About

Leavings is a literary magazine dedicated to the work of poets, prose writers, artists, and thinkers. We publish new issues whenever we can, or whenever we have enough work to compile a full length issue. We publish online and in print, and all submissions are considered for inclusion in both our full length issues and our "Monthly Features." We are open to submissions of poetry, prose, both fiction and nonfiction, artwork, and photography. Our goal is to respond to all submissions within a year, and any correspondence should be sent to our email: leavingslitmag@gmail.com. It is our belief that all working artists should be compensated for their work, and we therefore pay all contributors ten dollars per accepted piece; the simple truth, though, is that your work is worth so much more to us than the ten dollars we can offer. We take our name, Leavings, from a poem of the same title by Stanley Plumly, the late, great poet and professor who authored more than ten books. 

 

We believe in the autonomy and power of art; that is to say, we value writing that does not subordinate itself to a social situation, but rather stands as its own entity. We take inspiration from an art group of the late 1960’s, Black Mask, whose name later changed to Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, a phrase taken from a poem by Amiri Baraka. We likewise take influence from publications ranging from Lana Turner to American Poetry Review, and many in between. Our goal, however, is to stand as a unique and original magazine, similar but different from the aforementioned platforms, and appealing to both art aficionados and communities more  removed from academia and literary publications. Our vision of Leavings relies on our collective, a nonhierarchical group of artists in which each member works together with equal say to make decisions concerning the magazine. 

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At Leavings, quality is our first consideration, and our only prerequisite. Send us your work today.