Map Literary: A Journal of Contemporary Writing and Art
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  • Nonfiction
    • Jill Darling, "Linger Here"
    • Charles Tarlton, "Har Mĕgiddōn (הר מגידו): The Coming American Fiasco"
    • Martha Wiseman, "Loose Ends"
    • Jan Jolly, "Through My Father's Glasses"
    • Kristina Moriconi, "Still Looking"
    • Wm. Anthony Connolly, "IGY"
    • Cal Freeman, "Loosestrife"
    • Jim Daniels
    • W.F. Lantry, "The Strange Beauty of the Unfamiliar"
    • Michael Roloff, "Accretion"
    • Andrew Sunshine, "John Hancock's John Hancock"
    • Diane Payne, "3 micro memoirs"
    • Luc Sante, "Flesh and Bone"
    • Isobel O'Hare, "Failure: A Love Letter"
    • Melissa Wiley, "Barbed Wire Fence"
    • Ashley Wilkinson, "fractional distillation"
  • Poetry
    • Orion Allen
    • Mark DeCarteret 2024
    • Mary Christine Delea
    • Kara Lewis
    • Jim Daniels
    • Martine van Bijlert
    • Adam Day
    • Sunday T. Saheed
    • Alexandria Peary 2023
    • Fiona Lu
    • Harley Chapman
    • Richard Ryal
    • Sherwood Anderson
    • Mark DeCarteret
    • Dennis Hinrichsen Poetry
    • Daniel Biegelson
    • Natan Last
    • Michael Chang
    • D E Steward
    • Benjamin Paloff Poetry
    • David Dodd Lee
    • Isabelle Doyle
    • Kathleen Heil
    • Leonard Kress
    • Lauren Tess
    • Cesca Janece Waterfield
    • Billy Cancel Poetry
    • Scott Minar
    • Mark Decarteret
    • Greg Glazner
    • Bruce McRae
    • Maureen Thorson
  • Fiction
    • On Experimental Fiction
    • Leonnard Menifee, "The Long, Long Ice Picks At the Old Frostee Freeze"
    • Maisy Phelps, "Marina and Marina and Marina and Marina"
    • Mary Lewis, "Red Knees"
    • Anna Mantzaris, "Strange Magic"
    • Ross Kimberlin, "The Queen of Emilys"
    • Mark Cassidy, "How I Met My Wife"
    • Emily Trachtenberg, "Plum"
    • Hector Donovan-Gonzalez
    • Christopher Linforth, "Zia"
    • Jenessa Abrams, "You Never Wish That Upon Anyone"
    • Eros Livieratos, "On Feeling"
    • Halsted M. Bernard, "Your Hands"
    • Justin Meckes, "The Gash"
    • Reb Livingston, from "Bombyonder"
    • Craig Foltz, "Without Stigma"
  • Art
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THE RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD

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NJ HIGH SCHOOLS WRITING CONTEST

​NJ UNDERGRADUATE WRITING CONTEST


POETRY: “THOUGHT I'D WRITE YOU” and “BLANK” BY ORION ALLEN

FICTION: "THE LONG, LONG ICE PICKS AT THE OLD FROSTEE FREEZE" BY LEONNARD MENIFEE

FICTION: "MARINA AND MARINA AND MARINA AND MARINA" BY MAISY PHELPS

POETRY: "THE YEAR I WENT OFF" BY MARK DECARTERET

POETRY: "I AM A WOMAN BEFORE GHOSTS," "SHORT CENTO FOR AN OLD LOVE, RETURNING," and "COMMITMENT: AN N+7 POEM" BY MARY CHRISTINE DELEA


POETRY: “AUBADE WITH EMPTY SPOON” and “WHEN I START TO FEEL HOPELESS, I BUY STRING LIGHTS FROM HOME GOODS” BY KARA LEWIS

POETRY: "BULLFIGHT" BY JIM DANIELS


FICTION: "RED KNEES" BY MARY LEWIS

FICTION: "STRANGE MAGIC” BY ANNA MANTZARIS” 


FICTION: "QUEEN OF EMILYS" BY ROSS KIMBERLIN

NONFICTION: "LINGER HERE" BY JILL DARLING


NONFICTION: "Har Mĕgiddōn (הר מגידו): THE COMING AMERICAN FIASCO" BY CHARLES TARLTON

​POETRY: "DEAR MR CARSON," "BABEL WASN'T HIT BUT MY TOWN WAS," "TO THE WALL AND BACK" BY MARTINE VAN BIJLERT

WISHLIST_ART: "HER READ" EXCERPT BY JENNIFER SPERRY STEINORTH AT ACTION, SPECTACLE

POETRY: "MIDNIGHT'S TALKING LION AND THE WEDDING FIRE" BY ADAM DAY

WISHLIST_FICTION: "THE GREENEST PLACE" BY ELIZA GILBERT AT SPLITLIP

​POETRY: "RECAST I" BY ALEXANDRIA PEARY

POETRY: TWO POEMS BY FIONA LU, WINNER OF THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD

POETRY: "WHAT HISTORY I READ FROM MY MOTHER'S DIARY" BY SUNDAY T. SAHEED, FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD

POETRY: TWO POEMS BY HARLEY CHAPMAN, FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD

