Resurgo Magazine

A journal of survival

featuring the boldest voices in poetry & prose and the rejection letters that couldn't break them.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Resurgo Readers,

We are excited to announce that our magazine has decided to defer its next issue in order to expand our coverage of all-things salvaged.

That being said, we are now accepting submissions of audio (MP3), video (MP4), and print poetry and prose, as well as art (.JPEG and .TIF files only, please) in order to bring the Resurgo experience into the new media age and make your reading experience as interactive as possible.

Our submissions page will reflect this change within the next few days, but feel free to start sending work our way in the meantime.

We’re also in the process of expanding our editorial staff to include a diverse & eclectic pool of creative writers, journalists, critics, scientists & theorists, alike, to bring new perspective to our selection process and bring you the most dynamic publication possible.

The deadline for our first multimedia issue is Sunday, August 15th at 11:59 PM, CST.

The expected publication date will be announced as soon as we are finished selected writers and artists for the issue.

Good luck & happy submitting!

Issue 2: William James [Poetry]

Issue 2: William James [Poetry]

Dear Brody-

We really loved reading your submission and felt your poems were full of many lyrically inventive & emotionally compelling moments. Ultimately, however, we found it hard to isolate one poem we felt worked strongly enough as a whole, so we’ll have to pass on this submission. Apologies for this - we’d love though if you’d submit to us again after our next issue goes up! We found your work super exciting & we’d love to see more in the future.

Drew Krewer & Maureen McHugh, Editors
The Destroyer

Rejection Letter for Poetry by Resurgo’s own Brody Wood. 

Issue 2: Brody Wood [Poetry]

Issue 2: Brody Wood [Poetry]

And then, there was Press.

1 year ago

Resurgo Magazine brings poems back to life.

Benedicto Figueroa, Poet Laureate of Union City

Resurgo’s own Tom Bair is a finalist in the 2012 Write Bloody Publishing Manuscript Contest.  However, in order to take home the proverbial gold, his video for “Not Resolving the Solstices” needs your votes!

To support him as a contender for one of these ever-coveted book deals, check out this video & “like” it on YouTube.  Voting only takes a second & it could literally change somebody’s life.

Oh, and if you feel like being an utterly incredible human being, you could always reblog & pass it on.

Do the right thing.

-The Resurgo Staff


Tom Bair [Poetry]

Tom Bair [Poetry]

Alessandra Bava [Poetry]

Alessandra Bava [Poetry]

David Spicer [Poetry]

David Spicer [Poetry]

Matthew Richards [Poetry]

Matthew Richards [Poetry]

Matthew Dexter [Fiction]

Matthew Dexter [Fiction]

Peter Peteet [Poetry]

Peter Peteet [Poetry]

Hi Nick,

I’ve had another read of your story and I’m having some reservations about publishing. I guess my emotions are getting the better of me. I know that the kid comes out of it fine and there’s payback BUT I also know that there are a few “god fearing do-gooders” who read the magazine and I don’t really want to get into a shitstorm of a debate in the comments section and have to pull a story I published. I know this has happened with a couple of editing buddies and I just don’t want the hassle.

I hope you don’t mind but I’m going to pull away from publishing it. Apologies for leaving it a while to let you know but it has played on my mind for this long. Sorry, my friend.

If you have any other stories, please feel free to send them my way.

Best,
David.

Rejection Letter for “A Staple Diet,” via Nathaniel Tower