A journal of the literary arts, Grist publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, craft essays, artwork, and interviews with writers. Published by @UTKEnglish.
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Our 2026 ProForma contest is OPEN NOW! Send us your best hybrid or experimental work before July 15, for the chance to win publication in issue 20 and $1,000. This year's judge is Gabriel Antonio Reed, whose book Reach is out on Graywolf in 2027. More at: gristjournal.com/contest/
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If you're thinking about entering this year's ProForma contest, take a look at this piece featuring a roundup of recent winners, plus some words of wisdom from judge Gabriel Antonio Reed. Grist is open for hybrid and experimental submissions until July 15
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May 28
Reminder for all writers pushing the boundaries of genre and form: Grist's ProForma contest will open for submissions on Monday.
May 26
Entry for Grist #20's ProForma contest opens next week! More details to come - or see here, for more on how to enter, and our ace judge, Gabriel Antonio Reed:
gristjournal.com/contest/
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May 26
For all your summer reading needs: Grist #19 is officially available! Full list of contents, plus how to order/subscribe here: gristjournal.com/2026/04/iss…
Packed with exclusive work like... 🧵
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Plus, online, we've got the winner and runners up of #19's ProForma contest, as selected by Beth Ann Fennelly. Give it up please for Elisávet Makridis, Li Zhuang, and Tash Kahn and Cathy Rose!
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May 26
Entry for Grist #20's ProForma contest opens next week! More details to come - or see here, for more on how to enter, and our ace judge, Gabriel Antonio Reed:
gristjournal.com/contest/
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Grist 18 is officially out & available to buy on Submittable! (bit.ly/4td1eZC) Featuring stunning work from ProForma winner Yamilette Vizcaino Rivera, plus gems from Kasey Peters, Mona Ghuneim, Zoe Boyer & more! Exclusive work online, too, at gristjournal.com/!
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Yamilette's genre-bending contest winner "TITLE: Elimination Diet / A Buen Tiempo" is available to read here, too:
gristjournal.com/2026/03/tit…
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31 Oct 2025
Enter… if you dare 😱 Click on the stories below for bone-chilling tales straight from our archives:
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Congrats to this year's ProForma contest winner, Elisávet Makridis! 🎉
Elisávet's entry, Testimonial Grid, is forthcoming in our Spring Issue, along with work by runners-up Li Zhuang, Cathy Rose and Tash Kahn. Thanks to Judge Beth Ann Fennelly and everyone who entered!
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🗣 Calling all writers and artists 🗣
Submissions are officially OPEN for fiction, nonfiction, and visual art! Send us your best by October 31st 👉gristjournal.submittable.com
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“A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.” — Hemingway
🎙️ Let your form do the talking. TWO WEEKS left to submit to Grist’s ProForma Contest: gristjournal.submittable.com
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1 Jun 2025
It's that time! The ProForma Contest submissions are officially open 🤩
Judged by @BethFennelly, author of The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs, winners receive $1000 and publication in next year’s print issue.
Open June 1 - July 15th: gristjournal.submittable.com
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28 Oct 2024
Congratulations to all finalists!! Stay tuned for Issue 18 to read the winners’ work!
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15 Jul 2024
ATTENTION!! Fee free submission day is TODAY!!! Want to submit? Click the link below!
gristjournal.submittable.com
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10 Jul 2024
Fee Free Submission Day is approaching!! Mark your calendars! 📆🤍
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1 Jul 2024
Visual Arts submissions are open! Click the link below to go straight to our submissions portal:
gristjournal.submittable.com
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Send us summer reading material and tell your friends!
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