The New River

We’re thrilled by what we’ve received so far but we want more. Deadline extended until April 1. Submit at the link in bio.

someone posted Amy Hempel's "In the Cemetery where Al Jolson is Buried" on fictionaut, and one of my students found this comment under it 😭

deadline: NOV 8th!!

Beginning this fall/winter issue we’re now accepting prose and poetry in addition to digital writing and new media art!

Views of the New River curtesy of google maps. Follow us on Instagram @ thenewrivervt for more google maps screenshots

Published today on @TheNewRiverVT: 'I could kiss, say,', a fully-voiced ludokinetic poem, and possibly (I'm just realising now) a work of eco-erotics or #sexocology. Dear Lord. Read/play it here: thenewriver.us/icouldkiss/

This week's highlight is “Cafeína” by José Aburto. Enjoy this interactive poem here: thenewriver.us/cafeina/

Over the next few weeks we'll be highlighting pieces from our Spring 2023 issue! First up is @zhaovan8's "You Just Got Laid Off." This piece was made in response to the layoffs in the tech industry. Check it out here: thenewriver.us/youjustgotlaid…

Our Spring 2023 issue is live! We're so excited to share these new creative digital works. Experience them here: thenewriver.us (Please note that some pieces are best experienced on a laptop/desktop computer)

LAST CALL! Our submissions window closes Friday, April 7th at midnight!

CALLING DIGITAL WRITERS & NEW MEDIA ARTISTS! Good news, we're extending our submission deadline until April 7th! You can check out our previous issues and submission details at thenewriver.us.

The New River: A Journal of Digital Art & Literature is open for submissions until Saturday, April 1st! Send us your electronic literature, new media art, browser-based video games, and anything in between. Info at thenewriver.us. Submissions to: thenewriverVT@gmail.com.

The final piece from our Spring 2022 issue is “Touching Each Other Through Semiconduction” by Kathy Wu, an Asian-American web poem* about diaspora and tech supply chains. *Poem assembly required. Thank you, @lmaoganma! thenewriver.us/touchingeach/

On this fine Tuesday, check out "tuesday" by Julianne Aguilar: a browser-based narrative experience built with GPT-3 artificial intelligence and CSS. This human/computer narrative collaboration is truly dreamlike. Thank you @julianneaguilar ! thenewriver.us/tuesday/

Today's piece is a rollercoaster of music, images, remix, truth, and reality: "Discernment.crx" by Dina Kelberman is a browser extension that manipulates web content in time with music, discerning and improving it where possible. Thanks @dinakelberman! thenewriver.us/discernment/

Today only: infinite poems for the price of one! Today's piece is the randomly-generated sestina(s) "Lineage Anagram Sestina" by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Elliot Berry. So hit that refresh button as often as you please! thenewriver.us/lineageanagram/ @LillianYvonneB2

With just one week until our Spring 2022 issue submission deadline, today we present the mixed reality concert and poetic line-crossing ceremony, "Liner Notes for Undressing Cover Songs: The Zone of Pure Doubt" by ATOM-r (Aviva Avnisan and Judd Morrissey): thenewriver.us/linernotes/

Next up, "Dolphins in the Reservoir" by Will Luers, Hazel Smith, and Roger Dean: thenewriver.us/dolphins/ @wluers @haze20091

@snarkattack @ianmaclarty

In anticipation of our upcoming April 1st submission deadline, we'll be highlighting one piece a day from our Fall 2022 Issue. First up, we have an interactive poetry anthology by Gemma Mahadeo, rendered by Ian MacLarty: "If We Were Allowed To Visit" thenewriver.us/ifwewereallowe…