Our final round of Flash 405 for 2026 is OPEN! We’re delighted to welcome #ExpoContributor @charlesjensen.bsky.social as our guest judge! Send him your “Quake”-themed short-form entries in any AND all genres through Sept. 5 for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake!

Call for Entries: Flash 405, August 2026: “Quake” - Exposition Review

The final Flash 405 contest of 2026 is almost here, and we’re excited to share that another member of the Exposition Review fam is joining the ranks of our guest judges!  Former contributor Charles Je...

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Yay, an acceptance! #amwriting

An Alpine ibex perched on the roof of a chalet in the Parc de Merlet near Chamonix, France. They are famous for their extraordinary balance and often climb onto the stone chimneys of chalets in this area to lick minerals or soak up the sun. The background offers a view of the Mont Blanc massif.

Excited to have this prose poem published in @stonecirclereview.bsky.social !

Stone Circle Review@stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 3w ago

POEM 352: "Alma Mater Omnium Vulpes" by Laila Amado (@amadolaila.bsky.social) "Time hurries back across the quad. Fingers searching for the truth find lies, quips, quivers, candy wraps, and leeches in the mud." stonecirclereview.com/alma-mater/ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity

#amreading poetry by Alison Lubar

#Disgruntled astronaut stares down at the barren,cratered moon. Whoever did the settlement value calculations was either a moron or relied too much on the latest AI, which is basically the same thing. Still, giving up is not his #style and he decides to #roll with it, literally. #vss365 #2WordPrompt

Days amble along, warm with lazy sunlight. Sea salt and candy floss, carousel rides and fireworks. Summer rolls up the sandy beach as a tidal wave and retreats, leaving in its wake #disgruntled mollusks and squashed soda cans. #vss365

Lonely planet.

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 20 June 2026 is #QUANTUM 🚀👽🛸🖊️👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts 🎨 See image alt text

If nobody buys your book who cares? You can write an even more stupid one after that

Haiku for World Oceans Day

no worries, I say while inventing a never before heard of way to worry

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 06 June 2026 is 🔆 ⚪️ ⚫️ 🔘 🔅 #ORB 🚀👽🛸🖊️👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts 🎨 See image alt text

My favourite kind of book post…free editor copies of the paperback edition book post! And ain’t they pretty! (Beautiful cover art by Derek Newman-Stille 😃)

It’s always a pleasure to read at @saloneurope.bsky.social alongside so many wonderful writers 😊

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We always love having @amadolaila.bsky.social in our salon ❤️

Daydreaming of it and mapping it out in your head in its entirety and then not getting to it for several years counts as writing

Woohooo!

Deborah@deborahzafer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tomorrow! 💗

Editing tip: select the whole section and delete it from existence forever. (it's going to be fine, it will creep back like weeds anyway, you can't kill this shit) ✍️

Are you passionate about SF, fantasy, and pop culture? Our Managing Editor is looking for original essay pitches: author appreciations, scholarly analysis of all aspects of pop culture, critical and personal essays, think pieces, literary analysis and deep dives into film, television, and fiction

“Neck the Neck” By Frances Gapper Longlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition gooseberry-pie.com/neck-the-neck/

Neck the Neck - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Longlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by Frances Gapper Day 9, month 2 of Low Water: as the great god Ra lifts his solar crown above the eastern horizon and I shiveringly prostrate...

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Everybody talking about chickens made me look at the videos from years ago.. I had forgotten about the beautiful contented noises they make. Sigh..✨

Dewdrops on capsule Shells, scattered beyond the dunes. Crew dead on landing #scifaikusaturday #beyond #vss365 #dewdrop

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

“Mother, Take Me Home” Art by me for May’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of RESCUE! Authors, 14 days remain until submissions are due on May 21st. Full details are on our landing page at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 08-MAY-26 is: Radical & Tank #Prompt

The print it out and physically surround yourself with your bullshit method is the class I'm going to teach. And then how to make friends and recruit fresh blood to read it for you. No more isolation, no more phones. We're killing trees and our inner critic for creative writing

I’m so excited about this! 😊😊😊

Katabatic Circus@katabaticcircus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Naomi Reads a Poem features Laila Amado! @amadolaila.bsky.social angrygablepress.com/2026/04/30/a...

It's April 28, 2026, and today's #vss365 #prompt is #lightning! Inspired by the lightning bolts of Zeus, King of the Greek gods. An epic figure, Zeus presides over the sky, lightning, and thunder. He won his crown after overthrowing his father and freeing his devoured siblings!

My daily struggle 🤣😆 #weekendvibes #meditation

#amreading #poetry