Our featured photographer for the Summer 2019 "inside | out" issue, June 2019, is J. Ray Paradiso!
Thank you!
2019 marks our 5th year! We could not be here without your support in various forms. We look forward to continuing our mission of expanding the conversation on #artandhealing. Thanks for being on the journey with us!
2018 issues
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We're excited you are here! Birthed out of the work of The Word Project, Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing is aimed to be the premier online literary journal for writers, photographers, and all who are looking to creativity as a way to process and express the healing journey.
Snapdragon Journal is the home for provocative poetry, creative nonfiction and photography! Whether experiencing or looking for physical, emotional, or spiritual healing, we hope this quarterly will be a place to which you come as you journey the luminous path to wholeness. In addition to poetry, creative nonfiction and photography, visit our "Art Speaks" blog featuring everyday people who are using art as a catalyst for self and/or community healing. Interested in submitting your original work? Check our submissions page for dates, themes and guidelines! You are welcomed to check back here anytime for updates or you may simply sign up to our mailing list. Follow us on social media too! We're extending the conversation of art & healing, and would love your voice at the table! |
Why the name?
We could not think of a better name for this journal other than Snapdragon! At its deepest level, the Snapdragon flower essence helps the soul to distinguish its use of creative forces -- especially those which radiate from the lower energy centers, and those which are used for spoken word. The Snapdragon flower is often used as a remedy to help persons -- particularly those who experience extreme tension in the jaw and mouth -- to re-direct their powerful metabolic energy into its rightful channels. By harmonizing the relationship between these energy centers, the soul evolves in its use of creative power. And so, with Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing, our desire is to provide a platform for your self-expression and soul's healing!
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What we value:
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to taking time to read and ponder what we receive with an eye to craft and content. We aren't looking for the "best" in craft but a great balance of solid writing and compassionate storytelling. We want to feel what you feel. We want to leave the page and get into the experience. We want to bring this to our readers.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to holding space for all stories that echo the depths of the healing journey, and we celebrate you all along the way -- writers and readers alike.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to providing subscribers with a professional, clean, easy-to-read platform that makes getting the journal -- filled with quality, inspiring and soul-stirring writing -- as easy as clicking a button.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to caring about those who submit their work. When possible and if requested, we will respond to you personally with feedback to your work if you are not chosen for a particular issue.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to expanding community for authentic sharing that we might all deepen our sense of connection, belonging and well-being.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to holding space for all stories that echo the depths of the healing journey, and we celebrate you all along the way -- writers and readers alike.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to providing subscribers with a professional, clean, easy-to-read platform that makes getting the journal -- filled with quality, inspiring and soul-stirring writing -- as easy as clicking a button.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to caring about those who submit their work. When possible and if requested, we will respond to you personally with feedback to your work if you are not chosen for a particular issue.
At Snapdragon Journal, we are committed to expanding community for authentic sharing that we might all deepen our sense of connection, belonging and well-being.
We're super excited to be included in VIDA's "Women-Run Presses" list!