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Welcome!
Hello and welcome to Send My Love to Anyone!
It’s good to have you here!
Mission
Send My Love to Anyone is a newsletter on all things writing and publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and interviews with a special focus on small or independent presses and Canadian and Indigenous authors whose writing intersects social justice, human rights, the climate crisis, anti-genocide, anti-AI, and collective liberation.
All writing on Send My Love to Anyone is 100% human.
History of this Newsletter
I started Send My Love to Anyone in 2021 when I was experiencing writer’s block and I wanted a way to connect with other writers, and it worked. Writing about the writing process and sharing the work of others got me out of my rut. I wrote my book, and I have made so many cherished connections with other writers and readers in the process.
Over the past five years, Send My Love to Anyone has become not only a personal newsletter but also a literary site and community on all things writing with writing prompts, craft essays, excerpts, resources, and more.
If you are interested in small or independent presses, writing that is funny, absurd, or bleak, and writing that intersects human rights, collective liberation, anti-oppression, anti-genocide, class, and the climate crisis, then you are in the right place.
Funds raised from paid subscriptions go to paying for original unpublished works from guest writers.
I hope you will consider becoming part of this community and supporting this project.
The Send My Love to Anyone monthly newsletter is free for all readers. Some posts are paywalled after 30 days. The archive of all posts are available to paid subscribers.
Always human. No AI.
Subscriptions
As a free subscriber you’ll receive access to the following for 30 days:
essays on writing, the writing process & other troubles, short craft or anti-craft essays, and my own works-in-progress, stories, poetry, or videos
a regular column by KIRBY (author of she and Poetry is Queer) called The First Time
writing prompts (some of my favourites from over 23 years of teaching creative writing and screenwriting)
literary, publishing, and screenwriting resources
original essays, fiction, poetry, and art by guest authors and artists
recommended readings and viewings
excerpts of new and forthcoming books often by small/independent press writers and other favs
interviews (always available)
Lives
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Past Contributors
Past contributors include Saeed Teebi, Emily Austin, Jen Sookfong Lee, Mary Lou Zeitoun, Deborah Dundas, Kim, Fu, Lynne Tillman, Lisa Robertson, Rebecca Fisseha, Jessica Johnson, Chelene Knight, Gary Barwin, Farzana Doctor, Kirby, Carrianne Leung, June Pak, Khashayar Mohammadi and more. You can access these guest posts and interviews via the Send My Love to Anyone archive.
Send My Love to Anyone Sections
There are several sections on the website, but you only receive one or two emails a month where I round them up. You do not get a separate email for each section.
Send My Love to Anyone, guests posts of excerpts from published works or original unpublished fiction, nonfiction, or poetry
Gatherings, a curated list of readings, viewings, calls, news, and more
The First Time, a regular column by KIRBY (author of Poetry Is Queer and She)
Ignore Me, musings, fiction, poems, videos, and essays by Kathryn Mockler
One of these days we’ll both be fine, conversations with my mother
Words Count, a section on writing, craft, anti-craft, rule-breaking, and surviving and navigating the literary and publishing world
Write Somthing writing prompts for any genre
Poetry from guest poets
Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Hybrid works from guest writers and artists
I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You, author interviews
Onion Man 2.0, a podcast serialization of my first book, Onion Man, an autofictional novel-in-verse about living in an alcoholic home and working at a corn canning factory in the 1980s. It deals with issues of addition, bodily autonomy, intimate partner violence, class, and the environment.
Submissions
SMLTA does not accept unsolicited submissions of poetry or fiction at this time.
Check back for occasional calls.
Honorariums for original unpublished works
Note: SMLTA does not pay for excerpts of published works or interviews.
Poetry and Microfiction (under 1000 words) - $75
Fiction, Nonfiction (between 1000-3000+ words) - $100-$200
Artwork - $75-$125 (depending on number of images or length)
Words Count (craft essays under 1000 words) - $75
About Me
As a writer
Kathryn Mockler is the author of the story collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023) which which won the Victoria Butler Book Prize, and was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award, the 2024 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the 2024 Fred Kerner Award, and the VMI Besty Warland Between Genres Award. She is also the author of five books of poetry and several short films and experimental videos.
