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The Sligo Journal

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The Sligo Journal is an online, campus- and community-based arts and letters journal which features the work of the Montgomery College-Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus and the Takoma Park/Silver Spring community. The journal features original art, photography, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in English as well as in Arabic, French, and Spanish with the translation, when possible.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions are accepted year-round. There is no restriction on style, form, or content (other than work should be free of extremely objectionable content). The length for poetry and fiction is also open; however, short stories should not exceed 10 pages.

Original work (fiction, nonfiction and poetry) may be in Arabic, English, French or Spanish (as these are the languages the English and Reading Department teaches on campus). If in a language other than English, a translation may also be included but it is not required.
Work can either be unpublished or published; however, the poet/writer/artist must still have rights to the work and be able to tell us where the work appeared so we credit the publication (name, date, issue).

All rights to any work in The Sligo Journal revert back to the owner after online and possibly print publication.
With regard to art/photos, the work needs to be at 300 dpi (color and/or black and white) - the size can always be reduced via software for our purposes.

Please send inquiries and work (in a Word or Rich Text Format document or inside the email) electronically to: Michael.LeBlanc@montgomerycollege.edu

Staff and Contributing Editors

Staff

Michael LeBlanc, Editor-in-Chief
David Lott, Poetry Editor
Jenny Walton and Pablo Callejo, Art Photography

Contributing Editors

Ian Sydney March
Heather Satrom
Esther Schwartz-McKinzie
Greg Wahl

Student Interns

Adriana Regalado, Logo Design
Mary Yilma, Promotion & Proofreading

 

Issues

Sligo Journal, Spring 2024
Issue No. 13, Fall 2023–Spring 2024

Artwork by: Mariah Alvarez, Roy Beri, Kyllie Castellanos, Carter Cordle, Doris Eisen, Raynier Hernandez, Dave Hysom, Dana Idnay, Elielle Kayomb, Gordon Lyon, anisha McIver, Thuan-anh Nguyen, Terry Quill, Andrea Portillo, Jade Rivas, Charles Ross, Eden Roy, Yujin Sasaki, Madison Thomas, Alicia Valderrama, Shirley Washington

Fiction by: Sofia Hall-Levin, Eden Roy

Poetry by: Blossom Anyanwu, Stella Biles, Derrick Weston Brown, Barbara Callendar, Salem Celentano, Brian Cortez-Flores, Moss Do Carmo, Selam Legesse, Mac McKinzie

 

Issue No. 13, Fall 2023–Spring 2024 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

The Sligo Journal, Fall 2022–Spring 2023
Issue No. 12, Fall 2022–Spring 2023

Artwork by: Yuthaphong Angsuworaphuek, Alexander Beaudreau, Carina Cain, Niamh Ducey, Marilyn Glass, Lisa Howard, Nicolette Israel, Avery Johnston, Maureen Feely Kohl, Suzanne Maggi, Barbara Milton, Fritz Mirand, Ezechukwu Samuel Obi, Xin Ray Penland Obrien, Mary Ott, Terri Quill, Giselle Ramos, Anaïs Llufire Siclla

Fiction by: Allan Bernal, Alexandra Bouvier, Ilana Maiman, Reed Reilly

Poetry by: Swift Dickison, ChatGPT, David Alberto Fernández, Shelley Jones, Luz Stella Mejía, Neha Misra, Heather Bruce Satrom, Liat Suvorov, Ted

 

Issue No. 12, Fall 2022–Spring 2023 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

 

Back Issues

Sligo Journal, Spring 2022
Issue No. 11, Fall 2021–Spring 2022

Artwork by: Aruqayyah Aakilbey, Veronique Bloomquist, Emily Boa, Camilo Camacho, Lily Chung, Alina Delcid, Lynn Kidder, Rafael Rodriguez, Aranthza Sanchez Acosta

Fiction by: Rodas Mekonnen, Jeremiah Towle, Mary-Kate Wilson

Poetry by: Alexzander Baetsen, Dustin Duby-Koffman, Hamza Ewing, Silmarien Grinath, Jack Hairston, Elisha Patrice, Erin Petersen, Camryn Stalvey, Eden Unger, Elizabeth Vandegrift, Mary-Kate Wilson

 

Issue No. 11, Fall 2021–Spring 2022 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

The Sligo Journal, Fall 2020–Spring 2021
Issue No. 10, Fall 2020–Spring 2021

Artwork by: Adamaris Chaj, Brandon Geurts, Gabriela Franco, Jennifer Guzman, Lynn Kidder, Mike David Legrand, Mary Mena, Eliott Ngripou, Sultana Rahim, Monica Yuliza Rodriguez, Junior Tchapdieu, Lisa Trevino, Ella Valenstein, Isabella Versiani

Fiction by: Sue Page Hughson, Sevin Hannon

Poetry by: Gloria Jackson, Alejandro Leopardi, Jakob Little, Sam Nguyen, Tharma Philogene, Harper Robinson, Joseph Ross, Marianne Szlyk, Sarah Tedla, NaBeela Washington

 

Issue No. 10, Fall 2020–Spring 2021 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Issue No. 6, Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Issue No. 9, Fall 2019–Spring 2020

Artwork by: Jennifer Arevalo; Mariza June Avila; Larry Cole; Amanuel Fetene; Barbara Gelman; Zaiasia Jones; David Legrand; Lincoln Mudd; Long Nguyen; Rafael Rodriguez; Asa Rogers; Monica Sivak; Julia Smith; Richard Soben; Joann Everly Tell; Ella Valenstein; Alfonso Vicencio; Ian White

Fiction by: Ethan Christy; Ruth Henderson; Alexandra Higgins; Esther Schwartz-McKinzie; Jeremiah Towle

