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16 May 2024
“Her adult coloring book is mostly mandalas…” NEW IN NiftyLit poetry, Bob Hicok’s “Lockdown, day waytoomany,” featuring original artwork by Ella Jensen niftylit.io/publication/lock…
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30 Apr 2024
NEW IN NiftyLit poetry, Tauwan Patterson’s “ETHERIDGE ESSENTIAL (Rhythm & Blues),” is a found poem comprised of lines taken from Etheridge Knight’s “The Essential Etheridge Knight” poetry collection. Featuring original artwork by Alex O’Neill niftylit.io/publication/ethe…
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17 Apr 2024
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17 Apr 2024
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17 Apr 2024
“Morning on the porch is sung in the yen of the city’s dinkum drums, a medley of distant machines and the prattle from a legion of birds.” NEW IN NiftyLit poetry, “Coffee” by Dan O’Cull niftylit.io/publication/coff…
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29 Mar 2024
“there are more rooms than i remember, here: / house born from paint / and silence / wearing his bones like a necklace" NEW IN NiftyLit #poetry, “blue rocket” by Noah Sparrow. Accompanying visual by Alex O’Neill. niftylit.io/publication/blue…
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28 Mar 2024
“That teenage feeling of invincibility surrounded us like it did when we deposited our entire paychecks into our gas tanks and knew we had tackled the extent of our responsibilities.” NEW IN NiftyLit nonfiction, “Equinox” by Elaina Erola niftylit.io/publication/equi…
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18 Mar 2024
“I’d nearly forgotten the scent of tea/ and roses, the feel of ripe fruit,/ the time my teenage daughter showed/ me how to use a Bunsen burner.” NEW IN NiftyLit poetry, “The Aroma of Basil” by Bobbi Sinha-Morey niftylit.io/publication/the-… #poetry #writing #niftylit
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17 Feb 2024
“the state has started to sniff around like squirrels, sure they/ buried something but not entirely sure where.” NEW IN NiftyLit poetry, “Grim” by Gabrielle Palmer niftylit.io/publication/grim…
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10 Feb 2024
We are OPEN for submissions! niftylit.submittable.com/sub…
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19 Jan 2024
After months being closed, we FINALLY re-opened for subs in the category of nonfiction! And don't worry! We will be re-opening for poetry, fiction, and flash soon too :) niftylit.submittable.com Cannot wait to read your work!!!
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21 Dec 2023
“Aoife seemed to open the door and cross her arms in one swift action, as if she’d never moved at all and had always been cast in stone.” New in Issue 17 Flash, “How to Cook the Goose” by AN Grace niftylit.io/publication/how-…
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18 Dec 2023
Want to help shape the next chapter for NiftyLit? We are looking for readers and editorial interns! More info and to apply: niftylit.submittable.com/sub…

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18 Dec 2023
“A man in wire-rimmed glasses seated in the row behind her dug into his backpack, pulled out a small pill, and swiftly chased it down his gullet with a swig from his water bottle.” From “Lap Seat,” by Jimmy Lis niftylit.io/publication/lap-…
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14 Dec 2023
“You mind, he says as he sits down. He plinks a few keys. Then he rubs his dirty cheeks and deliberates on several chords. They sound barrelhouse, jumpy.” NEW IN NiftyLit nonfiction, Bubba Henson’s “Being True to the Story” niftylit.io/publication/bein…
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