Idiolexicon

After some time of silence, Idiolexicon is finally getting on the road. Poets and other types of writers, please check out our submission guidelines, and then send us some stuff.

We have some big ideas for where this site is going to go, including some exciting surprises that will surface over the next few months. But of course, all of this will be shaped by what submissions we love.

Both in style and format, a lot of my inspiration comes from No Slander, Bryan Charles and Greg Purcell's now-defunct online journal. Actually, it's not defunct, but it's not an online journal anymore. It's something else.

Here are some examples of what the noslander.com looked like when it was an online journal:
Trying to Sell Your Magazine by Amy Fusselman
I Can Still Dunk a Regulation Basketball by Jay Reed

In my book, there's really nothing cooler than going to a website and seeing a poem or story sitting there all by itself. It's a level of simplicity that paper journals can't possibly have. So at least for now, that's what Idiolexicon will look like.

Other online journals that we'll be drawing a lot of editorial inspiration from include DIAGRAM, No-Tell Motel, and Shampoo. But we're also trying for something totally different, something you'll be amazed by. Believe me.