Allium, a Journal of Poetry & Prose
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Representing the range and diversity of writers' voices, Allium publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry - from traditional to experimental.
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Submissions are now open for our next reading cycle!! Go to the submit tab on our website for more details. We look forward to reading your work🪻
⭐️An emerging filmmaker finds herself becoming obsessed with the young man she’s chosen as her leading man in an independent film~ this new podcast episode is out RIGHT NOW⭐️
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #ColumbiaCollegeChicago
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #ColumbiaCollegeChicago
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⭐️An emerging filmmaker finds herself becoming obsessed with the young man she’s chosen as her leading man in an independent film~ this new podcast episode is out RIGHT NOW⭐️
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #ColumbiaCollegeChicago
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #ColumbiaCollegeChicago
🪻Congratulations to our Pushcart Nominees🪻
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🪻Congratulations to our Pushcart Nominees🪻
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
Poetry
“Fog Over Frisco” -David Trinidad
“Recording This to Remember” -Hoa Nguyen
Fiction
“Sweet Maddy” -Matthew Hernandez
“A Stroke of Genius” -Yance Wyatt
Nonfiction
“At Risk” by Mitchell James
“The Thing About My Hair” -Steve Weed
#pushcart
New interview just went up⭐️ Read it on our site to find out more about the Alabama Poet Laureate’s poetry collection, Reparations Now!
#NewWorkFriday #alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
#NewWorkFriday #alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New interview just went up⭐️ Read it on our site to find out more about the Alabama Poet Laureate’s poetry collection, Reparations Now!
#NewWorkFriday #alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
#NewWorkFriday #alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
Submissions are now open for our next reading cycle!! Go to the submit tab on our website for more details. We look forward to reading your work🪻
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Submissions are now open for our next reading cycle!! Go to the submit tab on our website for more details. We look forward to reading your work🪻
A new episode of the Allium Podcast just dropped! Give it a listen~
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A new episode of the Allium Podcast just dropped! Give it a listen~
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
In honor of the resilience of our city, we're highlighting the 1914 poem, Chicago, written by Carl Sandburg. You can read it in the New Work section of our website.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In honor of the resilience of our city, we're highlighting the 1914 poem, Chicago, written by Carl Sandburg. You can read it in the New Work section of our website.
It’s #NewWorkFriday and this could be just the book you’ve been looking for~ check out our review on the website and add Mislaid to your TBR!
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #litmag #writing #review
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #litmag #writing #review
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It’s #NewWorkFriday and this could be just the book you’ve been looking for~ check out our review on the website and add Mislaid to your TBR!
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #litmag #writing #review
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #litmag #writing #review
The Allium Podcast is looking for new work!! Submission deadline is November 30th
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Allium Podcast is looking for new work!! Submission deadline is November 30th
Allium’s next Silent Book Club is happening NEXT Monday! pdfs and light refreshments will be provided. Meet us there!!
#Alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #alliumsilentbookclub
#Alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #alliumsilentbookclub
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Allium’s next Silent Book Club is happening NEXT Monday! pdfs and light refreshments will be provided. Meet us there!!
#Alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #alliumsilentbookclub
#Alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #alliumsilentbookclub
A massive thank you to all of our fall contributors🤎 You can read the #AlliumFall2025 issue online now!
November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A massive thank you to all of our fall contributors🤎 You can read the #AlliumFall2025 issue online now!
🪻It’s Launch Day🪻 Our 2025 Fall Issue is now yours!! Check it out at www.allium.colum.edu
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🪻It’s Launch Day🪻 Our 2025 Fall Issue is now yours!! Check it out at www.allium.colum.edu
You’re in luck, because a new podcast episode comes out today!! Check it out on Apple, Amazon, or Spotify~
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumPodcast
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumPodcast
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You’re in luck, because a new podcast episode comes out today!! Check it out on Apple, Amazon, or Spotify~
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumPodcast
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumPodcast
A very special thank you to our guests, John Counts and James Stewart III, who read at the Efroymson Reading Series event earlier this week, to all of you in attendance, and to our videographer, Alice Tallman!!
