Enjoy the "blitzed, secret weather" of a mother's presence in @sallypoet.bsky.social's "Not the Kind that You Could Keep" in Issue 7. www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-kindred-...

Asterales @asteralesjournal.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

Re-opening: Asterales

Asterales @asteralesjournal.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/asterales-a-journal-of-arts-and-letters-38045 #amwriting

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Donna here. I'm the problem, it's me. I forgot to activate the submission form link yesterday - it is now open for business! My apologies to anyone who tried to submit on day one... asteralesjournal.com/submissions

Taylor Swift: I'm The Problem, It's Me

ALT: Taylor Swift: I'm The Problem, It's Me

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Congrats to Issue 7's @adamg.bsky.social whose poem "Consumption" is on Poetry Daily today! tinyurl.com/ajp6bbb2

Consumption

I have swallowed rot as rank as riverbeds, gnawed mold- pitted pride until it reached its dim-lit dwelling

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The folks at @asteralesjournal.bsky.social have been so kind and I’m thrilled this poem found a home with them. A meditation on art and mortality and maybe, just maybe, you’d like to read it? www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-gianforc...

Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters@asteralesjournal.bsky.social · last wk.

Today we begin sharing our Issue 7 gems! Check out @adamg.bsky.social's beautiful ekphrastic meditation "As Above, So Below." www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-gianforc...

Today we begin sharing our Issue 7 gems! Check out @adamg.bsky.social's beautiful ekphrastic meditation "As Above, So Below." www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-gianforc...

Not only should you check out the amazing work in our newest issue, which debuted last week, you should polish up those prose, art, and poetry submissions---we open on August 1 for Issue 8!

Are you planning on the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social this year? If so, may we offer up some suggestions written by @asteralesjournal.bsky.social contributors? Check them out if you need to add to your stack.

Issue 7 poet @mrmack88.bsky.social on @slowdownshow.org today! www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...

1565: bilingual by Mckendy Fils-Aimé

Today’s poem is bilingual by Mckendy Fils-Aimé.

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We are grateful to have this poem! Thank you!

Samuel Day Wharton@fakeourway.bsky.social · 2w ago

Beyond stoked to have this poem in the new issue of @asteralesjournal.bsky.social paired with artwork by @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social ! Thanks to editors @djvorreyer.bsky.social & @rebunting.bsky.social for giving it a home! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-7-wharton-...

Issue 7 is here! Poems from @adamg.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social Jill Crammond @fakeourway.bsky.social & AJ Wright. Art from @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social and featured artist @thaddevassie.bsky.social asteralesjournal.com

Reposting the poetry slide because editor @djvorreyer misspelled a name! My apologies to @mrmack88.bsky.social

More Best of the Net nominees: Fiction: @emcapettini.bsky.social and Amanda Lee Art: @sheilasquill.bsky.social @titaniayellow.bsky.social Sandra Wilcoxon

We are pleased to announce our Best of the Net nominees! First two categories... Poetry: @jillkitchen.bsky.social @mfitejohnson.bsky.social @johnpauldavis.org @mrmack88.bsky.social Allison Blevins Kerry Trautman Nonfiction: @charlesjensen.bsky.social @creakyvoice.bsky.social

Congrats to Asterales contributor @willmusgrove.bsky.social on his new story collection! And look at the gorgeous cover by @mrwojorising.bsky.social!

Will Musgrove@willmusgrove.bsky.social · 2mo ago

COVER REVEAL: I'm super excited to share the cover of my story collection After Last Call, coming out next April from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. And thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for the amazing work he did designing the cover 💙 Pre-order link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

Did you ever ship Velma and Daphne? Did you ever question a relationship? Then you will love these Girl Detective shorts from @emcapettini.bsky.social in Issue 6 as much as we did! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-capettin...

We loved the depth and color work in these amazing abstracts by Jill Khoury. And they complemented the writing in Issue 6 so well!

You still have a couple of weeks to send us work! Poetry, yes, but we'd particularly love to see more prose - fiction/hybrid/cnf, anything from flash to 7500 words.

Let @erindorney.bsky.social surprise you with the simple power of Scrabble tiles in Issue 6. www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-dorney

Jackson Benson captures the weariness, the uncertainty, and the wonder of parenting so well in their poem "Axolotl Night Light". Read it here: www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-benson-k...

Thank you for the shout-out, @wildroofjournal.bsky.social !

Wild Roof Journal@wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New batch of lit mag & small press shout-outs: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s... Featuring @amsterdamreview.bsky.social @kellyrsamuels.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @terrainorg.bsky.social @asteralesjournal.bsky.social @christenkauffman.bsky.social @erindorney.bsky.social

Get caught up the danger and mystery of want and need in "the lougawou discusses curses by @mrmack88.bsky.social l in Issue 7. www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-fils-aim...

Thank you for your beautiful piece AND your careful attention to the work of your co-contributors!

Erin Dorney@erindorney.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Co-editors Rachel and Donna sent a super creative, handmade card when the issue launched! No lit mag has ever done anything like that, and it really solidified to me how much they care about their contributors. Thank you so much, Asterales! 🙏 @djvorreyer.bsky.social @asteralesjournal.bsky.social

What an absolute honor to be in this beautiful journal! Thank you!

Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters@asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We immediately loved the subtle and evocative work of featured artist @christenkauffman.bsky.social - go check out Issue 6 to see it all! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-featured...

We immediately loved the subtle and evocative work of featured artist @christenkauffman.bsky.social - go check out Issue 6 to see it all! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-featured...

Check out @thesunshinelately.bsky.social in our new issue! This poem stopped us in our tracks when we read it. Also, Sunny’s new collection Lye is out now from @fernpub.bsky.social! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-lately-k...

And...we're open for Issue Seven submissions! Send us your poems, your prose, your artwork...your oddballs, your beloveds, your I'm-not-sure-who-will-like-this. We want to see it all! asteralesjournal.com/submissions

Check the danger and sweetness (or is it the sweetness of danger?) in "[To put a plastic bag over bananas reminds me]"by Isaac Salazar in Issue 6! www.asteralesjournal.com/2-6-salazar-...

Excited to have a poem in issue 6! Look at all these other goodies 😍

Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters@asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Issue 6 is here! With poems from @erindorney.bsky.social, @mrmack88.bsky.social Renee Emerson, Sunshine Lately, Jackson Benson, & Isaac Salazar, flash from @emcapettini.bsky.social and art from @christenkauffman.bsky.social & Jill Khoury! www.asteralesjournal.com/current-issu...

What a treat to read this issue full of wonder and beauty with my coffee this morning—so happy two of my micros, “Velma Learns to Love a Mystery” and “Plot Diagram for the Girl Detective,” found a home here.

Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters@asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Issue 6 is here! With poems from @erindorney.bsky.social, @mrmack88.bsky.social Renee Emerson, Sunshine Lately, Jackson Benson, & Isaac Salazar, flash from @emcapettini.bsky.social and art from @christenkauffman.bsky.social & Jill Khoury! www.asteralesjournal.com/current-issu...