Whim’s of the Wilderness is a publication dedicated to exploring desperate poetry, honoring growing pains, and creating a coven of counsel with other writers and artists.
For those seeking poetry recommendations, original work, creative whimsy, and submission opportunities for their own writing.
Please send & tag us in any work you are interested in being published here. We are a small team with the goal of uplifting new and experienced writers.
We currently pay $5 for accepted submissions as a gesture of goodwill while our publication is still new and operating with limited funds.
We hope to one day have the support needed to be able to pay a more substantial amount for accepted submissions. Thank you for supporting us in our early days.
Recommendations are delivered to subscribers through email and posts under the “Recommendations” page of this this publication.
Recommended pieces are found works I personally enjoy and feel compelled to share as opposed to pieces submitted by writers for publication.
My goal is to provide these weekly. However, I am human (and ever grateful for your grace and patience). If you find your inbox empty one week, please indulge in previous archives and posted notes as there will always be a wealth of poetry to discover on this page.
Submissions are accepted 24/7 year round. We have a tentative goal of beginning to publish accepted submissions the 1st of May and continue bi-weekly to monthly, depending on interest level and quantity of submissions. These will be published under a section separate from the “Recommendations” page.
There is no fee to submit
There is no required theme or format.
However, we hope to inspire the first round of submissions
with the writing prompt titled after our publication and the following theme suggestions open for interpretation:
“Whims of the wilderness” , “Seasons” , “Something in the wood”
I. POETRY
Submit 1 - 3 poems per submission (multiple submissions accepted)
Work is read blindly. Please do not include any personal identifying information in the work itself. We will reach out for this at a later date if the piece is accepted.
Work that has been previously self-published on social media, personal blogs, Substack, etc. is accepted. Previous professionally curated work is not. Work created or aided by AI is not accepted.
II. OTHER
All though Whims of the Wilderness primarily seeks to highlight poetry, we also value poetic writing that does not quite fit under this category. If you feel your writing may have a place here, but do not feel comfortable publishing under the poetry category please specify that you would like to submit your work for consideration as “Other”.
This may include longer form prose or poetic journals.
Have doubts? Unsure? Send it. I promise this is a place where honesty,
vulnerability, and imperfection is carried with the care it deserves.
Submissions to Whims of the Wilderness can be sent directly through substack messages or emailed to:
whimsofthewilderness@gmail.com
Please include “Submission” in the subject line or message.
FOUNDING
Poet. Mother. Scrapbook Enthusiast.
“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” - Emily Dickinson
Writing has been a part of my life from the time I was old enough to keep my first Disney princess journal — a place where I lamented about boys at the ripe age of 6 (God help my mother), and declared confidently on a page dated July 4th “I can’t believe its finally the new year”.
At 13, I wrote fanfiction before I knew what fanfiction was (and no, I will not elaborate).
At 17, I wrote dozens of love letters to a boy who made my whole body glow with warmth, until one day it didn’t.
At 20, I wrote music late at night with my guitar in an attempt to ease a heart that felt it could no longer carry anything but grief. Until one day it did.
At 29, I have learned to write about joy in equal measure to grief. To find solace in the imperfection of being young and romantic and full of too much whimsy.
Life is ever changing, but writing remains a constant companion. My notebooks throughout the years have formed a coven of counsel to me as I have endured adventure, change, and the ache of growing pains.
Now, I am drawn to hear the preaching of someone else’s coven. To learn what you have carried with you all this time.
My own poetry can be found HERE
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Whims of the Wilderness as a publication is made possible by the support of readers like you. Thank you for being a part of the journey.
