Newtown Literary

06/07/2025

Writers! Check out Kelly Jean's Prom story worksop at The Astoria Bookshop tomorrow at 4:30pm and her call for submissions for a prom poetry and stories anthology.

03/25/2025

Hello Queens! Reese Francis is teaching a workshop this Saturday afternoon in Jamaica at the Allure Art Studio from 2-4pm. See below for details.

Sherese's book PollyNation: A Seminary of Self is the winner of Inverted Syntax's 2024 Book Prize for Poetry! Read more about her here: https://linktr.ee/sheresefrancis

01/08/2025

It’s not too late to register!

12/06/2024

Writers, it’s not too late register for our first workshop!

11/23/2024

Please join us for a writing workshop on December 7th with Sherese Francis! This workshop is free to the public.

10/23/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out last night and made our return extra special! And thank you to DADA NYC for your beautiful space!

10/21/2024

We are back! Come help us celebrate our relaunch with an open mic tomorrow night, 7pm at DADA NYC!

Bring your stories, poems and literary creations!
7pm sign up, 7:30 start.
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09/25/2024

Did you miss us? Well, Newtown is back! Come join us in celebrating our return with the first open mic of the season! Bring your stories, poems and literary creations! October 22nd, DADA NYC () 7pm sign up, 7:30 start.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
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02/27/2023

Issue #19 contributor Tiffany Troy answered a few questions about her poetry and her writing process for our blog, which you can read here. She'll also be one of the featured readers at our Issue #19 launch event on Thursday, March 2 at Fabula Cafe in Woodside -- have you reserved your free ticket yet? (You can do so at: https://bit.ly/Issue19Event)

Tiffany Troy's poetry was featured in issue #19 of Newtown Literary. She is a critic, translator, and poet based in Queens. She is the author of When Ilium Burns (Bottlecap Press), a bildungsroman for anyone who ever dreamed big and loved someone more extraordinary than themselves. Her reviews and i...

02/24/2023

We're celebrating issue 19! Please find below a link to RSVP for the reading as well as a link to purchase the issue. Masks will be required at this indoor event.

Featuring:
Crockett Doob
Fiza Shuja
Jmar Teran
Julie Wiener
M.A. Dennis
Matthew Nisinson
Melissa Calderon-Rougié
Michele Gilliam
Tiffany Troy

Hosted by Joe Okonkwo

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/newtown-literary-issue-19-launch-tickets-551565746997
Purchase: https://www.lulu.com/shop/jackie-sherbow/newtown-literary-issue-19/paperback/product-267dg8.html

10/03/2022

Newtown Literary issue #19 contributor Emily Alta Hockaday recently published her excellent debut full-length poetry collection titled NAMING THE GHOST (Cornerstone Press, 2022). She also chatted with us for the Newtown Literary blog about her creative process, the inspiration behind her poems, and how the natural landscape of Queens features in her book about the delicate dance between grief, parenthood, health, and illness:

Emily Hockaday's debut full-length collection of poetry, Naming the Ghost, was published by Cornerstone Press in 2022. Her second collection, In a Body, is forthcoming in 2023 from Small Harbor Publishing, and she is the author of five chapbooks, most recently Beach Vocabulary, from Red Bird Chaps.....