Home - The Rumpus The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere
What Is The Rumpus? Rumpus is the name of the dog in her novel Men and Dogs After launching The Rumpus, our founders were informed there is also a student humor magazine at Yale called Rumpus Magazine, which is no longer publishing
The Masthead - The Rumpus And to every volunteer reader, editor, contributor, and artist we’ve published on The Rumpus: you are the reason we exist Thank you for being a part of the magazine’s past, present, and future
Dear Sugar Archives - The Rumpus This column ran on The Rumpus from 2009-2012 and many of the pieces were collected for the book Tiny Beautiful Things Read our full archives here
Poetry Archives - The Rumpus The Rumpus Prize in Poetry, First Place: Georgio Russell Georgio Russell June 5, 2025 "Ode to the Black Man Nod" Read Poetry
The Rumpus Prize - The Rumpus Submissions and payment for the inaugural Rumpus Prize are conducted through The Rumpus ‘s Submittable page All writers will be notified by May 2025, regardless of whether they’ve moved on to the finalist round
Essays Archives - The Rumpus In her new memoir-in-essays, Gurba also reveals herself to be a verbal sorceress While her previous collections traffic in rage and biting humor, Poppy State, though colored by both, expands into the more healing, elemental territory of native California plants The spells she casts in this latest tour de force inspire awe, fear, yearning, nostalgia, envy (at least in this writer), and a kind
Fiction Archives - The Rumpus Rumpus Original Fiction: The Sun Never Sets on the Sunrise Highway Connor White May 12, 2025
Features Reviews Archives - The Rumpus In The Years of Blood, though, I think what is critical is the multiple selves that exist in the collection The I resists a single voice—sometimes dead, other times, alive and in fear—and I think that, that is fascinating to me Stories often limit the view of the speaker or the entrance that the reader uses into the story—a poem invites you, warns you, and then confounds you
Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman to lead The Rumpus as magazine’s new . . . The Rumpus, one of the longest-running independent literary and culture magazines, will transition to new ownership under Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman, effective May 1, 2025, announced current Publisher Alyson Sinclair