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Today’s feature is an excerpt from Mystic Poet's poem, “POETRY & HEAVEN/HELL.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/uch… We paired this piece with artwork titled “The Depth of an Unknown Season,” submitted by Edward Lee.

Submissions are open for Volume 2, Issue 1! Bring us your heart-wrenching, gut-punching takes, but also bring us your absurd, and comical ones. Laughter lifts and invigorates us, and we could always use more of it.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Josie Peterson's poem, ““Five Conversation I Had Among God and the Birds, Years Ago, While Savoring a Late Montana Summer.” Read the full piece here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/jos… We paired this piece with “Unlearning” by Vidya Murali

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Glenn Pape’s poem, “Ballet Class.” Read this poem, and a second by Glenn, “Your Grandad’s Promise,” here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/gle… We paired this piece with artwork titled “The Curtain,” submitted by Maria Pianelli Blair.

We're looking for art again!! Please send us yours!

Today’s feature is an excerpt from undermeyou's essay, which can be read in full here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/emi… We paired this piece with artwork titled “Persephone’s Omen,” submitted by Mirjana M.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Rebecca Eagan’s poem, “Liver: noun, someone who lives” Read this poem, and a second titled “Parallel Play,” here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/reb… We paired this piece with artwork titled “Tern,” submitted by Kyle Burton

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Rowan Tate’s poem, “cavoli riscaldati (reheated cabbage).” Read this, and a second titled “in the beginning, the atoms,” here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/row… We paired this piece with artwork titled “Surrender,” submitted by Maria Pianelli Blair.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Jean Feldeisen’s poem, “Jab Jab Cross.” Read this poem, and two more by Jean, here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/jea… We paired this piece with artwork titled “Cherry Thinking,” submitted by Mirjana M.

Today’s feature is an excerpt from Alex Waitkus's poem, “to the man in my gardenless backyard.” Read this poem & the rest of V1.2 here: turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/ale… We paired this piece with artwork titled “Orange Music,” submitted by Susan Barry-Schulz

Our final feature from Volume 1, Issue 2 is Madddds's poem, “Regeneration.” Read this poem, the rest of V1.2, here turningleafjournal.com/2024/12/15/mad… We paired this piece with artwork from the public domain titled “Schelpen,” by Onchi Kōshirō.

We're averaging a 15-day turnaround for submissions right now. (if it's been longer for you, it's good news--you've been shortlisted!) Send us art, CNF, poetry, and/or hybrid work today! turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Interested in flash nonfiction, but not sure where to begin? Here are 5 tips to jumpstart your essay ↓ Already have some flash CNF? Send it to us! Submissions are open until May 1st.

Only two weeks left to submit! We're so eager to read your work (we pinky promise to respond to you quickly--averaging 17 days right now!). Find out how & what to submit here: turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Submissions close TOMORROW! We'd especially love more art <3

Today (May 1st) is the final day to send us submissions for Volume 2, Issue 1! We especially want more artwork. All responses will be sent out no later than May 18th (but likely much sooner). turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

Submissions are officially closed for Volume 2, Issue 1. Thank you to everyone who sent us work! All responses will be sent out by May 18th. We remain open (on a rolling basis) to submissions of craft essays and book reviews ↓ turningleafjournal.com/leafletsubmiss…

For everyone who submitted work for Volume 2, Issue 1: all of our decisions have been sent out! If you have not received a response from us, please reach out!