1.8 (January, 2026)
ABOUT THE JOURNAL:
Gingerbread Ritual Literary Journal is the official publication of the Self-Educating Poets Network, a hub of writer’s resources and the home of the DIY MFA group. We aim to publish poems, short stories, essays and other literary work.
Vol. 1.8 (January, 2026)
“Banana Time” by Michael F. Gill
“Jellyfish” by Sue Savoy
“Ladybug” by Porsche Jones
“Time to Make Something New” and “Guerrilla Medicine” by Zoya Davis-Hamilton
“Seventeen” by Shir Lovett-Graff
“We are Interwoven” by Nwefuru Chiadikobi
“In Another Universe, It's Boy Scout Apple Day” by Rhonda Melanson
“Without Due Cause” by Michael Igoe
“What the Looky-loos Don’t See” by Jim Murdoch
“Rain, Rain, Rain” and “Flight into What” by Bruce McRae
“No” by PW Covington
“Bird Song” and “Cold Rain” by Ram Tekisui Shepherd
“En Cul” and “Longshore Drift” by Connor Sansby
“Indelible” by Addison Richards
“Navigation” and “Members” by Linette Rabsatt
“The Rescue” by John Grey
“How Many Miles High” by Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Previous Volume(s) of Gingerbread Ritual:
January 2025 Vol. 1.7
January 2024 Vol. 1.6
January 2023 Vol. 1.5
July 2022 Vol. 1.4
January 2022 Vol. 1.3
August 2021 Vol. 1.2
February 2021 Vol. 1.1
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