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Thanks, Diagram for publishing "Sick Day" thediagram.com/25_1/kercheval…

Love when magazine editors ask me for art for their covers!

Friends who are on Instagram, too! I have 2 accounts there with different content. @jlkerche is travel photos, writing news, a drawing now and then. @jesseleekercheval is my new all comics/ graphic narrative account. You can follow me at both!

Meanwhile the river--

Happy Friday! This week, NewPages brings you 47 fresh submission opportunities + a thought-provoking writing prompt that asks you to look beyond the glitter of the “golden years.” 👉 Dive in! #WritingCommunity #SubmissionOpportunities #AmWriting newpages.com/blog/where-to-…

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Today's Featured Poem: "In My Natural Habitat" by Hedgie Choi from Salvage published by U of Wisconsin Press Read here: poems.com/poem/in-my-nat…

A page from "The Body is a Vessel" in my graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL Fieldmouse Press

Mark your calendars!🗓️ Virginia Quarterly Review opens for submissions on 1 August!

Oh, and another one that opens for submissions on 1 August: the The Iowa Review

The 2025 Palette Poetry Prize is now open! The winner will be awarded $3,000 + publication. We are seeking poems that celebrate the community we have by meditating on the role of the poet in this pivotal moment in time. 💜✍️ Learn more: palettepoetry.com/the-2025-palet…

Less than 2 weeks left to enter our Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest! One winner receives $1000 & publication. Find full guidelines and submit your work here: prairieschooner.submittable.com/submit

No details available yet on the theme of the next Conjunctions submission call, except that the issue will be called "Anew", so if you have fiction/non-fiction/poetry that might relate, get ready! 🙂

In addition to Virginia Quarterly Review and The Iowa Review, the Colorado Review also opens for submissions on 1 August! I wish I had stuff to submit 😭

Happy Book Birthday! América Invertida: An Anthology of Emerging Uruguayan Poets is 9 years old! If you are looking for a great anthology of poetry beyond the limitations the current world wants to set for us--read this one! Teach this one! simonandschuster.com/books/America-…

My graphic memoir FRENCH GIRL--named by the Washington Post as one of the top graphic novels of the year--is now available from Asterism Books ! As well as Fieldmouse Press asterismbooks.com/product/french…