A new essay was published yesterday! Check out a fragmented view of Montana: sites.miamioh.edu/oxmag/pain-a...

A beta reader just told me it feels like there's something missing between two chapters. The answer is the 10k words I cut and forgot about.

Issue 3 of “Last Syllable” is coming soon!

New author photo? 1 or 2?

Grad readers: @sacornwell.bsky.social, @megcoley.bsky.social, @itmebugail.bsky.social, @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social, @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @josiahroberts.bsky.social, @jess1et.bsky.social, among others. verbatimbooks.com/events/#even...

My goal for this novel draft is to cut 16k words. As of the midpoint I have cut (drumroll please) 14K WORDS!!!

This is probably my favorite poem I’ve ever written, and you can find it (and more!) at heartoffleshlit.com/issue-12/emm...

Hey we're Taco Bell Quarterly, we're a prestigious Literary Magazine. We pay $100! We're open for another week. Submit something. This is one of our favorite poems published in our last issue, TBQ6, Staircase wit by Rhiannon McGavin. https://tacobellquarterly.org/staircase-wit/

Sometimes it feels like the current is beating ceaselessly against me

I want to read some poetry! Submit!!

Whale Road Review@whaleroadreview.bsky.social · 2y ago

And in other news, our December reading period starts now! We'll be reading poetry and short prose for our summer and fall issues until Dec. 15. www.whaleroadreview.com/submission-g...

Looking for another great indie press deal? @gameoverbooks.bsky.social books are 51% off at checkout today if you put in code "hellyeah," meaning you can likely get my chapbook w/ shipping for under $13!!! www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/woma...

Woman as Communion — Megan McDermott — Game Over Books

Woman as Communion  is a chapbook that reckons with, but is not resigned to, the patriarchal past and present of the poet’s Christian faith. Through poems that inhabit the experiences of both bib...

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Yes, oh automated voice message, I know that if this is a medical emergency I should hang up and dial 911. However, if I was having a medical emergency I would not be calling my dermatologist

Today’s a great day to check out a poetry book on prophecy! (support a local bookstore here: bookshop.org/p/books/this...)

Baby turned 12 :)

@josephfasano.bsky.social lent a hand to some heart thoughts today

I’m so pumped to read at this! San Diego folks, pull up!

Robbie Maakestad@robbiemaakestad.bsky.social · 2y ago

San Diego writers: Get this @plnuwritingma.bsky.social reading on your calendars! Headliners: Kazim Ali and Mac Crane Readers: @sacornwell.bsky.social, @itmebugail.bsky.social, @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social, @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @josiahroberts.bsky.social, @jess1et.bsky.social, among others.

Hey if you want to buy my funky prophecy poetry book but don’t want to support Amazon, check it out: bookshop.org/p/books/this...

This Voice Has an Echo a book by Emma McCoy

What does it mean to hear God speak? The prophets of the Old Testament faced burning bushes, bloody altars, deceitful kings, split seas, and generals determined to get their own way. They lived in war...

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And sometimes it fights back, but that’s part of the fun

Taco Bell Quarterly@tacobellquarterly.org · 2y ago

This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.

Another exquisite Small Press Nite this weekend at Book Catapult with extraordinary readings by Manuel Paul López, @lexikentmonning.bsky.social, @jacjemc.bsky.social, and @dtrobbins.bsky.social.

I’m so thrilled to be finding more writers on Bluesky :) welcome everyone!!!

If Jake Paul beats Mike Tyson tonight, @aaronburch.bsky.social and @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social will kiss on the lips at AWP.

Last night a portion of my nonfiction workshop course focused on Ocean Vuong's essay about metaphors and similes. Truly a must read for any writer. www.instagram.com/stories/high...

Metaphors = @ocean_vuong

See Instagram 'Metaphors' highlights from ocean vuong (@ocean_vuong)

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in case you happen to be in san diego, come catch @dtrobbins.bsky.social @jacjemc.bsky.social @lexikentmonning.bsky.social tomorrow it's IMPORTANT

Hi y’all! I am here and ready to find my #writingcommunity folks!

WE ARE LIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!! lastsyllablelit.com/issue-i

Our submissions are officially CLOSED! Thank you to everyone who submitted! We still can't believe we got over 500 submissions in the last two weeks! We'll make our decisions in the next month, so keep an eye out for an Issue soon!

i’ve got “boy/crow/cat/fox” on page 66!

Cosmic Daffodil Journal@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social · 3y ago

✨️👻 LIGHTS OUT is now LIVE on our website 🧙‍♀️☠️ cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/lights-out Please go check it out and enjoy the collection of spooky stories. Thank you to everyone who has submitted! Your continued support means the world to us. With love, Madi & Jen 👻♥️

i’ve got a piece of flash fiction out today with Verdant Journal! give it a read if you want :) t.co/Xz1rqNrJZX

My story, "The Town Full of Broken Tin Men" will be in @apexmag.bsky.social's Robotic Ambitions anthology, which is available for preorder right now! It's about a young father-to-be in a nineteen-fifties style suburb, who starts to have some very unsettling visions of robotic men🤖

subs for @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social are open! i want to see more long poems! send me ballads and multi-page longings….