Copytext Magazine

Weekly poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction alongside their drafts, plus contributor interviews, essays on process, archival research, & more — all to help you embrace your deeply human artistic practice.

Launched 8 months ago

From “When you get here, turn the light around to shine back” by Lindsay Stuart Hill

When I told you I loved you for the first time, your name was missing, and would be forever. That was the purest fracture.

Jun 18

Welcome to Copytext: A Magazine for Revision!

A home for reveling in revision, play, and process here on Substack

Oct 25, 2025

Out Now! Issue One of Copytext Magazine

Thirteen writers and artists take us on every kind of revision journey, inviting us to witness their final pieces alongside an Early and a Middle draft.

Dec 19, 2025

In Conversation with Lindsay Stuart Hill

The poet on curating a debut collection and centering joy in revision in our first contributor interview

May 14

Two Weeks Left to Submit!

Submissions for Copytext Issue Two close April 30th!

Apr 16

Consider the winter oranges by Lesley Sharpe

a whole winter and I’m still missing you / still shaking snow from my boots / buying herbs and winter roots / holding an orange in my palm

Apr 14

Spectrum by Robbie Gamble

I sang in the choir, robed and surpliced until my voice broke, and God lent me to wander.

Apr 9

Old World: a short film by Brooks K. Eisenbise

I drop to my knees and lick the light and I am alive.

Apr 7

Untamed by Lisa Cox

One day, I pulled it out to see if it sparked any new ideas. And the most simple change sparked for me: I rotated it 90 degrees.

Apr 2

Reading Between the Lines by Neha M. Sampat

[I ask my parents why they left, but they share only why they came. They press a thick volume to my chest and stack their palms against my lips [...] (https://copytextmagazine.substack.com/p/reading-between-the-lines-by-neha)

Mar 30

Excerpt from “An Accurate Record” by Eric Roe

A strange calm came over him. He listened to a studio audience clap in sympathy as a man on television wept, and he realized there was a reason he did…

Mar 11

In Praise of Process: Writing and Revising the Poetic Line

On pushing the limits of language through the line break in poetry, plus revision prompts and poems

Mar 9

Our Values Re: Artificial Intelligence

A mini-manifesto on why we love you for being a human.

Mar 6

We've Blocked AI Crawlers and Added User Limitations to Our Website

A very digital update, in regard to the state of existing on the internet these days.