What’s New at OAF
OAF is always improving
What’s New & What’s Next
See what we’ve recently added for OAF members, what we’re improving now and what we’re considering next. The goal is simple: make it easier to create, publish, discover, share and preserve your work.
Member-focused: Editor tools, maintenance, security work and other behind-the-scenes development are intentionally left out.
Recently added
Finished improvements include a direct link so you can see or use them yourself.
A better front page for discovering work
A redesigned home experience makes featured work and the wider OAF site easier to explore.
See it AddedAuthors & Artists directory
Browse OAF contributors and move more easily from a name to the work they have published here.
Explore authors & artists AddedLatest Work
A dedicated view makes it easier to catch newly published work without relying on the home page alone.
Browse latest work AddedQuarterlies & Annuals
OAF published collections are gathered into a single browsable library stretching across years.
Browse editions AddedCalls & Opportunities
Find submission calls and opportunities without having to hunt through scattered announcements.
Find opportunities AddedListen & Watch
Audio, readings, performances and video work have a dedicated place to be discovered.
Listen & watch AddedOAF Support and account tools
Support, payment history and account-bound Supporter membership are now handled in one clearer system.
See support optionsBeing improved now
Work genuinely underway and intended to make everyday use of OAF better.
A fresher “From OAF” section
Keeping this area moving so it surfaces newer material from across OAF instead of lingering on the same selections.
Faster navigation
Reducing delay when moving between published work, the home page and other frequently used parts of OAF.
Easier gallery updates
Making it simpler to add photographs or artwork when a contributor expands a gallery after it has already been prepared.
Better visual-poetry discovery
Improving categorization so concrete and visual poetry can be found more reliably across existing and future work.
More seamless OAF navigation
Continuing to make the journal and forum feel like parts of one community rather than separate systems.
OAF Studio
Developing member tools for writing, publishing, formatting, dictation, recording and other creative work.
See current toolsWhat we’re considering next
These are directions, not promises. Member priorities help determine what rises to the top.
Personal publishing projects
Build and return to chapbooks, books, collections and manuscripts, with useful PDF, EPUB and print-ready output.
Follow writers & artists
Keep up more easily when particular OAF contributors publish new work.
Better notification controls
Choose which kinds of OAF activity you want to hear about and which you would rather leave quiet.
My Network
A personal view of people, work and activity you care about across the Open Arts community.
Simpler cross-site sign-in
Move among related Open Arts communities without repeatedly rebuilding your identity and profile.
More ways to get members’ work seen
Continue improving discovery, sharing, creator pages, collections, readings and other paths that bring readers to members’ work.
Help choose what comes next
Choose up to three improvements that would matter most to you. The results guide development; they do not turn the roadmap into a binding vote.
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Help keep OAF improving
OAF is independent, ad-free and continually evolving. Member support helps pay for the site and the work required to keep improving the tools that publish, preserve and bring attention to members’ work.