News & Features
Jarfly Issue 7 Now Live
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The Spring 2024 issue of Jarfly has been released and is now available to read, just in time for the summer.
The issue includes the work of 8 poets, including Karen Baumgart, Erin Schallmoser, Jacob Schepers, Lynn Finger, Michael Cooney, Kelli Lage, Vanessa K. Niu, and Frances Klein. We hope you enjoy the the issue and the work of these writers! You can read the full issue HERE. Jarfly is open for submissions for its Fall/Winter 2024 issue. |
Jarfly Nominates Six Poems for the 2024 Best of Net Award
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2023 marks the first year that Jarfly has nominated poems for prizes, and the magazine has begun this process by entering six poems from Issues 4 and 5 to the 2024 Best of Net Award.
3 poems from Issue 4 were nominated, including "Meditation" by Peggy Hammond, "At the Chuck E. Cheese's" by Lori D'Angelo, and "What the Sea Brings Forth" by Abdusalam Adeiza Sadiq. 3 More poems were nominated from Issue 5, including "Taxes" by Renee Emerson, "Swamp Thing Parses the Difference Between Further and Farther," and "My mother comforts me after a breakup" by Grayson Mack. The Jarfly editorial staff is exceedingly proud of the magazine's contributors and is honored to recommend their poems for broader recognition. Jarfly will continue nominating poems for the Best of Net and other literary awards as the magazine continues its work. |
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Recent Publications from Jarfly Contributors:
Every Transmission by Adam DeutschIssue 3 contributor Adam Deutsch's debut full-length collection of poems, Every Transmission, is available from Fernwood Press.
ORDER IT HERE |
Lotería by Estaban RodríguezIssue 3 contributor, Estaban Rodríguez, has released a collection of poems, Loteria, from Texas Review Books
ORDER IT HERE |
Be Still: Poems for Kay Sage by Nadia ArioliIssue 4 contributor, Nadia Arioli, has released their second full-length collection of poems, Be Still: Poems for Kay Sage, from Kelsay Books.
ORDER IT HERE |
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Ian C. WilliamsFounder, Editor-in-ChiefIan C. Williams is a poet and teacher from Appalachia.
In 2019, Williams received a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Oklahoma State University, and his debut full-length collection of poems, Every Wreckage, is forthcoming from Fernwood Press in 2023. He currently lives with his wife and two sons, along with their two dogs and two cats, in Fairmont, West Virginia. His work can be found on his website HERE. |
Mission
Jarfly is an online magazine that works to share poetry, ordinary and exotic, with new audiences, attempting to reach those who might not usually read poems. It seeks to reach writers, readers, and casual observers, and provide poems that relate, inspire, and linger long after being read.
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