Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
@luckyjefferson.com
we're the sugar to publishing's kool-aid; publishing emerging writers & artists everywhere. follow our newsroom @15west.org. SUBMIT 👉🏽 luckyjefferson.com
Close out your month with us through Lucky Jefferson's writing hour! Stuck? Need a dedicated time to write? Looking to expand your writing community? This one's for you. Let us know you’re coming: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Lucky Jefferson Writing Hour. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Close out your month with us through Lucky Jefferson's writing hour! Stuck? Need a dedicated time to write? Looking to expand your writing community? This one's for you.
us06web.zoom.us
Through memories of family and sensory experience, “Love for Parts Most Vulnerable” by Tiezst Taylor creates space for neurodivergence to exist without shame or apology. Read this poem and others from our Wildflower issue: luckyjefferson.com/wp-content/u...
luckyjefferson.com
We’re dreaming up future workshops, and we’d love your input! What do you want to learn, explore, or create next? Take a few minutes to fill out our workshop survey and help us shape programming that reflects our community. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
✍️ Lucky Jefferson Community Workshop Survey
We’re building future workshops with you in mind. Tell us what you’d like to learn, explore, and create together.
docs.google.com
Have you been waiting to finally sit down and get back to that poem, manuscript, or journal collecting dust? Join us tomorrow at 11 AM EST for the launch of The Lucky Jefferson Writing Hour! events.humanitix.com/the-lucky-je...
Lucky Jefferson (LJ)@luckyjefferson.com · 5mo agoLooking for more time & space to write? Join us April 25 for the launch of The Lucky Jefferson Writing Hour, part of our #NationalPoetryMonth lineup 📖 Enjoy a low-pressure, welcoming space to write alongside fellow writers. 🤎 Open to writers of all levels 📬 REGISTER: bit.ly/LJWritingHou...
What do improv comedy and poetry have in common? More than you might think. Join poet and professor Ana Reisen for a playful, judgment-free workshop that brings the spontaneous energy of improvisation into the world of poetry this Saturday at 11 AM EST 🎭
Lucky Jefferson (LJ)@luckyjefferson.com · 5mo agoApril 18 - Improv-ing Your Poetry Through guided exercises, participants will use the core principles of improv, "yes, and," collaboration, and free association to unlock their creative instincts and generate original poems on the spot. events.humanitix.com/improv-ing-y...
101 lbs. 13 volunteers. 2 hours. 😮💨 Earlier today, neighbors across #Berwyn came together for our FIRST block cleanup — and they weren’t playing around. 3 routes. 13 bags. Over 100 lbs of trash off our streets, alleys, and litter hot spots near train tracks.
Anyone need an extra moment of calm and clarity? Join us this Saturday, 2PM EST, for a workshop designed to help you slow down, breathe, and find a bit of ease. 😌✨
Lucky Jefferson (LJ)@luckyjefferson.com · 5mo agoApril 11 - Fighting the Noise: Poetry for Mental Clarity and Calm In this workshop, we’ll treat poetry as a small everyday practice that helps us think more clearly, feel more grounded, and stay connected to ourselves and others. events.humanitix.com/fighting-the...
“Some fights are inevitable because of our location,” he told me. “It’s the tone of war.” In our 17th anthology, #Bond, Lanae Tipton explores the enduring ties between a father and daughter, where the battles of war echo inside the walls of prison. luckyjefferson.com/bond
Looking for more time & space to write? Join us April 25 for the launch of The Lucky Jefferson Writing Hour, part of our #NationalPoetryMonth lineup 📖 Enjoy a low-pressure, welcoming space to write alongside fellow writers. 🤎 Open to writers of all levels 📬 REGISTER: bit.ly/LJWritingHou...
April is around the corner (can you believe it?!), which means ... #NationalPoetryMonth 🖊️ We’re celebrating with Alex Shapiro, Corey Pressman, and Ana Reisen every weekend and the launch of a NEW writing social hour. 🎨 by @yumy_wu
Congrats to all the Creatives! You should read this entire publication (including a poem by my husband!) very impactful work- thank you @luckyjefferson.com for publishing on this important topic!
Lucky Jefferson (LJ)@luckyjefferson.com · 6mo agoOur THIRD release of the year is here! In our 17th anthology, #Bond, we partner with Juan Hernandez, a currently incarcerated artist, to bring together the poetry, prose, and art of 18 currently and previously incarcerated creatives, as well as those connected to them and the system.
Check out another excerpt from my memoir-in-progress, Violent Offender, and read the full issue: luckyjefferson.com/wp-content/u...
luckyjefferson.com
Lucky Jefferson (LJ)@luckyjefferson.com · 6mo agoOur THIRD release of the year is here! In our 17th anthology, #Bond, we partner with Juan Hernandez, a currently incarcerated artist, to bring together the poetry, prose, and art of 18 currently and previously incarcerated creatives, as well as those connected to them and the system.
