July 2023
Dear Readers, Writers & Supporters of Teen Writing,
We hope you are enjoying summer alongside Issue #4 with its Ukrainian teen special section, writing from our very successful 2023 National Poetry Month Competition, and all the stellar stories, poems, and creative nonfiction from our authors.
The magazine has been in the news again! We appeared in June (on the same day) in The Boston Globe and the Littleton Courier, with a spotlight cast on our managing editors and a Ukrainian teen published in Issue #4.
In other news: We're currently running two contests. Both offer prize money and publication with no entry fee. The Charles Simic Tribute Contest deadline is coming up very soon (July 30); it's a poetry contest open to all teen from around the globe. We're running the contest in partnership with the Poetry Society of New Hampshire. Our Flash Creative Nonfiction Contest, open to writers ages 13-15 from around the globe, has a deadline of August 25. Check out our website (contest tab) for submission details along with our flash nonfiction prompts, designed by editor Rieth Breed.
We're open for submissions for Issue #5: Writers Ages 13-15 from Around the Globe, plus a special section on writers ages 13-15 from India. If you're 13-15 years old, send us poems/fiction/creative nonfiction by August 25.
Because we love to read teen work, we're also accepting submissions right now for Issue #6. For this issue, we're opening the magazine back to any teen ages 13-19 from around the globe.
Stay tuned for another super cool & different writing contest to be announced in the Fall.
To hear the very latest, including about contests and opportunities, follow us on Instagram @underthemadnessmagazine, on Facebook, or on Twitters @NHPoetLaureate.
Under the Madness Magazine is made possible with the generous support of the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Arts Alive!, the Academy of American Poets, and Salem State University.
On behalf of the editorial team,
Alexandria Peary
Editor-in-Chief
NH Poet Laureate
