CALYX

The winter/spring 2026 issue of CALYX Journal, Volume 35, No. 3, features the winner of the 25th Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize and new works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as visual art.

A special anniversary edition, this expanded issue celebrates CALYX's 50th birthday with interviews of longstanding members of the organization. 

Cover art is Red by Deeanna Galla. Includes work by Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Bahar Davoudi, Susan Eisenberg, Leila Farjami, RK Fauth, Mila Holt, Sibyl James, Susan Kress, Elizabeth McLagan, Karen McPherson, Amy Miller, J. O'Nym, Shelby Pinkham, Diane Raptosh, Stella Reed, Kim Cope Tait, Rita Tiwari, Sharon J. Tracey, Ingrid Wendt, Erika Wright, Joey Garcia, Anaïs Godard, Julie M. Goldberg, Nicole Janz, Jessi Lewis, Meghan McCausland, Mary Ann McGuigan, Stacy Ooi, Daria E. Topousis, Terry Wolverton, a.d., Deeanna Galla, Betty LaDuke, Virginia Mallon, Kimberly Ann Priest, Lisa Sheets, Holly Willis, Ellen June Wright, Jane Zich.

Founded in 1976, CALYX is a feminist publishing collective devoted to providing a platform for intersectional and underrepresented voices. For fifty years CALYX Press has been committed to discovering and promoting the work of emerging and established women and nonbinary writers and artists across the world. A partial list of important creators first published in CALYX or published by CALYX early in their careers includes Ursula K. Le Guin, Julia Alvarez, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Olga Broumas, Betty LaDuke, Chitra Divakaruni, Ellen Bass, Molly Gloss, Sharon Olds, Jane Hirshfield, Barbara Kingsolver, and Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska. CALYX was the first to publish the artwork of Frida Kahlo in color in the US and was the recipient of the Oregon Governor's Arts Award. www.calyxpress.org