Our THIRD release of the year is here! In our 17th anthology, #Bond, we partner with Juan Hernandez, a currently incarcerated artist, to bring together the poetry, prose, and art of 18 currently and previously incarcerated creatives, as well as those connected to them and the system.
Happy to share that my poem, a finalist in the @luckyjefferson.com Poetry & Prose Contest, is now published in the 365 collection. Grateful to the readers and editors who brought it to life. #poetry luckyjefferson.com/to-tim-in-li...
to Tim in lieu of flowers -
tragedy strikes the exhausted soul who stops to rest
luckyjefferson.com
New poem, which was a finalist in @luckyjefferson.com’s contest was released today in their 365 Collection. Thank you Lucky Jefferson! #poetrycommunity #poetry
HAPPY RELEASE DAY! #Homecoming is here 🏠 ! This 7th issue of Awake is all about finding your way back—back to self, back to community, back to what feels like home. Celebrate the places that leave the light on for us and say, come on in 🫂 Cover Art: Jordyn Flood luckyjefferson.com/awake-issue-7
We’ve got a publication coming out this weekend! About a year in the making.
a dog is holding a piece of paper in its mouth .
Alt: a dog is holding a piece of paper to its face to cool off .
media.tenor.com
Honored to have my poem named a finalist in the 2025 Lucky Jefferson Poetry & Prose Contest! It’ll appear in the 365 Collection this January. Thank you to @luckyjefferson.com for believing in my work.
Eeeeee! Nothing and we mean nothing could have prepared us for a mailbox OVERFLOWING with submissions for our forthcoming book #Bond — a publication that highlights the relationships of those currently and previously navigating our criminal justice system.
The latest story from our newsroom @15west.org!
15 West@15west.org · 10mo agoAccessibility, at whose expense? Riders have navigated a detour stemming from @chicagocta.bsky.social’s closure of the Austin station. The updates are long overdue, but commuters relying on the Green Line have experienced lengthened daily trips since June. Swipe ⬆️ for the TLDR.
This one’s for anyone seeking softness, kindness in a world that grows more scary each day. In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary. Who dared to create new worlds.
At La Cocina de Irma in Little Village, “Grandma Irma” feeds everyone—no matter what language they speak or how much money they have. ⬇️ Swipe for the TLDR or head here to read more: www.15west.org/grandma-irma...
Grandma Irma's Cocina Feeds Everyone
After 36 years as a waitress, Irma Ceballos opened her own Mexican restaurant in Little Village, where family recipes and unconditional hospitality have made her a neighborhood pillar.
15west.org
It has been a pleasure working with Lucky Jefferson again for Estallido! I hope everyone takes some time to check out this issue full of inspirational pieces.
Lucky Jefferson (LJ)@luckyjefferson.com · 12mo agoStarting off Sunday with the release of our second Latine issue, #Estallido! #Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work. luckyjefferson.com/estallido
#poetryoftheday is my brilliant friend Disha Trivedi's "be here to mother me at the end of the world" in the latest issue of @luckyjefferson.com "Weather-green, that book, the cover, like chutney, or the slick mint sari for a wedding I won’t have." luckyjefferson.com/fissure/ #poetry
Fissure -
Fissure celebrates 14 writers and artists who dare to examine the cracks in our world, and within ourselves. Each contributor in this issue confronts the question: how do we find […]
luckyjefferson.com
FREE WORKSHOP ALERT! Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes on Saturday, September 6th, for a free 1.5-hour virtual writing workshop designed for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections to others. ✍️📝💌 Register here: events.humanitix.com/letters-to-o... jasbarnes.com
Letters to Our Ancestors: Epistle Poems as Connection
Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes for a free 1.5 hr virtual writing workshop for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections.
events.humanitix.com
Starting off Sunday with the release of our second Latine issue, #Estallido! #Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work. luckyjefferson.com/estallido
Read WILDFLOWER from @luckyjefferson.com for #DisabilityPrideMonth! This digital issue celebrating eight autistic BIPOC writers features writing by J. D. Harlock, Shel Moring, Greta McGee, and more: luckyjefferson.com/wildflower/
Wildflower -
Wildflower celebrates 8 BIPOC writers from across the country, each of them opening a window into our lives and journeys on and across the spectrum.
luckyjefferson.com
👋🏽 We’re hosting media literacy workshops for anyone curious about misinformation and community journalism. Over 3 weeks you’ll learn to: • decode misinformation • critically engage with media • write your own narratives through hands-on training in digital publishing and community journalism
Learn
News for everyone
15west.org