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A very special thank you to our guests, John Counts and James Stewart III, who read at the Efroymson Reading Series event earlier this week, to all of you in attendance, and to our videographer, Alice Tallman!!
📢BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📢 The 2025 Fall Issue of Allium comes out November 3rd!! Save the date, stay tuned, and get excited!!
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumFall25
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumFall25
October 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
📢BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📢 The 2025 Fall Issue of Allium comes out November 3rd!! Save the date, stay tuned, and get excited!!
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumFall25
#AlliumJournal #ColumbiaCollegeChicago #AlliumFall25
Today we’re sharing an interview with author C. Russell Price! Catch up on their previous pieces while we wait for their newest, “Bisquick: An American Seance” which releases August 2026
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview #poetry
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview #poetry
October 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Today we’re sharing an interview with author C. Russell Price! Catch up on their previous pieces while we wait for their newest, “Bisquick: An American Seance” which releases August 2026
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview #poetry
#NewWorkFriday #AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview #poetry
The second Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series is happening Monday on October 27th! Take a look at recent interviews and work-in-progress excerpts from John Counts and James Stewart III and meet us at The Haus!
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The second Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series is happening Monday on October 27th! Take a look at recent interviews and work-in-progress excerpts from John Counts and James Stewart III and meet us at The Haus!
Happy Monday! A brand new interview and #WIPexcerpt is on the website to read ✨right now✨James Stewart III will be be reading at the next Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series next week on Monday October 27th~
#alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #writing #interview
#alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #writing #interview
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Happy Monday! A brand new interview and #WIPexcerpt is on the website to read ✨right now✨James Stewart III will be be reading at the next Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series next week on Monday October 27th~
#alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #writing #interview
#alliumjournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #writing #interview
Spend your Friday with us and check out the latest episode of the Allium Podcast! ✨new episodes 1st and 3rd Fridays✨
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Spend your Friday with us and check out the latest episode of the Allium Podcast! ✨new episodes 1st and 3rd Fridays✨
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
This week’s #NewWorkFriday features John Counts through an interview on his new short story collection, and in an excerpt for Allium’s 🪻Works-in-Progress Series🪻John will be reading at the Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series on Monday October 27th! More details to come~
October 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This week’s #NewWorkFriday features John Counts through an interview on his new short story collection, and in an excerpt for Allium’s 🪻Works-in-Progress Series🪻John will be reading at the Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series on Monday October 27th! More details to come~
Tune in for the newest installment of the Allium Podcast! Episode 3 is up now✨
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Tune in for the newest installment of the Allium Podcast! Episode 3 is up now✨
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
Want your work featured in Allium’s podcast? Submit to [email protected] by October 31st!
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Want your work featured in Allium’s podcast? Submit to [email protected] by October 31st!
For this week’s #NewWorkFriday we talked with Catherine Gund about her docu-poem, Meanwhile. The interview is available to read on the website now!
#AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
#AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
For this week’s #NewWorkFriday we talked with Catherine Gund about her docu-poem, Meanwhile. The interview is available to read on the website now!
#AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
#AlliumJournal #columbiacollegechicago #litmag #interview
Introducing Allium’s new Silent Book Club! ✨silently together✨we’ll read the opening to Ursula Le Guin’s 1969 sci-fi classic and then discuss!
~pdfs will be provided
~pdfs will be provided
September 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Introducing Allium’s new Silent Book Club! ✨silently together✨we’ll read the opening to Ursula Le Guin’s 1969 sci-fi classic and then discuss!
~pdfs will be provided
~pdfs will be provided
Did you know that new podcast episodes come out every first and third Friday of the month? Our 2nd episode is available now!!
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Did you know that new podcast episodes come out every first and third Friday of the month? Our 2nd episode is available now!!
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
#AlliumJournal #AlliumPodcast #columbiacollegechicago
✨The Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series Returns✨Join us and special guest, Michael Leali, this Monday at the Haus!
September 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
✨The Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series Returns✨Join us and special guest, Michael Leali, this Monday at the Haus!