All of the stories we seek will be examples of excellent journalism and storytelling: stories that are well-researched with compelling characters and that demonstrate struggle and resolution.

Halfway Down the Stairs publishes poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction and accepts work in most genres.

The First Line is an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place.

For this issue, we seek stories of milestones, large and small.

We’d love to hear what you all have to say.

Layers are veils of identities. All the skins we adorn and all the thoughts we carry are all nothing but layers that blanket our existence and layers that showcase our potential. They conceal us; they become us. Layer by layer, we all are a thousand someone or a hundred something, shouting, starving, and searching for an identity.

For our second issue we are seeking submissions of short fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction on the theme of ‘Land.’ Shorter works such as flash fiction are also welcome, as are works that challenge genre boundaries.

The editors of the anthology decided that one cannot have too much of a good thing. They continue to feature new and original work in a themed poetic journal.