Mockingbird & Wire is the largest youth-led literary magazine rooted in Texas, built on the belief that creative work should be accessible and taken seriously , especially when it comes from young voices. We publish poetry, prose, essays, fiction and photography by artists ages 13 to 19, celebrating work that carries both heat and heart. We’re drawn to pieces that take risks, discuss place and identity, and reflect the complexity of adolescence.
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Founder & Editor in Chief
Rhea Brennan is a seventeen-year-old poet based in Houston, Texas, and a student in the creative writing program at Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Her work has appeared in The Weight Journal, Octopus Ink, Eight, and Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine. She also serves as a volunteer marketing coordinator for Books For Development, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing childhood literacy by providing books to communities across the globe. Guided by Pablo Neruda’s belief that “poetry is like bread; it should be shared by all, by scholars and by peasants, by all our vast, incredible, extraordinary family of humanity,” Rhea sees that ethos as the foundation of both her creative work and her commitment to accessibility in the arts.
It is this mission that inspired her to found Mockingbird & Wire, a platform for emerging teen artists across Texas.
Writing published on Instagram blog: @rheveriee
Head of Publications
Daniela Matassa is a seventeen-year-old writer based in Houston, Texas. She attends Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), where she specializes in the creative writing department. Daniela contributes as a blog writer for Cathartic Youth Magazine and leads a TYWI (The Young Writers Initiative) chapter, inspiring young writers in her community. Grounded in the belief that poetry is the only way to make sense of the world, and then to appreciate its inherent fallacies, she strives to share this vital passion that she believes is bubbling inside many of us, just silenced for lack of an outlet
FAQs
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Mockingbird & Wire publishes Texan artists ages 13-19.
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No, there is no submission fee.
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Yes, simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please don’t submit work that has already been published. If your piece is accepted somewhere else, just let us know.
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Mockingbird & Wire allows submissions throughout the year.