Letters from the editor, resources, and other transmissions.
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 […]
Our final challenge of the year, “A House Divided,” asked for writing that explored home, displacement, and what the shape of shelter looks like today. We’re excited to announce our finalists, whose works reveal the pain of fractured family histories, the nature of erasure, and detachment from danger until it arrives on one’s doorstep. Please […]
We’re pleased to announce the shortlist from our final challenge of the year. This list recognizes the poems, stories, and essays that stopped us and made us reflect on shelter, resistance, resilience, and hope. Join us in celebrating these writers, and stay tuned for the finalists next week! “The Statue in the Chapel” by Sunny […]
First-place winner Rhys L’Hermite talks about crafting his winning poem, toxic masculinity, and why writing is an act of defiance.
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, […]
