16 March 2020
This is an in-class exercise I do with my Baby Poets, an attempt to get them to understand the emotional and emblematic power of every day objects.
Make art about one object that represents “possibility” for you.
We’re so excited and honored to share with you the amazing work in K’in, Issue 4!
10 September 2019
Make art about feeling that shift in the season.
8 September 2019
Make art about what frees you, about what makes you feel most free.
7 September 2019
Make art about having visions, about what came to you in a vision.
Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay
29 August 2019
Make art about what you do to heal.
Image by Seksak Kerdkanno from Pixabay
24 August 2019
“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.”–Warsan Shire
Make art about being alone, about the difference between being alone and being lonely, about the beauty to be found in solitude.
Image by lucia parrillo from Pixabay
23 August 2019
Make art about the power of story, of how story can change lives.
Experimental, traditional, playful, prayerful, celebratory, challenging: human—try us. Show us a new way to tell one of the millions of stories under that glorious sun.
Submission Guidelines
(Note: For writers ages 12-7, please see the specific guidelines at the Young Writers tab.)
General:
We publish two issues a year, online only—May and November. We are open for submissions on a rolling basis.
Submissions are accepted only through Submittable. Please include a brief cover letter and bio of not more than 50 words.
For all submissions, please include name, contact information, and 50-word third-person bio in the document as well as in the online form. All submissions should be formatted with 1-inch margins and numbered pages. Prose manuscripts should be double-spaced.
Do not send previously published work (either print or online, including personal blogs). Upon submission to K’in, you agree that your work is original, unpublished, and that you are the author.
If accepted, K’in acquires First North American Serial Rights and First Electronic Rights. All rights revert to the writer after publication. Contributors agree to credit K’in if the work is subsequently reproduced online or in print.
Submissions will be responded to within three months. If you haven’t heard from us after three months, feel free to inquire by sending us a note through Submittable. For any work that is accepted, we will require an updated third-person bio of not more than fifty words.
Please wait six months before resubmitting.
Detailed Submission Guidelines Here!
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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