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Check out the latest PJO piece, “Anchovy Ghosts” by Brooke Spalding. Up Now!
“We are afraid of dying/ but we cannot wait to sleep.”

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Be sure to check out the latest poem, “A Recipe for Sapodilla Milkshakes” by Amelia Badri up on PJO now!
“Mix the milk of your choice with your father’s Dairy Queen heart, the one off 441 where only three cars at most can park…”

Check out our latest post on PJO!
“Lieb”, a poem by William Bonfiglio, paints a striking image of the Heidelberg patient Marie Lieb’s artwork. “What is known is unimportant. It fades/ into sepia against what/ will be remembered…”

“Dust and flaws become less noticeable in moonlight”
Don’t miss our newest author, Liz Marlow! Her Three Poems peek into the life of Rosa in early 1900s Buenos Aires. The first two poems are available to read on PJO now, and the third poem will be posted Friday, February 6th

Excited after years of submitting to have a piece forthcoming in @pinchjournal.bsky.social! Back to my CNF nonsense.

A botanical illustration of the Horn of Plenty mushroom.

Thrilled to announce that my short story, Horn of Plenty, will appear in the spring issue of The Pinch Journal. Look for more info in March, when you can pick up a copy of your own!
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"The Summer My Blood Flowed for The First Time" by Rivka Clifton is up on our website. Go to pinchjournal.com to check it out.

This week, we published "50/50 Custody Contrapuntal" by Sarah Mark. Go to www.pinchjournal.com to read the poem.

This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.

Read it now on PJO!

This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.

Read it now on PJO!

This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo.

Read it now on PJO!

Up on PJO today, the poem "Heartwood" by Eric Roy. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it.

Poet Kerry James Evans on Gathering Fragments into Stillness — PINCH When I think of influence, I like its earliest meaning—when it referred to the flow of energy from the stars into human life, from in-fluere, “to flow into.” I’m drawn to that sense of permeability: how the world and language pass through us, one current at a time, until some form of coherence takes shape.

Editorial assistant Elena Kang had the opportunity to interview Kerry James Evans. His second book Nine Persimmons will be published in March 2026 by the University of Nebraska Press and is available for preorder now. Read the full interview here:

Go to PJO to read "Leaves like Madness"
by Chris J. Bahnsen.

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Submit your new and previously unpublished nonfiction work for consideration! Deadline is November 2. Submission link in bio.

We can't wait to read your work!

Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.

🖼 Art by Justin Williams

This is our latest PJO piece!
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Our nonfiction submissions are currently open! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work!

Congratulations to our nominees and thank you to every writer who continues to make this community thrive.

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"I want to talk about the body & how it persists ..." writes Katelyn Sweeney in her gorgeous poem, Birding Through the Aftermath, out on PJO now. Go to our site to read it.

Congratulations to the late Karen Kao whose work was chosen by Leslie Jamison as the 2025 Sarabande Prize in the Essay winner. The collection Swimming Upside Down is slated for publication in June 2027. Her piece "Cardamom Heals All Wounds" is featured in Issue 45.2 of the Pinch.

Up on PJO today, the poem "Skin Care for Temporary Ghosts" by J.M. Emery. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it!

Our art submissions are open! Here's a quick guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page.

🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian

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Looking for a place to submit your poems? Today is the last day our submission window for poetry will be open for the year! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work! #poetry #pinchjournal #litmag

This week, we present a preview of "how easy, to take the lungs for granted" which is another poem by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full piece on PJO now.
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Congratulations to Katie Erbs for "Schrödinger" being today's poem on Poetry Daily! We're so excited and honored to have worked with her here at the Pinch. Check her out on their site today #poetry #poetrydaily #thepinch #pinch

Announcing some of our PJO readers for our upcoming release party! Join us on Sept 27th at novel for fun fiction, poetry, and food from our amazing contributors, both online and in print #pinch #thepinch #reading

Announcing our last two PJO readers for our upcoming release party! Join us this Saturday the 27th to hear excerpts from their work and more #pinch #thepinch #reading

We're so excited to invite two of our contributors from our print edition coming out this week! Join us on Sept 27th at Novel to hear Whitney Collins and Kelsey D. Mahaffey read excerpts from their work #pinch #thepinch #reading

Looking for something fun to read today? Check out our latest poem "on my flight home they make an announcement" by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full poem on our site now!

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