LEVITATE

Our website has been restored, so you can read about our editors, our vision for the magazine, and how to submit your poems, stories and artwork. Our Submittable page has been running throughout–thanks to our early contributors! Join us on Tuesday, October 15 for our open mic, 6:30 pm at the Read/Write Library, 914 N. Continue reading

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Submissions for Issue #4, due out in May 2020, will open on Tuesday, October 8. See our “Submit” page for revised submission guidelines. Help us celebrate at our annual open mic on Tuesday, October 15, at the Read/Write Library (914 N. California, enter on Walton). Doors will open at 6:00 pm and the program will Continue reading

You can find copies of Levitate Issue No. 3 at the following Chicago bookstores: Roscoe Books, 2142 W. Roscoe, https://www.roscoebooks.com/ The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln, https://www.bookcellarinc.com/ Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark, https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/ Volumes Bookcafé, 1474 N. Milwaukee, https://www.volumesbooks.com/ Quimby’s, 1854 W. North, https://www.quimbys.com/ Plus one in Evanston: Bookends and Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Continue reading

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They’re here! Levitate Magazine Issue #3, fresh off the presses and ready for our release party next Tuesday. Join us: 6 pm on May 14 at the Read/Write Library, 914 N. California (in Chicago). Continue reading

At first glance, I knew automatically that this piece needed to be in Levitate. It gave me Frida Kahlo vibes because of the vibrant flower crown and the pose. It just spoke to me. As an artist myself, I could see the beauty in every stroke. The colors especially drew me in. I really enjoyed Continue reading

When going through all these art submissions that we’ve received, this piece especially stood out to me because of how realistic the figure in the piece seemed. From first glance, this painting almost seemed like a picture with an unrealistic background. When inspecting it up close, you can see that it isn’t a picture-perfect portrait Continue reading

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When I first read through “Nice Little Blonde Girl” by Emma McMain, my gut told me this was the one. Drowned in what seemed like a lifetime of submission reading already, I was one of the initial readers on this piece of nonfiction. Among my group, I was known to be one of the harsher Continue reading