Jackie Hoysted was born in Dublin, Ireland and has settled in Gaithersburg, Maryland after many years of living and working in the UK, France, Ireland and Florida. Her most recent juried solo shows include Afternoons — Where Drawing Meets Painting, at both the Delaplaine Visuals Arts Education Center in Frederick and the Fisher Gallery, Schlesinger Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, among others. Read more at www.jackiehoysted.com.
Cover: Variations | JACKIE HOYSTED
Cover: Openings | RICHARD KOSTELYNETZ
“The most exciting and adventurous and gutsiest new magazine I’ve seen in years.” Stephen Dixon“Refreshing… edgy… classic… compelling.” Flavorwire“Progressive….” NewPages“Eye-grabbing… fun… bold… inviting… exemplary.” SabotageListed among Wigleaf’s Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions 2012“Eclectic selection of work from both emerging and established writers….” The Washington Post“Literary Burroughs D.C…. the journal cleverly takes its name from the The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald….” Ploughshares
Proud member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity. —William S. Burroughs
The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review is an online and print literary and arts journal. We take our title from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and include the full archives of our predecessor Moon Milk Review. Our aesthetic is eclectic, literary mainstream to experimental. We appreciate fusion forms including magical realist, surrealist, meta- realist and realist works with an offbeat spin. We value character-focused storytelling and language and welcome both edge and mainstream with punch aesthetics. We like humor that explores the gritty realities of world and human experiences. Our issues include original content from both emerging and established writers, poets, artists and comedians such as authors, Rick Moody, Cris Mazza, Steve Almond, Stephen Dixon, poets, Moira Egan and David Wagoner and actor/comedian, Zach Galifianakis.
Currently, Eckleburg runs online, daily content of original fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translations, and more with featured artwork–visual and intermedia–from our Gallery. We run annual print issues, the Rue de Fleurus Salon & Reading Series (DC, Baltimore and New York), as well as, the annual Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction, first prize $1000 and print publication, guest-judged by award-winning authors such as Rick Moody and Cris Mazza.
We have collaborated with a number of talented and high profile literary, art and intermedia organizations in DC, Baltimore and New York including The Poetry Society of New York, KGB Bar, Brazenhead Books, New World Writing (formerly Mississippi Review Online), The Hopkins Review, Boulevard, Gargoyle Magazine, Entasis Press, Barrelhouse, Hobart, 826DC, DC Lit and Iowa’s Mission Creek Festival at AWP 2013, Boston, for a night of raw comedic lit and music. We like to promote smaller indie presses, galleries, musicians and filmmakers alongside globally recognized organizations, as well as, our local, national and international contributors.
Rarely will readers/viewers find a themed issue at Eckleburg, but rather a mix of eclectic works. It is Eckleburg’s intention to represent writers, artists, musicians, and comedians as a contemporary and noninvasive collective, each work evidence of its own artistry, not as a reflection of an editor’s vision of what an issue “should” be. Outside of kismet and special issues, Eckleburg will read and accept unsolicited submissions based upon individual merit, not theme cohesiveness. It is our intention to create an experience in which readers and viewers can think artistically, intellectually, socially, and independently. We welcome brave, honest voices. To submit, please read our guidelines.
Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil, but I perceived, after a moment, that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away. – The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
With your Annual Subscription, you’ll receive our annual print issue, weekly digital original content — fiction, poetry, nonfiction, more — and full access to our online writing workshops.
“Refreshing… edgy… classic… compelling.” Flavorwire — “Progressive….” NewPages — “Eye-grabbing… fun… bold… inviting… exemplary.” Sabotage — Listed among Wigleaf’s Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions — “Eclectic selection of work from both emerging and established writers….” The Washington Post — “Literary Burroughs D.C…. the journal cleverly takes its name from the The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald….” Ploughshares
COVER
Le Baiser du lait D’oubli | CENDRINE ROVINI
FICTION
Wild Things | ANITA FELICELLI
Franz Kafka Award in Magic Realism
1st Place | Dream State, MARK JACOBS
2nd Place | Empty Spaces, STEPHANIE FRAZEE
3rd Place | Mothers | CARMEN MACHADO
POETRY
7 Poems | KRISTINA MARIE DARLING
NONFICTION
Diss Leave | LYNDEE YAMSHON
GALLERY
Anima Mundi | CENDRINE ROVINI
Mother May I? | RAE BRYANT
Support our Adopt a Writer Program and donate 60% of your donation to this contributor. When a reader submits a donation on a contributor’s page, 60% of the donation will be forwarded to the contributor’s PayPal account.
The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review is a print and digital literary journal. We offer an annual subscription and monthly subscription for our print and online original fiction, poetry and nonfiction, as well as our Gallery—visual artwork and intermedia—and Groove Mix including original music by The Size Queens. Our archives include emerging and established writers, poets, artists, musicians and comedians such as Rick Moody, Cris Mazza, Eurydice, Steve Almond, Stephen Dixon, Moira Egan, David Wagoner, Zach Galifianakis and many more. We run annual print issues, the Rue de Fleurus Salon & Reading Series (DC, Baltimore and New York), as well as, the annual Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction with a first prize of $1000 and print publication.
