Glassworks Magazine

09/01/2026

We're back on campus for the fall at Rowan University! 📚 For those who don't know, Glassworks magazine is published by Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing program with student editors under the guidance of our faculty EIC Katie Budris - writer. We have a new batch of editors starting this week, so keep an eye out for their introductions to come! 🙃

08/28/2026

Tired of AI discourse already...or...maybe you're looking for even more timely commentary in this age of chatbots? Perhaps Jill Lepore's new release, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State," has just what you're looking for!

Published August 25th, 2026, by Liveright Publishing, Lepore's extension of an essay originally featured in The New Yorker 2024 is now available for purchase!

Read a full description of the text along with reviews and endorsements now at https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423/about-the-book :)

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Best Books of August: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads A New York Times New and Notable Title “Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement for de...

08/27/2026

“you have a succulent, ripe, sweet / thing. You see, the insides were always / there waiting to be peeled / and revealed for what they really are.”

“Tangerine” by Chase Troxell
: “Time and Chance IV” by Laurie Borggreve
Issue 18

08/26/2026

All jokes, our love all of our but especially those who abide by our submission guidelines!

Are you almost ready to submit your work to our Fall Open Reading period from September 15th-December 15th (or until categories fill)?!?! Find our extended on our website to submit with your best foot forward!

https://www.rowanglassworks.org/submission-guidelines.html

08/24/2026

presents "Why I Woke Up Having Bit Through my Tongue in an Ambulance in Basque Country" by Devon Hoxer.

"Because it was our last night. Because my most fluent language was self-destruction."

Read the full micro essay now! https://www.rowanglassworks.org/flash-glass-2026/why-i-woke-up-having-bit-through-my-tounge-in-an-ambulance-in-basque-country-by-devon-hoxer 🔗

08/21/2026

Get your best pieces ready. Submissions open on September 15th!

08/19/2026

Associate Editor, Samantha Szumloz raves about helping other writers in her piece "The Rewarding Experience of Being a Writing Tutor". Collaboration is key in this relationship, and Szumloz details skills a must sharpen to provide solid assistance and key areas of growth gained from such an experience.

"One of my favorite parts about the tutoring process is jogging clients out of their writer’s block by asking them questions about their objectives and providing concept recommendations for them to conjure up their own ideas."

Read more at https://www.rowanglassworks.org/opinion/the-rewarding-experience-of-being-a-writing-tutor

08/18/2026

Glassworks is thrilled to announce our Best of the Net Nominations, all published in our online feature ⚡️

Read them all linked on our homepage at rowanglassworks.org

• “Boiling Point” by Bethany Bruno
• “things we feed each other” by Niah Ziana Mendoza
• “Moolan” by KT Amrine
• “The Opposite of Clueless” by Colette Parris
• “Cadaver” by Betty Stanton
• “Still Life for God #24: After Midnight Mass or Elegy for the End of the World” by MJ Young

08/17/2026

"Good fiction's job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." - David Foster Wallace

As August creeps to a close, who's ready for fall and spooky season?

08/14/2026

Read Devon Halliday's article, "Red Flags in Short Story Submissions", to discover how to make your cover letter and first page stand out in the steep slush pile. A timely and witty to prep you for Glassworks' submission window opening next month!

https://devonhalliday.substack.com/p/red-flags-in-short-story-submissions

Avoid these common mistakes in your cover letter and opening pages