New Reader Magazine

"Our necks hurt from craning back and forth. No one can feel their fingers but it’s a worthy sacrifice." - an excerpt from "Chasing the Northern Lights and Counting My Lucky Stars" by Ben von Jagow... Ben von Jagow is a writer, poet, and photographer from Ottawa, Canada who lives in Cape Town. His work has appeared in literary journals such as Amsterdam Quarterly, Marathon Literary Review, The Stockholm Review of Literature, Jersey Devil Press, Gordon Square Review, and The Literary Review of Canada, among others. Ben is our featured Non-Fiction writer for Issue 14! Download a free copy of "No Filter" on the 15th and read the rest of his nothing-short-of-awesome photo essay. For more of Ben's work, visit benvj.com.

Lea Angelica Karl is a hobbyist writer and a biomedical research specialist by profession. She was born and rooted in the rurla Northwoods of Wisconsin but is currently located in Madison where she attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison for creative writing. Karl finds artistic inspiration through empathetic introspection and examination of the natural world. See more of her works in our latest issue coming up next Tuesday!

Inside, there is banter about pasta, and I’m still thinking about the kinds of friendships that survive name changes.... - Katherine Ruth Hofer, The Reluctant Partier Katherine Ruth Hofer is an American woman aged 29 years, and a freelance English tutor and proofreader living in Budapest, Hungary. She possesses a BA in Intercultural Studies from Biola University, where her first published poem appeared in the Inkslinger. Katherine is Issue 14's featured poet. Catch more of her poetry in "No Filter," out next Tuesday!

Having had a tumultuous childhood, Christian Vinson taps his upbringing as a driving force in his work. He is currently an undergraduate student in Professional and Creative Writing at Central Washington University and plans to pursue his MFA. Vinson writes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Read on Vinson's works in the upcoming Issue 14 of NRM!

Jihoon Park is currently a MFA student at George Mason University where he also teaches. He is from San Jose, California. His fiction is forthcoming or published in Storm Cellar, The Forge Literary Magazine, Atticus Review, Reed Magazine, Little Patuxent Review, and elsewhere. He can be found on Twitter @jihoon_park94. Jihoon is our featured fiction writer for Issue 14. Read his story, "The Great Squirrel Epidemic," once it's out on the 15th!

Allan Johnston is a published author with poems appearing in over sixty journals, including Poetry, Poetry East, Rattle, Rhino, and New Reader Magazine. Johnston holds an M.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Davis. Among his works are two full-length poetry collections, Tasks of Survival (1996) and In a Window (2018), and three chapbooks: Northport (2010), Departures (2013), and Contingencies (2015). Read more of his work in our upcoming issue this June!

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#CallForSubmissions NRM is looking for poetry, prose, art, and other oddities for Issue 14, No Filter New Reader Magazine is a quarterly journal for arts, culture, and the written word. This quarter, we're interested in and moving the focus on truths both pleasing and dark.... All fiction must be a minimum of 500 words and all prose a max of 4000. Complete submission guidelines on our website. Send queries and submissions to [email protected]. Deadline of submissions is on May 14, 2021.

We're live! For our first quarter's issue, we're introducing you to another set of curated talents and treasures, ones that bring our attention to the positives beneath the negatives. Read all about them on Issue 13, Viral! Download your copy now by going to www.newreadermagazine.com/download/viral... Cover art is by Slimy Oddity

Today's read. Featured Artist - Justin Rosenberg @jsrphotos Issue 8, Fight & Flight | http://ow.ly/eEAj50Cge45

Final week, exhibition ends November 17. https://www.lethbridgegallery.com

Today's read. The Accident by Pascale Potvin Issue 5, Outside/In | http://ow.ly/sHgb50C6OaY

Two things: 1) Deadline for Issue 12 submissions ends on Friday the 13th; and 2) You can always download our past issues or read them on Issuu. For more info, visit our website!

Today's read. Hunt by Claudia Spiridon Issue 7, Herald | http://ow.ly/zDj950C6NLo

#ThrowbackThursday Radhika Borde(Poetry) and Bob McNeil (Artworks) Issue 5, Outside/In | http://ow.ly/avcS50C6O5T

Today's read. Emmitt's Homecoming Runs Into Second Act Problems by James Snowden Issue 7, Herald | http://ow.ly/TT2u50C6NGz

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Here's another read! Temporary People by Rasmenia Massoud Issue 5, Outside/In | http://ow.ly/aWw450C6O2x

Today's read. Spark of Life by Sharon Frame Gay Issue 7, Herald | http://ow.ly/yq3m50C6Nzd

Tonight's read. Amnesia by Tony Koval Issue 1, Multivision | http://ow.ly/EOUO50C6Olz

Today's read. Clarence Spady is Still the Blues by Emmett Lindner Issue 5, Outside/In | http://ow.ly/q96i50C6NWt

Today's read. What? by Jack Coey Issue 7, Herald | http://ow.ly/FdwE50C6Nxp

Today's read. We're Not Moving to Maine by Niles Reddick Issue 7, Herald | http://ow.ly/uJwM50C6Num