Matt Jakubowski (he/him)
@mattjakubowski.bsky.social
Philly writer. Debut chapbook “Ghost in the Rain: Stories” from Bottlecap Press. https://bottlecap.press/products/ghosmj Stories in Best Microfiction, Identity Theory, DIHP, Claudine, Some Words, Flight, FlashFlood, BULL. www.mattjakubowski.com
The Party of poison sauce vs. the Party of weak sauce? Whether tis nobler in the mind to develop a tolerance for that which might kill me my family and millions of my brethren, or to take in a heaping spoonful of this utterly weak sauce and grunt and swear under a weary life
On Friday 9/4 I’ll be reading via Zoom at 5pm PST to celebrate @claudineliterary.bsky.social 1st anniversary. 🎉 🐈⬛ Check out this absolute dream of a lineup. I’d love to see you there. Click here to register & join the fun: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
SpacePrez@spaceprez.bsky.social · 10h agoThe polls are super bad for Trump so he's definitely going to try to cheat www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
I have eaten the data centers you said would make us rich Isn’t that cool? nom nom nom data centers gone cry, billionaire, cry
September Submissions Open JMWW is open for submissions September 1st-15th. We are reading all genres (except for Blended & Beyond) this month.
September Submissions Open
JMWW is open for submissions September 1st-15th. We are reading all genres (except for Blended & Beyond) this month.
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The Circle is always open. Send your best poem. I'm looking for work that reminds the reader not everything can be measured or explained. No fee. Four-week turnaround. Full guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag
Further degrees of stressed are stroosed, stroused, and strarsed.
Free subs are open for September! We're also accepting staff applications.
Identity Theory Submission Manager
Identity Theory has published original literature—fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and more—online since 2000.Based in southern Nevada and featuring an international staff of three dozen editors, ...
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I have eaten the data centers you said would make us rich Isn’t that cool? nom nom nom data centers gone cry, billionaire, cry
The fact that we are paying Trump and this entire administration makes me want to stick dull pencils in my eyes
Open for submissions until 15 Sept / Send us your clusterfucks, your endless mazes, the pieces that are too strange and beautiful for anyone else We will love them
SUBMISSIONS — always crashing
Always Crashing Literary Magazine Submission Guidelines
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Someone somewhere at some point was like the kids are gonna go wild for these
I had a goal to enter 5 contests this year and I did it. Some story contests and a few books, including a full-length story collection. 💪
Today I made a lot of progress on a chapbook contest entry, went climbing with my son, napped, jogged, and stared at the clear blue sky. So happy to be done moving house and have time for real Saturday things again ✨
2026 reading 🧵 A #WiTMonth favourite for many and I can see why. A brilliant evocation of place, childhood and old age. Incredibly evocative. Rightly recognised as a classic. Good commute read too!
Featuring @dorothyproject.bsky.social, @schaffnerpress.bsky.social, @deepvellum.bsky.social, @regalhouse.bsky.social, @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social, @tupelopress.bsky.social, @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social, and more indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
A Reading List for Women in Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For Women in Translation Month, observed annually during the month of August, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the…
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Today at my corporate writing job, in a meeting w another writer and a few other folks, an issue came up about how to rephrase something with more nuance. Who did the moderator ask for help? The professional writers, right? Nope! Copilot. 🙃
"The Third Circuit is the eighth federal appeals court to rule that Trump's administration's mandatory detention policy is unconstitutional." www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
ICE’s policy to detain nearly all undocumented immigrants is unlawful, a Philly-based federal appeals court ruled
The Third Circuit is the eighth federal appeals court to rule that Trump's administration's mandatory detention policy is unconstitutional.
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This month I moved out of West Philly across town but this month I also helped a friend find a place so he could move back to West Philly. Important to stay in balance with my neighborhood or it’ll throw my life off course.
Friends, I’m reading online next Friday with a bunch of amazing writers to celebrate @claudineliterary.bsky.social I’d love to see you there! Readings will be brief and it’ll be a blast! Be sure to register to get the link.
Claudine: A Literary Magazine@claudineliterary.bsky.social · 4w agoJoin us as we revel in the work of our year-one contributors. Sept 4th & 6th! Fiction. CNF. New Writers. Chapbook authors. Hear them live on Zoom reading their own words. www.claudineliterary.com/yearonereadi...
Guys just call him Captain America from now on and I guarantee he’ll start dressing in red white and blue and think he’s in the Avengers
My 9-Month Novel Intensive with @literary-arts.org starts in two weeks! All levels and all genres of novel-length fiction are welcome. Join us via Zoom on Wednesday or Thursday evenings. literary-arts.org/event/nine-m... literary-arts.org/event/nine-m...
Nine Month Novel Intensive: Wednesdays
This course for dedicated writers is designed to guide you through the writing and/or revising of your novel. It runs from September through May. Some weeks you’ll have craft assignments to complete o...
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I’m so happy and grateful! Thank you to the @psmokejournal.bsky.social editors and congratulations to all the writers! 💚💙💚
Peatsmoke Journal@psmokejournal.bsky.social · 7d agoCongratulations to all of the winners and finalists of our Summer 2026 Editor's Prize Contest! We would like to thank everyone who submitted their beautiful work!
