A marvellous Yorkshire Writing Retreat. A week of writing, sharing feedback and food, laughter and togetherness with @mattkendrick.bsky.social @susmitab.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @jennyhart2001.bsky.social @morganparks.bsky.social
Orli Baumgart
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queer and trans uni student in aus | periodically rediscovers 1am notes app drafts | occasionally edits things to completion | chronically ill | em dash enthusiast | has cooler nails than you they/them
Bookings open from The Editorial Funnel in October, three weeks of fun-filled activities prodding your writing from different angles - playing around with highlighter pens, cutting pieces in half, and asking lots of questions of your work: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/the-editoria...
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Last night of writing retreat week 1. What an amazing group. We’ve written, pondered, laughed and chatted about anything and everything. @summermoth.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @cake-girl.bsky.social @orli-bee.bsky.social @morganparks.bsky.social
@ruthabrandt.bsky.social and I are having the best time hosting an inspiration of writers deep in the Yorkshire countryside. What an incredible group already writing some incredible words! We had a lovely welcome session yesterday. Today I've taught a workshop called...
If you're interested in my new editing course, a place has come up for April (13th April-3rd May - send me a message if interested). Otherwise, bookings are open for June (1st - 21st) & places are going like hot cakes... www.mattkendrick.co.uk/the-editoria... This is online, asynchronous & PWYC 😀
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my piece is a mondette! 😳🤩😫 so cool to be included among such beautiful pieces 🥰 thank you @kathrynreese.bsky.social!
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynreese.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/february-2...
i love how poetry is (all at once) overthinking and overfeeling and overlanguaging
i want time to watch more films but i also want time to read more books but i also want time to look at more nothing
Oh my goodness this piece by @orli-bee.bsky.social in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social “Shaky breathing. Craving to feel real and then choking on it.” So exquisitely done, Orli. Stunning writing 🧡🧡🧡 turningleafjournal.com/2025/12/15/o...
“Things I Observe at my Joint 18th Birthday Party,” Orli Baumgart
Things I Observe at my Joint 18th Birthday PartyBy Orli Baumgart A jumble of jackets and bags strewn about my friend’s bedroom near the entryway. A staircase that stretches up to the main floor wit…
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Orli Baumgart@orli-bee.bsky.social · 10mo agoso so excited to have a creative nonfiction piece in this issue!! 🤩🥰
‘Friends I believe actually like me. Music vibrating through the house’s skeleton and into my own. The realisation that I’m able to feel things again. How it’s too much and not enough.’ 🥹💗 Such a vulnerable, heartbreaking CNF flash from @orli-bee.bsky.social turningleafjournal.com/2025/12/15/o...
“Things I Observe at my Joint 18th Birthday Party,” Orli Baumgart
Things I Observe at my Joint 18th Birthday PartyBy Orli Baumgart A jumble of jackets and bags strewn about my friend’s bedroom near the entryway. A staircase that stretches up to the main floor wit…
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Wonderful list piece from @orli-bee.bsky.social Always brilliant to see a #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb piece out in the world
Orli Baumgart@orli-bee.bsky.social · 10mo agoso thrilled to share this cnf piece that’s just been published in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social 🥹 i wrote it in @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s Glorious Words course. with Matt’s feedback, it was by far the least daunting editing process i’ve ever experienced! 😎 turningleafjournal.com/2025/12/15/o...
so thrilled to share this cnf piece that’s just been published in @turningleafjournal.bsky.social 🥹 i wrote it in @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s Glorious Words course. with Matt’s feedback, it was by far the least daunting editing process i’ve ever experienced! 😎 turningleafjournal.com/2025/12/15/o...
“Things I Observe at my Joint 18th Birthday Party,” Orli Baumgart
Things I Observe at my Joint 18th Birthday PartyBy Orli Baumgart A jumble of jackets and bags strewn about my friend’s bedroom near the entryway. A staircase that stretches up to the main floor wit…
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so so excited to have a creative nonfiction piece in this issue!! 🤩🥰
The Turning Leaf Journal@turningleafjournal.bsky.social · 10mo agoIt's here! Volume 2, Issue 2 is out! As always, here are the stats. Today we're celebrating each of these contributors, as well as everyone who submitted work to us this past fall. Check out the issue here: turningleafjournal.com/volume-2-iss...
WE ARE LIVE ON KICKSTARTER. This is not a drill! Oh hek, please share!!! This has been a years worth of work with more than 50 people involved in bringing this project to the world! Let's make it everything we can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/may...
Embodied: Portraits and Stories of Queer Body and Self
A book of watercolour portraits alongside personal experiences of moving a queer body through the world.
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I don’t think that people accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable. —David Lynch
I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
Check out our latest flash fiction, For the Young Fans Who Weren’t There in ‘82, by Sumitra Singam. 👀 📖 📆 #queerlit #indielit #80s #lgbtqia #flashfiction #fiction #literaryjournal #read #write #1980s #shortfiction
For the Young Fans Who Weren't There in '82 by Sumitra Singam — AC | DC A Journal for the Bent
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Reminder for Asia-Pacific / early-morning UK writers, NEW DATES / TIMES for my upcoming workshops to hopefully suit. 5th July+6th Sep 9:00 BST / 18:00 AEST / 13:30 IST Also, details on FUTURE workshops & WORKSHOP RECORDINGS for those who can't attend live 😁: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops
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love it when a collection’s title poem lives up to the hype—like, yes you are the Titular One, the One Who Ties All the Themes Together, the One Who Is Long But Worth It, or the One Who Is Suddenly Short Hehe, the One Who Shows How Good This Title Is for the Book, the One Ring to
If there are any of you who might be interested in me putting on a second session for my summer workshops at a more Australasia / Asia / East of UK-friendly time, please let me know. I currently have 5 or 6 people interested but need about 20 to make this viable.
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · last yr.If you can't make these times because of GEOGRAPHY, I **might** consider an additional early morning Saturday (9-10.30 BST?) slot if enough of you are keen. Workshop recordings will also be available to buy after I've done them live: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
Day 4: "Do a challenge for charity" 😬😬😬 In 4 weeks, I'm attempting to "scale Ben Nevis" by climbing the stairs 517 times. Pretty sure I'll get nowhere near that number. But hopefully I'll at least get part of the way. If you'd like to sponsor me, you can do so here: forms.gle/UfJtT7aEdWS4...
Matt's Stair Climb Challenge
I'm attempting to climb Ben Nevis. Kind of. Since I live with a chronic health condition and can't actually get to Ben Nevis, I'm attempting to climb the equivalent of Ben Nevis by going up and down...
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Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · last yr.Pinching this from someone on Facebook, but I'm committing to an act of kindness every day during April. Who wants to join me? A whole list of ideas here: www.signupgenius.com/groups/rando... Another here: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-ment... A third here: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
the intimacy of a word doc containing a bad draft of the poem you know you must write
So glad this tiny micro found a home in In Short: A Journal of Flash Nonfiction. And grateful for how it gave me a second chance to find the words I wasn’t brave enough to say in the moment 💗 inshortjournal.com/karen-baumga...
Karen Baumgart
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not to brag but i’ve been a @cake-girl.bsky.social stan since the day i was born ✨ my mum is the coolest 🪼 also go read her exquisite micro !!
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2y agoSECOND PLACE in the Welkin Mini 2025. "You Say When the Rain Comes, it Will Be a Message From God" by @cake-girl.bsky.social. Congratulations, Karen. A story full of questions, both those on the page and those that linger in the white space: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...