Contrary Magazine

A literary journal of poetry, fiction, and lyrical commentary, founded at the University of Chicago in 2003.

[WTAW Press @WTAWPress]

"It was possible that she hadn’t remembered their arrangement—maybe that was all—or maybe she didn’t like the look of him."

Read "Caught," in @ContraryMag by WTAW #Betty author Leah Browning https://t.co/uoNMUOHAKP #WritingCommunity

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The Summer 23 Contrary features fiction by Leah Browning, Kaitlin Tan, Conor Robin Madigan @dumbedshouter, and our 40th story by Edward Mc Whinney, plus poems by Heather Truett @mmerubies, Sarah McCartt-Jackson, and Nnadi Samuel @Samuelsamba10 https://t.co/p8W5Bywm2i

[Mandira Pattnaik @MandiraPattnaik]

When I first saw the @Wigleaf list was out, I began by searching the Longlist. No luck, I thought -- hadn't pub-ed much last yr. Then out of a casual interest, I scrolled the Top50. Lo & behold I'M THERE 😭
ty🙏@VenitaBlackburn @laughingyeti @ContraryMag
https://t.co/9iI4udXVLy

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Our Spring 2023 issue is sprung! With new fiction from Cork by Edward Mc Whinney, lyrical non-fiction from Tasmania by Emma Wilkins, from Bristol, UK by Rebecca Cawley-Hassall, and from Brooklyn— Chicago's loss—by @jerushacrone.

https://t.co/ozSFKzF1Qr

[Yetzirah: a hearth for Jewish poetry @YetzirahPoets]

"How do we measure the frequencies of our loss?"

About Jared Beloff's (@Read_Instead) debut WHO WILL CRADLE YOUR HEAD, Diane Seuss writes, "These poems enact an acuity of tenderness that is rare in contemporary poetry."

Read more of his work here: https://t.co/GZ3hBArfjV

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It’s a very Contrary New Year thanks to our Winter 2003 issue, featuring gorgeous fiction by Sandra Carlson Khalil, John Abbott @jpabbottauthor Anna Ufaeva, Edward Mc Whinney, and lyrical commentary by Lesley M. O’Connell @LesleyMOConnell

https://t.co/ol8OyAbusL

[Lesley M OConnell @LesleyMOConnell]

I’m pleased to share that my essay about my dad and driving and music has been published in @Contrary https://t.co/DVpOZ4f18B

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Contrary's 2022 Pushcart Prize nominations:
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@itsdbouts @RaeHoffmanJager @MandiraPattnaik @nikone3na

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Congrats to our Pushcart nominees!

"On Gratitude" @itsdbouts
"Stillbirth" @RaeHoffmanJager
"Dark Matter" @MandiraPattnaik
"We Were Girls Once, Dancing" Curtis Smith
"A Song of Silence" McKenna Shea
"A Weekend in Aubervilliers" @nikone3na

https://t.co/p8W5BywTRQ

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Fall is in the air for many of us, so let's launch our fall issue as part of #SundayReading !

Check out beautiful work by @nikone3na, @hansolkaris, @HannahB40843697, @ChestnutClub, @gonspoetry, Catherine Chiarella Domonkos & Bethany F. Brengan.

https://t.co/qbNkDumUjg

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@CNaprava You're welcome! Beautiful work!

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Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominees, McKenna Shea, Shirley Hilton, Jonathan Calloway, Curtis Smith, @LeahJCallen, @CNaprava, @adamhughespoet1 , Kan Ren Jie, @richardjnewman , and Roseanne Freed!

Please go to https://t.co/kGUx0BkLWS to read these works! #writerslift

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Our summer issue is GORGEOUS! GORGEOUS! Please read amazing work by Nadia McGlinn, Edward Mc Whinney, @itsdbouts , @RaeHoffmanJager , @thisquiethour , and Sean Cho A.

https://t.co/EUVk3NcF6b

#SummerReading #SundayReads #WritingCommunity

[TPQ20 PODCAST @TPQ20POD]

#TPQ20: S2EP12 - SHAINDEL BEERS

Join Chris of @PoetryQuestion in a one-on-one sit down with Shaindel Beers, Poetry Editor of Contrary, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! 

@shaindelr @Contrary @The_Rumpus
@PAWSPendletonOR

LISTEN IN: https://t.co/liqT4eca55

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Happy Spring! We have amazing work by Edward Mc Whinney, Shirley Hilton, Evan Gurney, McKenna Shea, Martin Willitts Jr., @MandiraPattnaik , @jd_calloway, @Curtis_J_Smith, and @eleinthecity!
❤
#literature #books #amreading #fiction #poetry #writerslift

https://t.co/qbNkDuDXlg

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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

If you could do us a favor and tweet out our winter issue, that would be awesome! Give it a read, and tweet out your favorite piece, too!

https://t.co/qbNkDuDXlg

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Did you make a New Year's Resolution to read more? Our winter issue is PERFECTION!
Read works by: Kan Ren Jie, @mbarrettwriter, @adamhughespoet1, @Chelsea_Stickle , Roseanne Freed, @LiamJHogan, and @richardjnewman.

https://t.co/qbNkDuDXlg

#fiction #poetry

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Our '21 Pushcart nominees!

“When We Were Girls” @jcbaggott
“Swan Garden” @Dango_Ramen
“Any Other Night” Carly Parker-Plank
“Dear Parents, Know This” @SarahTwombly
“Outis Odysseus” @martin65
“Why Annie Oakley and Dolly Parton...” @SaraMooreWagne1
https://t.co/p8W5ByeKDI

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@SageRavenwood Beautiful poem! We LOVE it! Congratulations!