08/04/2026
Foglifter Assistant Poetry Editor Luiza Flynn-Goodlett () is offering poetry consultations through Black Lawrence Press ()
this month!
Luiza is accepting everything from single poems to full-length collections.
The deadline to submit work for this consultation program is August 31. Luiza will complete her work and respond to all participants by September 30.
✅️ For guidelines and fees, check out:
https://blacklawrencepress.subfolios.com/submit/734/poetry-consultations-with-luiza-flynn-goodlett
"Beyond the nitty-gritty of feedback on your work itself, I can offer a nuanced industry perspective as both a widely-published poet and an editor at the q***r and trans literary journal and press Foglifter for over a decade. From my standpoint as a fellow working poet, I can help you hone the mindset to persist in the submission process, assist you in developing a robust organizational framework, and offer suggestions of venues tailored to your work. As an experienced editor, I can offer insights into how literary journal submissions are assessed, decode behind-the-scenes processes of journals and presses, and help you interpret responses you’ve received. I also take deep pride in championing fellow marginalized writers, and have an understanding of how exclusion and tokenism shape how we navigate and engage with the literary community."
Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (she/her) is the author of Mud in Our Mouths (Northwestern University Press, 2025) and Look Alive (Cowles Poetry Book Prize, Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2021), along with numerous chapbooks, most recently Familiar (Madhouse Press, 2024). Her poetry can be found in Ninth Letter, swamp pink, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She serves as a poetry editor for the Whiting Award–winning LGBTQIA2S+ literary journal and press Foglifter. She was raised in the wilds of Tennessee and now lives in the SF Bay Area with her wife and rescue dog.
[image description: Black Lawrence Press. Now through August 31. Poetry Consultations with Luiza Flynn-Goodlett. Cover of Mud in Our Mouths. Headshot of Luiza—a fat, short-haired, white woman wearing a mock-turtleneck dress patterned with graphics in a tarot—standing in a garden.]
