The Confessionalist Zine

This project is believed to be defunct. (January 2023)

About

Our goal at The Confessionalist is to publish all the questions and secrets that emerge from human thought through carefully curated themes. We create each issue by choosing a poem and taking our favorite line from it. Sometimes we just throw out a line and leave it open to interpretation and other times we ask our submitters to follow the questions posted on our submissions page as a guide for what we want to read and publish. As our name suggests, we are especially inclined towards confessional poetry. We want your 3am poems written in the dark when the rest of the world is on pause. We want poems about survival, poems about a past life you never experienced but might have dreamt about, and poems about a future that feels bleak and distant. We want poems that confess to fear, loss, trauma, insecurities, pain, weakness, indecisiveness, or simply realizing that you were wrong after a heated argument with a loved one. We want poems about the things you can not and do not share with other people when you first meet them.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2019

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 2 x per year

Poetry Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 5 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026