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Publication of writing and art by Maryland-based creatives SUBS OPEN https://www.artistsfrommaryland.org/

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Artists from Maryland@artfrommaryland.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey, Bluesky! It's been a while, but Artists from Maryland is open for our THIRD ISSUE (closing November 22nd), *and* we are opening rolling submissions again for micro collections! Submission details for both opportunities at the link in our bio. Find us on Chill Subs!

SUBMISSIONS OPEN! for Issue 3 (closes November 22nd) and micro-collections (rolling subs) Artists from Maryland artistsfrommaryland.org
Artists from Maryland@artfrommaryland.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're excited to announce that this week (from 4/6 to 4/13), you can have the option of getting feedback from our editor-in-chief, Aldrin Badiola! Ends 4/13, midnight EST. (AFM can only offer this to ten people; you have to specifically press "Yes" when asked if interested in feedback on the form.)

Photo of tree branches stretching out the top of the screen, and mellowed yellow clouds at the bottom of the screen. On top of the photo are two yellow boxes, saying (from top to bottom): "Artists from Maryland Issue 2 Contest" "The first TEN SUBMISSIONS from April 6th to April 13th can receive feedback from Artists from Maryland’s editor-in-chief, Aldrin Badiola! All submissions during this period will have the option on the submission form to request feedback. The option will be removed when either (a) April 13th has passed or (b) ten people have already chosen to receive feedback—whichever comes first. All feedback will be given during the response period (i.e. around a week after submissions close (April 26th)."Photo of tree branches stretching out the top of the screen, and mellowed yellow clouds at the bottom of the screen. On top of the photo are two yellow boxes, saying (from top to bottom): "Artists from Maryland Issue 2 Contest" "Winner receives $40 USD Runner-ups receive $20 USD Finalists receive $10 USD All honorees will be published in Issue 2! Details at https://www.artistsfrommaryland.org/guidelines/. Submissions close APRIL 26th."
Artists from Maryland@artfrommaryland.bsky.social · 2y ago

To advertise AFM Issue 2; we're sharing pieces from Issue 1 we love! I2 subs close Apr. 26, it's free to submit, and all contribs. are paid. Details in bio. Here are two poems from Issue 1: "romanticism as midtown pothole" by nat raum (an Issue 2 judge!), and "ditchin' days" by Patricia Adelizzi

Background of a leaf-less tree and yellow clouds. On top is three text boxes and two screenshots. First screenshot: "the proper venue for a 7-eleven hot dog / is north howard street after midnight, / when i am in my blackout drunk / phase and ambling across cratered / sidewalks back home to my dorm." "nat raum, 'romanticism as midtown pothole'" Below it is a text box saying "AND MORE from Artists from Maryland: Issue One!" Below that is another screenshot: "shhh! listen for what you can hear / as the farmer silences his machine // at Earth's most bleak barren moment / just before she cracks it open" "Patricia Adelizzi, 'ditchin' days'"
Artists from Maryland@artfrommaryland.bsky.social · 2y ago

To encourage submissions to AFM's Issue 2; we're sharing pieces from Issue 1 that we can't stop thinking of! Subs close Apr. 26, it's free to submit, and all contributors are paid. Details in bio. Here are two poems from Issue 1: "Backward Train" by Thu Nhat Pham, and "For Beginnings" by Otis Sprow

Background of a leaf-less tree and yellow clouds. On top is three text boxes and two screenshots. First screenshot: "You descend into the belly / of Union Station, where the DC metro / are doors away from resembling the Hong Kong MTR in your hazy / childish memories, of yellow and grey / textured floors and your dad's gentle hand / guiding you onto a train car." "Thu Nhat Pham, 'Backward Train'" Below it is a text box saying "AND MORE from Artists from Maryland: Issue One!" Below that is another screenshot: "When a long supply of city blocks / lies in front of you, / notice how each door you pass / tells a different story." "Otis Sprow, 'For Beginnings'"
Artists from Maryland@artfrommaryland.bsky.social · 2y ago

We've loved the subs to AFM's Issue 2; keep them coming! Subs close Apr. 26, it's free to submit, and all contributors are paid. Details in bio. For insight on what our EIC Aldrin Badiola wants to see more of, check out these poems by Ashley Elizabeth in her collection "CHARMed" (fifth wheel press)

"Pass the children for two years students will not be held accountable but we will pass them along like they did something & be surprised when they’re behind and parents speak out or we end up on fox 45 when a sixteen year old can’t read it’s hard to care to read when they’re allowed to pass despite all odds some of it is grace, sure learning in a pandemic is difficult but there needs to be more than allowing foolishness." in the bottom right is a black and white photo of a classroom"ms. baltimore baltimore has gone from greatest city in america to heroin capital she is tired slumps into class makeup leftover from many late nights ago on her knees tells her students they are going to watch a movie thirteenth time in a row as she scratches her left arm jerks her neck her students are used to this and they stopped coming she has let lexington market into her bloodstream along with what lines city lines she wants it to snow slowly into her underweight bony body baltimore is sick of hearing hon she wants to go back to bed she cannot sleep mistaking fireworks for bullets always looking for her next hit she wants to be safe doing what she knows"