The Adroit Journal is a triannual downloadable PDF publication edited by Peter LaBerge (Editor-in-Chief), Ameerah Arjanee and Magen Eissenstat (Poetry Genre Editors), Connor Cook and Kratika Mishra (Fiction Genre Editors), Michele Ang (Art/Photography Editor), and additional staff members.LaBerge tells me, "The Adroit Journal was conceived for mainly two reasons: as a fundraising vehicle for an organization called Free the Children Organization, and as an opportunity for teenagers to come together to produce a collection of quality literature." A link to Free the Children is provided on The Adroit Journal website, and donors make their contributions directly to the organization.
Readers can expect to find a complete variety of poetry and fiction within the pages of The Adroit Journal. "Often readers and contributors remark that they cannot find a singular type of work that The Adroit Journal considers," LaBerge notes, "because we consider (and publish) all different kinds."
Some of the many contributors to date include: Poetry - Carol Guess, Dorianne Laux, Annie Finch, Lee Upton, Matt Mauch, Laura Kasischke, Darlene Pagán, Wendy Barker, Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, and Lyn Lifshin; Fiction - Kirk Nesset, James Valvis, William Walsh, Joel Allegretti, Kim Chinquee, Lydia Millet, and Karen Lizon.
LeBerge hopes to soon convert the journal to a print publication, and establish a direct way to contribute to the Free the Children organization, rather than the current implemented suggested donation method. This would then more directly fulfill his original goal for the publication and the efforts of its editors and contributors.
The Adroit Journal accepts poetry, fiction, and art/photography for publication in all issues on a rolling basis. Deadline information is made available on the website as deadlines approach. There are no themed submissions calls, and all submitted work should be submitted one at a time (i.e. each poem or piece of flash fiction separately) on the journal's submission server (Submishmash). Please see the website for more specific genre guidelines.