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Matt Duggan

@mattduggan.bsky.social

Poet Poems included in The Poetry Review, Stand Magazine, Poetry Wales. New Poetry Collection due 2027 [Broken Sleep Books]

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · last mo.

This arrived today. HOTEL PETROLEUM by Mark Fiddes. Published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Very much looking forward to it @fiddes.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky

The front cover of HOTEL PETROLEUM by Mark Fiddes published by Broken Sleep Books. On a white background, six white pillows in two columns of three in varying degrees of dishevelment, one of which, the middle pillow of the right-hand column, has a small lipstick smudge on it

Matt Duggan @mattduggan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lovely to have two new #poems accepted for Outposts (issue 2)

Matt Duggan @mattduggan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very pleased to share today the great news that my new full length poetry collection has been accepted @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social due to be published in 2027. #Poetry #Poems #Books #BrokenSleepBooks #happy #writers

Matt Duggan @mattduggan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fiona Larkin @fionalarkin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Huge thanks to @forwardprizes.bsky.social for long-listing my poem, and to @poetrysociety.org.uk for nominating it, along with great poems from @nickykippax.bsky.social and Matt Barnard! 🙏🏻

The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 2mo ago

We're delighted to share young poet Rucha Virmani's poem 'December Heat,' published in the latest Modern Poetry in Translation issue focusing on archives. Read the rest of Rucha's winning poem online: bit.ly/YPN-MPT

December Heat
by Rucha Virmani
All my life
I’d decided the form
of my feelings before
I could feel them. But that night
of summer, moon roundened
by my longing, and stars
that I could see through the torn
clouds. The blackout had ended
a few hours before, but I could see
only parts of your face
as we stood making small talk
under the largening stars. Sirens in the air,
news of war, your dark hair, parted.
So much history being made around us.
What day was it? You’d looked into my eyes
and smiled as I talked, but had turned away
as I walked toward you the next day.
In the blackout last night, the realisation
that the moon actually
gives out light.
A loneliness coming over me–
signifiers, but no signified.
Look, none of the moonlight enters
my eyes, my pupil-less Modigliani eyes.
The clay tennis court
stands bleeding in the heat.

Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Poetry #Painting #Summer It is morning, and again I am the luckiest person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · last yr.

Submissions close 8/1. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/X4IdOzj #writingcommunity

South 85 Journal @south85journal.bsky.social · last yr.

Don't be shy! Give us a try! We're looking for poetry/fiction/flash/CNF on the open-ended theme of drought | deluge. 8/15 deadline! www.south85journal.com/submissions/

The Chaos Section Poetry Project @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social · last yr.

Poets, stay tuned. We’ll be putting out a new call in the coming weeks for the next Chaos Section Poetry Project chapbook. Theme, deadline, and details coming soon… ish. #Poetry #Call #Submissions @tcspress.bsky.social @mother-poet.bsky.social

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · last yr.

WRITERS! New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue. #writers #writing Pls RT 👇 asls.org.uk/new-writing-...

NEW WRITING SCOTLAND

ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding).

Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background.

Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025.

Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.

Morning Star @mstaronline.bsky.social · last yr.

Pinochet’s relatives ordered to return over $16 million - A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pino...

Matt Duggan @mattduggan.bsky.social · last yr.

In today's Morning Star Newspaper @mstaronline.bsky.social my #poem 'A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN ' #Poem #Poetry #thursdaypoem #21stcenturypoetry #Newspaper morningstaronline.co.uk/article/worl...

A World Turned Upside Down | Morning Star

Some say it happened:day after Bowie diedsomething inherently erroneousabout our world others said it was the dayon which the world shut downyou can’t deny those brutal days,its minor adjustments — wa...

morningstaronline.co.uk

Matt Duggan @mattduggan.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to have a new #poem included in today's Morning Star Newspaper

Morning Star @mstaronline.bsky.social · last yr.

From Peterloo to Palestine: don’t criticise what you can’t understand - The government cracking down on something it can’t comprehend and doesn’t want to engage with is a repeating pattern of history, says KEITH FLETT morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pete...

Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · last yr.

'Basalt Columns in Mid-Day Light' (2008) -- In Winter, the Sun Levitates Magically Just Above the Horizon Causing the Entrancing Spectacle of Eternal Morning Light Upon Black Sand, Reynisfjara Beach, Vik, Iceland #RockinTuesday #PhotographersOfBluesky #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

a view onto a black sand beach with columnar basalt in the foreground left, and two silhouetted sea spires in the distance on the horizon, the sun (out of frame to the right) is levitating on the horizon as it does in winter causing the upper hemisphere to gradually darken

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · last yr.

Of course he does, government by the wealthy for the wealthy

The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · last yr.

⭐ SUBMISSIONS WILL OPEN AUGUST 2025 ⭐ From 1 ~ 15 August we will be accepting: ⭐ Novellas/Short Story Collections ⭐ Poetry Pamphlets ⭐ Essay Books ⭐ Children's Fiction ⭐ Children's Poetry More submissions info can be found on our website: buff.ly/AxFMzjg

Submissions Opening Soon, 1 - 15 August

Novellas/Short Story Collections
Poetry Pamphlets*
Essay Books
Children's Fiction
Children's Poetry

*we apologise that we will not be accepting poetry collections during this round

Morning Star @mstaronline.bsky.social · last yr.

A Labour victory in Chile repositions the struggle on class basis - For the first time in years, the dominant voice within Chile’s official left comes not from neoliberal centrists but from the world of labour, writes LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...

Channel Press @channelpress.bsky.social · last yr.

One week left to get your submissions in for our thirteenth issue! We'd love to read your work. Send us your poems, fiction and essays, in English or Irish, by 30 June. channelmag.org/submissions/

RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · last yr.

A great opportunity! Cool paying journal looking for submissions #poetry #blueskypoetry #ecopoetics #anthropocene #climateemergency #essays

Vikki C.@vikkicwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

We'd love to read your experimental poetry and lyrical essays which engage with our BIOPHILIA theme. You have till 2nd July to send us your very best work! Each contributor to the magazine receives 20 euros. Read about the theme and guidelines here: www.wingedmoon.com/submit #writingcommunity

Feral:A Journal of Poetry and Art @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social · last yr.

Hello wildlings! Submissions are open from May 1-31. Send us your poetry and art on the theme of REVOLUTION. Guidelines here: feralpoetry.net/submissions/

Submissions – FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art

feralpoetry.net

West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · last yr.

West Trade Review invites submissions of your best poetry, fiction, essays, and hybrid work that delves into the concept of borders in all their incarnations. Submissions open. Details at the link below: buff.ly/iCcjpau #writingcommunity

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social · last yr.

Submissions to @doorisajarmag.bsky.social are free and open all year long! Send us your best today! #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews #indiepress #litmag www.doorisajarmagazine.net/submissions

Matt Duggan @mattduggan.bsky.social · last yr.

Very pleased to receive my copy of the latest Stand Magazine which includes my poem World on Fire. #poetry #poems #StandMagazine #Magazine #published

Tom Hirons @hironstom.bsky.social · last yr.

Psst. As many of you’ll know, I’m the lead editor for Clarion Poetry Quarterly. Issue 4 is launching in May, but this is a heads-up to all you poets: CLARION 5 submissions are open! Find out more at clarionpoetry.com/submissions

Unleash Creatives / Unleash Lit @unleashcreatives.bsky.social · last yr.

It's National Poetry Month. Send us your work! www.unleashlit.com #unleashcreatives #submissions #nationalpoetrymonth #napowrimo #poetry #naopomo #poetsandwriters

Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · last yr.

And if you are confused or angry about the submissions process, I urge you to become a poetry reader for a journal you admire; become part of the community; contribute to the work. It is not easy, or light. But it is joyful. And it will open your mind to the work being done in community.

Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · last yr.

Train tickets booked for National Book Awards. Northern Publishers of the year 2023 & 2025. #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards @thetimes.com @theguardian.com @theobserveruk.bsky.social @thebookseller.com