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The Lit Issue 2019
Once a year, South Side Weekly reserves an entire issue to celebrate all things Lit. Poetry, fiction, essay, even comics are included in the offerings. Submissions pour in from across the city and beyond, with each writer hoping for their work to make the cut. What is the mark of a fine piece of literature […]
Posted inLit Issue 2018
The Lit Issue 2018
Start here, with Tarnynon Onumonuâs ode to Chicagoâs Free Range youth, the ones who might not be welcome in the Loop. We fashion them complacent But they be curious The contributors to this, our biggest Lit Issue yet, challenge us to find and tell new stories. They invite us to find poetry in the everyday, […]
Posted inLit Issue 2017
The Lit Issue 2017
he cover of our fourth annual Lit Issue offers a sort of visual game to its reader: can you reconstruct the original photo, before it became collage? Say, is that the cover of a book by Albert Camus? Whatâs with those books repeating in the top corner? Itâs not really a game youâre meant to […]
Lit Issue 2017 Submissions
The Weekly is seeking stories, essays, poems, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, lists, photos, illustrations, and anything in between for its annual Lit Issue, which will be out August 2, 2017. To get an idea of what the issue will be like, take a look at Lit Issues from last year, 2015, and 2014. The only requirement is that pieces […]
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Lit Issue 2016
What goes into a poem? The cover of our third annual Lit Issueâwith art from Keara McGrawâoffers one recipe for a poem, while its contents offer recipes of several other kinds. Youâll find in these pages not just the work but what comes before it: the emotional ties and engagement with place that render these […]
Lit Issue 2016 Submissions
The Weekly is seeking stories, essays, poems, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, lists, photos, illustrations, and anything in between for its annual Lit Issue, due out August 3, 2016. To get an idea of what the issue will be like, take a look at last year and 2014’s Lit Issues. The only requirement is that pieces be […]
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Lit Issue 2015
Poetry Maybe This is the Summer | Jack Murphy Chicago, Part 2 | Mari Cohen Chicago | Hannah Shea Braids | Jack Murphy Language of the Unheard| Diane O’Neill The Way I See It  (My South Side) | Khaleelah D. Muhammad Reflection | Elaine Hegwood Bowen Dear Teacher | Vincente SubVersive Perez Bronzeville | Elbert Tavon Briggs 31st Street Beach | […]
Lit Issue 2015 Submissions
The Weekly is seeking stories, essays, poems, fiction, nonfiction, interviews, lists, photos, illustrations, and/or anything in between for its annual Lit Issue, due out August 5, 2015. To get an idea of what the issue will be like, take a look at last year’s Lit Issue. The only requirement is that pieces be about, or […]