The Knee Poem by Lindsey Lane This poem is my personal pick for the Editor’s Choice Award in Poetry. It is both topical and universal while also encapsulating both the political and personal aspects of the poet. It accomplishes this without excess. Unfortunately, due to my own error the entire poem did not make it […]
Kallisto Gaia Press nominated 5 works from The Ocotillo Review Summer 2017 for the Pushcart prize. These represent the editorial epitome of our vision. The editors want to thank these literary artists, as well as all who submitted to our journal, for trusting us with their creations. We will feature one artist per week each Monday through January 1st. Today […]
Kallisto Gaia Press nominated 5 works from The Ocotillo Review Summer 2017 for the Pushcart prize. These represent the editorial epitome of our vision. The editors want to thank these literary artists, as well as all who submitted to our journal, for trusting us with their creations. We will feature one artist per week each Monday through January 1st. Today […]
Kallisto Gaia Press nominated 5 works from The Ocotillo Review Summer 2017 for the Pushcart prize. These represent the editorial epitome of our vision. The editors want to thank these literary artists, as well as all who submitted to our journal, for trusting us with their creations. We will feature one artist per week each Monday through January 1st. Today […]
Kallisto Gaia Press nominated 5 works from The Ocotillo Review Summer 2017 for the Pushcart prize. These represent the editorial epitome of our vision. The editors want to thank these literary artists, as well as all who submitted to our journal, for trusting us with their creations. We will feature one artist per week each Monday through January 1st. Today […]
Kallisto Gaia Press nominated 5 works from The Ocotillo Review Summer 2017 for the Pushcart prize. These represent the editorial epitome of our vision. The editors want to thank these literary artists, as well as all who submitted to our journal, for trusting us with their creations. We will feature one artist per week each Monday through January 1st. Today […]
ATTENTION POETS!!! The Texas Poetry Calendar lives! Kallisto Gaia Press is proud to be selected to usher this long-standing and iconic journal into it’s third decade. We will be keeping the format and editorial excellence you have come to appreciate. The one small change we are making goes to the heart of our mission statement. As […]
A Brief Primer Kallisto (trans. most beautiful) In Greek mythology KALLISTO was a daughter of the Arcadian King Lykaon and Nonacris. She was a hunting companion of the Goddess Artemis, imitating her dress and remaining, under oath, a virgin for the Goddess. There were several contradictory versions of her story but ancient writers all […]
Thanks to your generous support The Ocotillo Review, a new international journal of literary arts, is now available in print. Order Yours Here Let’s celebrate with a poem from Volume 1 by Devon Johnson. Coda Or, Let’s Hear That Last Part again Whenever I listen to Pat, or Sufjan, I remember the drive from Galveston and how you […]
Often when reading a work I’m enamored not only by the intensity of the story and the beauty of the language but also the way the rhythm of the prose lends itself to the dynamics of the story. Today I want to share such a piece. As our mission for The Ocotillo Review states, we […]
After more than a few months of work by several dedicated volunteers the initial issue of The Ocotillo Review has come to fruition. We were diligent enough getting the word out to receive well over 400 submissions for our debut publication. I read every one. I assured the editors of each genre that I wouldn’t […]
Submissions are now closed for the Winter issue of The Ocotillo Review to be published January 2018. We will begin accepting previously unpublished Fiction, Poetry, Flash Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction for the Summer 2018 issue beginning January 15th 2018. Submission period will reopen beginning January 15th 2018 and close at midnight CST on March 31st 2018. For details, click below:
Mary Black interview with Tony Burnett