Her films and experimental videos have screened at over 80 festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival, ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, and EMAF, and most recently at the Arizona Underground Film Festival and the REELPoetryHoustonTX Festival. And they have won awards at Worldfest, Yorkton, The Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, and Euroshorts and have been broadcast on TMN, Movieola, and Bravo.
She is a TIFF Talent Lab Alumnus, a Praxis Screenwriting Fellow, and won the San Francisco Film Society Screenwriting Fellowship. She attended the Canadian Film Centre's Writers' Lab and wrote two short films for the NBC/Universal Short Dramatic Film Program.
She co-edited the print anthology Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis (Coach House Books, 2020) and she runs Send My Love to Anyone, a literary newsletter, which was a Substack featured publication in 2023. She is an associate professor in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria where she teaches screenwriting and fiction.
As an editor and publisher
Kathryn Mockler has been publishing and editing online literary journals since 2011. She published The Rusty Toque from 2011 to 2017, was the Canada Editor of Joyland: a hub for short fiction from 2013-2020, and was the publisher of Watch Your Head, an online literary journal that published writing and art about the climate crisis and climate justice from 2019-2023.
What readers of Anecdotes are saying
“Through her vulnerable, honest, and unsentimental characters, Mockler holds a mirror to a world damaged by misogyny and capitalist apathy, while still maintaining hope and compassion for humans and the planet we live on.” —2024 Victoria Butler Book Prize, Jury Notes (Susan Sanford Blades, Susan Braley, Iain Higgins)
"More than mere Anecdotes, Kathryn Mockler delivers a kaleidoscope of compressed, heartbreaking, and hilariously vivid scenes from our age of anxiety.” —2024 VMI Besty Warland Between Genres Award Judge's Note, Stephen Collis
"Innovative and risk-taking, Kathryn Mockler’s Anecdotes is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the possibilities of short fiction. From meta-fiction to flash, from one-liners to anecdotes, this book is bold and disruptive.” —2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, Jury Notes (Danila Botha, paulo da costa and Souvankham Thammavongsa)
What Readers Are Saying About Send My Love to Anyone
A Substack-featured publication filled with incredible riches for writers: interviews, advice on craft, and strategies for surviving the literary and publishing world, and much more. One of the things I love most about Send My Love to Anyone is how freely and generously Kathryn supports and platforms other writers. —The Writer's Journey with Laura Davis
Essays by the author and guest writers on all things writing related. Social justice. Mental health. —Lilian Nattel, Women Writing the World
Poet, screenwriter, editor and academic Kathryn Mockler is a champion of all kinds of writers (and writing). I'm constantly learning new things from her.” —Jessica Johnson, Writing for People Who Hate Writing
I love Kathryn's wide and astute approach to effective news lettering! —Myrl Coulter, The View from Here
Kathryn is witty and wise and always elevating others! You want to know her! —Rebecca Davey and Natalie Davey, Observables
All of my favourite subjects in one place by someone who shares many of the values I have as a creative being. —Archipel | Cara Waterfall
A motley collection of stories, poems, book news, and resources for writers. —Singular Dream
Kathryn’s editorial work has long inspired me. She is a generous and knowledgeable editor, and all of her literary magazine ventures have been deeply thoughtful and welcoming. —Rachel Thompson, Lit Mag Love
Contact Info
Mailing Address for ARCs or Books
Kathryn Mockler, Department of Writing University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada - From August to April.
Due to volume, I may not be able to respond to all requests.
Giving Back
20% of the revenue from paid subscriptions for Send My Love to Anyone is donated to organizations whose values I share and respect.
This year it’s RAVEN, an organization that supports Indigenous Justice by raising legal defence funds for Indigenous Peoples in Canada to defend rights and the integrity of lands and cultures and Human Concern International, the oldest Muslim relief organization in Canada, fighting poverty for over 40 years.
Send My Love to Anyone Established
January 2021
Publisher
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