My letter in this week’s issue of @thetls.bsky.social Finding myself in uncharted waters, I felt it necessary. Share if you care about making room in our literary culture for work that swims against the tide.
Emily Hall
@emhall47.bsky.social
Writer and Literary Critic. Work in Gooseberry Pie Lit, Passages North, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story, Bending Genres, and FlashFlood. Prose editor for Pictura Journal. Contemporary Anglophone Lit PhD. https://linktr.ee/emhall47
Found this today while reading the backlog on @offbeatlit.bsky.social . So much emotion arising out of a “quantitative” assignment. Really intriguing work, @chrissystegmanpoet.bsky.social 👏 👏 #poetry #poetsky #writing #writesky
The Disappointed Housewife~Submissions always open!@offbeatlit.bsky.social · 4w agoWe have an extraordinary piece today, #poetry in the form of a poignant school assignment by Chrissy Stegman. #mustread thedisappointedhousewife.com/2026/07/08/h...
A lil’ bit of microfiction up on Nailpolish Stories. (A 25 word limit is such a good challenge! And I love the idea of titles inspired by the wild, endless world of nail polish names.) nailpolishstories.wordpress.com
Congratulations to editor Kerri Andrews & other contributors of Women, Walking, published by Batsford on Thursday. A rich collection of diverse essays exploring who, where, why & how we walk. I particularly enjoyed the final two essays by @helenmort.bsky.social & @katedavispoet.bsky.social.
We need some new heartbreaks for the gallery. Doesn't have to be about someone who broke your heart. Maybe its a song or movie that always makes you tear up, a spot you used to love in your home town that's gone now, a lost family recipe. 50 words or less and one photo is all we need. Sub link ⏬️
Being publishing in Trash Cat Lit is such a delight!! Check out the sub calls, writing friends, and find one that’s for you! 🦝 #writing #flashfiction #writesky
Trash Cat Lit@trashcatlit.bsky.social · 4d agoWith our August challenge underway, we're thinking about what's still to come at Trash Cat Lit. Here is a post summarising the rest of our 2026 sub calls. Pencil us in if something takes your fancy 🦝 trashcatlit.com/2026/08/02/a...
Life under Trump is depressing 24/7, but watching Trump voters scream at Fauci over lockdowns, insisting that it was Biden’s fault, even though Trump was president is infuriating. They’re mad *at* Trump’s failures, but praise him for attacking the person who tried to help. Wtf.
I have a story up in the latest issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social sharing space with some very talented writers. Thank you, editor @francinewitte.bsky.social 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-42-aug...
Flash #42 Aug '26
SoFloPoJo Content: HOME ● ESSAYS ● INTERVIEWS ● REVIEWS ● SPECIAL ● VIDEO ● VISUAL-ARTS ● ARCHIVES ● CALENDAR ● MASTHEAD ● SUBMIT ● TIP JAR ● SOCIAL MEDIA
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aaaaand we're off! The Trashcan Generator is ready for your Trashie selections and deliver prompts back to you 🦝 We have a handful of new prompts in among those bins. Get prompted before 8pm on 6th August. Look out for Swapsies Day on the 4th. trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... #submissioncalls
So I won another category of the MicroMarathon. 🫣 Thank you to @fiveminutelit.bsky.social for publishing my piece, “Accomplishments,” which won the “Wish” category. #writesky #writing #writingcontest
Five Minutes@fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 6d ago"Accomplishments" by @emhall47.bsky.social, whose prose appears/is forthcoming in places such as Passages North, 100 Word Story, FlashFlood Journal, Gooseberry Pie Lit, Bending Genres, The Disappointed Housewife, Does It Have Pockets, Cherry Tree & more. "Accomplishments" won our WISH contest.
So honoured to read this stunner, and select it for @welkinpress.bsky.social Body Prize SL. The framing, the aching grief and that stunning final image. Congratulations, Jeffrey-Michael!
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 7d agoShortlisted in the Body Prize, "Issue" by Jeffrey-Michael Kane www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Or dangle book chapters from a crib mobile? How did I not consider all the crossover possibilities?? 🤔 😂
Nola Aycock@nolaycock.bsky.social · last wk.maybe if you read the novels to babies you could really get cookin here lmao
Same bat time, same bat channel. Time for your Wednesday heartbreak. This week from @rsnelsonwriter.bsky.social, a reminder to enjoy whatever time we have with those we love: brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr... Send in your heartaches.
