Who we are

Okie Modern is a quarterly literary journal dedicated to exhibiting the best of Oklahoma writing. We publish work about Oklahoma or work created by writers and artists from Oklahoma. Our aim is to create a venue for Oklahoma literature and art. In doing so, we hope to build community among Oklahoma creators and spark further literary and artistic development in the state. We platform Oklahoma literature and art, making it available and accessible to all. 

While we emphasize work from writers who were born, raised, worked in, or who consider themselves to be connected to the state, we also accept work from creators who do not have a direct connection to the state, but whose writing in some way features Oklahoma. 


Outside of our literary and artistic publications, Okie Modern also hosts a blog about Oklahoma literary history and culture. We accept pitches and full pieces.

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Meet the Editors

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Elizabeth J. Wenger

Founder, Editor

Elizabeth J. Wenger is a queer writer from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her works have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology. She is the winner of the Baltimore Review Winter Prize in flash nonfiction and was shortlisted for the Breakwater Review Fiction Prize. Her essay collection was selected as a finalist for the Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prose Prize. Wenger earned her MFA at Iowa State University’s program for Creative Writing and Environment. Her website is wengerwrites.com

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Madeline C. Roper

Co-Editor

Madeline Roper is a writer and consultant from Tulsa, OK. Her work has been published in ASLUT Zine, Orange Peel Magazine, The Tulsa Voice and more. She currently lives in Nashville, TN with her boyfriend and two cats.

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We are searching for volunteers to join as editors, social media creators, and readers for our journal. Love literature? Love Oklahoma? Email us with your resume: okiemodern@gmail.com. We’d love to meet you!

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