Eleanor Ball
@eleanorball.bsky.social
librarian by day, writer by night | editor @ fifth wheel press, assoc. fiction ed. @ okay donkey | proprietress of backlist lit | https://eleanor-ball.com/
Submissions open TODAY for livewire, a print + digital anthology from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social! We’re seeking themed poetry + flash prose + hybrid work from queer writers. We love our poets, but I’d love to see more prose this cycle! Subs close Sept. 15. fifthwheelpress.com/anthsubs
anthology submissions — fifth wheel press
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This weekend on Backlist Lit, I shared a few reflections on the closure of @stanchion.bsky.social and where we go from here. backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/s...
Stanchion Magazine & Me & You
Many of you have likely heard the news that Stanchion Magazine will close after the publication of issue 25. (If you haven’t, I am sorry to be the one to break it to you.) Jeff Bogle is a stalwart,…
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While I was away in the woods, we dropped a STELLAR issue of @flashpointsf.bsky.social. These stories are so good (and no bookmarks required). Read it here: flashpointsf.com/2026/06/30/i...
Issue #3 2026
Featuring “How to Get a Head” by Marie Brennan
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The old plan was to sit a spell, then walk in flammable quiet. The new plan is to trick the whale into opening her mouth and then we get in. Zoë Ryder White @zoeryderwhite.bsky.social
This weekend on Backlist Lit, I shared a few reflections on the closure of @stanchion.bsky.social and where we go from here. backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/s...
Stanchion Magazine & Me & You
Many of you have likely heard the news that Stanchion Magazine will close after the publication of issue 25. (If you haven’t, I am sorry to be the one to break it to you.) Jeff Bogle is a stalwart,…
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We do not have to live this way. The billionaires think they own all land. All air. All water. All thought. They don’t.
While I was away in the woods, we dropped a STELLAR issue of @flashpointsf.bsky.social. These stories are so good (and no bookmarks required). Read it here: flashpointsf.com/2026/06/30/i...
Issue #3 2026
Featuring “How to Get a Head” by Marie Brennan
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My beautiful copy of the Stonecoast Review arrived today! ☁️💕 & here’s a sneak peek at my contribution, a flash CNF piece about my grandmother.
I've been honored to spend the last week as a resident at Firefly Farms, working on my poetry chapbook + a brand-new novel. Thanks so much to Erin, Joe, and the entire Sundress team for all they do to cultivate this beautiful space for writers!
Sundress Publications@sundresspub.bsky.social · last mo.Eleanor Ball is a librarian and assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa. She is an editor at fifth wheel press. Her work often circles themes of grief, the body, religion, and queerness. Her writing appears in Barnstorm Journal, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere.
Today on Backlist Lit, a roundup of astounding queer work in @stonecirclereview.bsky.social @manyworlds.place @beestung.bsky.social and more! backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/p...
Backlist Lit Mag Roundup: The Gay as Hell Edition
Happy Pride Month! This month, I decided to focus the Backlist Lit Mag Roundup on sharing work from queer and trans writers. I hope you find a new favorite story, poem, or author. This week’s…
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Today on the @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social blog, a bite-sized review of The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, one of the best books I’ve read this year. fifthwheelpress.com/blog/staff-r...
Staff Review: Eleanor Ball on The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi — fifth wheel press
Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart , Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic , winner of the Audre Lorde Award for...
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Thrilled to share that my essay “Sempre libera” is out in the new issue of @stonecoastreview.bsky.social. It’s about the lifelong struggle to escape things—cycles of violence, family, where you come from—and build something new. stonecoastreview.org/issue-25-cre...
sempre libera — The Stonecoast Review
Every Sunday afternoon, she would listen to the Metropolitan Opera live. Sprawled across the living room rug, she craved the vibrations of the songs in her teeth, the way they burrowed to the back of ...
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Thrilled to share that my essay “Sempre libera” is out in the new issue of @stonecoastreview.bsky.social. It’s about the lifelong struggle to escape things—cycles of violence, family, where you come from—and build something new. stonecoastreview.org/issue-25-cre...
sempre libera — The Stonecoast Review
Every Sunday afternoon, she would listen to the Metropolitan Opera live. Sprawled across the living room rug, she craved the vibrations of the songs in her teeth, the way they burrowed to the back of ...
stonecoastreview.org
Today on the @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social blog, a bite-sized review of The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, one of the best books I’ve read this year. fifthwheelpress.com/blog/staff-r...
