OUT/CAST was a journal of queer Midwestern writing and art edited by @hoptine and @jeanbava. 🏳️‍🌈 [closed for good as of July 2019] #saferLIT

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1 Jul 2019
Hey, Twitter: Today we have some unfortunate news. Effective immediately, OUT/CAST is ceasing publication. This is something we've tried to avoid for several months. 1/3
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Further, if your piece is no longer up due to a discontinued publication we would love to re-celebrate it with you
Enter: the SECOND CHANCE anthology Starring: anyone who has pulled their work from a publication for any reason please send work to editors@variantlit.com by the end of July to be included in this re-home edition
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1 Jul 2019
Hey, Twitter: Today we have some unfortunate news. Effective immediately, OUT/CAST is ceasing publication. This is something we've tried to avoid for several months. 1/3
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1 Jul 2019
Working to publish queer and Midwestern artists has been such a good journey. We've been honored to create a space for so many diverse and nuanced voices and work. In a perfect world we would maintain and grow OUT/CAST forever. 2/3
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1 Jul 2019
But as you all know, shit gets quite difficult. We no longer have the time or funds to continue with OUT/CAST. We send a profound thank you to everyone we've published and everyone who has supported us over the last year. 3/3 ❤️
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11 Jun 2019
"Modern American Gothic III," #photography by George Stein in OUT/CAST today: outcastlit.us/modern-america…
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11 Jun 2019
George's work also appeared in our very first issue! outcastlit.us/the-candle-by-…
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1 Jun 2019
#Pride2019? It’s our time to shine 😎 Reminder that we’d love to see any submissions that exude the spirit of Pride — liberation, celebration, the power of riots, and QTPOC leading the way, to name just a few — but there’s no set theme. Submit here: outcastlit.us/submissions
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5 Jun 2019
just so you all know, we're still looking for volunteer prose readers! we want to get to 10 applications before we take the time to go through them, and we're only a few away from that 🥳 info/how to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

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Its the first day of Pride month and I want to remind my LGBT fam that Pride is often not accessible and excludes our disabled LGBT siblings ♿🏳️‍🌈⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ What if you were no longer allowed entry into your favorite… instagram.com/p/ByK6KfsgqGC/…

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A chronicle of #litmags with submission deadlines TODAY: @NERweb @AGNIMagazine @GburgReview @adroitjournal (💖) @zyzzyvamag @SoutheastReview (🍕) @TriQuarterlyMag (🍕🍕) @thenation @haydensferryrev @sewaneereview ❗❗❗
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29 May 2019
Hey, all! We're almost caught up on submissions, but we're finding ourselves a little short of work for next month, i.e. Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 So we are ESPECIALLY welcoming anything related to that theme, however you'd like to interpret it. Submit here: outcastlit.us/submissions

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29 May 2019
"A speck of dust, the ghost of never. Folding the distance across pages into a fistful of lines I took back for myself." From "Woman as Dying Star," one of two #poems by @thefinalnicole up today at OUT/CAST. outcastlit.us/two-poems-by-n…

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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL THE END OF MAY!! Send away! We want art, photography, and writing of all kinds. Check out our online issue for an idea of what we like: phemmezine.com

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Something that may or may not be coming down the pipeline in about two weeks time... tag someone who might be interested (if you're non-binary and have a zine/ podcast/ music/ merch, you're probably interested). 😊🌈✨#nonbinary #zines #queerzines #queerlit
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23 May 2019
"We are here, so make space for us." It's that simple. My latest for CNN on making #Pride more accessible, featuring words from @annieelainey @powernotpity @dominickevans @alainaskeys @ShivaniSWriting
20 May 2019
Pride events can be quite inaccessible to disabled, deaf or hard-of-hearing, blind, and neurodiverse people. Here's how we can make them more inclusive: cnn.it/2VMaGbc
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21 May 2019
We launched OUT/CAST a year ago today. Thanks for sticking around, friends :')
21 May 2018
Hey everyone! We're a new #litmag focused on amplifying work by queer and/or Midwestern writers (but anyone can submit), and we can't wait to read your work when we launch VERY soon (emphasis on VERY, it'll just sneak up on you)! Read more about us here: outcastlit.us/about/
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20 May 2019
Happy Monday! ✨ You can submit your prose/poetry/art to OUT/CAST here: outcastlit.us/submissions OR, if you feel so inclined, you can apply to join the team as a prose reader here: forms.gle/da3fXSoNfuXKMwEF9
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