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Nerve to Write

@nervetowrite.bsky.social

A Magazine for Disabled, Chronically Ill, and Neurodivergent Writers. Editor-in-Chief @sfmontgomery.bsky.social. www.nervetowrite.com

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)@clmporg.bsky.social · last mo.

“We are a space to release disabled rage, but also to cultivate disabled joy.” Read our member spotlight on @nervetowrite.bsky.social! #DisabilityPrideMonth

Member Spotlight: Nerve to Write - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

We spoke with Sarah Fawn Montgomery, editor in chief of Nerve to Write, in our latest member spotlight.   What is the history behind Nerve to Write? When was it founded and what is its mission? Nerve…

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · last mo.

Today on the site we’ve got a fresh new interview with Emily Lapomardo and @sandrabeasley.bsky.social about disabled literary community, tectonic shifts in identity and representation, and ways to show up for crip community! www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...

An Interview with Sandra Beasley

Sandra Beasley is a prominent DC-based writer and activist who has published four poetry collections and a memoir. She often centers disability at the forefront of her work, combining personal experie...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our first issue was featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's Disability Pride Reading List! Check out the full reading list plus read an interview with editor @sfmontgomery.bsky.social about our mission! www.clmp.org/news/member-...

Member Spotlight: Nerve to Write - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

We spoke with Sarah Fawn Montgomery, editor in chief of Nerve to Write, in our latest member spotlight.   What is the history behind Nerve to Write? When was it founded and what is its mission? Nerve ...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Celebrate Disability Pride Month with some new recommended reading! Today on the site Jackie Martin reviews Martha Silano’s @acrebooks.bsky.social Terminal Surreal! www.nervetowrite.com/post/a-revie...

A Review of Martha Silano's Terminal Surreal

In Terminal Surreal, poet Martha Silano confronts her diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with a collection that is at once contemplative, defiant, and unwaveringly honest. Published ju...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to @cavar.bsky.social and @anmlymag.bsky.social for interviewing @sfmontgomery.bsky.social about founding N2W, as well as speaking with editor Mialise Carney and grad intern Emily Lapomardo about the kind of work we're looking for in our submissions! medium.com/anomalyblog/...

dis/connect: Sustaining Disabled Creativity: An Interview with Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Nerve to…

I feel like it’s common to begin these types of interviews with a question on origin. I’d prefer to begin with one of genealogy. When…

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 2mo ago

July is Disability Pride Month! Celebrate by reading our inaugural issue featuring 34 disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers and artists. Plus, new content rolling out all month long!

The Disability Pride Flag of a gray background and diagonal rainbow stripes takes up the image. On top is a black neuron and black text reading, “Celebrate Disability Pride Month by reading our inaugural issue! Plus new content all month!”
Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today on the site graduate intern Cassidy Rousseau interviews Naomi Cohn about her @rosemetalpress.bsky.social The Braille Encyclopedia, experimental forms, and artistic insight as a blind writer. www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...

An Interview with Naomi Cohn

Naomi Cohn’s book, titled The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight, showcases Cohn’s experience with progressive vision loss through examinations of the definitions of words, personal c...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“While there is no shortage of the number of literary magazine startups, the distinction with Nerve to Write is the essential nature of its existence.” Check out editor @sfmontgomery.bsky.social’s interview with @newpages.bsky.social about launching the journal! www.newpages.com/blog/magazin...

New Lit on the Block :: Nerve to Write

Nerve to Write is an inclusive literary magazine amplifying disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent voices.

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today on the site staff member Raquel Desiree DeGrasse interviews Cynthia Marie Hoffman about her Persea Books prose poetry collection Exploding Head, OCD self-discovery and community, and writing to save your life. www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...

An Interview with Cynthia Marie Hoffman

Cynthia Marie Hoffman’s Exploding Head is a haunting and intimate collection of prose poetry that explores the boundary between body and mind, memory and perception. Across surreal yet deeply grounded...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today we’re celebrating the release of @gabemontesanti.bsky.social's new @arsenalpulp.bsky.social memoir Drag Thing! Staff member Jackie Martin interviews Gabe about hybridity and writing and illustrating multiplicity, gender performance, and mental health. www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...

An Interview with Gabe Montesanti

Gabe Montesanti’s Drag Thing: A Memoir of Mania and Mirrors chronicles the author’s emergence into drag culture and her evolution into an unclassifiable, genderfluid “drag thing.”Through experimentati...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Many thanks to Bridgewater State University for featuring our staff and first issue in this article about the work we’re doing to build disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent community! www.bridgew.edu/stories/2026...

BSU Graduate Students Gain Hands-on Experience Producing New Magazine

As Kaitlynn Davis, ’24, G’27, prepares for a career in publishing, she is already doing the work as an intern, helping launch a new magazine dedicated to amplifying voices often left out of the litera...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Today we’re featuring editor Mialise Carney's interview with @eshanisurya.bsky.social about her new novel Ravishing and writing invisible illness, the beauty industry, and making the familiar strange. www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...

