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We’re pleased to announce our 2026 Pushcart Prize Nominees!

You can pre-order Daniellel’s amazing new work today!

Alias Irene, published by Fernwood Press, is available now!

The deadline for the Surrealist Poetry Prize has been extended to October 15th, 2025! $15 for 3 poems. Submit here!

Submission Details: Opens Feb 1st- Oct 1st 2025 $15 fee for 3 poems Submit here!

Poetry “We Eat Ugly Lion Fish” by Georgia San Li “Glass Eggs or They Like to Eat the Same as You” by Carol Potter “The Cat is Missing, Day Eight” by Kathleen Flenniken Fiction “Stricken” by Matthew Baker “Remembering Lou Martello” by Wynne Hungerford Nonfiction “Danaë” by Albert Goldbarth

ZOOM LINK Willow Springs is hosting a virtual reading to celebrate the release of Issue no. 94! This reading will take place via Zoom, and will start at 5:30 P.M. PST. This event will be open to the public. We hope to see you there! FEATURING . . . Lisa Bass, Annika Holland, Randall Watson, … Read more

Congratulations Alexis Treads on a feature in Colossal! View her featured oil paintings here. Alexis Treads created the cover art for Willow Springs Issues 87, 88, 89, and 90.

Poetry “Mississippi Snow” by Kerry James Evans “The Future of Nostalgia” by Randall Watson “War Poem” by Anzhelina Polonskaya, translated by Andrew Wachtel “Sexy Fish” by Sara Burge Fiction “A Tour of the Mural at the Merari Public Library” by Madison Jozefiak “If You Only Knew” by Bill Gaythwaite