

🎨 DJ (@pokedbydj.bsky.social)
🎨 Kirstobot (@kirstobot.bsky.social)
🎨 Ness (@nesstolgia.bsky.social)

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A daydream congeals in forms
no living flesh could fulfill.

"Pseudo-Folks” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 15

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4 weeks left to submit your original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations! Winter! Hope! Persistence ! Endurance!

Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...

One month left! Original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations! Winter! Hope! Persistence ! Endurance!

Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...

The giant Christmas wreath stayed displayed, despite the fact that it was the middle of summer.

"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20

This is part 2 of our showcase piece featured last week. Check out issue 2 to read the whole piece.

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Willa O'Whisp” by Mirjana M., pdf pg.14

Image description: A human face obscured by swirls of paint

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Reminder that submissions for our January issue "Wintergreen" will close on December 31st! Send us your original poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by winter! Or human resilience. The overlap is bigger than you'd think!

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Even in winter, lightning
dribbles from gusty clouds
to illuminate our backdrop

"That Side of the Canvas” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 27

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She always said I love you to her husband before hanging up.

"Study in Grief” by Jane Hertenstein, pdf pg. 20

We will showcase this piece over the next two weeks. Check back next week for more, or read issue two for the whole piece now!

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📚 Nick Medina (“The Whistler”)
📚 Eliana Ramage (“TO THE MOON AND BACK”)
📚 Christine Hartman Derr (“Raven Rising” - coming summer 2026)

#FollowFriday for the third week of National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth is for Native American authors! Show them some love:

📚 @byoungwrites.bsky.social (“Healer of the Water Monster”)
📚 @morgantalty.bsky.social (“FIRE EXIT”)
📚 @themarisamohi.bsky.social (“To Catch a Captain”)

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An herb for January! This issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by themes of hope, persistence, and endurance. Human resilience this winter!

Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...

"Delicate” by Piper Gross, pdf pg. 46

Image description: Two images of the same person, one with a smile, one with a frown

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Protect me, though, and you will find I am easy to grow.

"tender perennial” by Ellen Miller, pdf pg. 23

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Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal Native American Journal that highlights Poetry, Prose, and Visual Art

📖 Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal (sequoyahcherokeeriverjournal.wordpress.com)
📖 BLOCK THE NOISE! Magazine (instagram.com/blockthenois...)

Haven Spec Magazine Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

This week's National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth's #FollowFriday is a showcase for Native-led magazines! Give these a read:

📖 Leading the Way (instagram.com/leadingthewa...)
📖 Turning Points Magazine (instagram.com/asuturningpo...)
📖 Haven Spec Magazine (@havenspec.bsky.social)

"Snow Queen” by Rachel Turney, pdf pg. 55

Image description: A city street covered in snow, a car and a person in motion

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You don’t have to hold the world up
with your worry. And worry isn’t prayer.

"Emotional Support Poem” by Wren Donovan, pdf pg. 11

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✏️ Megan Dawn (instagram.com/megandawn_wr...)
✏️ Forrest Lonefight (instagram.com/author_forre...)
✏️ Shane Hawk (instagram.com/shane.hawk)
✏️ Felicia Renea (instagram.com/feliciarenea...)

November is National #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! For this #FollowFriday, we’re spotlighting some Native American writers:

✏️ Nat Rose Wolfman (@nrwolfman.bsky.social)
✏️ James Bird (@jamesbirdbooks.bsky.social)
✏️ Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (@annettesclapsaddle.bsky.social)

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Wild Willow Magazine Submissions Submission Periods are as follows unless stated otherwise:January 15th – March 15thApril 15th – June 15thJuly 15th – September 15thOctober 15th – December 15th Wild Willow M…

The winter season starts its slow creep inward... but we like to view winters as a reminder of our human resilience! January's issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your herb-inspired original poetry, fiction, cnf, visual art, etc!

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Oh, slipping across the border is not the hard part, believe me. It’s finding the way back that gets tricky.

"The square root of two” by Yana Kane, pdf pg. 24

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Our fourth issue is live! Toxic relationships, generational trauma, and actual literal poison, oh my! Happy Halloween to you all, and we hope you have a safe and fun Halloweekend.

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👻 Pickman (instagram.com/goth.paints)
👻 Judas (instagram.com/genderlessjude)
👻 Art by Priscilla (instagram.com/artbypriscil...)
👻 Sometimes I’m Crafty (instagram.com/sometimesimc...)
👻 Mystic Knots Studio (instagram.com/mystic.knots...)
👻 Teddy Sofyan (instagram.com/teddysfyn)

Our last #FollowFriday falls serendipitously on Halloween, the same day that we release our Halloween Issue! Check out these wonderfully creepy artists:

👻 Flewory (@flewory.bsky.social)
👻 Alexandria Bishop (@alexandriabishop.bsky.social)
👻 Ashley Voortman (@peculiarlyashley.bsky.social)

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The rent is so low the living outnumber the dead.

“Living in a Drawer at the Morgue” by William Doreski, pdf pg. 38

tw: mentions of dead bodies, autopsies, and the words 'sex crimes'

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"Fort Lauderdale by the Sea" by Melissa Ashley Hernandez, pdf pg. 58

Image description: The moon reflected on the sea.

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