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Yes, we are actually. The Vagabond’s Verse team is always looking for more staff writers and editors. Click this link to apply now.
P.S. All roles are currently unpaid and require a dedication of about 2.5 hours a week. Compensation comes in the form of free merch—a tote bag, a copy of our recent issue, and a sticker sent via regular mail.
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Publication Rights
We accept only original works from individuals aged 13 and above. Please do not submit work that is not yours for legal liabilities. We uphold First North American serial rights (FNASR), meaning we hold the right to publish your work (cannot be published anywhere else until after our own publication), and then the rights return to you.Please let us know if your work has been selected for another magazine before our own publication.
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Yes, we absolutely do—in the categories of poetry, prose (fiction and nonfiction), visual art, and even videos/songs/audio, and other multimedia art.
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Due to limited financial resources, The Vagabond's Verse is currently unable to offer monetary compensation to contributing writers. However, as a token of our appreciation and commitment to supporting literary voices, we provide all selected authors based in the United States with complimentary copies of the issue featuring their work.
The 2000s ushered in a progressive discussion on gender and sexual orientation and has since challenged social signifiers of what it means to be a man. It has thrown confusion into a vat of insecurity for those whose identity rests in material, surface level traits. In an effort to combat this, conservatives have reclaimed antique signifiers to masculinity; manliness has been pushed to the extreme. Any hint of emotionalism, the acceptance of women as equals, or physical weakness is considered a betrayal to the inherently ‘masculine.’