Issue 26
Shifting
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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

Photograph of abstract artwork in which layered sheets of soft paper have been carefully torn to both obscure and reveal the layers underneath. Artwork entitled "Withdraw" by Cau Silva

NONFICTION | Issue 25: Lost & Found

Points of Memory

By Esther Heller

“I am looking for an arrangement, I know that you made arrangements—”

Art: “Withdraw 7” by Cau Silva

 
Abstract image of a memory, displayed as the textured remembrance of the natural element wood. Artwork: "Landscapes of Dreams and Distant Memories" by Arushee Suri

POETRY | Issue 25: Lost & Found

Après-soleil

By Gamze S. Saymaz

“Bikini briefs hanging from the bathtub faucet like some tired fruit dripping nectar.”

Art: Detail of “Landscapes of Dreams and Distant Memories” by Arushee Suri 

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Text and images are layered and obscured in this abstract artwork entitled "Beast of Burden" by Elaine Chao

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

Hot and cold colors interact and overlap as they seem to stretch upwards in this abstract artwork from Henry Hu's "21, flip" series

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

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