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SPOTLIGHT: Ari Blatt
Ari Blatt, who wrote “JUST A LITTLE NATURAL TRAGEDY,” for the Winter 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, is teaching a weekend writing workshop with the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Oregon on March 21 titled “Writing from the Perspectives of the More-than-Human World.” Her short stories have been nominated for the 2026 Best Small…
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SPOTLIGHT: Marie Anne Arreola
Marie Anne Arreola, whose poem, “BETA” was featured in the Winter 2026 issue of Eleventh Hour, has her debut novel, “Sparks of the liberating spirit who trapped us,” releasing within the year from Foreshore Publishing (UK). In addition, her directorial debut short film, Aterrizaje Lunar, is entering its exhibition stage. Arreola is a Rotten Tomatoes…
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SPOTLIGHT: Robert Miner
Congratulations to Robert Miner — whose piece “Self-Portrait In A Lacemaker’s Hands” was published in our second issue — and who has just had a recent publication in Burningwood Literary Journal titled “The general’s family selects an earth spirit for his mausoleum”. To read the piece, click the link below! In other big news for…
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SPOTLIGHT: John Whittier Treat
John Whittier Treat, who wrote “WATERLOO” for our Summer 2025 issue, has published his novel First Consonants with Jaded Ibis Press. Congratulations, John, and we encourage you all to check out a lovely publisher and author duo at the link below! If you’ve been published in Eleventh Hour Literary, we’d love to hear what you’re up to. Contact us today…
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How we read your pieces…
The idea of waiting around for a rejection isn’t on anyone’s “Favorite Things” list. As we gear up to send back our first batch of submissions (rest assured that we ARE reading your work and getting ready to publish our first issue by January!), we’re thinking a lot about the process of what should “make…
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SPOTLIGHT: Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith
Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith, author of The Go Button, which won our Summer 2025 Poetry Prize, and Punk Music, has some great news to share this month: The Timberline Review has announced his piece “The Borderline Jaguar” as the winner of the 2025 Kay Snow Award! To learn more about the award or the journal, click the…
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SPOTLIGHT: Tom Misuraca
Over in Southern California, one of our community members — Tom Misuraca, author of Stage Kiss — will proudly be presenting not one, but TWO shows for the stage later this year! IFs (Imaginary Friends) is a whimsical and touching comedy about childhood companions, growing up and finding connection in unexpected places. It will be presented…
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SPOTLIGHT: Matthew James Babcock
Eleventh Hour Literary wishes to extend a heartfelt congratulations to one of our contributors, Matthew James Babcock, author of The Golden Age of Distraction and Then The Summer. It was recently announced that Avalon Park Press has named him the winner of their inaugural 2025 Forsberg Prize for Fiction for his collection, Future Perfect. These short…
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Eleventh Hour Literary featured on Sapling
Thank you to Sapling, Black Lawerence Press and Yvonne Garrett for featuring our journal, and editor-in-chief, Rhonda Branca, on a wonderful resource for writers! Click here to learn more about Sapling and register for it to come directly to your inbox: https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/sapling/ Click here to see the entire e-newsletter: https://eleventhhourliterary.org/sapling-interview/
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Eleventh Hour Literary featured on Bing Alum Podcast
Rhonda Branca, MA ’05, PhD ’10, director of Lyceum, and Ethan Knox ’20, internal communications specialist at Binghamton University, discuss their new project Eleventh Hour Literary ― a biannual journal accepting prose from anyone. The catch is that the pieces of writing must have been rejected at least 10 times. The editorial mission is to create…
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