THE KEEPING ROOM
The Keeping Room is an online magazine for all women writers, poets, and artists.
We are looking to publish your short stories, essays, free writing, poetry, and photo essays that touch on topics related to Women’s Wisdom, Lessons Learned, Self-care, Bodies, Relationships, and Community.
Writers selected for publication will be paid $25 via PayPal. Submit via Submittable.
***Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if accepted elsewhere.
***All material must be original and unpublished.
Ways to Die While Breathing
by Maryann Gremillion
I’ve heard this more than once:
Death
slides the mind to turbulence and dust,
FICTION
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Suzie by Carol Ovenburg
TIP: use the controls below the document to turn pages, zoom in, or view full-size screen layout.Carol Ovenburg won an Honorable Mention and 2nd and 3rd place wins in WOW-Women on Writing - 2021 and 2022. She loves writing...
Grow through the Narrow Spots by Barbara Rady Kazdan
Decades ago, I saw this message on a poster: “Grow through the Narrow Spots. Change is Inevitable - Growth is Intentional - Choose Life.” I didn’t fully grasp its meaning. But the message resonated with me, so I taped it to the wall above my desk. It’s still there....
8 Healthy Ways to Lose Weight After A C-Section Remember: You’re Still Healing by Summer A.H. Christiansen
1. First and Foremost Be Patient Be patient with your body. Take time to understand what it has gone through and know that your body will forever be ruined. Ruined by the weight you gained eating too many mashed potatoes, McDonald’s soft-serve ice cream cones, and...
Friending My Brother by Michelle Goering
I have a testy relationship with Facebook. I ignore it for weeks, then come back for the dopamine hits when friends read what I’ve written, and I connect with others’ experiences. But I like to complain that it’s not real life, that Facebook makes me feel distant from...
I Think I’m Better Looking by Joylyn Chai
…than I actually am. I dared to have an open discussion about this for the first time a few weeks ago. The style of my appearance has been a preoccupation of mine for a lifetime, however it’s not something that gives way to natural segues in casual conversation. I am...
POETRY
Dewy Bruises
By Alex Angeline
DEWY BRUISES Blinking in a cusp of jump. My pupils are the welcome wells to ink’s inaugural drop. Having been the bee, awe-struck and humming in amber, having swum still in the slow, gold honey bridging time and eternity, having sat soundlessly atop the vibrations of...
In Quarantine
Martha Clarkson
Shipping Charges -For two-day poem deliverythe cost goes up over ten linesA poem overnightis even more expensiveThe UPS man is a limerick LoadIn Quarantine -When we took walksall we did was look at our phones.Trapped inside, there was infinite timeto hurl irritations....
Psalm to Tinker Creek
Laura Ingram
Laura Ingram is a tiny girl with big glasses and bigger ideas. Her poetry and prose have been published in over seventy literary journals, among them The Cactus Heart Review, Gravel, Glass Kite Anthology and Voice of Eve. Her first collection, Junior Citizen's...
the oldfashioned way
RC deWinter
RC deWinter’s poetry is anthologized, notably in New York City Haiku (NY Times/2017), Coffin Bell Two (Coffin Bell/2019) in print: 2River, Adelaide, Genre Urban Arts, Gravitas, In Parentheses, Kansas City Voices, Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Night Picnic...
Nearly Still Life
By Emily Reid Green
Emily Reid Green's poetry has appeared in various publications, including: Gravel, Khroma Magazine, 1932 Quarterly, Moon Magazine, and The Ekphrastic Review. Her first chapbook Still Speak was published earlier this year by Writing Knights Press....