Hothouse Literary Journal

Affiliated with the Undergraduate English Department at UT Austin

We are thrilled to announce the Hothouse release event to be held, for the first time, at the Austin Farmer’s Market! RSVP to our Facebook event.

The event will feature readings by contributing writers to Hothouse, as well as live performances by music students at the University of Texas at Austin.

The following submissions were selected for publication:

“Laundry” - Matthew Garner
“The Pond Monster” - Joanna Reese
“Urban Fossil” - Joanna Reese
“They Come Marching” - Vincent Ridenour
“Other Half” - Kristen Jones
“Sofia” – Kayla Moses
“Nostos” – Kayla Moses
“Ars Poetica” – Kayla Moses
“August” – Kayla Moses
“This Old Love” – Kayla Moses
“The Moon Baboon” – Forrest Lybrand
“Touch and Go” - Robb Briggs
“Long River Stone” – James Walker
“Leavings” – James Walker
“The Kiss” – Kayleigh Hughes
“Japan” – Emily Buchanan
“My Country” – Colin Vanderburg
“Christina Georgina” – Colin Vanderburg
“Littlefield House” – Colin Vanderburg
“Stripping and Costuming” – Zach Linge
“Brit” – Madeleine Guy
“At the Piano Shop” – Melissa Ragsdale
“Scenes” – Melissa Ragsdale
“Burn” – Allie Kolechta
“Better Off” – Matthew Howard
“Shades of Brown” – Annie Paige


Congratulations to these writers! If you were not selected, we would love to have you submit again next year. See you at the event!

1 year ago