Staff Review: Eleanor Ball on The New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi — fifth wheel press
Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart , Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic , winner of the Audre Lorde Award for...
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This weekend on Backlist Lit, a tribute to the @ghostcitypress.bsky.social Summer Series. backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/g...
Remembering the Ghost City Press Summer Series
Like many of you, I was deeply saddened to hear the news earlier this year that Ghost City Press is going on indefinite hiatus. While they will still keep their site live and store active for the t…
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This weekend on Backlist Lit, a tribute to the @ghostcitypress.bsky.social Summer Series. backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/g...
Remembering the Ghost City Press Summer Series
Like many of you, I was deeply saddened to hear the news earlier this year that Ghost City Press is going on indefinite hiatus. While they will still keep their site live and store active for the t…
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Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
Eleanor Ball's (@eleanorball.bsky.social) "The Sunset" is a sinister slice of ecofiction 〰️ read the rest in issue 34 at surelymag.com 〰️
Today on Backlist Lit, I share some backlist poetry and fiction gems from @aniking.bsky.social @cavar.bsky.social @dorseycraft.bsky.social and more, all circling themes of motherhood, girlhood, and the weird spaces in between. backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/05/30/m...
Motherhood & Girlhood & Everything In Between: A Backlist Lit Mag Roundup
I finally made a graphic for this post series, lol. As I was pulling pieces for this month’s Backlist Lit Mag Roundup, I noticed a few common themes: mothers and daughters, women and girls, and the…
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slime for the evening crowd!
Eleanor Ball@eleanorball.bsky.social · 2mo agoThrilled to have a story in @surelymag.bsky.social’s new themed issue, “big slime falls down stairs”! “The Sunset” is a piece of speculative ecofiction about what happens when the artificial boundaries between us and the natural world begin to break. surelymag.com/the-sunset
Thrilled to have a story in @surelymag.bsky.social’s new themed issue, “big slime falls down stairs”! “The Sunset” is a piece of speculative ecofiction about what happens when the artificial boundaries between us and the natural world begin to break. surelymag.com/the-sunset
The Sunset by Eleanor Ball — surely
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Today on Backlist Lit, I reviewed I Was the Jukebox by Sandra Beasley, one of the best books I've read so far this year: backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/r...
Book Review: I Was the Jukebox by Sandra Beasley
I Was the Jukebox: Poems by Sandra Beasley. W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. 92 pages. It was about time I read I Was the Jukebox. “Unit of Measure” is my all-time favorite poem, but for some unex…
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Today on Backlist Lit, I reviewed I Was the Jukebox by Sandra Beasley, one of the best books I've read so far this year: backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/r...
Book Review: I Was the Jukebox by Sandra Beasley
I Was the Jukebox: Poems by Sandra Beasley. W. W. Norton & Company, 2010. 92 pages. It was about time I read I Was the Jukebox. “Unit of Measure” is my all-time favorite poem, but for some unex…
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Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it
Two more weeks to submit to WAY DOWNSTREAM! ❤️🌊 fifthwheelpress.com/way-downstream
Way Downstream — fifth wheel press
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Today on Backlist Lit, I reviewed New Poets of Native Nations, a stunning anthology of contemporary Native American poetry. backlistlit.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/b...
Book Review: New Poets of Native Nations
New Poets of Native Nations, ed. Heid E. Erdrich. Graywolf Press, 2018. 304 pages. Anthologies can be hit or miss, and I’m pleased to report that New Poets of Native Nations bats a thousand. If, l…
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First up, take a look at "On Tuesday, We Take a Trip to Saturn" by Eleanor Bell. This is a sci-fi poem that leans into familiar imagery to paint vivid pictures: smallwondersmag.com/... 2/6
On Tuesday, We Take a Trip to Saturn - Small Wonders
On Tuesday, we take a trip to Saturn in my mom's old shuttle, / the one with peeling bumper stickers and crumb-spotted seats.
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