Rumpus Events
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The Rumpus needs a REDESIGN
Today, we’re launching this $10K crowdfunding campaign to redesign the magazine’s website. We’ve been running on the same WordPress template since the site launched 14 years ago, which makes it like 1,400 in internet-years.
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Call for Submissions: Parallel Practice
New Column Alert <3 Parallel Practice, a new monthly column at The Rumpus, is edited by our very own Anna Held, whom you may remember from our Mental Health Awareness Month last year.
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June Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Our next Letters in the Mail come from authors Paul Ceballos and James Allen Hall
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May Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Our next Letter in the Mail comes from author Anne Elizabeth Moore.
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April Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Our next Letter in the Mail comes from author Henriette Lazaridis, who writes to us about embracing slowness amidst hustle culture.
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March Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
embracing ambivalence, returning to one’s hometown and the musings it inspires during a time of collective dread, a canine writing team, and the power of imagination
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February Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Twice a month, The Rumpus brings your favorite writers directly to your IRL mailbox via our Letters in the Mail programs.
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January Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
For decades my writing was just for me. Then in the nineties, I discovered communities of queer South Asian artists and activists, radical BIPOC writers. . . . This is when I realized being a writer could be a lifestyle…
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We Need 600 Members by Dec. 31
Today we’re asking you to show your support for The Rumpus by becoming a Member or gifting a Membership to a favorite writer in your life.
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December Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Twice a month, The Rumpus brings your favorite writers directly to your IRL mailbox via our Letters in the Mail programs.
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Call for Submissions: November ’23 Adoptee Awareness Month
We’re accepting essays by adoptees from 11/1 through 12/31. Curated by Lauren J. Sharkey, publication in November 2023.
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November Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
I’m not exaggerating when I say that receiving a letter in the mail when you’re a teenager in lockup feels like a small miracle, every single time . . .