The Skrews Syndication is an independent literary publication that is dedicated to the darker, pain-filled words of poets who've experienced severe adversity, trauma, and tribulation in their lives. While the element of suffering is often held in high esteem in the poetry community, most poets who haven't already created a name go unheard. This publication is here to change this. We are by those, for those, and celebrated by those who are in this very real state of chaos.

Issue 001 (The Pilot Issue, 2019) is a collection of thirty-seven poems from various amateur poets across the United States. As the Pilot Issue, this zine is a quick read that also serves the purpose of laying the foundation for future issues and portrays a wide encompassment of poetry that highlights the subjects of grief, mental angst, displacement, and much more.