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Who Needs Yet Another Literary Magazine

In these days of creative chaos when there is so much news, images, and listicles swirling around us constantly, who needs to read a long story or a poem?  As it turns out, a lot of my friends and their friends do.

So, what? Aren’t there enough publications already? The fact is that there aren’t enough to satisfy every reader’s taste and reading appetite. That’s what I keep hearing again and again.

The Literary Nest is created to fill this gap. We want to hear the diverse voices that speak to the entire universe. The magazine is not limited to a specific region. Our hope is that it will become a trove of stories and poems that illuminate and comfort the wandering souls on the internet.

Stay tuned for more. We would love to see your smiling faces often. Check out our contest and consider submitting your wonderful story or poem. Who knows, you just might be the next internet sensation.

 

Inaugural Contest with Cash Prizes

The Literary Nest is a labor of love for a struggling writer and a literary connoisseur, but I believe that the writers should be paid. The idea of this contest was born in that spirit. So here it goes.

The Literary Nest announces the Inaugural Writing Contest with cash prizes.

Fiction: 1,500-5,000 words
Poetry: 10-40 lines.

Please submit your entry with “Contest” in the subject line to theliterarynest@gmail.com by March15, 2015.

No erotica and nothing rated R or above.

One winning entry in each category will receive the cash prize of $10. The rest of the entries will be eligible for the publication.

 

Call For Submissions

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Dear Readers,

The website is under construction, so pardon the dust for now.

Call for Submissions:

The Inaugural Issue of The Literary Nest will be published on April 1, 2015.
We welcome submissions of previously unpublished work from established as well as new writers. Submissions are on a rolling basis.

Fiction:  Send us stories with fleshed out characters and flowing narrative that deliver a strong punch. 1,500-5,000 words.

Poetry: Challenge our perceptions. 10-40 lines

Simultaneous submissions are fine. We do not publish erotica or anything rated R and above.

Please submit your entry in a single MS Word document with “Submission” in the subject line to theliterarynest@gmail.com

Address any questions to theliterarynest@gmail.com