Hi, MockingHeart Review Friends,

Happy New Year’s Eve! I hope you’re faring well today, laughing often, and creating art. Today is the last day to submit to the Winter 2025 issue of MHR.

The issue will be published on February 1st, 2025. If you’ve submitted, you can expect to hear about the status of your work by January 31st, 2025.

Until 11:59 PM Central Time today, feel free to send us your work–we’ll be glad to view it! As you’ll remember, this issue’s theme is Justice, however you conceptualize it.

If you’ve already sent your artwork or poetry our way, thanks very much! We’re looking forward to experiencing your creations, and we’ll get back to you before long.

Be well, and as always, thank you for your excellent work in the world.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

MockingHeart Friends! Happy December!

Here we are, almost at the end of 2024–and what a year it’s been. Somehow, we’ve made it through both the tough parts and the happy moments of this most tumultuous turning of the calendar, and I get to write to you again with bracing news: submissions are now open for MHR 10.1, the Winter 2025 issue of MockingHeart Review! You can submit from today until December 31st. And here toward the end of the year, following one’s compass can help us make it all the way through.

In that spirit, our Winter 2025 theme is Justice, that ideal of moral rectitude, rightness, and righteousness that we all envision and hold high. Your poems and artwork for this issue might deal with these ideas directly, or represent them abstractly–or even grapple with their counterpart, injustice, which (just like justice) can take on many meanings. When you’re ready, meditate and create around this concept, and then send your poetry and/or artwork our way! We look forward to experiencing it.

We hope you’re staying healthy, happy, and inspired. Keep on keepin’ on, friends–and as always, thank you for the excellent work you do in the world.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

Hi, MockingHeart friends,

We at MockingHeart Review are proud to announce this year’s nominations for the Pushcart Prize:

“Finding New Ways,” by Amanda Rosas

“Galveston Island at Dusk,” by Boston Davis Bostian

“Pain is a Shark,” by Christa Fairbrother

“Things that Fall,” by Eric Christopher Uphoff

“That Soft Click,” by Shaun R. Pankoski

“Horses,” by Robert Okaji

Congratulations to these poets, and many thanks to ALL of our MHR contributors for your excellent work in the world! It’s a privilege to read and publish your creations. Here’s to another great MockingHeart Review year!

P.S. – More information about the Prize and Pushcart Press can be found here.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

Our Fall 2024 issue is now published, and you can take a look at it here! We hope you find the work of the writers included in MockingHeart Review 9.3 to be enlightening and enjoyable. As we move fully into Autumn, may this issue help you find respite from the unseasonable recent heat and help you into a cheerful autumnal spirit!

Enjoy your week, MockingHeart friends! Thanks again for the excellent work you do in the world.

Cheers,

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

Hi, MockingHeart Review Friends,

I hope you’re faring well today, laughing often, and creating art! Today is the last day to submit to the Fall 2024 issue of MHR. The issue will be published on October 1st.

Until 11:59 PM Central Time today, feel free to send us your work–we’ll be glad to view it! As you’ll remember, this issue’s theme is Deception, however you conceptualize it.

If you’ve already sent your artwork or poetry our way, thanks very much! We’re looking forward to experiencing your creations, and we’ll get back to you before long.

Be well, and as always, thank you for your excellent work in the world.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

MockingHeart friends! Happy August.

How is it already getting on toward Fall?? The year is ticking right along. Summer heat drifts down, here in Louisiana, with the rhythmic, inevitable cadence of our many active cicadas, and with that rhythm comes opportunity–as submissions are now open for MHR 9.3, the Fall 2024 issue of MockingHeart Review! You can submit from today until August 31. We can’t wait to witness the creations you send our way!

Our Fall 2024 theme is Deception–however you choose to interpret this idea. When you’re ready, meditate and create around whatever idea springs to mind, and then send your poetry and/or artwork our way. We look forward to experiencing it.

We hope you’re staying healthy, happy, and inspired. Keep on keepin’ on, dear friends–and as always, thank you for the excellent work you do in the world.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

Our Winter 2024 issue is now published, and you can take a look at it here! We hope you savor the work of the artists and writers included in MockingHeart Review 9.2. As we move into summer, may this issue help you find respite from the heat and carry you into a moment of creative reflection.

Enjoy your weekend, MockingHeart friends! Thanks again for the excellent work you do in the world.

Cheers,

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

Hi, MockingHeart Review Friends,

I hope you’re faring well today, laughing often, and creating art! Today is the last day to submit to the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of MHR. The issue will be published on June 1st.

Until 11:59 PM Central Time today, feel free to send us your work–we’ll be glad to view it. The possibilities for good work abound!

If you’ve already sent your artwork or poetry our way, thanks very much! We’re looking forward to experiencing your creations, and we’ll get back to you before long.

Be well, and as always, thank you for your excellent work in the world.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

MockingHeart friends! Happy April.

It’s already Spring again! The year is ticking along with the natural rhythm of flowers unfolding in greening fields, and with that rhythm comes opportunity–as submissions are now open for MHR 9.2, the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of MockingHeart Review! You can submit from today until April 30. We can’t wait to witness the creations you send our way!

Like all our Spring/Summer issues, this reading period we have no dedicated theme! When you’re ready, meditate and create around whatever idea springs to mind, and then send your poetry and/or artwork our way. We look forward to experiencing it.

We hope you’re staying healthy, happy, and inspired. Keep on keepin’ on, friends–and as always, thank you for the excellent work you do in the world.

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief

Our Winter 2024 issue is now published, and you can take a look at it here! We hope you find camaraderie with the artists and writers included in MockingHeart Review 9.1! This year so far has revealed a bracing sense of optimism, and we think this new issue echoes that sensibility.

Enjoy your upcoming weekend, MockingHeart friends! Thanks again for the excellent work you do in the world.

Cheers,

Tyler Robert Sheldon, Editor-in-Chief