GHOST
HARMONICS
Exploring the spectral resonance of contemporary poetics, Ghost Harmonics is a multimedia reading series and literary magazine
NEXT EVENT
January 9th Special Collaboration with Community Stage
A special collaboration with the Community Stage open mic! Music by The Green Wheel aka Baylor Odabashian, and poetry by Francesca Kritikos and Juliet Geldman-Randazzo
MAGAZINE
SUBMIT
DEADLINE: Submissions close Feb 28th.
Send your work to: ghostharmonicssubmissions@gmail.com
Please put 'Submission' in the header alongside the genre. We accept poetry, fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, sound, film, or art. Cover letters are fully optional, though say hey if you want and do include a bio.
We're looking for 3-5 poems or 10 pages or rough equivalent in other art forms. Just a guideline, no strict limits but if it is longer than that it may affect how we read the submission.
We aim to respond quickly and so may overuse stamp messaging. We offer no payment currently but we'll work on figuring that out and once we do will backpay everyone the going rate. We nominate for awards.
We want art that takes risks and value underrepresented voices. Send something that's fucking awesome. Bigotry, racism, and fascism not tolerated.
We may do very small print runs. All rights stay with the author always, though a nod in a collection is nice.
* Note: The reading series and the magazine are distinct entities. Although there will be release readings, being in the magazine does not impact the reading lineup and vice versa. Having read at the series definitely means we love your work but that doesn't mean what you send will fit well with an upcoming issue.
ABOUT
Ghost Harmonics operates at the intersection of presence and absence, a multimedia reading series and literary magazine operating out of Philadelphia.
We are interested in resonance at the liminal edges of contemporary poetics, art, sound, and performance. We are dedicated to supporting the amazing Philly community with a reading series fostering experimentation, cross-genre collaboration, and harboring a space for resistance of all kinds.
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MIKE BAGWELL
EDITOR_HOST
Mike Bagwell is a poet, software engineer, visual artist, and translator. He received an MFA from Sarah Lawrence, and his work appears in Poetry Northwest, Action Spectacle, The Texas Review, ITERANT, Afternoon Visitor, Annulet, and others. Recent chapbooks include Poem of Thanks: A Court of Wands (Metatron 2025) and micros from Ghost City and Rinky Dink. Find him at @low_gh0st, mikebagwell.me, or playing dragons with his daughters.