Luanne Castle
@luannecastle.bsky.social
Poet, writer, artist. Now out: Hybrid flash memoir Scrap: Salvaging a Family (ELJ Editions 2026)! Best Microfiction 2026. 4 award-winning poetry collections. https://www.luannecastle.com/ Hunting the Cosmos forthcoming 2026 from Shanti Arts
Tanka sequence inspired by the QUEEN. Sylvia Plath. Tanka —03 by Luanne Castle latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/07/30/t...
Tanka —03 by Luanne Castle
after “Fever 103” by Sylvia Plath imagine her sprawled in the chair of her walkup her long legs spilling to the side, book tossed away her face a pale winter sky. in a dozen hours yellow sullen smo…
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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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WOWSA!!!!!!
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos@delgeo14.bsky.social · last mo.Since we only publish 24 pieces a year (including poetry), having 4 stories listed in @wigleaf.bsky.social this year is incredible. Massive congratulations to Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social, Coleman Bigelow, Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social & Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social🥰
Maybe I'll address it in a newsletter. I did do this one, but what constitutes a "bad title" often depends on the story it sit atop. open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
The Trouble with Titles...
Ten tried and true tips for writing terrific ones
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July / August 26: Upcoming courses, workshops & events open.substack.com/pub/fromthec... Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for this info!
July / August 26: Upcoming courses, workshops & events
Here’s what’s coming up from your your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags and awesome independents over the next couple of months.
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In Raw Lit - Issue 9 rawlit.weebly.com/9_4.html The Making of a Daddy - Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social & Ice cream - Cath Schikkerling ‘We are going to stop for ice cream. This is how we bond.’
Thank you, Delphine. It all looks great!
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos@delgeo14.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are live! rawlit.weebly.com/issue9.html Contributors 1/3 Michael Anthony @mj-anthony.bsky.social Linda M Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social Luanne Castle @luannecastle.bsky.social Wendy Dossett @wedossett.bsky.social LM Fontanes @lorifontanes.bsky.social Terry Holland @terryholland.bsky.social
Congrats to @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social • Kirby Olson • @luannecastle.bsky.social • @slashnburnett.bsky.social • Amy Asherah • Christi Byerly • Meredith Chiwenkpe Asuru • Brittany Miles • Amita Basu. Head to 5minutes100words at Substack to find out what they published, and where.
Thank you so much for your support of your writers.
Five Minutes@fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 2mo agoThanks, Luanne, for sending STANDING ROOM our way. Very moving, beautifully written.
I'm rich in books! Excited to read / reread collections by Jared Yates Sexton, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social Leslie O'Connel, @luannecastle.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social & poems by @lesliearchibald.bsky.social 💙 Congratulations, all!
May 28, 2026. Perry, my very best friend, passed away yesterday. I am closest to Perry of all the cats I have or have ever had. If you’ve ever loved a cat or dog so completely, you will understand. Three and a half years ago Perry was diagnosed with a bad heart and IBD. Now he’s gone.
It's literally always been the most embarrassing thing on Earth to be a literary writer, what else is new. I'm over here taking off all my clothes while they're awarding chat bots literary prizes. The writer even had an AI generated picture like come on Granta are you even a real literary magazine
@luannecastle.bsky.social Thank you for trusting THN with this understated, evocative piece. We’re delighted it found a home with us. 😊🙏☔
Big thanks to EIC Giselle LeBlanc for publishing my tiny story The Umbrella at @thehooletsnook.bsky.social www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
The Umbrella
by Luanne Castle When she saw the umbrella she envisioned their hereafter. Tattered, dirty, obviously pulled from a nearby trashcan, the umbrella’s frame still functioned. He held the umbrella...
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