Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Contributor Spotlight: Eliana Gruvman!Gruvman is a writer and editor from Long Island, New York. She is currently trying (and failing) to learn how to surf and perfect her banana bread recipe. Her work is upcoming in Two Children and has appeared across Fordham’s platforms. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Update: You can now can now submit pitches for critical perspectives essays on the theme of witness via Submittable. tendonmag.submittable.com/submittendonmag.submittable.comTendon Magazine Submission ManagerTendon is a literary and visual arts journal printed and published by the Johns Hopkins Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine. Check out our most recent issue here.Call for SubmissionsFor ou... 021
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This week’s featured piece from Issue 08: Care is “A Neat Little Prayer” by Mia Sitterson. Sitterson is a postpartum doula and dancer moving and grooving in Washington, DC. Read more here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are so excited to announce that submissions for Issue 09: Witness are now open! Check out the full call for submissions here: tendonmag.submittable.com/submit We will be accepting work until 11/1. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Today’s featured piece from Issue 08: Care is Voicemail by Lynn Aprill. Aprill is a retired educator and MFA student at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. Read the full poem at hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz.... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We are beyond excited to announce the theme for Tendon's ninth issue: Witness. For more details, check out our newsletter here: mailchi.mp/72f77170aa9f... Stay tuned for our call for submissions, coming soon! 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Featuring “Type 24 Coastline” by Liam Chimba. Chimba is a graduate of Creative Writing & Philosophy from the University of Chichester & University of Essex. His work appears in Fugitives & Futurists, Peatsmoke Journal, & Maudlin House. Read here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Contributor Spotlight: Jennifer Weigand. Jennifer is a medical speech-language pathologist. She co-leads a women’s writing group, & writes fiction & poetry for readers who’ve known illness, trauma & the ache of loneliness. Check out her website here: jenniferweigandwriter.com/profile/abou... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This week’s featured piece is “Faith’s Keeper” by Devan Brettkelly. Brettkelly is a copywriter and short story writer. She graduated from Scripps College and holds an MFA in Fiction from Saint Mary’s College. Check out the full piece here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Contributor Spotlight: Sarah Cross. Sarah is a poet & a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist & a mother. She currently lives in Connecticut. She edits poetry for the Journal of Medical Humanities. She has travelled to six continents & 45 states. Read more here: medicine.yale.edu/profile/sara... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Our featured piece this week is “Tray Line” by Udgita Pamidigantam. Pamidigantam is an undergraduate student and researcher at Johns Hopkins University studying Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Science and the Humanities. Read here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Contributor Spotlight: Katia Engell. Katia is an artist & poet located in Toronto, Canada. When she’s not making art, you’ll likely find her working creatively with older adults & people living with dementia. Her primary art medium is collage. Find her on IG @planetkatia_ 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This week’s Issue 08 feature is “Instructions for Care” by Eleanor Holmes. Holmes is an ND mother-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. She lives in Valencian Country, Spain, and works as a hybrid GP for the NHS in Weston-super-mare. Read the full piece here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 010
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Today’s Issue 08 feature is “Sole Purpose” by Gloria Heffernan. Heffernan is the author of the collections Peregrinatio: Poems for Antarctica (Kelsay Books) and What the Gratitude List Said to the Bucket List (New York Quarterly Books). Read more here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026This week's featured Issue 08 piece: “It’s In Your Blood (My Mother Tells Me)” by Brenton Sizwe Zola. Sizwe Zola is a first-generation writer, interdisciplinary artist, and researcher. See the full piece and learn more about the author at tendonmag.org . 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Issue 08: Care Contributor Spotlight — Autumn Ogunbamise. She is a NP specializing in Neurosurgery, mother of two, artist and wife. She has been a nurse practitioner in neurosurgery for 10 years and likes to taking painting and drawing classes in her spare time. IG @szgrnbrg 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Issue 08: Care Spotlight — “Only a Memory” by GJ Gillespie. Utilizing figurative forms to highlight vulnerabilities held in the human condition, Gillespie’s work explores the fragility of consciousness and identity. See the piece and learn more about the artist at tendonmag.org. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Contributor Spotlight: Elodie Saint-Louis. A Haitian‑American writer and cultural storyteller, she's been published in ZZYZYVA, Joyland, Dazed, and Hyperallergic. She is the recipient of the Georgia Poet Laureate’s Prize and is a 2021 Periplus Fellow. IG @aselodie Substack Permanent Daydream. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Featured piece from Issue 08: Care - “Cookbook” by Eliana Gruvman. Gruvman is a passionate reader, editor, and writer. She currently serves as Editorial Feedback Consultant and flash fiction editorial assistant at CRAFT. Read the whole piece at tendonmag.org. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Contributor Spotlight: Willy Conley is a Baltimore-based writer, photographer, and professor emeritus of theatre at Gallaudet University. Born profoundly deaf, he first turned to photography after a 1975 internship in Johns Hopkins’ Department of Pathology Photography. See more at willyconley.com. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 19/03/2026From Issue 08: Care — “Beads” by Babs Weiss. Weiss's mother was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome in 2022, and “Beads” offers insight into that period of their lives. She is a textile artist and garment designer based in Philadelphia, PA. You can find her work on Instagram at @babstextiles. 020
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Editorial Staff Spotlight: Khalid Mitchell. Khalid currently lives in Charleston, SC and is doing a service year for AmeriCorps as a Literacy Interventionist. He has been published in BULLSHIT LIT and Astrolabe and was included in Best Small Fictions 2025. Check out his Letterboxd (@defeatist). 001
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 13/03/2026From Issue 08: Care, “Let Me See Your Face” By Daniel Barrios. Barrios is a Dominican/Puerto Rican writer and educator from Staten Island, NY. He was a finalist in the 2025 EastOver Prize for Debut Story Collection and the 2025 Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Writing Series. Read it at tendonmag.org 121
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Join us at #AWP26 in Tendon’s hometown of Baltimore! 🥳 Drop by Booth 238 at the Bookfair to pick up a freshly printed copy of our new issue and a few other fun goodies—then check out more work by our co-exhibitor @synapsisjournal.bsky.social. We’re so excited to see you there! 010
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Contributor Spotlight: Lucy Zhang! Zhang writes, codes, & watches anime. Her work has appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, The Massachusetts Review, & elsewhere. She’s actively trying to teach her 5-month-old to appreciate the art of literature & anime. Find her on IG @Dango_Ramen. 110
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Our first featured piece from “Care”: “Fistful of Ocean” by Dariana Guerrero. Guerrero is a writer, activist, educator, & spoken word poet from Lawrence, MA. You can find more of her work on darianaguerrero.com. Read the full poem here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 16/02/2026We are so happy to share that Tendon’s Issue 08: Care is now live! Our deepest thanks to everyone involved in making this issue a reality. Read here today: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... Artwork: Nina Violette, Mother and Daughter, watercolor and digital drawing, France 2022. 021
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Bethany Reid has been obsessed with writing her entire life. Her 4th poetry collection, The Pear Tree: Elegy for a Farm, won the 2023 Sally Albiso Award from MoonPath Press. She leads a weekly writing workshop, teaches for the Creative Retirement Institute (CRI), & blogs at www.bethanyareid.com. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Contributor Spotlight: Dustin Grinnell!Dustin is a Boston-based writer who explores the intersection of medicine & the humanities. His short fiction & essays have appeared across numerous literary journals & magazines. He is also the creator & host of Curiously. Read more at www.dustingrinnell.com. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Contributor Spotlight: Adrienne Pilon! Pilon is an essayist, poet, and teacher. Her work has appeared in Tendon Magazine, Solstice, The Linden Review, Blanket Sea, New Verse News, and elsewhere. She is a prolific baker and once won a ribbon at the state fair for her Black Russian Rye bread 🍞 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Sonakshi Srivastava is a senior writing fellow at Ashoka University, the translations editor at Usawa Literary Review, and an educational arm assistant at Asymptote. She navigates life with tarot, memes, and a suspicion that the universe is subtweeting her. Find her on IG @sonakshisrivastava.11 020
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Audrey Fatone currently resides in Raleigh, NC. She writes about the intersections of queerness in the natural world and going to the woods as means for finding unconditional love and acceptance. Read more of her poems in Issue 07: Rest: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Our Editorial Staff Spotlight this week features our wonderful Design Intern, Anaya Marei! Anaya “does language” across mediums. Sometimes, she is succinct. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 21/01/2026The countdown begins 🗓️ We’re abuzz with excitement for Tendon’s new issue. Stay tuned for Issue 08: Care, coming February 2026! 🌟 010