An Interview with Eshani Surya

Eshani Surya’s debut novel, Ravishing, follows estranged siblings Kashmira and Nikhil as theyfall into the clutches of a dystopian beauty industry after the abandonment of their abusive father.Specula...

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Meet our spring 2026 editorial staff! Kaitlynn Davis is a neurodivergent and queer writer with a love of all things fierce, feminist, and fantastical. Read more about Kaitlynn and what she’s hoping to find in our submissions!

A tan background features brown and red squares along with an image of a young white woman with red-blonde hair looking up into the camera with a slight smile. She’s wearing her ren-faire outfit, which is a white linen shirt, mustard brown corduroy bodice, and two opposing red ribbons on either side of the neckline that start with tiny flowers. A gold neuron sits at the top of a page with red text reading “Kaitlynn Davis” and brown text reading, “Kaitlynn Davis is a neurodivergent and queer writer and student from the Boston area, who after getting her bachelors in English immediately dove into the Bridgewater State University master’s program. With a love of all things fierce, feminist, and fantastical, Kaitlynn adores supporting her community by reading and writing toward goals that enrich our lives and aid in empathizing with our fellow humans. When she is not fighting the mental demons, she’s instead fighting her four cats who are all either begging for treats, screaming at 3 am, or making biscuits into her exposed arm flesh while she’s trying to be productive.” A tan background features a red neuron and dark brown text reading, “Kaitlynn primarily indulges in literature that pulls her out of the normal and plunges her into the fantastical, mysterious, and horrific. However, she’s particularly fond of stories that are meaningful and have something to say about our society, culture, or values. She loves all the good things every reader does; Good writing, story craft, and plot beats, but at the heart of every important story is something to be said and she always searches for the meaning behind the veil. All in all, she prizes the humanity of the authors and the dedication to the craft, valuing any effort put towards writing whether successful or not.
Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Meet our spring 2026 editorial staff! Jackie Martin is an educator and writer whose work has been published by Jabberwocky, New Pages, Heuer Publishing, Smith & Kraus, Applause Books, YouthPLAYS, and Pioneer Drama. Read more about Jackie and what she’s hoping to find in our submissions!

A tan background features dark brown and Peach squares comma along with A tan neuron and peach script reading “Jackie Martin” and an image of a dark-haired woman wearing glasses and a white tank top smiling against a white background. Dark brown text reads, “Jackie Martin is an educator and writer from the Boston area. Her work has been published by Jabberwocky, New Pages, Heuer Publishing, Smith & Kraus, Applause Books, YouthPLAYS, and Pioneer Drama. Jackie is currently a graduate student pursuing her MA in English at Bridgewater State University. When she is not reading, writing, grading, or planning, she delights in spending time with her husband, two children, and cats.”A tan background features a peach neuron and dark brown text reading, “Jackie enjoys reading across a wide range of genres, hungrily indulging in everything from poetry and plays to novels and nonfiction. She's especially drawn to character-driven stories and writers who surprise her, whether through unexpected plot points or inventive manipulation of language. She loves when she steps away from a story feeling inspired to create.”
Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Nerve to Write is headed to @awpwriter.org! We’ll be at the Disabled & D/deaf Writers Caucus Friday, March 6 @ 5-6:15 Room 307, Level 300 and would love to say hi to our community! Plus, our editors will be handing out N2W temporary tattoos around the bookfair so please say hi and pitch your work!

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Nerve to Write@nervetowrite.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Meet our spring 2026 editorial staff! Emily Lapomardo is a queer disabled writer and educator who appreciates writing that employs identity as a means of authentic representation rather than a plot device. Read more about Emily and what she’s hoping to find in our submissions!

A tan background with gray and brown squares features an image of a young white woman with long dark brown hair smiles at the camera. She wears a light pink cardigan, and stands in front of a building with gray siding. A brown neuron sits at the top of the page above teal script reading “Emily Lapomardo” and brown text reading, “Emily is a queer disabled writer and educator from the Boston area. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in English from Bridgewater State University. She believes in the power of advocacy, and showing up authentically in all areas of life. In her free time, she enjoys reading literature and raging against the patriarchy.”A tan background features a teal neuron and brown text reading, “Emily loves a wide array of stories and forms when reading. She is drawn to poetry, especially poems that provide new perspectives. Any work that has a turn she didn’t see coming is an immediate favorite, as well as poems with lines so profound they linger in her mind for days. Outside of poetry, she enjoys fantasy novels with rich world-building, or historical fiction novels that expertly blend historical facts with compelling narrative. Regardless of genre, she always appreciates writing that employs identity as a means of authentic representation rather than a plot device.”