'Poetry Decoded has created a unique space in the writing community that has opened the floor for conversation; one about creativity, of courage, and of possibility.'

Read our interview with Poetry Decoded from the latest Room 47.2: Seedpod 🌱
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Free ebooks for solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.
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This National Poetry Month, we're offering a sneak peek from our latest issue, Room 47.2 Seedpod🌱✨

Check out “What should be safe”, the Second Place Winner of Room’s 2023 Poetry Contest judged by John Elizabeth Stintzi:

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We're thrilled to announce our 2023 Poetry Contest Winners, selected by Tsering Yangzom Lama! 🥳⁠
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1st place: Rimi B Chatterjee
2nd place: Aldona Dziedziejko
3rd place: Jennifer Adese
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Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their work!⁠

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As spring brings growth and change, sail through the windswept art and writing in our newest issue. Journey with Room 47.2 Seedpod, available for pre-order now. 🌱✨

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Join Alicia Elliott - AND THEN SHE FELL out now!, Jessica Johns, and Waubgeshig Rice in-person for FRIGHTFUL INDIGENOUS FICTION on May 4, at 11:00am ET!

This event is sponsored by PenguinRandomHouseCA.

Register today at thefoldcanada.org/register!

Love supporting local writers, so much! Please submit! ♥️🦅

We are so excited to announce the 2023 Short Forms Contest shortlist!

Thank all who trusted us with their work and to our wonderful judge, Tsering Yangzom Lama, for reviewing the works with such careful consideration. Congrats to these six writers!

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To celebrate National Poetry Month x Spring x the eclipse, we present a round-up of ten transformative poems about change from Room issues past and present ✨

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What is the relationship between memory, photography, and language?

@margolapierre interviews Room editor ehjchang (same @ on bsky) 🏳️‍🌈 about their debut poetry collection, 'Blood Belies,' out now with Wolsak & Wynn.

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It’s finally here: announcing the longlist for our 2023 Short Forms Contest!

Congrats to these poets and a huge thank you to everyone who trusted us with their work. Stay tuned for the shortlist and winners selected by the stellar Tsering Yangzom Lama!

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Looking for inspiration before submitting to our 2024 Fiction Contest? 💫

Check out this fiction piece by our judge Sarah Bernstein from Room's archives. Don't forget: Submit by Mar 31 for a chance at $1000 and possible publication!

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Looking for inspiration before submitting to our 2024 Fiction Contest? 💫

Check out this fiction piece by our judge Sarah Bernstein from Room's archives. Don't forget: Submit by Mar 31 for a chance at $1000 and possible publication!

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💫 Calling writers and artists of marginalized genders! (Yes, we pay!) 💫

⁠ Room 47.4 is open for *unthemed* submissions! Send us your dreamiest & most daring & everything in between:

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Is that you again? Didn’t I kill you?
I said: You killed me . . . and I forgot, like you, to die.

—Mahmoud Darwish, born #OTD in 1941

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As you return home, to your home, think of others
(do not forget the people of the camps).

—Mahmoud Darwish
▪︎ Palestinian poet ▪︎

Writers: Win $1000 and possible publication in Room 💫

We want your stories for our 2024 Fiction Contest, judged by the fantastic Sarah Bernstein. Send us your best by Mar 31!

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