Welcome to Feels Blind Literary.
Feels Blind Literary is a biannual magazine publishing plays, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art from established and emerging writers. When we launched this magazine which is inspired by Bikini Kill’s song “Feels Blind,” we began thinking about whose voices we wanted to elevate and why, as well as whose work we weren’t interested in publishing. We quickly decided “Girls to the Front” of the 90s would translate today to “Cisgender Men to the Bottom of Our Slush Pile.”
What if we demanded that men shared their space at the publishing table and their place in the world? What if other people were invited to tell their stories and we found new ways of telling them, merging our publication with activism through community outreach projects? What if those stories replaced toxic narratives and helped shape the ways we educate future generations of girls and boys?
Let’s find out what that world can be like.
Feels Blind is now open for submissions for Issue #8 until 12/16/22. Every Monday is a free submission day, though $10 guarantees a 10-day response and $15 guarantees a 24-hour response. Check the Submissions tab for details.
Featured Writers
Claire “Champagne” Champommier owes $5.20 to her local library. She is a proud LGBTQ Asian American creative and activist. Currently a student, she has studied writing at Lewis & Clark College, where her professor, Mary Szybist, has encouraged her to keep doing so. Her work has appeared in Otis Nebula, Fleas on the Dog, SPLASH! from Haunted Waters Press, and is forthcoming in Auroras & Blossoms.
Kelli Lynn Woodend was born and raised in Western Kentucky. She has written scripts for Emmy Award-winning documentaries at History Channel and PBS. Her plays have been produced both nationally and internationally. She worked with the Muppets and Sesame Studios in NYC before recently relocating to Sarasota with her husband and son. Connect with her on Instagram @dressmakerschild
Arianna Reiche is an American writer living in east London. Her fiction has been published by Feels Blind, Ambit Magazine, Joyland, Popshot, SAND Journal, and The Mechanics' Institute Review. She won the 2017 Glimmer Train Fiction Open, the 2021 Tupelo Press Prose Prize, and was nominated for the Bridport Prize in 2020. Most recently, her debut novel, At The End Of Every Day, was acquired by Atria/Simon & Schuster, set for publication in spring 2023. She also teaches and researches digital media and metafiction at City, University of London