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September 2015

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Issue 116, Oct 2025

Featuring: Issue 116, published October 2025, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and visual art by Paula Burke, Wes Civilz, Eileen Vorbach Collins, Deron Eckert, Benjamin Erlandson, Don Farrell, MFC Feeley, Pete Follansbee, Nicholas Haines, Karen Kilcup, Alice Lowe, Mary Ann McGuigan, Miranda Morgan, Michelle Morouse, Kaitlyn Owens, Jim Ross, Sayantani Roy, Meggie Royer, Shyla Shehan, JL Smith, Sarp Sozdinler, Carlin Steere, P. J. Szemanczky, Jim Tilley, Hannah Voteur, Frederick Wilbur, Myfanwy Williams, Stephen Wilson, and VA Wiswell.

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  • visual art
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • fiction

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Burningword Literary Journal (ISSN 2161-8992 print / ISSN 2157-7366 online) is a quarterly publication that seeks to discover and showcase the most exciting new voices in literature. It features an eclectic mix of poetry, short fiction, short nonfiction, and visual art. The journal is available in print, e-book, and online. Burningword has been published continuously since June 2000.

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