Poetry by: Nneoma Kanu; Wilny Edouard; Virginia Hartman; Byrne Hackett Kelly; David Linehan; Sydney March; Julianne Murphy; Kathleen O’Toole; Maria Paz Pereira Martinez; Judy Walsh-Mellett; Ann Weisgerber

 

Issue No. 9, Fall 2019–Spring 2020 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Issue No. 6, Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Issue No. 8, Fall 2018–Spring 2019

Artwork by: Tiya Kefale Adugna; Iman Asfari; Robert Chanin; Julia Martinez-Rivas; Iris McTaggart; Fritz Mirand; Ziti Parrilla; Phounam Pin; Audrey Quesnel; Melissa Rojas; Jowaine Thompson; Alexis Vega; Shirley N. Washington; Edom Weldegeorgis; Ayathma Wickramasinghe; ;Alissa Williams; Yujie (Denny) Xu

Fiction by: Carolyn Jew; Theodore Jonas; Amanda Livingston; Callie Sullivan

Poetry by: Joseph Baldi Acosta; Stephen Bess; Caroline Christoff; Clif Collins; Jona Colson; Alejandra Franks; Arlene Goldberg-Gist; Joanna Howard; Albert Kapikian; Roman Kostovski; Kateema Lee; Alexis Levitin; Salgado Maranhão; Stanley Niamatali; Noni; Anna Sohn; Marie-Andréa Djelhi Yahot

 

Issue No. 8, Fall 2018–Spring 2019 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Issue No. 7, Fall 2017-2018
Issue No. 7, Fall 2017–Spring 2018

Poetry by: Indran Amirthanayagam; Karen Vanessa Najarro Cáceres; Keyne Cheshire; Henry Crawford; Nicolas Garcia; JoAnne Growney; Carol Jennings; Stephen Katz; Richard Lorr; Yvette Neisser; Kathleen O’Toole; Maggie Rosen; Esther Schwartz-McKinzie; Anaïs Tana; Chenelle Williams 

Artwork by: Bianca Bah; Mark Behme; Michelle Bulatovic; Robert Chanin; Jasmin Cornejo; Celibel Cortes; Laiz Nascimento Dias; Jahid Edmonds; Oriana Delgado Gomez; Elijah Hill; Joann Everly Tell

Fiction by: West Gipson; Beersheeva Hodge; Paola Mantilla

Issue No. 7, Fall 2017–Spring 2018 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Issue No. 6, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
Issue No. 6, Fall 2016–Spring 2017

Poetry by: Jonathan Acuna-Lopez; Abigail Beckel; Nancy Naomi Carlson; Jonathan Korns; Richard Lorr; Zander Foster Phillips

Artwork by: Amendiana Adam; Curtis Berry; Robert Chanin; Mel Barkin; Charles Deutsch; Shannon Ewing; Tery Honeyghan; Fritz Mirand; Sunni Morgan; Barbara Pliskin; Esther Schwartz-McKinzie; Joann Everly Tell

Fiction by: Nicholas Fosta; Valerie Gormley; Antonio Luis Mendez

Issue No. 6, Fall 2016–Spring 2017 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

Issue No.5, Fall 2015- Spring 2016
Issue No. 5, Fall 2015–Spring 2016

Poetry by: Livia Abramoff; Jonathan Avila; Alex Barringer; Patrice Belton; Grace Cavalieri; Teri Ellen Cross Davis; Anya Higman; Richard Lorr; Osee Obaonrin; René Pedraza del Prado; Kim Roberts; Susan Scheid; Adriel Vega

Artwork by: Janet Berry; Charles Deutsch; Bree Douthitt; Tiffani Gomez; John Guernsey; Charles Loren Johnson; Mariette Klein; Miyoung Lee; Richard Lorr; Carlista Martin; Betzaid a Nolasco; Paul Steinkoenig; Joann Everly Tell; Andrew Wilkinson

Fiction by: Waringa Hunja; Marcia Marroquin; Adam Payton

Issue No. 5, Fall 2015–Spring 2016 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

spring 2015
Issue No.4, Fall 2014–Spring 2015

Poetry by: Livia Abramoff; Claudia Cassoma; Christian Chavez; Teri Cross Davis; Melissa Diaz; Rachel Dilima; Tsaitami Duchicela; Alex Guerrero; Merrill Leffler; Saundra Rose Maley; Mark McIntosh; Mary Ann Nyamweya; Natalia Schoch; Amber Smithers; Galene Elizabeth Wong

Artwork by: Nataly Bermejo; Curtis R. Berry; Julie Deibel; Anna Galleano; Charles Hope; Maggie Kuo, Kirsty Little; Sunni Morgan; Amanda Reardon; Briana Smith; Holly Trout; Sharon Willig; Joe Yanez

Fiction by: Daniel Beels; Maya Reid

Issue No.4, Fall 2014–Spring 2015 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)

spring 2014
Issue No.3, Fall 2013–Spring 2014

Poetry by: Joseph Baldi Acosta; Miguel Aldaco; Anne Becker; Nancy Naomi Carlson; Suzanne Dracius; Tranetta Franklin; Arturo Garcia; Brenda Lopez; Judith McCombs; Larry Moffi; Yvette Neisser Moreno; Katy Richey; Joseph Ross; Terence Winch

Artwork by: Hana Bekele; Matt Bessel; Jevon Brooks; Edelweiss Calcagno; Pablo Callejo; Deborah Gay; Bruno Emilio Marcenaro; Eric Meile; Danielle Smith        

Fiction by: Andrew Mayn; Josybett Claros Nava; Joel Collins Sati; Rachel Williamson

Issue No.3, Fall 2013–Spring 2014 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader - Link opens in new window)