the thin edge of staring is interested in poetry that explores the artistic process. please send no more than three poems embedded in the body of an email to epicritespress@gmail.com. please put your name along with "thin edge submission" in the subject line.

submissions for the thin edge of staring are presently closed.

• cashed in her MFA by Scot Young
• i am no writer by Mike Meraz
• the way by Todd Moore
• dealing in history by Jason "Juice" Hardung
• he's standing right there at the edge of the ditch, son-of-a-bitch by Rob Plath
• on the ugliness of poems by David McLean
• no time by Yvon Cormier
• dithyramb to Morpheus by Justin Ehrlich
• so watch your tongue by Ellen Eldridge
• fresh to burst by Sean D. Reddan
• the poet's death by Jean Jones
• my father would've kicked the shit out of hemmingway by Rob Plath
• there are worse things in life than obvious titles and redundant poetry by Ross Leese
• blood ivory grin by Erek Smith
• textbooks and degrees by Jason “Juice” Hardung
• Billy's got his beer goggles by Isaac Seal
• honesty by David E. Oprava
• empty weekend by Joseph Veronneau
• tuesday morning montage by Misti Rainwater-Lites
• the anti-fuck poem by Puma Perl
• ink & seed by Erek Smith
• birth of the poet by Bruce Whealton
• rid by Joseph Veronneau
• what the silence proclaims by Felino Soriano
• the internet poet by George Anderson
• words are born by David McLean
• was it worth it by Puma Perl
• dysfunctional communication by David Blaine
• inside by Coleen Houlihan
• chilling by Misti Rainwater-Lites
• poetry: a definition by Rob Plath
• words by A.D. Winans
• my smith corona by Yvon Cormier
• these fragments by David McLean
• no more words by Mark Walton
• the real poet by Mike Meraz
• the anarchy king by Wolfgang Carstens
• if the alphabet doesn't bleed by Rob Plath
• bare branches by Wolfgang Carstens
• addicted by D.C. Porder
• last thursday night by Jack Henry
• muse by Zach King-Smith
• the fridge has a knife by Frank Reardon
• let's save ourselves by Mathias Nelson
• the art of writing by Mike Meraz
• reading bad poetry is downright dangerous by Rob Plath
• the alphabet doesn't care about us by Wolfgang Carstens
• writer's fire by Sean D. Reddan
• a preface to my epilogue by Karl Koweski
• the denouement by James Darman
• guilty until proven innocent by Jason “Juice” Hardung
• the poetry scene by Mike Meraz
• great poems are like 911 calls by Rob Plath
• betrayed by the alphabet by Wolfgang Carstens
• the poem will save you by RD Armstrong
• how come you never draw flowers by Karl Koweski
• "when i am gone, please do not let them in" by Suzy Devere
• pig ignorance by Chris Madoch
• all mine by Mike Meraz
• forced poem by Melissa Hansen
• dip yr pen in the blood factory by Rob Plath
• re: vision by Wolfgang Carstens

poetry accepted for publication in the thin edge of staring may also appear in the epic rites journal.