About
Creation Magazine is a Tampa-based literary and arts magazine. We have three reading periods and publish three seasonal issues: Winter, Spring, and Summer. During our Spring Issue, we publish prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and literary criticism that concentrates on perspectives of women’s celebrations, struggles, rage, disdain, and anything in between. We accept anything with underlying or overlaying tones of feminism, including but not limited to fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, art, photography, interviews, and book reviews. Summer and Winter publications are our themed issues. Although this magazine has a focus on women’s perspectives during our Spring Issue, everyone is encouraged to submit.
While we are unable to offer monetary compensation to our contributors at this time, each contributor will receive a complimentary digital copy of the issue in which their work appears. This ensures that our contributors can share in the celebration of their published work and the collective voices within the magazine. Please see our reading periods below.
Reading Periods
Spring Issue: January 26th-April 25th
Summer Issue: June 30th-August 5th
Winter Issue: September 25th-December 1st
Contact us at submit@creationmag.org
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The Editors:
Alexandra Francese, Editor in Chief
Alexandra Francese is from a small town in upstate New York. She has obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with a concentration in English from the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she now resides while writing fiction and poetry. You can find her work in the literary journals Yalobusha Review, Bar Bar Magazine, Quibble Literature and more. In her free time she enjoys painting and playing with her two cats, Kitty and Jo.
Sarah Belli, Editor
Sarah Belli is a poet and artist from Sarasota, FL. She is currently a senior at the University of South Florida double-majoring in English, with a concentration in Creative Writing, and Economics. Her poetry has been published in multiple literary magazines including Thread and the Sucarnoochee Review. She enjoys reading pieces that evoke a greater understanding of existence and challenge natural conceptions of life and death.
Matt Anastasi, Editor
Matt Anastasi is a high school English teacher who resides in New York’s Hudson Valley. Matt holds a Bachelor’s degree in English with dual concentrations in secondary education and special education with a minor in psychology from Mount Saint Mary College. He additionally holds a Master’s degree from Columbia’s Teachers College specializing in 21st century English education. Matt has been published by the NCTE for his classroom work on bringing Shakespeare into the 21st century. In his spare time Matt enjoys reading and writing as much as he can along with playing and coaching tennis and rooting for the New York Knicks.
Ivelina Kirilova, Editor
Ivelina Kirilova is a graduate of the University of South Florida creative writing program. She is a Bulgaria native but has called Florida her home since early childhood. Ivelina is a poet and nonfiction essayist who holds a deep passion for the written word and her local literary community. Her work can be found in publications like Thread Magazine and the America Library of Poetry. When she’s not writing, Ivelina enjoys hiking and baking.
August Kingham, Editor
August Kingham is senior year college student pursuing his bachelors in creative writing from the University of South Florida. He enjoys hiking, horses, and playing fetch with his cat. August is queer trans man from rural Florida who writes about nature, love, and growing up different.