mercury firs

is *intraterrestrial, not extraterrestrial—

is a journal of poetry, text, and whatevfir else— with a special interest in translation, hybrid and collaborative texts, & innovative/novel/exploratory work engaging dirt/flora/trash/fungus/non-human entanglements, dream planes, etc.,. to expand the thinkable… inside the outside…

edited by Ian U Lockaby—

*is maybe both, but was always here—

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Regular submissions will be open Dec 16th - Jan 6th, 2025.

*submissions will be considered for publication in either issue 6 (winter 2025) or issue 7 (summer 2025).

TRANSLATIONS submissions are always invited.

if yr a previous contributor, please hold off on submitting again, for noww…

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Submissions can be emailed to: mercuryfirs@gmail.com.

Please include SUBMISSION in the subject line.

Send ~3-8 pages of poetry/text, and a brief cover letter/bio.

If sending translations, please note that you have received permission to translate/publish the work.