DIS/JOINT
a mini-mag for hybrids
DIS/JOINT is a mini-mag for hybrids, such as haibun, that focus on current sociopolitical events and topics. Published once a year, we aim to focus on themes from the calendar year for which you are submitting.
Editorial Staff:
Colleen M. Farrelly
Rowan Beckett Minor
Submission Period: December 1-31
Theme for Issue 1: Human rights topics from 2026. For example: anti-ICE/pro-immigration, transgender rights, reproductive rights, disability equality.
Who Can Submit: Anyone who writes from a place of authenticity. We seek both work from first-hand experiences and witness-based poems. Although DIS/JOINT is an extension of #FemkuMag, submissions are open to everyone, regardless of gender.
Submit 1-3 hybrids to <disjointminimag@gmail.com>
Accepted forms: haibun, tanka prose, cheribun, braided haibun, tan-renga-bun, burning haibun, any hybrid that contains a Japanese short form poem, etc. Both traditional and experimental forms will be considered, although we do lean towards innovation.
Examples of haibun we like:
On a Tear by Lew Watts, Rattle #85, Fall 2024
Category 5 by Kat Lehmann, Rattle #87, Spring 2025
hungry little girl by Peg Cherrin Myers, whiptail #13
A Hamster Wheel Spins at the Funeral by Roberta Beary, Contemporary Haibun Online, 19.1
Proof by Sophia Conway, confluence #18
Resources for writing:
The Heart of Haibun by Roberta Beary
What We Won't Accept: Work that is racist, sexist, or prejudice against any group of people, AI generated and AI assisted poetry, and/or previously published poems, including those which have appeared on websites, blogs, and/or social media.
Payment: DIS/JOINT is run by a team of volunteers and is a no-fee, no-pay venue.
Disclaimers and Rights: By submitting, the author agrees that the work submitted is their own original work and has not been plagiarized or previously made public by means of publication, websites, blogs, and/or social media. Should poem(s) be accepted, the author also agrees to refrain from sharing the poem(s) accepted by DIS/JOINT until the release of the issue your poem(s) are published in. DIS/JOINT releases rights back to the author upon publication, but asks that DIS/JOINT is credited as the first publication source, should your poem(s) be republished. DIS/JOINT also reserves the right to reprint your poem(s) in an end-of-the-year anthology, as well as use your poem(s) for promotion on social media platforms.
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Rowan Beckett Minor and Colleen M. Farrelly
Email: <disjointminimag@gmail.com>
