NONFICTION | Issue 26: Shifting
Pain Care
By Lukas Kofoed Reimann
“This isn’t the first time I’ve been told that my symptoms and my gender don’t match.”
Art: “Works of the human experience” by Bachittar Singh
POETRY | Issue 26: Shifting
Ghost Bookshop
By 나하늘 / Skye Na
“First, I’d like to inform you that you can enter this place even if you are a non-ghost visitor..”
Art: “Winter, 2022” by Jane Boyer
FICTION | Berlin Writing Prize 2022
Clown School
By Rachel Swearingen
“A child started to cry. I was hideous, I was beautiful.”
Art: Detail of “Who Killed Basquiat” by Stephanie F. Scholz
FEATURE | Visual Art
The Art-Text Connection
SAND Art Editor Alia Zapparova loves “the conversation that emerges when visual art is presented in print alongside and in relationship with writing.”
Art: Detail of “Beast of Burden” by Elaine Chao
FEATURE | Poetry & Prose
Acceptance & Rejection
Our prose & poetry editors discuss their top reasons for accepting and rejecting pieces, along with ways writers can better their chances of publication.
Art: Detail of “Crip Time” by Sonia Boué
FEATURE | Translation
Submitting Translations
Submitting to literary journals is a great way for emerging translators and talented authors to gain exposure & build their reputations.
Art: Detail of “21, flip” by Henry Hu