Karla Cordero

Karla Cordero is an MFA student at San Diego State University studying creative writing and poetry under Sandra Alcosser and Illya Kaminsky. She is an associate editor for Poetry International and her work has appeared in the California Journal of Women Writers. In 2013 Cordero helped the San Diego poetry slam team place 4th in the country at the National Poetry Slam in Boston. Her awards include the Sarah B. Marsh-Rebelo Fellowship.

How to set an apple tree on fire
A Familiar Stranger
The Perfect Pinecone

Update about Fiction Submissions (PLEASE READ)

Hello! Please be advised that accepted FICTION submissions are now being scheduled into 2026. That is quite a ways away, we know, but it also means that we’ve got enough great fiction scheduled for the rest of 2024 and ALL of 2025!

We just want to mention this for anyone still waiting for decisions or submitting.

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