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Excerpts from Grace Guerroro' spiral poem "New Directions," published in Volume 3, Issue 1. We paired this piece with artwork found in the public domain.
Read the poem here: turningleafjournal.com/2026/…
Excerpts from Liza Rose's poem "HONEY," published in Volume 3, Issue 1. We paired this piece with artwork from Catherine Fowler, found in the public domain.
Read the poem here: turningleafjournal.com/2026/…
Our first feature from Volume 3, Issue 1 is @KevEFly 's essay "There is a Space that Exists Between Helplessness and Anger." We paired this piece with artwork from Matt Laux titled "Heroes in Our Streets."
Read the essay & the rest of V3.1 here: turningleafjournal.com/2026/…
Volume 3, Issue 1 is here! Read it here: turningleafjournal.com/volum…
In 3.1, we see how history moves in circles, how no grief is ordinary, and how to find the root of what’s most important to us. Community is abundant in this issue--we hope you feel it!
Our website is offline today for some maintenance and a mini makeover 🔨👷♀️ We'll be back up by midnight MDT for V3.1's release!
Volume 3, Issue 1 launches on June 15th--one week from today! Here are the statistics from the submissions. Endless gratitude to everyone who submitted work! ❤️
This beautiful cover artwork is from @anitaschley
Today, we share one last piece from V2.2: “On My 28th Birthday” by Ashley Kirkland, accompanied by art from @allisoncollage 🍃 Read the rest of this work, as well as the rest of V2.2: turningleafjournal.com/2025/…
Our feature today is from the hybrid piece “Cremation” by Lissa Staples along with the art piece “Evanescence” by Vidya Murali ⭐️ Read the rest of this piece and all of V2.2: turningleafjournal.com/2025/…
We asked the editors what they love about Creative Nonfiction (CNF), and then we stole their heads to make this post.
Have a question for the editors? Send us a DM or an email!
Today we are featuring the artwork “Depth of Mind” by allison anne alongside the poem “25” by Jon Raimon 🍃 To read more of this poem and the rest of V2.2, visit: turningleafjournal.com/2025/…
The spring Leaflet is now available! turningleafjournal.com/sprin…
To celebrate, we’re giving away copies of both Millie’s and Allison’s books to one lucky TTLJ submitter! If you’d like to win free books, you have until May 1st to send us your CNF, Poetry, Art, or Hybrid work. (🧵1/2)
This week, we are featuring the poem “prayer to mazu in mistranslation” by Julie Wong accompanied by a free-use image titled “hand over water” by Juan Gomez. Read the rest and view the rest of issue V2.2: turningleafjournal.com/2025/…
It's a good day to send us your work!
We're open and eager to read your work!
V1.1 contributors have patiently waited four issue cycles and are eligible to submit again! We can't wait to see what you've been working on these past two years.
Submission Instructions: turningleafjournal.com/submi…
Today’s feature is a poem by Kevin Dwyer titled “happening upon a photo of dad before he left mom, before we were born, never to be heard from again [re-remembered as a bird burial]” with an artwork from the public domain by Theo Van Hoytema. Read more: turningleafjournal.com/2025/…
This poem from V2.2 by Ellie Cottrell is titled “Fertile Ground.” We’ve paired it with artwork by Of Thousands titled “The Common Insect.” Read this poem and the rest of the issue: turningleafjournal.com/2025/…
