Letters from the editor, resources, and other transmissions.
The Checks and Balances shortlist recognizes the prose and poetry that stuck with us during our reading period. Join us in celebrating these writers!
An interview with first-place winner Cate McGowan on working under pressure, finding moments of stillness, and what it means to feel time.
Our first challenge of 2026 asked for writing that pushed back against “New Year, New Me” narratives, the pressure to optimize our time and our lives, and the idea that who we are right now is, somehow, not good enough. We’re pleased to announce our Cult of Productivity finalists, whose fiction and poems interrogate time, […]
Our shortlist recognizes the writers whose work resonated with our readers and made us reflect more deeply on the themes presented in our Cult of Productivity challenge: rest as resistance, what we lose when we doggedly pursue efficiency, and the stillness at the edges of our to-do lists. Join us in celebrating these poets and […]
I’ve spoken with a lot of creatives who feel like they’re perpetually in a low-grade sense of fight-or-flight, trying to Be a Person and buy groceries and pay bills, and all the while, we’re all just one minor inconvenience away from a major breakdown.
Do you have a writing goal this year? While the whole “New Year, New Me” vibe is overplayed (to the point that we made January’s theme a counterpoint to it), there is something appealing about starting a new habit at the beginning of the year, when the slate is clean. If you have a goal […]
As we close out 2025, we wanted to share a few of our favorite books of the year, what we’re reading, and what we’re looking forward to reading in 2026. Across our readers and editors, you’ll find that our reading tastes are eclectic—which feels pretty on-brand for Glossy Planet’s editorial team! Ashley Huyge Just finished […]
An interview with first-place winner M. Colón-Margolies on notions of home, desperate circumstances, and how real life influences art.
We made it to 2026, and we did it with fire in our words and an eye on the headlines. When Glossy Planet launched late last year, I was deeply curious to see how people would react to a lit mag that responds to the present—and, wow, y’all showed up. The winners from our first […]