2026 Heartbreaks
Time by Rommy Nelson You left us in August. Closed your eyes and didn’t wake up. When you left, you took your laughter, your jokes, your voice. You left us the life lessons, the memories,…
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Ermagod, only 3 more days and then Prompted Challenge time at TCL 🦝 Here's what Andrew Monge @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social did with three random prompts last year. Creepy, haunting, cinematic writing that'll make you want more. Read & listen to Rubbernecker: trashcatlit.com/rubbernecker/
Academic scam emails are something else. I get so, so many “invitations” to publish about advancements in Neo-natal medicine. For context, my academic expertise is the contemporary Anglophone novel. 🤪 #academicsky #academics #writesky
Incredible moments of beauty in this piece! #writesky #grief #fladshfiction #write
Your Impossible Voice@yourimpossiblevoice.com · last wk."hey, you look pretty badass out there. Weathering this weather. I am one of those people who can’t get warm in winter. You can see me peeking out the window above the flower bed, looking like a nomad in my furred coat hood." #flashfiction Letters to My Mailbox by @keithwoodruff.bsky.social!
Honoured to have a one-line poem featured on the latest Poetry Pea Podcast — in a wonderful episode that deepened my understanding of this intriguing form. Thanks, Patricia McGuire and @thepoetrypea.bsky.social team. poetrypea.com/s9e29-one-li...
Just about everyone I know is a snack getting stuck in a vending machine away from total collapse.
🎉🎉🎉 Enormous congratulations to Makenna Goodman and her incredible HELEN OF NOWHERE being longlisted to The Booker Prize 2026! We're ecstatic! 🎉🎉🎉
The first time I chaired an academic panel, I was 25. An older male scholar came into the room, looked at me, laughed loudly, and then threw his paper into his seat. Not an easy profession. 😐
Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last wk.People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference
"The wound on my mother's neck is fathomless."
Five Minutes@fiveminutelit.bsky.social · last wk."Taking Care" by @emhall47.bsky.social whose prose appears/is forthcoming in places such as Passages North, 100 Word Story, FlashFlood Journal, Gooseberry Pie Lit, Bending Genres, The Disappointed Housewife, and more. "Taking Care" won our CARE contest, judged by @fionamckay.bsky.social
I was very lucky to win the “Care” contest with what was a very difficult-to-write story about my mom. Thank you to @fionamckay.bsky.social for selecting my piece. It took 20 years to understand how to write it. ♥️ #writesky #cnf #writing #writingcontest #creativenonfiction
Five Minutes@fiveminutelit.bsky.social · last wk."Taking Care" by @emhall47.bsky.social whose prose appears/is forthcoming in places such as Passages North, 100 Word Story, FlashFlood Journal, Gooseberry Pie Lit, Bending Genres, The Disappointed Housewife, and more. "Taking Care" won our CARE contest, judged by @fionamckay.bsky.social
We're so excited by the love for Jimothy the special raccoon and want to celebrate him and what he represents - tenacity and difference - with a special sub call. Give us your PROSE POEMS up to 300 words. Guidelines here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro... Call opens 1st September 🦝 #submissioncalls
Call for Prose Poems
Jimothy, the Seattle trash cat with short spine syndrome, has taken the internet by storm. We obviously love how adorable he is with his squished-up body and cheeky scamper, but also how incredibly…
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This piece published in The Palisades Review today is a great exploration of autonomy and #disability! #writesky #cnf #writing
Humiliation Has a Sound — By Andrew Fisher — The Palisades Review
2009 — University of Louisville Hospital Dr. Chebl said stroke. Not the kind you live through. He said basilar artery occlusion. He said the...
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So happy to have my haikus published in this beautiful book! Get your copy today #haikus #poetry #WritingCommunity @micromancemagazine.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing my heartbreak, @brokenheartslit.bsky.social. Fellow knitters, who taught you how to knit? For me, it was my beloved Mom-Mom. ♥️ #writesky #writing #knitsky #knitting 🧶
2026 Heartbreaks
Knit Two Together By Emily Hall @shared_yarns To process the loss of her sister, Mom-Mom taught me to knit. Yarn looped around our needles. Balm spread across her heart. …
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How about a heartbreak for lunch? Check out the latest from @emhall47.bsky.social who shares how a craft can ease sorrow. brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr... Send in your heartbreaks -- 50 words or less and a photographer that embodies your hurt.
2026 Heartbreaks
Knit Two Together By Emily Hall @shared_yarns To process the loss of her sister, Mom-Mom taught me to knit. Yarn looped around our needles. Balm spread across her heart. …
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Thanks for sharing my heartbreak, @brokenheartslit.bsky.social. Fellow knitters, who taught you how to knit? For me, it was my beloved Mom-Mom. ♥️ #writesky #writing #knitsky #knitting 🧶
2026 Heartbreaks
Knit Two Together By Emily Hall @shared_yarns To process the loss of her sister, Mom-Mom taught me to knit. Yarn looped around our needles. Balm spread across her heart. …
brokenheartsliterary.com