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Permafrost 40.1

Permafrost 40.1

Our new print issue is available! Get your sweet, sweet copy today.

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Fiction Book Prize 2018

Fiction Book Prize 2018

Our judge, Chineolo Okparanta, writes, "Stories need heart. Stories need a pulse." Stay tuned for her choice in winner of the 2018 Fiction Book Prize!

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Issue 39.2: The Great Seclusion

Issue 39.2: The Great Seclusion

Our online summer issue is live. Check out the new navigation style, along with the innovative writers we've featured!

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Call for Submissions

Call for Submissions

We're currently accepting submissions for our summer online issue until April 30. Send us your nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and work that doesn't fit into any of those old-fashioned genre boxes.

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Upcoming

The submission period for our 2018 Fiction Book Prize is now closed. Keep an eye out for the upcoming Nonfiction Book Prize.

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Call for Artwork

We're currently seeking artwork for our summer issue. Send us your best and weirdest. Plus, there's no submission fee for artwork. So pass it on!

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Cover Design Award

We won the Golden Wheatstalk Award for Cover Design at AWP! We're proud as peaches. Click below to see more artwork from Stacy Howe.

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Are you in the area? Or do you just want to see us suffer in the Arctic desert? Follow through for release parties, readings and events of past and future. Take a look at our beautiful, though pale, faces.

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I Too Want Mushrooms: An Interview with Sara Adams

Sara Adams’ poem, “IMPERMANENCE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IN FAHRENHEIT AROUND HERE” is featured in our online summer issue, 37.2. We asked her a few questions about craft. Here are her answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: I’ve discovered that writing works on a […]

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Reflective of Play: An Interview with Featured Author Jessamyn Birrer

Jessamyn Birrer’s poems, “Redshift,” “Greensleeves” and “Tocsin, Siren, Chime” are featured in our summer issue. We asked her a few questions about craft, and here are her replies. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: I suppose the cheeky answer is that if I had a secret ritual I certainly wouldn’t […]

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Trust the Process: An Interview with Featured Author Kathleen Furin

Kathleen Furin’s story, “Catch,” is featured in this year’s summer issue. We asked her a few brief questions about writing. Here are her answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: No super ­secret rituals! As a working mom I just write when I can; on the train, sitting in the car […]

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The Queerer and More Arch Parts of Myself: An Interview with Featured Author ...

Kenan Ince’s poems, “Trickle-Down Theory,” “Let’s Trim Our Hair in Accordance with the Socialist Lifestyle” and “Slaine” are featured in this year’s summer issue. We asked him a few brief questions on craft. Here are his answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: One of my favorite rituals involves lighting […]

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There May Be Maggots: An Interview with Featured Author Kia Groom

Kia Groom’s poem, “Double Feature,” is featured in this year’s summer issue. We asked her a few brief questions on craft. Here are her answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: I don’t know whether it’s a ritual, but I try to take my writing notebook everywhere with me. And it’s […]

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Announcing Permafrost’s 2015 Pushcart Prize Nominees

Permafrost‘s staff is proud to announce these six incredible pieces for the 2015 Pushcart Prize which appeared in the print or online issue of the magazine this year. While we read hundreds and hundreds of amazing poems, essays, flash pieces, epic stories, and uncategorized hybrid pieces year-round, we felt these deserved special recognition. Kia Groom, “Double […]

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