History
Shot Glass Journal began in March 2010 as an online journal dedicated to short poetry. Our vision was to have a medium that could capture a slice of life, a brief moment, or simple thought expressed through poetry.
Shot Glass Journal captures the essence of poetry in its shorter form. The challenge is to portray an idea, an image, or an emotion with fewer words. As with all poetry, it takes a talented poet to craft a good poem, and by using fewer words, the weight of each word makes a more powerful impact. We are sure you will find such talented poets here at Shot Glass Journal.
Writers Archive
- A. J. Huffman #15
- Aalix Roake #2
- Aaron Unkovich #6
- Adam Middleton-Watts #18
- Adam White #9 #12
- Adeiza Atureta #11
- Adele Kenny #13
- Aden Thomas #10
- Aditya Shankar #12
- Adreyo Sen #10 #13
- Adukuri Jagannath Rao #7
- Afric McGlinchey #8
- Aftab Yusuf Shaikh #9 #15
- Afzal Moolla #7 #11
- Alan Catlin #4
- Alarie Tennille #17
- Alasdair McAndrew #8 #12
- Aletha Irby #4
- Alexis Lateef #13
- Ali Znaidi #7 #9 #11
- Alicia Cole #12
- Alison Denham #2
- AAllison Grayhurst #16
- Allison Thorpe #15
- AM Spence #15
- Amber Momoh #8
- Amit Parmessur #3
- Ananya Chatterjee #18
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky
#10 #11 #14 #16 #18 - Andrea Pring #4
- Andrew Last #8
- Andrew P. Weston #12
- Andrew Schep #14
- Andy Barritt #8
- Andy Simmons #3 #5
- Angela Hinkle #6
- Angelo B. Ancheta #18
- Anina Robb #10
- Anita Olivia Koester #16
- Anjana Basu #18
- Anuja Ghimire #16
- Ankur Agarwal #3
- Ann Keith #15
- Ann M. Devenezia #5
- Anna Maria Guay #11
- Anne Cardy Abad #12
- Anne Hollier Ruddy #8 #9 #10 #13
- Anthony Liccione #15
- Anthony Nannetti #18
- Anthony Ward #4 #5 #6 #7 #9 #10
- Anton Frost #7
- Anushree Nande #10
- Aparna Pathak #17
- April Salzano #11
- Arturo Desimone #10
- Ashley L. Love #16
- Atureta Adeiza #13 #15
- Austin Alexis #1 #2
- Austin Stevens #18
- B N Oakman #9 #15
- Barbara A. Taylor #5 #8
- Basil Rouskas #5
- Bauke Kamstra #14
- BD Feil #5
- Ben Reed #5
- Bethany Tiddy #18
- Bianca Bowers #16
- Bill Hoagland #13
- Bill Shelton #7
- Bill Spencer #13
- Billy Harfosh #8
- Bob Lucky #7 #9 #11 #15
- Bob Meszaros #12
- Bob Perkins #15
- Brandon Marlon #15
- Brandon T. Roach #8
- Brent Lucia #9
- Brenton Booth #8
- Brian Beatty #9 #17
- Brian Kirk #7
- Brian Zimmer #6
- Bruce McRae #10 #14 #18
- Bruce W. Nied #5
- Buff Whitman-Bradley #9
- Burt Kimmelman #6
- Cally Conan-Davies #3 #8
- Carl Boon #16
- Carla Sofia Ferreira #11
- Carole Glasser Langille #14
- Caroline Maldonado #2
- Casey Holman #12
- Cathy Cavallone #16
- Changming Yuan #11 #15
- Charles D. Tarlton #6 #7 #14 #16
- Charles Rafferty #5
- Charlie Guzman #5
