Write or Die Magazine is an inclusive online publication showcasing contemporary works by both emerging and established writers. 

Write or Die Magazine is an online publication committed to showcasing contemporary works from both emerging and established writers. We are a vibrant, inclusive community dedicated to supporting and uplifting diverse voices in the literary world. We believe fostering a strong, interconnected community is key to helping writers grow, learn, and inspire one another. Our workshops and magazine offerings focus on breaking traditional boundaries, offering writers a place to experiment, heal, and explore bold new directions in their craft.  


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Ashleah Gonzales

Ashleah Gonzales is an American writer living in Paris. She is also the author of Fake Piñata (Rose Books) 


What she is looking for:

“I’m interested in exploring a relationship where two people love each other, but not in the way they think they do. Their connection is shaped by misinterpretations, half-truths, and carefully curated omissions—love that remains elusive, never fully understood by either person, despite its depth. Perhaps the tension lies in how each sees the other through their own lens of assumptions, fears, or desires, making the truth of their love always distorted and just out of reach.

I’d love to explore the weight of assumptions, the paradox of closeness, and the complexity of a love that is deeply felt but never fully realized. The unspoken distance between them, the gaps that define their connection, and the emotions they leave unnamed.” 



 February Issue: Elliptical Love — Creative Nonfiction

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Here is what our guest editor, Amy Lin, is looking for...

“There are moments when reality reveals itself as something other than what we thought. I am seeking work that explores these coming-of-age thresholds—points of reckoning, revelation, or surrender, where something is irrevocably reshaped. Quiet or cataclysmic, chosen or forced, what unites them is the impossibility of return.

I invite work that lingers in these crossings, including but not limited to: the borderlands of multiraciality, the labor of assimilation, the work of grief, the rupture of faith. Whatever the moment, I am in pursuit of work that considers its texture, composition, and weight—the instant of recognition, the erosion of certainty, the moment reality redraws itself entirely. How did you get there? What is only visible in hindsight? Where has it taken you? And what does it mean?”

Threshold Reckoning 

Shyla Ann Shehan is an analytical Virgo from the US Midwest. She has an MFA from the University of Nebraska where she was awarded an Academy of American Poets Prize. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Pinch, New York Quarterly, Nelle, Door is a Jar Magazine, Midwest Quarterly, Drunk Monkeys, Plainsongs, and elsewhere, and she was nominated for a Pushcart in 2022. Shyla is the curator of The Good Life Review and lives in Omaha with her partner, children, and three cats. ❀ For more, please visit shylashehan.com. 

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Shyla Ann Shehan (she/her) is an analytical Virgo from the US Midwest. She received an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska and is curator of The Good Life Review. She lives in Omaha with her partner, children, and three cats. ❀ For more, please visit shylashehan.com.

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Anam Tariq writes from India. She holds an MA in English and is the author of the poetry collection A Leaf upon a Book (Leadstart, 2022). She currently runs The Wordsridge Newsletter on Substack and writes for The Incognito Press and others. Her words exist in The Punch Magazine, nether Quarterly, coalitionworks, Lucky Jefferson, Write or Die, and elsewhere. Other than writing, Anam can be found devouring books or learning Arabic. Visit her at www.anamtariq.in or @anam.tariq_ (IG).

Biography

Auzin is a writer from the Pacific Northwest. With over two dozen publications in print and online, she has also published two chapbooks, and was nominated for a Pushcart Best of the Net Prize in 2022. She worked previously as an editor at Hecate Magazine, Wrong Publishing, the Jupiter Review, and Longleaf Review. Auzin was awarded an Outpost Foundation residency in 2023. More of her work can be found at byauzin.com.

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Auzin is a writer from the Pacific Northwest. With over two dozen publications, she has also published two chapbooks, and was nominated for a Pushcart Best of the Net Prize in 2022. Auzin was awarded an Outpost Foundation residency in 2023. More of her work can be found at byauzin.com.

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Dear editors,

Thank you for considering this piece for publication at Five on the Fifth. This is a simultaneous submission and if accepted, I publish work under my first name only. The word count of this piece is 860.

Bio: Auzin is a writer from the Pacific Northwest. With over two dozen publications, she has also published two chapbooks, and was nominated for a Pushcart Best of the Net Prize in 2022. Auzin was awarded an Outpost Foundation residency in 2023. More of her work can be found at byauzin.com.

Warm regards,
Auzin Ahmadi (she/her)

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Emily Myles is a writer from Los Angeles. Their work has appeared in Split Lip, Peatsmoke, Fatal Flaw and has been nominated for Best of the Net and the PEN/Dau award. They reside in Portland, OR and are at work on a collection of short fiction.

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