Contrary Magazine
@ContraryMag
A literary journal of poetry, fiction, and lyrical commentary, founded at the University of Chicago in 2003.
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"It was possible that she hadn’t remembered their arrangement—maybe that was all—or maybe she didn’t like the look of him." Read "Caught," in @ContraryMag by WTAW #Betty author Leah Browning contrarymagazine.com/2023/caught/ #WritingCommunity
The Summer 23 Contrary features fiction by Leah Browning, Kaitlin Tan, Conor Robin Madigan @dumbedshouter, and our 40th story by Edward Mc Whinney, plus poems by Heather Truett @mmerubies, Sarah McCartt-Jackson, and Nnadi Samuel @Samuelsamba10 contrarymagazine.com
When I first saw the @Wigleaf list was out, I began by searching the Longlist. No luck, I thought -- hadn't pub-ed much last yr. Then out of a casual interest, I scrolled the Top50. Lo & behold I'M THERE 😭 ty🙏@VenitaBlackburn @laughingyeti @ContraryMag contrarymagazine.com/2022/dark-matt…
Our Spring 2023 issue is sprung! With new fiction from Cork by Edward Mc Whinney, lyrical non-fiction from Tasmania by Emma Wilkins, from Bristol, UK by Rebecca Cawley-Hassall, and from Brooklyn— Chicago's loss—by @jerushacrone. contrarymagazine.com
"How do we measure the frequencies of our loss?" About Jared Beloff's (@Read_Instead) debut WHO WILL CRADLE YOUR HEAD, Diane Seuss writes, "These poems enact an acuity of tenderness that is rare in contemporary poetry." Read more of his work here: linktr.ee/yetzirahpoets
It’s a very Contrary New Year thanks to our Winter 2003 issue, featuring gorgeous fiction by Sandra Carlson Khalil, John Abbott @jpabbottauthor Anna Ufaeva, Edward Mc Whinney, and lyrical commentary by Lesley M. O’Connell @LesleyMOConnell contrarymagazine.com/issues/winter-…
I’m pleased to share that my essay about my dad and driving and music has been published in @Contrary contrarymagazine.com/2023/miles-and…
Contrary's 2022 Pushcart Prize nominations: zirk.us/@contrary/1094… @itsdbouts @RaeHoffmanJager @MandiraPattnaik @nikone3na
Congrats to our Pushcart nominees! "On Gratitude" @itsdbouts "Stillbirth" @RaeHoffmanJager "Dark Matter" @MandiraPattnaik "We Were Girls Once, Dancing" Curtis Smith "A Song of Silence" McKenna Shea "A Weekend in Aubervilliers" @nikone3na contrarymagazine.com
Fall is in the air for many of us, so let's launch our fall issue as part of #SundayReading ! Check out beautiful work by @nikone3na, @hansolkaris, @HannahB40843697, @ChestnutClub, @gonspoetry, Catherine Chiarella Domonkos & Bethany F. Brengan. contrarymagazine.com
Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominees, McKenna Shea, Shirley Hilton, Jonathan Calloway, Curtis Smith, @LeahJCallen, @CNaprava, @adamhughespoet1 , Kan Ren Jie, @richardjnewman , and Roseanne Freed! Please go to ContraryMagazine.com to read these works! #writerslift
Our summer issue is GORGEOUS! GORGEOUS! Please read amazing work by Nadia McGlinn, Edward Mc Whinney, @itsdbouts , @RaeHoffmanJager , @thisquiethour , and Sean Cho A. contrarymagazine.com/archives/summe… #SummerReading #SundayReads #WritingCommunity
#TPQ20: S2EP12 - SHAINDEL BEERS Join Chris of @PoetryQuestion in a one-on-one sit down with Shaindel Beers, Poetry Editor of Contrary, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! @shaindelr @Contrary @The_Rumpus @PAWSPendletonOR LISTEN IN: anchor.fm/tpq20/episodes…
Happy Spring! We have amazing work by Edward Mc Whinney, Shirley Hilton, Evan Gurney, McKenna Shea, Martin Willitts Jr., @MandiraPattnaik , @jd_calloway, @Curtis_J_Smith, and @eleinthecity! ❤ #literature #books #amreading #fiction #poetry #writerslift contrarymagazine.com
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary If you could do us a favor and tweet out our winter issue, that would be awesome! Give it a read, and tweet out your favorite piece, too! contrarymagazine.com
Did you make a New Year's Resolution to read more? Our winter issue is PERFECTION! Read works by: Kan Ren Jie, @mbarrettwriter, @adamhughespoet1, @Chelsea_Stickle , Roseanne Freed, @LiamJHogan, and @richardjnewman. contrarymagazine.com #fiction #poetry
Our '21 Pushcart nominees! “When We Were Girls” @jcbaggott “Swan Garden” @Dango_Ramen “Any Other Night” Carly Parker-Plank “Dear Parents, Know This” @SarahTwombly “Outis Odysseus” @martin65 “Why Annie Oakley and Dolly Parton...” @SaraMooreWagne1 contrarymagazine.com
Authors! Can't wait for everyone to read your work! Please RT 💗 Click to read work by Q.Y. Tie, Moriah Cohen, Michael Keenan Gutierrez, @LeahJCallen, Mary Pigliacelli, @CNaprava, @AgataBrewer, and @Frannyrs2! contrarymagazine.com
We're DELIGHTED with our fall issue, and we think you will be, too! Click to read work by Q.Y. Tie, Moriah Cohen, Michael Keenan Gutierrez, @LeahJCallen, Mary Pigliacelli, @CNaprava, @AgataBrewer, and @Frannyrs2 ! contrarymagazine.com #fiction #poetry #CNF #literature
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