Does It Have Pockets

Curious about what we're up to over here at Does It Have Pockets? Wondering what we love & don't? Read our new @Duotrope Editor Interview here: duotrope.com/interview/edit… Staff graphic courtesy @DIHPocketsART

@BeckyLTuch The last time we looked, they required either a 510(c)3 or fiscal sponsor model, which sidelines a lot of us who aren't ready to put an entire board of directors together. (insert full body eye roll here)

Editors, have you ever applied for an Amazon Literary Partnership grant for your magazine? It's come to my attention the same mags (mostly) have won for the past 3 years. Wondering what's up.

Sometimes superlatives fail your editor when she tries to explain how deeply a piece has resonated, but this one took my breath and still hasn't given it back. One transcendent new #poem from DIHP alumna @warmaiden | doesithavepockets.com/poetry/colleen…

"Now her feet were heavy with responsibility and fatigue. Ben, on the other hand, had unearthed two nights a week for tennis." We like a good re-telling, and love a re-imagining: Fresh, witty, relatable, brilliance from @LoriMBarrett | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/lori-b…

"It tried to tell me I knew too much of this universe. I often wondered if this same knowledge had been your own downfall." A careful balance of timbre, tense, & tempo in this new #fiction from Christian Jackson | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/w-chri…

"The grass crunched beneath my feet as I climbed the hill behind the cardboard box factory that fired my uncle for drinking on the job." Vibrant, immersive, cinematic, powerful = new #fiction from @DixonSpeaker | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/dixon-…

"When saying this word, imagine sleeping on a bed of metal clothes hangers." Two singularly intricate, crystalline poems from David Eileen @weirdmuseum , new for March | doesithavepockets.com/poetry/david-e… #poetry

"Now I was taking off in a coffin with wings, a Cessna 182 with a goddam propeller..." When we say 'pockety,' this is what we mean: stunning, breath taking, breath-giving! -- a surprise. Pockety new fiction from @mpershan | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/michae…

"It takes two to make an accident. One to hold the map, the other to work the radio." Three stunners from CL Bledsoe, new for March #poetry | doesithavepockets.com/poetry/cl-bled…

"So to soothe ourselves, we pull her apart in our minds, limb by limb." A lot of hope in a little story; new flash #fiction from the amazing Kik Lodge | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kik-lo…

This exquisite #longread from Tina Cartwright is a reminder of why we do what we do as editors. Heart-breakingly beautiful #fiction | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/tina-c…

"We will need a key; leave space for that." A singular poem from Janet Elsbach | doesithavepockets.com/poetry/janet-r…

"People want to shoot the message now, not the messenger." Timely, succinct, heart-rending. Must-read new flash #fiction from Keith Woodruff | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/keith-…

"If I could draw, I could create a whole line of fantabulous fashions for Bunny Ball." Dreams meet fashion in this splendid new #cnf abecedarium from #dihpalum Barbara Krasner | doesithavepockets.com/cnf/barbara-kr…

A camping trip, a character study, & infinitely more, don't miss this gorgeous new #creativenonfiction from Kristen Keckler | doesithavepockets.com/cnf/kristen-ke…

"They nodded their endorsement. I nodded my submission, hoping these eyes would direct their warmth elsewhere." Coming of age under the fist of language: an important, TKO of a story from Jeremy Mauser, new for March | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jeremy… #fiction

"Now that my knees are middle-aged, I wish I’d joined those girls who I thought made me fear my own clumsiness." With the velvety joy of words (& their deeply emotional energy), two splendid new poems from #DIHPalum Christopher Phelps | doesithavepockets.com/poetry/christo…

"“Girl, everyone’s got the right to wear a meat dress.”" With a precisely perfect amount of swirling whimsy, March brings us delightful new fiction from Catherine Chiarella Domonkos | doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cather…

"I point out the gap in the chainlink, the dog rushing towards it. Watch her call its name." Two brilliant new poems from Jordan Cobb, full of breath & air & light & movement | doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jordan-…

New for March: A simply breathtaking hybrid gallery from #DIHPalum Karen Walker | doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrids/…

Will we see you at #AWP26 in Baltimore!? We're bringing our pockets, hugs, stickers, pins, and more to T518. <3 Maryland or bust!