ISSUE #2
Theme: Place
COMES OUT JULY 2026
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No repetition.
Each piece is made individually, with the understanding that it won’t exist again in the same form.
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FAQs
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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 a copy of our recent issue sent via regular mail.
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Publication Rights
We accept only original works from individuals aged 16 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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As a non-profit magazine, we currently do not have sufficient donations/funds to financially reward each selected writer or artist. However, if you are located in the United States and are published in any of our in-print issues, we will do our best to mail you a copy.
Please note that a free copy of our print issue is not guaranteed due to high printing costs.
It is simply an honorary token of our appreciation.
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Yes, you absolutely can! We welcome article pitches, or perhaps if you have a fully formed essay you want published on our blog, pitch it to thevagabondsverse@gmail.com and editor@thevagabondsverse.org
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In the 21st century, loneliness is no longer defined by physical isolation, but by a constant proximity to others that never quite becomes connection. Young adults are increasingly raised in environments where social life is mediated through screens, where ‘connection’ is abundant but rarely reciprocal. The result is not just isolation, but a distortion of what it means to be valued. Emerging online figures like Clavicular are less anomalies than early indicators of what prolonged digital isolation can produce.