- Charlotte Innes #9
- Charmaine Thomson
#2 #5 #6 #8 #15 - Chas Holden #17
- Chen-ou Liu #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #14
- Chloë Callistemon #12
- Chocolate Waters #5
- Chris Mooney-Singh #8 #13
- Chris O'Carroll #13
- Christie van Zyl #18
- Christine Redman Waldeyer #1 #2
- Christine Surka #15
- Christine Yurick #14
- Christopher Fried #11
- Christopher Suda #12
- Chumki Sharma #17
- Claire Zoghb #14
- Clare Kirwan #4
- Clarissa Aykroyd
#7 #9 #12 #16 #18 - Claudia Serea #11
- Colin Bancroft #18
- Colin Bell (Wolfiewolfgang)
#1 #4 #5 #6 #10 - Collin Barber #1 #13
- Conor Kelly #16
- Craig McVay #11
- CS Thompson #4
- D.M. Aderibigbe #9
- Damian Balassone #17
- Dameion Wagner #13
- Dami Ajayi #11
- Dan Hedges #7
- Dan Jacoby #18
- Dan Sklar #6
- Daniel Ames #2 #13
- Daniel Aristi #11
- Daniel Klawitter #6 #9
- Daniel von der Embse #15
- Daniels Adeoye #12
- Danny P. Barbare #16
- Darrell Petska #8
- Darren C. Demaree #12
- David A. Lemire #7
- David Adès #11 #13 #18
- David Alpaugh #12
- David Colodney #12 #14 #16
- David D Horowitz #3
- David E. Hall #18
- David Faldet #11
- David Francis Barker #5 #6
- David J. Kelly #14
- David Kenneth Braden-Johnson #18
- David Lee Garrison #13
- David Mohan #4
- David R. DiSarro #12
- David R. Forman #12
- David Romanda #1
- David Subacchi #17
- David W. Landrum #8
- Dawn Bruce #8 #9
- De Jackson #8
- Deborah Bayer #17
- Deborah P Kolodji #18
- Dennis J. Bernstein
#11 #13 #14 #18 - Deryn Pittar #2 #4
- Dianne Alvine #9
- Diana Smith Bolton #17
- dl mattila #7
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa #7
- Dominic Glynn #13
- Don Brandis #17
- Donna Gagnon #1
- Dorothy Schultz #15
- Doug Pugh #1 #14
- Douglas Payne #6
- Douglas Polk #7
- Duke Benson #11
- Ed Higgins #7 #13
- Ed Shacklee #2 #4 #6 #7 #11
- Edward G. Boggs #9 #12
- Edward Manzi #10
- Edward O'Dwyer #10
- Edward Willey #14
- Edytta Anna Wojnar #3 #7 #9 #17
- Elinor Prędota #9
- Elissa Gordon #5
- Elizabeth Morton #14
- Elizabeth Welsh #2
- Emeniano Acain Somoza, Jr #5 #11
- Emily Strauss #7 #13
- Eric McClure #5
- Eric Mwathi #8
- Erik Fuhrer #2 #3
- Esther Greenleaf Murer #4
- Fern G. Z. Carr #14
- Fiona Sinclair #16
- Francesca Casta #6
- Francis Daulerio #11
- Fraser Dron #2
- G.D. Watry #8
- Gail Fishman Gerwin #8
- Gail Fishman Gerwin
& Hadassa Zusman #11 - Gail Fishman Gerwin
& Nancy Scott #6 - Gary Beck #3
- Gearoid O'Brien #18
- George Moore #4
- George Young #14
- Gil Fagiani #1 #2
- Gill McEvoy #1 #12 #18
- Grant Mason #15
- Gregory Palmerino #10
- Gregory Stapp #18
- Hal O'Leary #3
- Hank Kalet #1 #10
- Hannah Frishberg #16
- Hannah Hackney #15
- Hari Mohan #16
- Heather Abner #4
- Heather Awad #14 #17
- Helen Addy #5
