Literary Magazine
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It’s Lit Mag Week!
This week, we’re celebrating #LitMagWeek and the independent literary magazines that make room for new voices, strange ideas, experiments, risks, and work that might not fit neatly anywhere else. Current Words Publishing is proud to sponsor Instant Noodles Literary Magazine, curated by the Old Scratch Press Collective. And because we believe that literary magazines should create…
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Instant Noodles Volume 6, Issue 2: AL DENTE is live!
The newest issue of Instant Noodles Lit Mag is officially out in the world. AL DENTE brings together poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, and multimedia from writers and artists around the world, all responding in their own wonderfully clever and beguiling ways to a theme that started with two little words: al dente. The result is funny, sharp, surprising,…
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This Looks Like Fun….
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Instant Noodles Lit Mag Hosts Free Zoom Workshop June 13 for Upcoming “Al Dente” Issue
Writers, poets, artists, and creators looking for a fresh publishing opportunity are invited to join a free online creative workshop hosted by the editors of INSTANT NOODLES LIT MAG on Saturday, June 13 at 5 PM ET (2 PT). Now in its sixth year, INSTANT NOODLES has become a distinctive independent online literary magazine known…
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Poetry and Mentorship from Old Scratch Press
Did you know that we also run Old Scratch Press (OSP)? OSP is a group that loves writing and reading short form writing like poetry, flash fiction, and flash memoir. The group formed from the writers who had been published in Instant Noodles Lit Mag. Several times each month writers in the group post articles…
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NOODLES!!!!
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TikTok
We’re on TikTok! See all our videos, even the one with my disembodied head! Get practical publishing advice, and see our authors reading their work! Become a follower and support indie authors. Need some editing work done? Become a follower between now and the end of summer (September 22, 2025)email me, dianne@currentwords.com, and I will…
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(Dis)Associating ~ Aspen Greenwood
It is almost time for the next issue of INSTANT NOODLES. The Old Scratch Press crew is working on finalizing the selections (and if you were chosen, but didn’t receive your contract yet, it’s coming.), with a deadline of July 11th, and we’ll have the whole issue designed and ready for reading by August. I…
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Wassup At Old Scratch Press?
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How Does a Literary Magazine Get Made?
One of the questions we’re often asked is, “How does a literary magazine get made?” In the following video, Dianne (publisher of Instant Noodles) addresses this topic, highlighting the important elements that need to be managed with consistency, professionalism, and timeliness in order to produce and publish a quality literary magazine audiences will want to…
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Old Scratch Press Update
If you didn’t know it, CWP runs a poetry/short form collective called Old Scratch Press (OSP). Founded in 2022, and publishing its first books in 2023, the collective was formed as a way to make publishing poetry, and all types of short form creative writing, affordable and possible. It’s incredibly tough to get a traditional…
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Old Scratch Press Presents:
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SNEAK PEEK
INSTANT NOODLES, Volume 4, Issue 2, drops tomorrow. Theme: “Devil’s Party,” perfect for fall, includes art and photography, music, spoken word, poetry, and short form fiction and non-fiction, plus a few full-length pieces of fiction we just couldn’t resist! I love creating the issue; it’s always a time-consuming process, but it’s one of the ones…
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We Missed You Today!
Hi All, Today we celebrated the launch of Gabby Gilliam’s book, NO OCEAN SPIT ME OUT, with a Zoom reading by Gabby, Robert, and Alan. Many of the guests were likely friends and family of the authors, and we deeply appreciate their support as we navigated our first live event since 2020. It was in a…
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Meet Our Literary Magazine
Did you know that we publish a literary magazine three times/year? It contains award-winning writing and art, and is open for submissions up until November each year. ALWAYS free to read, and free to submit to, Instant Noodles provides opportunities for new authors to get some publishing street cred. It’s another way we try to…