The 2021 Short Forms Contest shortlist is here! Congratulations to these five authors whose contest submissions have been shortlisted by our esteemed judge, Michelle Good! Room's 2021 Short Forms Contest: The Shortlist Half Life by Makda Mulatu She Is Dancing...
You’ve waited long enough. Here is the longlist for our 2021 Short Forms Contest! Congratulations to the following twelve writers! Room‘s 2021 Short Forms Contest: The Longlist Lou, by Rose Camara Body, by Jaki Eisman It's All About Agency; Self-Portrait at Twenty,...
Room Magazine and the Indigenous Brilliance Collective are looking for a skilled graphic animator to create one animated background / motion graphic loop for the Indigenous Brilliance Podcast. This animation will be created in response to various short audio clip highlights from the first season of the Indigenous Brilliance Podcast.
It's finally here: our 2021 Creative Non-Fiction Contest longlist! Congratulations to these thirteen writers, and a heartfelt thank you to all those who submitted work to this year's contest. Light and Shadow: One Painting, Two Lives, Emily McKibbon Zebrafish, Neive...
Room Magazine invites unpublished writing on any theme for our open issue 45.2, edited by Lue Palmer, alongside Assistant Editor, Micah Killjoy and Shadow Editors, Cassandra Cervi and Ruchika Gothoskar. Get a chance to be published alongside this year's contest...
The results are in! Congrats to these three talented writers for being selected as the winners of our 2021 Fiction Contest! First Place: Of Dust, by N.B. N.B. is a queer friend, writer and researcher who cares a lot about the meaning of care. She is currently...
Five writers have made our 2021 Fiction Contest Shortlist. A big thank you to our esteemed judge, Jenny Heijun Wills, for her careful consideration, and congrats to these talented writers! We Climbed Up Glaciers, by Rayne Weinstein Love with Responsibility, by...
The time has come for us to share the longlisted pieces from our 2021 Fiction Contest. Congratulations to the following thirteen writers, and thank you to all those who submitted their work! Chitlin, by Chloe Copti Love with Responsibility, by Alana Rigby...
Room Magazine is pleased to announce that the next managing editor of the esteemed feminist literary collective will be Shristi Uprety. Shristi Uprety (she/her) is a Nepali writer from Kathmandu, currently living on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and...
The 2021 Creative Non-Fiction Contest judge is award-winning educator, researcher, and writer, Dr. Njoki Wane. Dr. Wane has consistently used her positions in academia and policy-making to advance an agenda of equity and an intersectional approach. She is also the...
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