At The Rotten Pomegranate, we celebrate the beauty of complexity—the fresh and the decayed, the vibrant and the bruised.

We are a literary magazine that thrives at the intersection of identity, creativity, and truth. We want to provide a platform first and foremost for women, LGBTQ+ voices, and people of color to share stories that refuse to be silenced or simplified.

Like the pomegranate’s seeds, we recognize the abundance of experiences within us, embracing the raw and imperfect as much as the polished and celebrated. Our pages are a home for the unapologetically honest, the beautifully queer, and the powerfully diverse. We believe in building a community where vulnerability is strength, rebellion is art, and every voice is essential to the collective mosaic that creates our communities.

The Rotten Pomegranate is more than a magazine—it’s a gathering place for those who dare to embrace the messy, the bold, and the transformative. Here, we cultivate abundance not in spite of our flaws but because of them.

Together, we crack open the fruit to find stories and art that nourish and connect us all.