Letters from the editor, resources, and other transmissions.
For our very first challenge, “Monsters We Made,” we asked writers to send us work that responds to what we doomscroll through. These pieces made us pause and consider the forces shaping us, reexamine how we engage with technology and culture, and reflect on how we are both victims of the monsters within our global […]
Our inaugural challenge brought in so many impactful and resonant pieces, and it was difficult to narrow down the finalists—which is a good problem to have. We want to recognize the following writers for their work, which lingered long after reading and made us reflect on the monsters we have made on an individual, societal, […]
Our first writing challenge is in the books, and I’m sitting at my desk feeling grateful, inspired, and excited. We asked for work along the theme of “Monsters We Made”—that is, the monsters of our own making and how they haunt us today. It was a pleasure to see how writers explored these themes across […]
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At Glossy Planet, we want to publish work that makes us stop and feel something—but what does that actually mean, and what different forms can that take? Here is a collection of work across genres that interact with narrative, form, and genre in ways that lingered with us after reading. “Obit” by Victoria Chang How […]
Hello. Hi there. Hola. My name is Rebecca Paredes, and I’m here to welcome you to the launch of Glossy Planet, a literary magazine that publishes words as alive and unruly as the moment we live in. Like many of you, I occasionally* (*often) spend time doomscrolling and lamenting the state of the world—the persistent […]
This call for readers is now closed! Thank you for your interest. Follow us on social media to keep up with our latest updates and future calls for readers. Glossy Planet is a brand new literary magazine looking for volunteer readers to join our editorial team. Every month, we drop a challenge tied to what’s […]