NONFICTION: "LOOSE ENDS" BY MARTHA WISEMAN

NONFICTION: "THROUGH MY FATHER'S GLASSES" BY JAN JOLLY

POETRY: TWO POEMS FROM EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES BY RICHARD RYAL


WISHLIST_ESSAY: "WHEN EARTH MEETS SKY" BY CLINTON CROCKETT PETERS AT THE COMMON​

NONFICTION: "STILL LOOKING" BY KRISTINA MORICONI

TIME_MACHINE: "MID-AMERICAN CHANTS" BY SHERWOOD ANDERSON


NONFICTION: "IGY" BY WM. ANTHONY CONNOLLY

WISHLIST_ESSAY: "OWOSSO" BY MARY BIRNBAUM AT CRAZYHORSE 

POETRY: "THE YEAR I WENT WITHOUT WISHING FOR ANYTHING" BY MARK DECARTERET
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FICTION: "HOW I MET MY WIFE" BY MARK CASSIDY

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WISHLIST_FICTION: "THE MEN FROM ESC" BY CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA AT AGNI

POETRY: TWO POEMS FROM SCHEMA GEOMETRICA BY DENNIS HINRICHSEN


POETRY: "ERNEST AH UM" BY NATAN LAST

POETRY: "TOO MUCH SILVER," "I CLIPPED MY NAILS" BY JIM DANIELS

FICTION:  "PLUM" BY EMILY TRACHTENBERG

FICTION: "PLEASE, BOSNIA – PLEASE THIS IS BOSNIA!" BY HECTOR DONOVAN-GONZALEZ

POETRY: "COMO UN NIÑO" BY D. E. STEWARD
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POETRY: "THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY IS DANGEROUS," "ON CEREMONY IN THE INTERVIEW OF KINGS," "THAT MEN MUST NOT BE TOO HASTY IN JUDGING OF THE DEVINE DECREES" BY BENJAMIN PALOFF

ART: "CONCRETE SCULPTURE" BY MARIO LOPRETE

FICTION: "ZIA" BY CHRISTOPHER LINFORTH
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POETRY: "SPELLBOUND," "HOW BABIES ARE MADE," "MAMA'S GIRL" BY ISABELLE DOYLE

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  • About
    • Masthead
    • Submissions
    • NJ High School Writing Contest
    • Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award
    • NJ Undergraduate Writing Contest
    • In Print
    • Subscribe
    • Internship Opportunity
    • Links
    • WPU MFA
  • Nonfiction
    • Jill Darling, "Linger Here"
    • Charles Tarlton, "Har Mĕgiddōn (הר מגידו): The Coming American Fiasco"
    • Martha Wiseman, "Loose Ends"
    • Jan Jolly, "Through My Father's Glasses"
    • Kristina Moriconi, "Still Looking"
    • Wm. Anthony Connolly, "IGY"
    • Cal Freeman, "Loosestrife"
    • Jim Daniels
    • W.F. Lantry, "The Strange Beauty of the Unfamiliar"
    • Michael Roloff, "Accretion"
    • Andrew Sunshine, "John Hancock's John Hancock"
    • Diane Payne, "3 micro memoirs"
    • Luc Sante, "Flesh and Bone"
    • Isobel O'Hare, "Failure: A Love Letter"
    • Melissa Wiley, "Barbed Wire Fence"
    • Ashley Wilkinson, "fractional distillation"
  • Poetry
    • Orion Allen
    • Mark DeCarteret 2024
    • Mary Christine Delea
    • Kara Lewis
    • Jim Daniels
    • Martine van Bijlert
    • Adam Day
    • Sunday T. Saheed
    • Alexandria Peary 2023
    • Fiona Lu
    • Harley Chapman
    • Richard Ryal
    • Sherwood Anderson
    • Mark DeCarteret
    • Dennis Hinrichsen Poetry
    • Daniel Biegelson
    • Natan Last
    • Michael Chang
    • D E Steward
    • Benjamin Paloff Poetry
    • David Dodd Lee
    • Isabelle Doyle
    • Kathleen Heil
    • Leonard Kress
    • Lauren Tess
    • Cesca Janece Waterfield
    • Billy Cancel Poetry
    • Scott Minar
    • Mark Decarteret
    • Greg Glazner
    • Bruce McRae
    • Maureen Thorson
  • Fiction
    • On Experimental Fiction
    • Leonnard Menifee, "The Long, Long Ice Picks At the Old Frostee Freeze"
    • Maisy Phelps, "Marina and Marina and Marina and Marina"
    • Mary Lewis, "Red Knees"
    • Anna Mantzaris, "Strange Magic"
    • Ross Kimberlin, "The Queen of Emilys"
    • Mark Cassidy, "How I Met My Wife"
    • Emily Trachtenberg, "Plum"
    • Hector Donovan-Gonzalez
    • Christopher Linforth, "Zia"
    • Jenessa Abrams, "You Never Wish That Upon Anyone"
    • Eros Livieratos, "On Feeling"
    • Halsted M. Bernard, "Your Hands"
    • Justin Meckes, "The Gash"
    • Reb Livingston, from "Bombyonder"
    • Craig Foltz, "Without Stigma"
  • Art