Choosing a topic to write about can be daunting, so to help provide a jumping off point, we’ll offer a rotating selection of themes each month. These may also include specific verse forms, experiments or collaborative exercises. Submissions outside of these themes are of course always welcome. To suggest a theme, email us at kawsmouth(at)gmail.com

CURRENT THEMES:

a description of film footage you would like to shoot if you had the time and resources (but would otherwise most likely be impossible)

a story, description, poem, haiku or short essay using the name of a street name in Kansas City (or elsewhere)

scans of artwork or photographs for upcoming visual issue

marginalia

OTHER ACTIVE THEMES:

song lyrics to nonexistent songs

write a caption for what is taking place in at least three of the numbered locations on this photo

features you would like to see in a brand-new local literary website

PAST THEMES

data loss/ data recovery

a disorienting experience in your hometown

unfamiliar place where you unexpectedly felt at home