TGLR 2024 New Year’s Revelations
January 19, 2023
Who needs New Year’s resolutions when you can have some badass revelations instead!! For us, 2024 is definitely front-loaded with a ton of exciting news!!
The first big reveal is that the release of our Winter 2024 Issue will be happening soon… and will be available in PRINT for the first time ever! This is also more than our typical quarterly issue — it’s an extraordinary collection of the best poems, stories, and essays that TGLR has to offer.
That’s right, our editorial team got together to select the best pieces we’ve published in the past 18 months AND cherry-picked some of our favorites going all the way back to the very first issue. Did you love “Extra Large for the Lord?” by Tomás Baiza from issue #1? Well, now you can laugh out loud all over again when you read it from our newly minted winter edition.
This issue includes sixteen poems and sixteen prose pieces worth reading, talking about, and celebrating all over again plus sixteen stunning pieces of artwork. Want to find out what piece earned an honorable mention in the Pushcart? It’s in the issue. Curious about the two pieces that were finalists for Best of the Net? Now’s your chance.
In just a few short days, we’ll be releasing the collection which will also be available to purchase and hold in your hot little hands. If you’re planning to go to Kansas City for AWP like we are, you can pick one up there!
Speaking of AWP… The Good Life crew is gearing up for what promises to be the best road trip / conference / book fair / party of the year!
During the day, you’ll find us chatting people up at the book fair at table T913. Not only will we have the books, but four fab opportunities to speak with and have a book signed by the following authors:
- Kevin Clouther: Friday 3-4 PM
- Jamie Wendt: Friday 4-5 PM
- Nebraska State Poet, Matt Mason: Saturday 2-2:30 PM
- Todd Robinson: Saturday 2:30-3 PM
At the book fair, we will also be running an AWP-only submission call in collaboration with Nebraska’s own, Karen Shoemaker and Larksong Writer’s Place. Visit the Larksong table, T1014, to start a conference-inspired micro piece that could be featured in our Micro Monday segment on TGLR Buzz!
And as if that was not enough… We’re also co-hosting a reading/party with world-renowned Red Hen Press on Friday, February 9th at The Parlor downtown. There will be rapid-fire readings, free food, and opportunities to chat up a bunch of great authors. This event is open to the public and there will be free drink tickets for the first 50 guests. Doors open at 6!! More details about the party lineup and all these AWP shenanigans coming soon.
And last, but certainly not least, is the big reveal of who will be this year’s HoneyBee Literature Prize judges:
For Poetry, we’ve got the author of Rock Stars and rock star Nebraska State Poet, Matt Mason! For creative nonfiction, we have the author of Dirt Eaters and Becoming Lyla Dore, Teri Youmans. And this year’s fiction judge is Juliana Lamy, author of You Were Watching from the Sand. The winners in each genre will receive $500, publication in our summer issue, and a jar of honey from a Midwest apiary. The entry fee is $15 and the contest is open now. Full details are available on the HoneyBee Prize submission page and Submittable.
I think that’s it for now. Good gravy, it’s certainly enough!
Take care and stay safe and warm out there!!
Cheers,
The Good Life Review Team
