I found a place to share my voice - join me!
Writing is the most satisfying thing I do. Editing the writing of others is a very close second. For five years, now, I have been privileged to be a contributing editor to Fine Lines, a literary journal for writers of all ages and all nationalities, founded by David Martin.
Fine Lines began in 1991, with a teacher’s inspiration to offer the healing power of creative writing to failing students’ desperate for a voice for their fears and hopes. David Martin, an English teacher in Omaha’s Central High School, helped students find their voices. “That first magazine was an eye-opener for me,” David Martin said. “Providing a place where writers could see their work in print; well, it just makes prose and poetry important, meaningful, and real. Providing that venue to teens and adults can be strong medicine.”
Based in Omaha, Fine Lines, began its 26th year of publication in January 2017. The journal started as a four-page, stapled-in-the-corner issue featuring the written works of students. Today, Fines Lines is published four times a year in book form. Each issue features 200 pages or more of writing by people of all ages. The journal is now offered electronically and in on-demand print editions. Fine Lines, has contributors and members from across the nation and around the world. Manuscripts have come from Europe, Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier on patrol in the Pacific Ocean.
Writers of all ages, interests, and abilities have kept the publication fresh and interesting. The youngest poet published (so far) was an eight-year-old third grader. A 94-year-old great-grandmother had several pieces published to make her the oldest contributor. Teachers, truck drivers, doctors, lawyers, students, janitors, ministers, nurses, and more have all moonlighted as writers for Fine Lines.
For me, finding my voice in Fine Lines was a blessing and a challenge. Not only are my stories read by strangers around the world, but my co-editors, my friends, are the most supportive, nurturing group of artists. Writing for them, and learning from them, inspires me to reach for my best writing in every piece.
On the journal’s website, finelines.org, writers find so much to motivate them. “Monday With Martin“, the blog, tips for writers and more are there for the plucking (or should I say clicking). Fine Lines even provides a week-long summer camp for writers young and otherwise. Every June for the last 15 years, David Martin, his writers, editors, supporters and friends, gather for five mornings of exploration of the writing craft and inspiration from other art forms. Details are available on the website.
Want to contribute? Fine Lines welcomes articles on all topics of interest to our readers and reflective writing about interesting life experiences. We accept all approaches and styles, even graphic work - drawings and photographs. The editors reserve the right to reject submissions that use profanity, abusive violence in all forms, alcohol, and drugs. Our journal is used in classrooms from fourth grade through graduate school.
For more information on Fine Lines, including how to subscribe and how to submit works for consideration, go online to www.finelines.org. For more motivation, see David Martin's book, Facing the Blank Page.
Facing The Blank Page
Fine Lines began in 1991, with a teacher’s inspiration to offer the healing power of creative writing to failing students’ desperate for a voice for their fears and hopes. David Martin, an English teacher in Omaha’s Central High School, helped students find their voices. “That first magazine was an eye-opener for me,” David Martin said. “Providing a place where writers could see their work in print; well, it just makes prose and poetry important, meaningful, and real. Providing that venue to teens and adults can be strong medicine.”
Based in Omaha, Fine Lines, began its 26th year of publication in January 2017. The journal started as a four-page, stapled-in-the-corner issue featuring the written works of students. Today, Fines Lines is published four times a year in book form. Each issue features 200 pages or more of writing by people of all ages. The journal is now offered electronically and in on-demand print editions. Fine Lines, has contributors and members from across the nation and around the world. Manuscripts have come from Europe, Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier on patrol in the Pacific Ocean.
Writers of all ages, interests, and abilities have kept the publication fresh and interesting. The youngest poet published (so far) was an eight-year-old third grader. A 94-year-old great-grandmother had several pieces published to make her the oldest contributor. Teachers, truck drivers, doctors, lawyers, students, janitors, ministers, nurses, and more have all moonlighted as writers for Fine Lines.
For me, finding my voice in Fine Lines was a blessing and a challenge. Not only are my stories read by strangers around the world, but my co-editors, my friends, are the most supportive, nurturing group of artists. Writing for them, and learning from them, inspires me to reach for my best writing in every piece.
On the journal’s website, finelines.org, writers find so much to motivate them. “Monday With Martin“, the blog, tips for writers and more are there for the plucking (or should I say clicking). Fine Lines even provides a week-long summer camp for writers young and otherwise. Every June for the last 15 years, David Martin, his writers, editors, supporters and friends, gather for five mornings of exploration of the writing craft and inspiration from other art forms. Details are available on the website.
Want to contribute? Fine Lines welcomes articles on all topics of interest to our readers and reflective writing about interesting life experiences. We accept all approaches and styles, even graphic work - drawings and photographs. The editors reserve the right to reject submissions that use profanity, abusive violence in all forms, alcohol, and drugs. Our journal is used in classrooms from fourth grade through graduate school.
For more information on Fine Lines, including how to subscribe and how to submit works for consideration, go online to www.finelines.org. For more motivation, see David Martin's book, Facing the Blank Page.
Facing The Blank Page
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