Kathryn Kulpa
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social
Will write for coffee. Mostly flash, mostly fiction. Work in BULL, Centaur, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, HAD, Milk Candy, SmokeLong, TrashCat, Wigleaf, YIV. Chapbooks: A Map of Lost Places; For Every Tower, a Princess; Cooking Tips for the Demon-Haunted.
Join me and many fabulous Claudine writers for this anniversary reading!
Claudine: A Literary Magazine@claudineliterary.bsky.social · 6d agoJoin us as we revel in the work of our year-one contributors. Sept 4th & 6th! Fiction. CNF. New Writers. Chapbook authors. Hear them live on Zoom reading their own words. www.claudineliterary.com/yearonereadi...
The sun'll likely come out tomorrow - and guess what else will happen?? The Trashcan Generator fires up and spits out prompts for those getting in on our August challenge. Details here, and link to form which goes live at 9am (UK time) 🦝 trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...
Call for Prompted Stories
During the month of August, we have our Prompted Stories challenge. Participants will blind select sets of prompts – a Setting/ Situation, a Character, an Object/ Occurrence – and write…
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Such an honour to read for the @welkinpress.bsky.social Body Prize. This wonderful micro by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social grabbed me with its blend of imagery, tone and that message that even privilege carries its own bodily consequence. Congratulations, Kathryn. 🧡⚓🏖️
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2w agoShortlisted in the Body Prize, "Sundowning" by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Rawhead is seeking Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Visual Art, and Hybrid work for Issue 04. rawhead.submittable.com/submit Featured collage - “Former Life” by David Dodd Lee #cnf #creativenonfiction #submissions #litmag #nonfictionwriter #lyricessay #litmag #essays
ICYMI ✨ Microfiction by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social! “We told her she was banished, but she still followed. I’ll tell everyone about your secret language, she said, and we picked up the rocks.” www.claudineliterary.com/kathrynkulpa
Kathryn Kulpa | The Last Time We Saw Jennifer
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Lovely, dreamy flash from @swethaamit.bsky.social . 🌖
Christine H.@csquareh.bsky.social · 3w ago"Whenever my mother asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her, ‘I want the moon.’ I wanted it the way other children wanted bicycles or dolls." by @swethaamit.bsky.social in @neitherfishnorfoul.com - beautiful, delicate, and dreamy www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-amit...
Thank you to Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social for including me in this month’s #mondettes. Fictive Dream is such a welcoming place for flash writers! ✍️ 💙
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 3w agoThis month's #Mondettes have been picked by Laura Black @fictivedream.bsky.social - wonderful to mark 10 years of FD in this way. ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/july-2026
I’m there! (Pinches self.) I’m there, I’m there, I’m there… ‼️
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 3w agoAnnouncing the brilliant shortlists for this year's Welkin Genre Prize. Congratulations to the writers of these wonderful pieces. If you're on the list, please feel free to celebrate wildly, but don't say which title is yours as judging is still ongoing: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Reading tomorrow night! Email the Ekphrastic Review for a free link.
"...Linda watches a man drive through the intersection, and for a fraction of a second thinks he is Gary." On Her Way to the Corner Store To Buy Another Bottle of Wine by @kimmagowan.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link below and enjoy
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It was super cool to be interviewed by the fabulous @writesofkathryn.bsky.social about my memoir in flash Scrap: Salvaging a Family at one of my favorite journals, Cleaver Magazine! Thank you so much, Kathryn and the wonderful editors at Cleaver. www.cleavermagazine.com/a-conversati...
A CONVERSATION WITH LUANNE CASTLE, AUTHOR OF SCRAP: SALVAGING A FAMILY by Kathryn Kulpa • Cleaver Magazine
Fiction Interview by Kathryn Kulpa SALVAGING FAMILY, INTERROGATING MEMORY: KATHRYN KULPA INTERVIEWS LUANNE CASTLE ABOUT HER NEW FLASH MEMOIR SCRAP: SALVAGING A FAMILY (ELJ Editions) Luanne Castle’s me...
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Even in the heat wave, this dude never takes off his tuxedo.
A joy to have this micro, “Reprieve,” in the wonderful @claudineliterary.bsky.social Many thanks to editor @dehardy.bsky.social www.claudineliterary.com/matthewjakub...
Matthew Jakubowski | Reprieve
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Writing and #flashfiction folk: when you go to Submittable to withdraw something because it’s been accepted elsewhere , do you find yourself singing under your breath , “I reject you first?”
I’m thrilled to have new work in @okaydonkeymag.com!
Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · last mo.“Days and nights melted together. I remember it rained, and I stood outside under a tree, catching runoff from leaves in my mouth.” “Winter’s Tales,” two micros by Kathryn Kulpa @writesofkathryn.bsky.social new flash fiction out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/10/w...
Congratulations to all! Also … does anyone else read the lists of titles and turn them into found poems? 🤔
Kathy Fish@kathyfish.bsky.social · last mo.This is such a cool thing that @mattkendrick.bsky.social does. Congratulations to all the longlisters! 🌟
Honoured to be on this longlist! Huge thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for all your hard work on this wonderful competition😘
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · last mo.DRUM ROLL!!!! Announcing the longlists for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026. Congratulations to the writers of these 50 wonderful pieces. Please feel free to celebrate wildly but don't reveal which piece is yours as judging is still ongoing! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
@claudineliterary.bsky.social is it Halloween in July 🎃?!! just read the two perfectly paired micros & not sure i will sleep until October anyway! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social & @mattjakubowski.bsky.social it’s all your scary, talented fault 👻!!! www.claudineliterary.com
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"We watched her run away. After that we had to say the words. After that we had to draw her picture." Wow, this powerful piece of writing by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social 💙💙💙 www.claudineliterary.com/kathrynkulpa
Kathryn Kulpa | The Last Time We Saw Jennifer
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My story “The Last Time We Saw Jennifer,” coming soon in CLAUDINE.
Claudine: A Literary Magazine@claudineliterary.bsky.social · last mo.Coming to a Monday near you! 👀
I’d love it if you read my new story “Secondhand” in the July issue of Ghost Parachute. Lots of incredible work there to discover!
