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Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature [1]

Basic Information
State: 
New York
Website: 
https://wordgathering.com [2]
Country: 
United States
Submission Guidelines: 
https://wordgathering.com/submission-guidelines [3]
Address: 
950 Irving Avenue
City: 
Syracuse
Zip / Postal Code: 
13244
Contact Information
Diane R.
Wiener
Editor-in-Chief
Contact E-mail: 
wordgathering@syr.edu [4]
Details
Formats: 
Online
Digital
Audio
Video
Payment: 
No payment
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Reading Periods: 
Mar 1 to May 1
Sep 1 to Nov 1
Response Time: 
Less than 3 months

Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature is a digital, open access, biannual journal of disability poetry, literature, and the arts.

While Wordgathering gives preference to the work of contributors with disabilities, our editorial team welcomes anyone’s work submitted in accordance with our submission guidelines.

Representative Authors: 
Sandra Alland, Stephanie Alma, Shahd Alshammari, P. F. Anderson, Khairani Barokka, Jennifer Bartlett, Pelenakeke Brown, Sheila Black, Tommy Carroll, Kate Champlin, Travis Chi Wing Lau, Laurie Clements Lambeth, Karen Christie, John Lee Clark, TJ Cuthand, Meg Day, Kara Dorris, Jim Ferris, Kenny Fries, Emilie L. Gossiaux, Ona Gritz, Jerron Herman, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Stephen Kuusisto, Emily Ladau, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Hana Madness, Sean J. Mahoney, Emily K. Michael, Shane Neilson, Michael Northen, Calvin Seretle Ratladi, David James Savarese, Ralph Savarese, Daniel Simpson, Elsa Sjunneson, Daniel Sluman, Nathan Spoon, Carolina Teixeira, Connie Voisine, Syrus Marcus Ware, Liz Whiteacre, Diane R. Wiener, Noa Winter, Kathi Wolfe, Chun-shan (Sandie) Yi, Rachael A. Zubal-Ruggieri
Issues per Year: 
2
Year Founded: 
2007
Distributors: 
Syracuse University
Percentage of Unsolicited Submissions Published: 
26% to 50%
Number of Debut Authors per Issue: 
15-20
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [5]
BIPOC Voices [6]
Creative Nonfiction [7]
Cross-genre [8]
Experimental [9]
Feminist [10]
Fiction [11]
Flash Fiction [12]
Graphic/Illustrated [13]
Healing/Health [14]
Historical [15]
LGBTQ Voices [16]
Literary Fiction [17]
Lyric Essay [18]
Narrative Nonfiction [19]
Nature/Environmental [20]
Nonfiction [21]
Poetry [22]
Political [23]
Pop Culture [24]
Prose Poetry [25]
Short Fiction [26]
Speculative Poetry [27]
Visual Poetry [28]

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/wordgathering_a_journal_of_disability_poetry_and_literature

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines/wordgathering_a_journal_of_disability_poetry_and_literature [2] https://wordgathering.com [3] https://wordgathering.com/submission-guidelines [4] mailto:wordgathering@syr.edu [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/bipoc-voices [7] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/17192 [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/crossgenre [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/experimental [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/feminist [11] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/fiction [12] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/flash_fiction [13] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/graphic-illustrated [14] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/healing-health [15] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/historical [16] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/glbt [17] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/literary_fiction [18] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/17191 [19] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction [20] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nature-environmental [21] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nonfiction [22] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/poetry [23] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/political [24] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/pop_culture [25] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/prose_poetry [26] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/short-fiction [27] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/speculative-poetry [28] https://www.pw.org/category/subgenres/visual-poetry