temporal lobe | noun: a large lobe of each cerebral hemisphere situated in front
of the occipital lobe. it stores and retrieves memories, understands language, and processes emotions and auditory input.
temporal lobe literary celebrates the richness of nonfiction.
it seeks to publish works from every place on the nonfiction spectrum: poetry, essays, memoirs, interviews, and everything in between. we welcome hybrid creative nonfiction works, and believe the genre has an underappreciated versatility.
memories, sensations, thoughts, and ideas rooted in reality
—yours or not—are wonders. we are excited to read them!
submissions are open year-round !
please submit your work through this google form.
before you submit, please regard the submission guidelines
listed in the google form or on this page.
general guidelines
✦ all work should be submitted through this google form✦ we accept previous published work✦ you may submit to multiple genres✦ your work should be double spaced, 12 point, and in a legible font✦ upload your work to the google form as a word document or PDF✦ we welcome hybrid works. they should follow the same guidelines as prose✦ we accept simultaneous submissions. however, please let us know immediately if you have been accepted elsewhere.
all submissions remain the intellectual property of the author. rights revert to the author upon publication.
guidelines for prose
✦ prose should be less than 18 pages✦ you may submit up to three pieces of poetry✦ we accept ALL forms of nonfiction and creative nonfiction prose, including but not limited to: memoir, essay, interview, biography, and autobiography.
guidelines for poetry
✦ poetry should be less than 100 lines✦ you may submit up to five pieces of prose✦ we accept ALL forms of creative nonfiction poetry
Anouk Shin is a writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. She was a 2024 Adroit Summer Mentorship Program mentee. Her writing has been featured in The Vindex and Bowseat, and has been recognized by the John Locke Essay Competition, the John F. Kennedy Foundation, and National History Day. She is a prose editor for Rewrite The Stars Review. In her free time, she likes romanticizing the day to day and binging Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo is a writer of poetry and nonfiction. His work can be found in The New York Times, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Believer, and The Yale Review, among other venues. He has received fellowships from the National Book Critics Circle, The Fulbright Commission, and la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where he was previously a Profesor de Asignatura (Lecturer). This year, Ricardo is beginning a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California. He is also beginning work on his first book: the incomplete biography of a volcano.
Andi Erickson is a senior at Interlochen Arts Academy, who finds theirself intrigued. Attending boarding school in northern Michigan, they enjoy aesthetically shaped trees and being a creative writing major. They are a Junior Editor at Polyphony Lit. Andi is out or forthcoming in The Interlochen Review and VIBE. They are dipping their toes into hybrid work.
winter volume coming soon!