About

Cynosure welcomes all forms of creative writing. Literary fiction, grackle analysis, Reflections, how those weird troll statues make you feel, city life, what makes a good party here, poetry, the best outfit you saw a stranger wear this week, or something else entirely. The city connects us, but your submission doesn’t need to be about Austin. Writers should be based in Austin. You can have been here a day or a lifetime. 

Cynosure has a bias for optimism. It isn’t interested in the weird nativism or nostalgic mourning that pervades so much talk about the city. It isn’t interested in doomer takes. A better future is possible and worth envisioning. 

This is not a startup or trying to launch a media brand. It is certainly not a news outlet. This will, at most, culminate in like making a physical zine one day. We welcome submissions or questions at hello@cynosure.fyi