Pitt’s Writing Program launched a new literary journal

Diana Khoi Nguyen, associate professor and interim director of the Writing Program in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has launched 3 Sisters, a new online literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, essays, art and hybrid work.

The inaugural issue features contributions from a wide range of writers — including a Pitt undergraduate and a folio from students at Carlow University. The journal was built and edited by a team of current Pitt MFA students and alumni who aimed to publish work that crosses or defies traditional genre categories.

Nguyen also serves as director of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writer Series and is an accomplished poet whose work has received national recognition. Read more about her work.

Submissions for Issue 2 of 3 Sisters will open in August 2026 to artists at Pitt and beyond.