Hello and Happy Honkin’ Fall to you all! The Flock here at SGP cannot believe we are already publishing our SIXTH issue. It feels like just yesterday that we were hatching Issue One, still stretching our wings, itching to fly. 

We made some changes to our issue-building process behind the scenes, so in some ways, Issue Six felt like Issue One: unexpected, glorious, and beautiful with a side of definite learning curve. For one thing, we started using Submittable to keep us organized and give our growing number of submitters a better experience. We also introduced our newest offering, Speedy McGeese: a way for you to hear back from us in just a shake of a tail feather (and help support our mag along the way!). AND we gained a new reader (a big HONK for Georgia Lowe!) 

As this year begins to draw to a close and we enter The Long Dark, we wanted to bring you an issue that highlights the deep, the dreary, and the dramatic, as well as the stupendous, scenic, and silly. We know our pond could use all shades of whimsy to get through these months until the sun returns and we reopen for submissions in the Spring. 

As always, we are eternally grateful for each of you reading our humble magazine, and we hope that you can find a piece to help light your way with whimsy. We are thankful for you, dear reader, and we hope you love Issue Six as much as we do. 

Honk honk! 

The Flock (Rhiannon, Parker Dean, Lexi, Eric, Annelise, Ian, and Julia)

Honklo and welcome to Issue Six of Silly Goose Press! 

We started dreaming of this magazine over two years ago, imagining gathering a small flock of literary geese and nestling them together between our warm (internet) pages  – but we never could’ve dreamed up the wonderful and whimsical reality of running a lit mag. 

Through SGP, we have stretched out wings and flown in ways that were only barely-hatched longings two years ago. We have honed our editing and marketing skills, learning how to run a website and business, been featured on a writing podcast and in CLMP, had our own table at AWP, and–most importantly–have made so many new literary friends!

Our absolute FAVORITE flockin’ thing about running a lit mag is getting to interact with so many amazing writers, artists, presses, magazines, and editors from all over the world. We here at SGP believe that art connects us and that we are better together. Our goal is not only to publish incredible artists, but to celebrate their accomplishments, highlight their achievements, and create relationships that last. When we say we are adding our contributors to our flock, we honkin’ mean it! 

Though SGP will be hibernating over the Winter, we hope you’ll stay connected with us and look out for all of the exciting things that are hatching in the Spring. Check out our socials or subscribe to our newsletter for information about SGP at AWP, future issues, and the new ways The Flock hopes to give back to our amazing community. 

We hope our little whimsical corner of the internet has brought you, readers and contributors alike, just a little bit of joy. Thank you so much for being here—we couldn’t do it without you— and

Happy Flockin’ Fall to you all. 
Honk honk! 

Rhiannon, Lexi, Eric, and Parker Dean