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There’s No Way Anyone’s Coming

By Aubrey Cowley That was the general sentiment amongst me and my friends as we drove through flooded streets to our February 26th reading. Water glazed the windshield and splashed alongside the car as we carefully

January Reading Recap

By Aubrey Cowley The end of January always seems to be a difficult time for me. It’s the end of the beginning, if you’ll excuse the melodramatic phrasing. It’s still early in the year, but at

The Spaces We Create

by Alexis Mercedes Spaces; the places we create to make art; curated words printed and bound in a book; our desire to feel art, whether it be of personal demons expelled or vulnerabilities shown; our desire to

Why Write-a-thon Matters

by Tamara  Coleman Since I first heard of Glass Mountain, I knew about Write-A-Thon. Through my fiction editor and my friends in the upper staff, Write-A-Thon was always there, but no one attended. As the

In with the New

by Kathy Hill On Tuesday, September 18, the day of the pizza debacle, the day co-managing editor Austin Svedjan got into my car and said, “Are you listening to The Office?” I came into the

Out with the Old

by Kim Coy When I began working on Glass Mountain in 2016, I didn’t know I would spend the next two years—it’s only been two years?—working on a magazine that would shape the person I’ve

Glass Mountain Turns 20!

  Twitter | Facebook | Instagram   Glass Mountain is excited to bring you Volume 20 for our spring release! Our advisers and editors have been hard at work to ensure an amazing assortment of

And the winners are…

Glass Mountain fans, readers, and artists, It’s been a while since we last saw each other! A lot has happened since the last blog post—a few readings, new staff additions, and the opening (and conclusion!)

Fall Reading Series: The Halloween Event

Join Glass Mountain for our Halloween reading! @ Bohemio’s back patio! 708 Telephone Rd Ste E, Houston, Texas 77023 Doors at 6:30PM, reading starts promptly at 7PM! Come listen to our featured readers Conor Bracken,

Fall Reading Recap

Thanks to all that joined us for our Fall Reading! Our featured readers Erika Jo Brown, LeeAnne Carlson, and Quentin Key-Tello shared some amazing work with us which was then followed by the open mic

2017 Poetry & Prose Contest Winners!

To all Glass Mountain readers and friends, the 2017 Poetry and Prose Contest has come to an end. Our esteemed judges have declared winners, although one category has an unprecedented TWO winners this time around.

A New Year with New Beginnings…

To all Glass Mountain fans, readers and artists: happy 2017 and thank you for sticking around for what promises to be another amazing semester! We’re celebrating ten years of Glass Mountain with the 10th anniversary

Poetry and Prose Contest!

Our Poetry and Prose Contest is underway! There are three categories: fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and each category’s winner will be awarded $100 as well as FREE registration to the 2017 Boldface Conference for Emerging

Volume 17 Launch Party!

As you read this post, the printers are putting their final touches on Volume 17 of Glass Mountain. After a semester of hard work, we are finally ready to celebrate with a huge launch party

Write-A-Thon 2016

Write-A-Thon is almost here! If you’re a huge fan of Glass Mountain, you might already know what Write-a-thon is, but for any new people out there: Write-A-Thon is the fundraising event we hold every year

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