Art Block is a literary magazine dedicated to providing writing and art through a multi-media lens for free. We are all young artists and writers, determined to amplify artists of all kinds, without restraint or being beholden to any large overheard. Like many of you, we were frustrated with the process of submitting to online Lit Mags, rarely ever hearing back, or paying a submission fee just to be rejected. For this reason we are determined to provide our content to you, for free, whilst also allowing free submissions for artists. Further, we believe in content made by artists for artists; we do not support generative AI, and we only publish work made by real human hands and minds.

Who We Are

Carolyn Combs is the Co-Editor in Chief and a founding member of the Art Block. She has a degree in Creative Writing from ASU, and is passionate about the arts. She has earned several accolades for writing while at ASU, including the Swarthout Summer Artistic Development grant and 3rd place prize for the 63rd Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Awards, and working as an Interview Editor for the literary magazine Superstition Review. She is also published in Volume 11 of the Tempe Public Library’s ‘Tempe Writes’ anthology. For writing inquiries, she can be reached at combswriting22@gmail.com.

Eliza Kent is Co-Editor in Chief and Fiction Editor for Art Block, and an author with a degree in Creative Writing from Arizona State University. Her debut novel “Devil & A Half” was published by GenZ Publishing. Her work in surrealism and horror have been recognized by the Swarthout Creative Development Fellowship and she received 3rd place in the 2024 Swarthout awards. She has interned as Fiction Editor for the Superstition Review, worked as an event coordinator for the ASU sci-fi fantasy Worldbuilding Initiative, and managed the newsletter for the Academy of Lactation Programs. Inquiries can be referred to elizarkent@icloud.com