CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Final Deadline April 1, 2024

Calling all creative writers, poets, photographers, and artists! Temper, UMass Dartmouth’s literary magazine, is still accepting submissions! Interested in getting published? Here are our categories and guidelines. Categories: Short Stories, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Artwork, Photographs, Plays. Guidelines: 5000-word limit to current UMass Dartmouth students, 1000-word limit for UMass Dartmouth alumni. We are able to accept Read More…

The House Dracula Built- by Gregorie Marshall

The most responsible task of an artist is to remember the journey from boy to man, then to express that journey lyrically or poetically, with a pen or with a brush, and then display it for the world’s partakers to find shelter and peace within it. Such a task calls for the trust of memory. Read More…

Sway- by Leah Freeman

To be                                         Untethered To be momentarily freed from the constant curse of consciousness The burden of                            time continually weighing you down

Cherry Coke- by Brooke L. Meservey

I’ll preface this with this disclaimer, I’ve got an active imagination. I like to go to my friends shows and socialize like anyone, but every time I’m there I see this woman drinking cherry coke. I know that’s what it is because I’ve heard her order it. Perhaps on occasion it was a water with Read More…