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Poetry & prose from the road! HCR is a quiet, tucked-away lit journal where any poet, artist, or storyteller can rest their feet and share their work over a crackling fire. Since 2009! https://hobocampreview.blogspot.com
You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen
Responses to our current open call will start going out in mid-March, with everyone getting a reply by the end of the month!
A David Lynch inspired poem by Emily Kite in our latest issue
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Our open call has a theme of the American Southwest. Give us plateaus and deserts. Myths and legends. Bustling city streets baked by the sun, full of joy, grief, and stories of the communities of folks who have lived in this vast space for centuries.
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Some fiction from K.A. Laity in our latest issue!
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Submissions are now open. Guidelines are at the website:
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We open in 3 days, looking for poetry, flash fiction, short essays, art, and photos of the American southwest for our Summer Issue. Guidelines at our website.
“It doesn’t have to be that bad, / it doesn’t have to be bad at all, / but if it is, please call.”
— Lena Oleanderson (@lena-oleanderson.bsky.social)
A reminder that in honor of Black History Month, we're running a sale on these fantastic titles through the end of February! Head to blacklawrencepress.com/sale to browse these selections.
Jason Ryberg's poem "I Swear to God" in our latest issue
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Poetry from Tony Gloeggler in our latest issue
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Our next reading is coming soon...
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And we’re LIVE! @ballastpoetryjournal issue 4.1 OUT NOW!
We are reading now for issue 4.2: OUR SUBMISSIONS ARE STILL ALWAYS FREE AND ALWAYS OPEN.
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Two fantastic poems by Mary Franklin in our latest issue
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A new one from Sarah Bartusch in our latest issue
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Stop using AI to write, or at least stop calling yourself a "writer"
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Our submission window opens again in 20 days! (March 1)
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Dan Provost, always a welcome name at the camp...
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"Eat!" by Nancy Klepsch in our latest issue!
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Hobo Camp Review will have at least two reading periods this year:
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Two wonderful poems by Penny Nolte from our latest issue
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Three excellent poems from Joe Cottonwood in our latest issue of Hobo Camp Review
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"Prophecy" from my book Cistern Latitudes, published by Roadside Press
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A review of Michele McDannold's latest collection by Dan Denton
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Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
Salvation South has an open call here for their New Poets 2026 prize.
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Short prose from Sheree Shatsky in our latest issue
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