An annual journal published by SUNY Upstate Medical University's Center for Bioethics & Humanities. We welcome fiction, poetry, narratives, memoirs and visual art, particularly but not exclusively focusing on themes of medicine, illness, disability and healing.

The Healing Muse is a journal unique in its approach to illness, medicine, and the body. Composed of narratives, short stories, and poetry, this magazine can help those experiencing illness to understand and reflect on the healing process.

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A targeted resource for short story placements with potential for Pushcart recognition.

Fiction Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

A comprehensive guide to journals that regularly nominate work for the Pushcart Prize.

Literary Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Highlights publications that regularly put forward essays, memoirs, and other creative nonfiction for Pushcart consideration.

Nonfiction Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

Focuses specifically on poetry journals with established histories of Pushcart nominations.

Poetry Magazines That Nominate for the Pushcart Prize

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Visual artists must submit an electronic file at 300 dpi. Most of the artwork published is printed in black and white, so please take this into account when submitting your work. Visual art is not reviewed and accepted until after July 1.For examples of previously published visual art, browse our Artists' Gallery.

Visual Art

For fiction submissions, please type double-spaced, and put word count on the first page (2,500 word max).For examples of previously published fiction pieces, browse our excerpts page.

Fiction

For non-fiction submissions, please type double-spaced, and put word count on the first page (2,500 word max).For examples of previously published non-fiction pieces, browse our excerpts page.

Non-Fiction

The F. Sean Hodge Prize for Poetry in Medicine

F. Sean Hodge, MD, a graduate of SUNY Upstate Medical University who went on to establish a thriving otolaryngology practice, died an untimely death in 2017. A physician who loved the humanities, he read and wrote poetry and played music as complements to a busy physician’s life. In his honor, his family and the Center for Bioethics and Humanities have established this poetry prize, to encourage physicians and physicians-in-training to write poetry as one way of reflecting on and communicating their experiences.

Eligibility Criteria:

You must be one of the following:  

· Current medical student, resident, or fellow

· Physician who has completed post-graduate training

How to enter: 

· Submit through this category (not the general Poetry Vol 24 category)

· Confirm that you meet eligibility criteria (see above)

· Limit of 5 poems/submitter

· Submission deadline: April 15, 2024

Awards: A $250 prize will be given in each of the two categories:

· Current medical students, residents, and fellows

· Physicians who have completed post-graduate training

Submitters to the Hodge Prize will learn of their status May 1, 2024. Winning poems will be published in The Healing Muse, Volume 24 (October 2024).  All poems, whether or not they win a prize, will be considered for publication in The Healing Muse.

Please only submit in this category if you meet the requirements above.  If you are not a physician or physician-in-training, please submit your poem(s) under the general Poetry category.

You must be one of the following:  

· Current medical student, resident, or fellow
· Physician who has completed post-graduate training

Poetry Vol 26- F. Sean Hodge Prize for Poetry in Medicine

Poems do not need to be double-spaced or have a word count. For examples of previously published poetry, browse our excerpts page.Are you a physician, medical student, resident, or fellow?  If you are and would like to be considered for the F. Sean Hodge Prize for Poetry in Medicine, please submit under the separate Poetry Category for this award.

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