MockingHeart Friends! I hope you’re all faring well this summer–that you’re laughing often and creating with gusto. What a year it’s been so far, and I’m pleased to remind you that MHR opens to submissions for the Fall 2023 issue in a week’s time!

For the upcoming issue (MHR 8.3), we’ll be open for submissions from August 1-31, with an October 1, 2023 publication date. Take some time to reflect and create–because we’d love to see your work this reading period.

Our Fall 2023 theme is Inevitability, which is the certainty of a given thing to occur–the assuredness of a happening’s happening, we might say. This can be interpreted in many different ways and with a myriad of connotations. For instance, if one enjoys poetry, some might think it inevitable that one would eventually find their way to a snazzy little journal called MockingHeart Review. This is a good theme to mull over! When you’re ready, please consider sending your work our way.

Finally: If you haven’t yet taken a peek at our riveting Spring/Summer 2023 issue, please do. Some stellar work await you therein. We just know you’ll enjoy these excellent and varied poems.

Thanks again for being part of the MockingHeart family! Keep up your excellent work in the world, and we’ll talk again soon.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief