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Here at Assignment Literary Magazine we believe in the joy of creating and sharing art. Our editorial team is passionate about curating a platform that both celebrates and elevates literature and the diverse individuals who produce it. We are looking for literature that pushes the boundaries of excellence. We want work that makes you pull over the car because you have to get it out of you so quickly. The art that throbs in your chest and flashes across your vision like a daydream. We want work that hypnotizes us and floats back through our minds while we’re folding laundry. Send us something that will change our minds, force our perspectives, or expand our vision. Send us something beautiful. Send us something ugly. Send us something raw. Send us something we can eat. Send us your best.
Editors
Sarah Tenney
Sarah Tenney is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University. She previously received her Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and English from SNHU and is a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society. She writes primarily adult science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction, but has written and edited numerous children’s books, including a children’s book about an Olympic bronze medalist which was featured on the front page of the Chicago Tribune, and Mira’s Nutracker Dream which is featured and distributed by the Washington Ballet. Sarah has a passion for storytelling and literacy. She has edited over 100 children’s titles used for literacy education and is excited to curate for Assignment Magazine.
Allan Rounds
Allan has Associates degrees in Networking and Security & Forensics, a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from SNHU, and is currently a resident in the Mountainview MFA program. He’s been writing for over thirty years, and has previously spent fifteen of them writing, editing, and updating technical documents for various cybersecurity firms and healthcare organizations. Under his pseudonym, Alexx T. Holden, he writes speculative fiction focusing on humanistic and environmental issues, as well as the effects of complex power dynamics on the oppressed. He lives in Texas, has been an active member of the Author’s Guild since 2023, and aspires to retire to the quiet solitude of goat farming.