- Hélène Boucher
& Mark Arvid White #12 - Helen Holmes #15
- Hillary Lyon #4 #6 #10 #14
- Holly Painter #10
- Howie Good #2 #4 #7 #11
- Ian Cibula #16
- Inas Essa #18
- Ink #2 #3 #5 #9 #16
- Isabalino Anastasio Guzman #11
- Isabel Chenot #18
- Isabel Sylvan #6
- Ivan Sun #1 #8
- JB Mulligan #3 #8 #12 #18
- J. J. Steinfeld #14
- J. K. Durick #12
- J. K. McCauley #6
- Jackson T. Hern #16
- James B. Nicola #9
- James R. Brown #15
- James Scannell McCormick #11
- Jan Goldman #4
- Jan Presley #15
- Janeen Pergrin Rastall #2
- Janice D. Soderling #10 #12
- Jared A. Carnie #10
- Jared Carter #10 #16
- Jean Conte #16
- Jean L. Kreiling #7 #9
- Jeff Jeppesen #5 #6
- Jeff Pinkney #14
- Jenna Tripke #18
- Jenni Nixon #14
- Jennifer Arin #5
- Jennifer Chrystie
#8 #9 #13 #16 #18 - Jennifer Saunders #3 #6
- Jenny Clay #12
- Jeremy Casabella #17
- Jerome Betts #14
- Jessamine 0 Connor #7 #9 #11 #16
- Jesse Anger #4 #9
- Jesus Chameleon #12
- Jim Davis #9
- Jim Kuperstein #14
- Jim Newcombe #6 #13
- Jo Barbara Taylor #15
- Joan Page-Durante #1 #3 #12
- Joan Saunders #6 #10
- Joanna M. Weston #13 #15
- Johanna M. Geiger #10
- John A. Mills #3 #4
- John Berbrich #3
- John Grey #4
- John J. Han #7 #9
- John Lambremont Sr #1
- John P. Kristofco #16 #17
- John Patrick Gatton #10
- John Silby Williams #8
- John Smith #2 #5 #13 #17
- John Sweet #18
- Jonathan Butcher #3
- Jonel Abellanosa #16
- Jonny Wilson #16 #18
- Jordie Albiston #17
- Joseph Farley #3
- Joseph M. Gant #3
- Joyce Parkes #17
- Judith Waller Carroll #10
- Juleigh Howard-Hobson #4
- Julian Raine #9
- Julie Corbett #4
- Julie Shavin #17
- June Bowen #2
- Justin Robinson #7 #11
- Juweel Soleana #6
- K.C. Lichty #17
- Kaitlyn Perrin #16
- Kanchan Chatterjee #8
- Karen Hubbard #2
- Karen Neuberg #1
- Karen O'Leary #14
- Karen Stromberg #9
- Karl Miller #17
- Kate Campbell #12
- Kate Falvey #5
- Kate LaDew #9 #13
- Kathe L. Palka
& Peter Newton #12 #14 #16 - Kathryn Jacobs #8
- Kathy Lohrum Cotton #17
- Kathy Nelson #7
- Kathy Santangelo #8 #11
- Kaye Bartholomew #14 #16
- Keir Hardie #5
- Keith Nunes #3 #4 #12 #14 #16
- Kelley Jean White #15
- Kelly Eastlund #6
- Kelly Scarff #13
- Ken Eberhart #10
- Kenneth Gurney #2
- Kenny Fame #10
- Kevin Casey #17
- Kevin Graham #5
- KG Newman #10
- Kindra McDonald #14
- Kit Kennedy #4 #13
- Krista Genevieve Farris #16 #18
- Kristina Jensen #15
- Kushal Poddar
#4 #7 #10 #11 #16 #18 - Kurt Cline #16
- Kwabena Agyare Yeboah #6
- L. A. Speedwing #5
- Lana Bella #16
- Lark Beltran #11
- Larry Schug #17
- Laura Atkinson #8
- Laura Grace Weldon #10 #15
- Laura Swiggum #5
- Laurice Gilbert #2 #3 #4 #6 #10 #17
- Laurie Kolp #8
- Lee Nash #17
- Leeroy berlin #10 #15
- Leigh Mackelvey #6
