Last day to enter the Moon City Press Moon City Short Fiction Award competition!

Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Short Fiction Award

• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...

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Last day to enter the 2026 Moon City Press Moon City Poetry Award competition!

Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Poetry Award

• The Moon City Poetry Award is for an original collection of poems written in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual poems in the collection may be published in periodicals or may ...

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Ten days left to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award competition! mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...

Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Poetry Award

• The Moon City Poetry Award is for an original collection of poems written in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual poems in the collection may be published in periodicals or may ...

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Ten days left to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award competition! mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...

New interview with @mooncitypress.bsky.social press.bsky.social author @kimmagowan.bsky.social gowan.bsky.social about her new collection, The Last Day, with @lukerolfes.bsky.social s.bsky.social at @laurelreview.bsky.social! laurelreview.org/kim-magowan

Laurel Review - Kim Magowan

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Students and professors! MissouriState has a new, fully funded MFA in Creative Writing and we're looking for students for THIS FALL. Come study with me and my amazing colleagues and work with @mooncitypress.bsky.social and @mooncityreview.bsky.social! Contact us with questions today!

@joelhans.com will be signing his new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair in Thursday, March 5, 3-4:30 p.m. at Booth #775!

@kimmagowan.bsky.social signing her new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair on Friday, March 6, 10-11:30 a.m., Booth #775!

@ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social signing at the @mooncitypress.bsky.social booth at the @awpwriter.org Book Fair, Thursday, March 5, 2026, Booth #775!

This is going to be such an amazing event!

Excited to be bringing four new @mooncitypress.bsky.social titles to the @awpwriter.org conference: a new issue of @mooncityreview.bsky.social and new books by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, and @kimmagowan.bsky.social.

Here's a cool new @jmwwjournal.bsky.social interview with @kimmagowan.bsky.social by Curtis Smith with lots of mentions of Kim's new @mooncitypress.bsky.social book, The Last Day, due out next month! jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/s...

Sweet Spots: An Interview with Kim Magowan by Curtis Smith

Bad decisions are my sweet spot.

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Cover reveal! @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2026! Debuting at @awpwriter.org in Baltimore in March. Gorgeous art by Shen Chen Hsieh. Author list and pre-order link coming soon!

Preorder alert! Snag your copy of @joelhans.com's The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, winner of @mooncitypress.bsky.social's 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award! www.uapress.com/product/bedt...

The Bedtime Emptying of Our World

Short Stories Joel Hans 978-0-913785-69-0 Paper February 2026

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Happy to see three @mooncitypress.bsky.social authors/friends in this new @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthology: @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @sfreligh.bsky.social, and Michelle Ross! A ton of @mooncityreview.bsky.social contributors, too! www.bestmicrofiction.com

Best Microfiction

The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

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Congrats to @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social, whose story that originally appeared in @mooncityreview.bsky.social has been selected for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social 2026! Thanks to Guest Editor Diane Seuss and series editors @gary79.bsky.social and @megpokrass.bsky.social! www.bestmicrofiction.com

Best Microfiction

The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.

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Congrats and good luck to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 Best Small Fictions nominees! @mynachang.bsky.social, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social, @kellypedro.bsky.social, @erinvachon.bsky.social, Nora Wagner

Don't forget to order the amazing My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, coming in early January from @mooncitypress.bsky.social! www.uapress.com/product/my-f...

My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body

Poems The 2024 Moon City Poetry Award 978-0-913785-71-3 Paper January 2026

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Congratulations to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees: @kelliborges2.bsky.social, @courtneyb77.bsky.social, Julia Coursey, @amymarques.bsky.social, and @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social. Good luck!

Congrats to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees: Mikaela Hagen, @gabrielwelsch.bsky.social, @jstewartmiller.bsky.social, @duffusmatthew.bsky.social, Claire Hero, and @kellypedro.bsky.social. Good luck!

Time to preorder My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Poetry Award! Coming in early January—reserve your copy today! www.uapress.com/product/my-f...

My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body

Poems The 2024 Moon City Poetry Award 978-0-913785-71-3 Paper January 2026

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Cover reveal! Presenting The Last Day by @kimmagowan.bsky.social, part of the Moon City Press Editors Choice Series! The Last Day is coming on March 3, 2026—preorder link up soon! Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.

Awesome interview at Laurel Review with @mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social! laurelreview.org/tina-schuman...

Laurel Review - Tina Schumann

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@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!

@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.

Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.

Congrats to @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social , whose story "How to Bake a Cake in Outer Space" from @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2025, has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2025! Thanks to Robert Shapard, Nathan Leslie, and Michelle Elvy for this honor!

The Best Small Fictions

Overview and guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual series, published by Alternating Current Press.

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One month left to submit to the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award! mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/32401...

Moon City Press - The 2025 Moon City Short Fiction Award

• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...

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@mooncitypress.bsky.social '24 Short Fiction finalists @sudhab.bsky.social @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social Famous Chukwuemeka @elissafield.bsky.social Carrie Grinstead @joelhans.bsky.social @abbymanzella.bsky.social @magicmikewrites.bsky.social Matthew Purdy @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social Zachary Vickers