Write against the grain. A journal of new and innovative work published by MFA candidates at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Boulder, CO
Joined June 2010
TIMBER is thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2025 #PushcartPrize. Congratulations to: Jackie Craven @kgindermaur @Lachenmeyer @ModerTim @remirecchialit @Toscano200 Read their work at timberjournal.org!
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WINTER IS COMING. SUBS NOW OPEN FOR LGBTQIA+ & DISABLED WRITERS 🚇subs open for all writers OCT 16 🚇subs close DEC 1 ~ never any fees ~ we accept prose & poetry, including text-based visuals ~ always looking for experimental & hybrid concoctions ~
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Nostalgic for warmer nights, hometown shenanigans, & that “comfortable kind of nonsense.” @mirventures featured in Issue 14.2 read more & get ready to submit @ timberjournal.org
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“God sobs in my arms, but He could do better” // new from Melanie Goulish in TIMBER summer issue 🤝
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Nicholas Alti is playing with words in issue 14.2 (out now!)
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The graceful prose of Sayantani Roy @sayan_tani_r's "Almost-Friend" seeps into the liminal spaces, and lingers Read "Almost-Friend" today in Issue 14.1! timberjournal.org/archive/al…
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Jacqui Zeng's "Queers in Love at the End of the World" is achingly beautiful. Read it here: timberjournal.org/archive/qu…
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FYI to all our horse girlies...you're going to love Ellen Welcker's poem "IN WHICH THE HORSE" Read it here in Issue 14.1 timberjournal.org/archive/in…
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Replying to @Will_Musgrove
@Will_Musgrove's flash story "The Knife Thrower" is a sharp take on memory and identity. Read it here: timberjournal.org/archive/th…!
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Gorgeous piece by @Lachenmeyer. Read "in the blue white light of this square room" in Issue 14.1--link in bio!
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In her comic series, "The Apocalypse Diaries," Belle (Bom) Kim creates a world teeming with decay and detritus--and people who go on living in spite of it. Continue reading at the link in our bio!
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Elise Thi Tran’s “In another dream” is a poem full of dream-logic romance—a delicate questioning of what’s real and what isn’t. Check it out in Issue 14.1: timberjournal.org/archive/in…
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In an excerpt from her essay "In the Days before Language," @kgindermaur meditates on early parenthood and gaining language. Read it at the link in our bio!
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The title says it all...Read Gerard Sarnat's innovative poem in issue 14.1 timberjournal.org/archive/vi…
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Philip Jason’s poem “What is More Poetry Than Manufacturing Names for Nonexistent Prescription Medications” blew us away. Read it now and savor his play with satire and language! In Issue 14.1: timberjournal.org/archive/wh…
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"Installation" by Nathanael Jones is a postcolonial masterpiece. Read it in issue 14.1. timberjournal.org/archive/in…
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You're missing out if you haven't read "Unlearned Behaviors" by Edward Helfers, a heart-shattering, mind-blowing piece that happens in reverse. Published in Issue 14.1, link in bio.
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TIMBER accepts reviews and interviews on a rolling basis. Our new editorial staff and readers are excited to read your submissions!
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Check out Issue 14.1 and read Maia Elgin's visual poem, "The Zoo"! timberjournal.org/archive/th…
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