“I wanted to use a quill pen too, wanted to immerse myself in heather, the spiky softness of it, the violet whirl, its mossy, clean scent.” Enjoy this gorgeously atmospheric jaunt along the moors by @bsherm36.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · yesterday

"I came in search of the Brontes:" Down a winding path in Yorkshire, what will the main character find? Read @bsherm36.bsky.social's fabulous fiction piece in Issue 3! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

“Sometimes a dad’s job is to close his eyes and open his mouth, while his son drops things into his mouth.” The small joyful games between parent and child are beautifully displayed in Per Olvmyr’s essay in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 4d ago

"His palindrome smile reveals everything." Per Olvmyr puts us in a warm, safe space between a father and his young son in this healing essay titled "In Swedish, the Word for Trust is a Palindrome." Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

“Snow blues territories, the wolf grows hungry” Beautiful landscapes and pensive thoughts whirl together in this new poem by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social in Poetry Online! (And do listen to it too!)

Vikki C.@vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 3d ago

Delighted to have a new poem "On Culture: An Assay" in Poetry Online's October 2026 issue — and in wonderfully talented company too! 🤍 🍂 My thanks to editor Tarik Dobbs for giving this piece such a beautiful home 🙏 Read and listen to me read the full piece here: poetry.onl/read/vikki-c

Honored to be celebrating a BSF nom from @thesunlightpress.bsky.social with @mynachang.bsky.social, @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social, and @writesofkathryn.bsky.social

My poem The Unthinkable from my pamphlet Step into the Dark 😯🖤

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Happy publication day, Amy Goldmacher!! The 28th book in Stanchion history is officially here to remind you that the terms & conditions you grew up with don't have to determine the rest of your life. This is a memoir unlike anything you've ever experienced.

Woohoo! It's publication day for "Spinning: Love, Family, and Other Strange Entanglements"!!! Order your copy today! 💃💃💃

Cowboy Jamboree@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's here! Out today! Grab up your copy of @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social's SPINNING from Cowboy Jamboree: cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/spinning.html

A poem of mine in Touch the Donkey (touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2026/07/touc...) #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

We’re back, babies! Please register here for zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This story was inspired by the process of caring for an elderly family member, which (or course) turned into a heist at a quantum diamond refinery. Thanks to @radonjournal.bsky.social!! "Brainbox Blues"

Brainbox Blues | Issue 14

Radon Journal Issue 14 featuring science fiction and anarchist literary works. Poems and short stories to make you rethink the social schema.

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weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ Blinding Lights by The Weekend youtu.be/ZELnwpUUNYo

weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ (October 5, 2026) Blinding Lights by The Weekend

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“Small sentences and small actions, they matter, perhaps more than we realise.” Looking back at what really matters and a reminder to move it forward in this thoughtful essay by Devika Bahadur in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 6d ago

"If I were reviewing last summer, I would say it was about becoming." A beautiful, meditative essay on summers past and growing older and up by Devika Bahadur. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

Continuing to share the beautiful work from #Biophilia, and today not one, but two poems from the very talented @jenwithwords.bsky.social. Read them here: www.anteroompoetry.com/biophilia/je...

A wonderful launch of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social’s Issue 3! The readings were stellar and heartfelt, and yes, there were even some tears! 🪷 Catch up on the full issue here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/issue3

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Lovely launch party this morning with our brilliant issue 3 writers reading their work and talking about what inspired them to write their stories. A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and brought their stories to life! What an honor it is to publish your words and worlds! 💜💜💜

“People only see the juicy bits in the world, glue them to themselves for protection.” School bus musings (and of course, Batman) by @willmusgrove.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The peach pit in my stomach cracks open." This is a piece only @willmusgrove.bsky.social could've written! Loneliness and the need to be seen in "Bus Windows." Gorgeous, moving work. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

This is happening soon! Come and hear our wonderful authors read their work! Also, meet with Lit Nam editors. Bring your friends!