- Leonard Dabydeen #18
- Lesley Quayle #4
- Levi Wagenmaker #1 #2 #7 #10 #12
- Lew Watts #10
- Lilly Brennan #10
- Linda Ashok #15
- Lisa Alexander Baron #14 #17
- Lisa Bubert #3
- Lisa Meserole #14 #18
- Liz Dolan #18
- Lizz Murphy #9 #13
- Lochlan Morrissey #4
- Lois Marie Harrod #1 #3 #12 #14
- Lois Elaine Heckman #4 #5 #6 #8 #9
- Lonnard Dean Watkins #1 #2
- Lonnie Monka #17
- Lorrie Desbien #18
- Louis Slee #6
- Lucas Stensland #4 #8
- Lucia Cherciu #12 #15
- Luke Bauerlein #5
- Luke Stromberg #5 #11
- Luo Wen #15
- Lyn Lifshin #4
- M. A. Istvan Jr. #11
- M. Shayne Bell #16
- Máire Morrissey-Cummins #10
- Mandy Pannett #1 #3 #10
- Marcel Gauthier #13
- Marcus Rogers #4
- Margaret Beverland #3 #5
- Margaret Moores #13
- Maria Isakova Bennett #12
- Mariana Isara #2
- Marie Kilroy #15
- Marie Marshall #5
- Marie Louise Munro #12
- Marion Clarke #9
- Maris O'Rourke #2 #3
- Marisa Cappetta #2
- Marius Surleac #13
- Mark A. Murphy #3 #4 #7 #13
- Mark Allen Jenkins #7
- Mark Arvid White #1 #2 #11
- Mark Blaeuer #7
- Mark Danowsky #12 #14
- Mark J. Mitchell #8 #12
- Mark Jackley #3
- Mark Jones #14
- Mark Kaplon #7
- Mark Lonergan #3
- Mark Nenadov #9 #14
- Mark Reep #3
- Mary Cresswell #5 #7 #17
- Mary Crosby #15
- Mary Mills #9
- Marybeth Rua-Larsen #10
- Matt Schairer #17
- Matteo Spinetti #2
- Matthew Byrne #5
- Matthew Wright #2
- Maureen Kingston #8
- Maureen Sudlow #9
- Max Babi #10
- Max Wallis #3
- Meg Bertram #9
- Mel Kenne #10
- Melanie Griffin #16
- Melissa Dickson Blackburn #2
- Melissa Fry Beasley #9
- Meryum Baig #17
- Michael Beal #18
- Michael Berton #16
- Michael D. Adkins #11
- Michael Estabrook #12 #16
- Michael Fay #14
- Michael Laubscher #11
- Michael Morell #8
- Michael N. Thompson #4
- Michael Power #15
- Michael R. Burch #10
- Michael Riedell #18
- Michelle Hendrixson-Miller #16
- Michelle Lerner #5
- Michelle S. Lee #10
- Mike Perkins #4
- Molly kat #2
- Müesser Yenìay #11 #13
- Muhammad Moneib #11
- Mutui Olawuyi #7 #11
- Nabin Kumar Chhetri #7
- Nancy Scott #1 #3 #8 #16
- Natalidita Ningthoukhongjam #8
- Nathaniel Lotze #15
- Neil Banks #6 #7 #9 #11
- Nels Hanson #9
- Nic Sebastian #14
- Nikita Gill #11
- Nikita Parik #16
- Nina Soifer #2
- Noel Williams #11
- Orla Fay #6 #9
- Owen Marshall #16 #9
- Pat Tompkin #13
- Patrick Lodge #7
- Patty Dickson Pieczka #16
- Paul Bregazzi #9
- Paul Doty #18
- Paul Hadella #6
- Paul Kerr #10
- Paul-Victor Winters #5
- Pedro Poitevin #7
- Peter Austin #10
- Peter Bakowski #11
- Peter Goulding #3 #5
- Peter Moltoni #8
- Peter Newton
& Kathe L. Palka #12 #14 #16 - Peter Wyton #7
- Petrolino #1
- Peycho Kanev #2 #14
- Phebe Davidson #11
- Philip Madden #4 #8
- Philip Quinlan #2 #3 #4 #10 #14
- Phillip T. Egelston #15
