Thank you for your contributions to Issue 2 and all of your support! Submissions are now closed until further notice.

It’s been good to hear from new and familiar voices! I’m thoughtfully humbled by the support, encouragement, and feedback the litmag has received since its debut! Submissions of literature and art are being reviewed this month, and the artists and authors selected to contribute to Issue 2 will receive responses in the weeks to follow. Further announcements will be published on the website and on social media as we near its release.

Do you have an idea or project that you’d like to work on with the magazine? Are you interested in fulfilling an internship with us this year for your degree? If you answered “yes” to at least one of these questions, please fill out this form.

Our first issue, “Hope in the World,” is still available to purchase online with all proceeds benefitting the literary nonprofit that publishes the magazine and fundraises for prizes in literature and art. As a gift to the community and our growing readership, free prints have been and will continue to be found in several places in the Lehigh Valley over the next six weeks, including at the Slatington Library.

Thank you to everyone who has made Lehigh Valley Literary Magazine possible!

Melissa DiMaiella

Melissa is the Founder and Editor of Lehigh Valley Literary Magazine. As a writer and artist who calls the Lehigh Valley her home, she established the magazine to create publishing and prize-winning opportunities for literature and art in her community. She has worked in education, administration, and marketing and has earned her M.A. in international education at New York University and a B.A. in English and studio art from Muhlenberg College in Allentown after studying abroad in Europe. She believes that the arts are intrinsic to culture, lead to better understanding and higher achievement in all fields, and are essential for thriving in our world. She is a faithful mom and friend, likes music, traveling, and going for walks, is an avid reader, and appreciates anyone who will challenge her to a game of chess.

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