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Contributor Spotlight: Eleanore Tisch! Tisch is a writer, educator, and artist from Chicago. She has lived all across the Midwest, from the foothills of the Rockies to the grassland plains of Iowa to the urban sprawl of Chicago itself. See her work at eleanoretisch.com. 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Renée Nicole Good was a poet. We are horrified by the cruelty of her murder and ICE’s barring of a nearby physician to render aid. In times like these, we need art more than ever. source: poets.org. 030
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 07/01/2026"Is When" is a piece by Benjamin Marrow, a poet from Las Cruces, New Mexico. With anaphora serving as the gentle guide, this poem brings the reader down a quiet road, one where "the milk of stars will flood every empty arroyo". Read the full piece here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Contributor Spotlight: Amelia Dutch Player! Amelia is a dramatic writer based in Savannah, Georgia. She is originally from the small Rocky Mountain town of Durango, CO, and has two dogs named Whiskey and Mr. Fred Rogers. Check out her works and updates on YouTube and Instagram at @amelia_dutch. 010
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 26/12/2025This week's Editorial Staff Spotlight features our new Editorial Intern: Zephyr Hameem. Zephyr is a third year medical student at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Outside of studying, Zephyr enjoys spending time with her family, writing poetry, and being out in nature. 021
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Our featured piece for the week is "Sensory Deprivation" by Genevieve Creedon. A scholar, poet, and essayist, Creedon explores relational meaning-making with human, animal, and environmental others through her writing. Read the full poem here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Contributor Spotlight: Sophia Zhao! Hailing from Delaware, Sophia is a poet and visual artist whose work has been featured in JAMA, Palliative and Supportive Care, Cordite Poetry Review, and The Adroit Journal, among others. Check out her portfolio here: sophiajzhao.com 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Meet one of our Nonfiction Readers: Maggie Hart! Maggie is a Pushcart Prize nominee and her works have been featured in Narratively, The Audacity, The Blood Project, Mud Season Review, December, and elsewhere. Outside of school, she enjoys hiking, running, and traveling 🌎 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 09/12/2025This week's featured piece is "The Harpy and the Featherbed" by Lamb. Her work blurs the boundaries between the body and the natural world, and centers on themes of chronic illness, transformation, and mortality. Check out the full piece here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 05/12/2025This week's contributor feature is Lynn Thayer! Lynn is a multidisciplinary artist from Salida, CO. She's a graduate of Lighthouse’s Poetry Collective and was accepted to a residency at Vermont Studio Center in 2026. Check out her works at www.lynnthayer.com 010
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 03/12/2025This week's featured piece is "(un) rest" by K.F. Mittendorf. Mittendorf is a multiply-disabled academic scientist, advocate, and full-time patient for the last decade whose work can be found at katemittendorf.com. See their full piece in Issue 07: Rest! 110
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 25/11/2025This week's featured piece is "My Father's Pony" by Amelia Player. Her work explores intensive depths of feeling and strives to create an insightful reflection of our world. Check out the full piece here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Starting off our Editorial Staff Spotlight series with our new Fiction Editor, Caitlin Annette Johnson! Johnson's writing has appeared in NonBinary Review, Anodyne, Dunes Review, and others. We’re so excited to have them on the Tendon team! 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Our featured piece this week is "The way I lie" by Alexandra Bergmann, appearing in Tendon Issue 07: Rest. Bergmann is a writer, scientist, and educator from the San Fransisco Bay Area. Read more here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 000
Tendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Thank you to all who submitted for Issue 08 - we're excited to share it soon! In the meantime, let's take a trip down memory lane to past issues. Our featured piece is “Transience” by Clement Abayomi, appearing in Tendon Issue 07: Rest. Read more here: hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magaz... 010
Reposted by Tendon MagazineTendon Magazine @tendonmag.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Opportunities to submit work for our next issue on the politics and poetics of "Care" are drawing to a close. We look forward to receiving your poetry, art, non-fiction or fiction submissions by 11.1! tendonmag.submittable.com/submit 063