- Pina Pipino #3
- Pranab Jyoti Nath #17
- R. Bremner #17
- R Jay Slais #15
- R. Mac Jones #18
- R Nemo Hill #3
- Rachel Barenblat #8
- Rachel Belth #13
- Rachel Green #1
- Rachel Heimowitz #8
- Rachel Louise Plant #17
- Ramona Itule-Patigian #5
- Randell Wolff #7
- Randy Boone #5
- Rati Saxena #15
- Ray Greenblatt #12
- Rebecca Broeker #13
- Regina Ridge #8
- Rehan Qayoom #12 #15
- Reilly Smethurst #2 #9
- Rich Boucher #2
- Richard Swanson #10
- Ricki Mandeville #7
- Ricky Garni #4 #10
- Rishan Singh #11
- RL Greenfield #3
- Rob Gourley #15
- Rob Welsh #17
- Robert Tremmel #16
- Robert Walicki #4
- Robert W. King #7 #9 #12
- Robin Helweg-Larsen #18
- Roger Jones #12
- Roger G. Singer #6 #8
- Ron Riekki #9 #14
- Rosa O'Kane #15
- Rosalie Morales Kearns #5
- Rose Mary Boehm #10 #12 #15
- Rosemary Harris #14
- Ross Knapp #15
- Rowan Taigel #7
- Ruth Arnison #4 #12
- Ruth Corkill #15
- Ruth Holzer #1 #4
- Ryno van der Merwe #10
- S. E.Ingraham #9
- S. M. Abeles #7
- Sa'ad M Al-Obaid #8
- Sally Long #17
- Salma Maref #3
- Sandra Irwin #3
- Sara Borjas #14
- Sarah Anne Stinnett #4
- Sarah Carleton #17
- Sarah Cooper #13
- Scott Hicks #16
- Sarah Russell #16
- Scott Wiggerman #12
- Sean Joyce #2
- Seree Zohar #14
- Sergio Ortiz #2 #9
- Serkan Engin #12
- Shannon Connor Winward #3
- Shannon Curtin #10
- Sheikha A #15
- Sheri Vandermolen #17
- Sherry Beasley #17
- Sherry Chandler #13
- Shirley Kuo #9
- Siham Karami #8
- Simon Anton Nino
Diego Baena #17 - Simon Perchik #18
- Simon Todd #2
- Sommer Nectarhoff #15
- Sonja Johanson #7
- Sonnet Mondal #6
- Sreedhar Vinnakota #18
- Steadman Kondor #1
- Stefanie Bennett #15 #17
- Stephanie Guo #10
- Stephen Bone #12 #14
- Stephen Philip Druce #17
- Steve Troyanovich #5
- Stuart Barnes #8
- Sujatha Warrier #15
- Susan de Sola #9
- Susan Howard #7 #18
- Susan Martin #15
- Sushant Supriye #13
- Sylvia Levinson #5
- Tainely Perez #6
- Teddy Kimathi #11 #13 #16 #18
- Tendai Mwanaka #10 #11 #16
- Tennae Maki #17
- Tez Watson #5
- Tim Dwyer #8
- Tim Hawkins #2 #3 #7
- Tina Hacker #4 #8 #13
- Tina Parker #14
- Theodore M. Wandzilak #16
- Thomas C. Hall #17
- Thomas Martin #8
- Thomas Piekarski #15
- Thomas Robichaud #9
- Toby Levine #11
- Todd Mercer #18
- Tom Harding #18
- Tom Russell #14
- Toni Gardner #10
- Tracy Darling #4 #9
- Trevor Price #5
- Uche Ogbuji #11 #17
- Valerie Schermerhorn #2 #5
- Vaughan Rapatahana #2 #7 #13
- Victor Enns #5
- Victoria Bongiorno #10
- Vidya Panicker #16
- Vincent Capizzi #7
- Wasiu Olalekan Sulaiman #11
- Wendy Bourke #15
- Wendy E. Kaplan #7
- William Leonard Felepchuk #5
- William Wright Harris #6 #9
- Winston Plowes #7
- Yota Daniil #1
- Zoe Kamsma #6 #7
- Zola Gonzalez-Macarambon #13