Happy-Almost-New-Year, MockingHeart friends!

Hoping you’re all doing well! The holidays have been pleasantly calm here in Louisiana, and we’ve deeply enjoyed seeing many submissions roll in for consideration in our upcoming Winter issue! Though submissions will CLOSE at the end of New Year’s Eve (11:59 PM tomorrow), until then you can still send in your poetry and artwork for consideration!

Remember, the Winter issue’s theme is solitude (take a look here for more information about that theme).

Things to watch out for: you might remember that Associate Editor Denise Rogers has conducted an interview with poet and educator Henk Rossouw! That excellent and enlightening interview will go live on New Year’s Day 2020–the perfect way to kick off this new decade (and who would believe time moves so fast??).

Thanks for taking a moment to read this note! See you again soon. And thanks, as always, for your wonderful work in the world.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief