Live!
Summer Reading + Bonfire at Bolsa Chica State Beach
Come hear Melissa Flores Anderson, Alannah Guevara, Erica Rivera and more, roast some marshmallows, and maybe take a late night dip in the Pacific!
JAKE at Desert Nights Rising Stars
Panel Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About Starting an Online Magazine but Were Too Afraid to Ask
Panel Description: Join JAKE: The Anti-Literary Literary Magazine staff members Ben Shahon (editor-in-chief) and Inbal Gilboa (managing editor) as they walk you through the early days of starting a fiction magazine both on and offline. Learn about common pitfalls, the tricks of the trade, developing your editorial voice, chapbook development and printing, how to get published in online reviews (eventually), avoiding burnout, and making friends in local literary circles! Hear about the things they did right, the things they did wrong, and the ways in which publishing spheres are changing and why you (yes, you) should start a literary magazine today!
Past Events
JAKE at Conversations and Connections, D.C. (4/13/24)
EIC Ben Shahon and Flash Fiction Editor Trent Brown will be in DC to support Barrelhouse Magazine's Conversations and Connections conference. Come out to get the best practical advice on writing from both indie lit stalwarts like Barrelhouse, TBQ, American Short Fiction and more!
Small Press Night at Village Bookstore, Manhattan! (3/24/24, 5:30-7:00 p.m.)
With readings by EIC Ben Shahon (A Collection for No One to Read), Poetry Editor Laurel Reynolds (Swallowing the Ash), and friends of the mag Lexi Kent-Monning (Burden of Joy) and K. Hank Jost (MadStone)! Come to hear us read, stay to buy some books!
The Big Stream (2/23/24, 7:00 p.m.- 2/24/24, 7:00 p.m.)
Come join JAKE and friends for a 24hr. livestream on YouTube as we raise funds for the first round of chapbooks! Special guests include: Alex Carrigan, Emma Burnett, Elliot Coates, nat raum, Victoria Hood, C.M. Green, Katherine Schmidt, Ellie Anton, Melissa Flores Anderson, Ly Faulk, Willow P. Delp, Aymon Langlois, Aleah Keske, Robyn Schelenz, Elia Karra, L.M. Cole, Damhuri Muhammad, Katherine Schmidt and the JAKE team!
JAKE & HAD in Boston (11/18/2023, 7:00 p.m.)
With readings by Aymon Langlois, Cheryl Pappas, Laurel Reynolds, Barrett Bowlin, and Aaron Burch
Halloween from Thebes (10/27/23)
With readings by Cat Casey, Mason Cashman, C.M. Green, and Ben Shahon. Musical pairing: Jenny from Thebes by The Mountain Goats (2023).
JAKE Presents: Live on the Internet! (5/12/2023)
Readings by: Kit Steitz, Elia Karra, Bethany Browning, Melissa Flores Anderson, Victoria Hood, Kim kjagain Moes, Dave Nash, Scott Mitchel May, and Marie-Louise McGuinness. (Co Hosted by C.M. Green, Laurel Reynolds, and Ben Shahon)
JAKE Presents: Live on the Internet! Pt. 2 (5/13/23)
Readings by: V. Brancazio, Jill McCabe Johnson, nat raum, Lawrence George Jaffe, Caroline Warner, M.R. Mandell, Corey Paige, and Robert Nazar Arjoyan. (Co Hosted by Inbal Gilboa, Laurel Reynolds, and Ben Shahon)