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 3w ago

Good news, everyone! (yes, it's a Futurama reference). We're celebrating our Issue 3 authors with a LAUNCH PARTY!! Do come, hear them read their work, chat with Lit Nam Eds, and have a generally good literary time! Friday, Oct 2, 9:00 PM EST. Registration link : us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Trying to be brave and add a little paint when I’m assembling these little collages. From a series in which each piece includes a fragment from a 1930s children’s textbook. 4” x 4” collage on canvas panel.

✨COVER REVEAL✨ for my new chap, SENTENCE, out with Nine Syllables Press on December 1st! If you love my brother poems, you will love these as well! PRE-ORDER at the link: www.ninesyllablespress.com/shop/p/sente... And learn more in the replies! Graphics: 9SP IG

My review of @jdclappwrites.bsky.social “Grit Before Grace” from who else but my favorite small press putting out the best grit lit @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Subs open @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Send us something☀️ gooseberry-pie.com/submissions/

Submissions - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Submissions Submission Guidelines PLEASE READ SUBMISSION GUIDELINES THOROUGHLY AS THEY’VE BEEN UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2026. Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine publishes fiction with exactly six-sentences...

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New at Dis/enchantment/Anomie/Spectacle series a new prose work: unique, precise, magical by noted American #author Greg Mulcahy #prose #GregMulcahy #Art @rfredekenter.bsky.social If I could tell the dead so the dead would listen, I would tell the dead to shut up. icefloepress.net/2026/09/28/p...

PITY  – Prose by Greg Mulcahy

PITY              He was at the clinic looking to solve the moment’s limp with magic nonsurgical intervention to abate the bad knee.…

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“these women don’t gasp for breath between sets or take sips of water, they just power through, the lines of their muscles long and sinuous” Only @pleomorphic2.bsky.social can turn a gym moment into something nostalgic and beautiful in @trashcatlit.bsky.social

Sumitra Singam@pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thank you @trashcatlit.bsky.social for taking my perimenopausal plaint. And thank you @summermoth.bsky.social for helping me with the title for this piece! 🧡🧡🧡 “The Lulu Lemon women talk of Romeo and Juliet between sets of bicep curls because Lovefool comes on…” trashcatlit.com/maybe-there-...

“The lingering smell of sweat and rubber, the taste of Windex in the air, makes me relax within this calm before the storm.” Finding zen moments in…fencing? Yep! Read this new piece by @ninamiller.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 2w ago

Author Spotlight's on! @ninamiller.bsky.social writes a wonderfully meditative essay on "salle-itude" she finds while fencing! Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

“You say: One day.” Get lost in this beauty by @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open!@lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 2w ago

Let's begin this Monday morning with the inimitable @pdforan.bsky.social's magical fiction piece, "Kissing, Still." "You are living and not living, and we are kissing." literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

I think my heart stopped 😭. Thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social for seeing something in my CNF. There is a Nosehill Park. There was a boy. The thing I love best about writing is the agency it gives to write new stories and rewrite old ones.

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌎🌎🌎 WINNER of the Earth Prize, "Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Nose Hill Park" by @tomljanovic.bsky.social A piece that's wonderfully vivid and wonderfully alive: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

“But there ain’t no law in boomtown.” @tomljanovic.bsky.social and a little cowtown murder in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social

ellipsis zine@ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 2w ago

The first piece from our month-long #HistoricalFiction takeover. 'The Murder of Ella D. Wilson' by @tomljanovic.bsky.social Madam Mattie Silks weren’t always a whore. But while there was gold in Skagway, there weren’t a whole lotta ways to earn it. Read more www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/the-...

Remember it's never too late to write a review online of a book! Or to pitch an interview with an author! Or to post about a book online! Like this book for just one example off the top of my head:

Every Galaxy a Circle

An Intriguing Journey through the Cosmos of Human ExperienceIn Every Galaxy a Circle, Chloe N. Clark masterfully intertwines memories, ghosts, and the future, presenting a collection that spans folklo...

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How do you celebrate the 100th issue of the pressiesst press to ever have pressed? The way we celebrate everything! With a POETRY PARTY!! Find "The Approximate Distance Between" by Mark LaMonda, Sunday 9/27!

“She describes the way he leaves food in the sink after doing dishes but insists on everyone taking their shoes off at the door @emilyrinkema.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/my-therapist...