Megan Nichols
@megjnic.bsky.social
Poems in Threepenny, Poetry Daily, Plume Managing Editor for Variant Lit https://megannicholswriter.com
Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 19 at 9:00 AM PT! Lemon Grove Writers will host a live Author Talk with Brenda Miller followed by a co-writing sprint. Her latest book, LOVE YOU, BYE, is a moving collection of poems and essays about the loss of her parents.
🚨Dream journal moment!🚨Beyond excited to have a poem in the new issue of North American Review alongside some absolutely rockstar poets and writers! Here’s to poetry, a little imagination, and the bizarre interplay of loss, lineage, and memory. @northamerreview.bsky.social
Everyone should, in fact, talk about Terrestrial!
Jeff Chon@jeffchon.bsky.social · 4w agoCurrently reading a book about a sad teenager who thinks aliens landed in her hometown. Maybe talk about that.
“…one where tenderness is not an escape, but a tool…” A wonderful review of @susanlleary.bsky.social’s gorgeous latest collection.💗📚🌸
Heavy Feather Review@hfr.bsky.social · last mo.Don’t explain it, visit the link in bio 🌺 “Without Explanation”: Megan Nichols Reviews Susan L. Leary’s Poetry Collection More Flowers @triohousepress.org #babyeatbooks heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/07/06/m...
Don’t explain it, visit the link in bio 🌺 “Without Explanation”: Megan Nichols Reviews Susan L. Leary’s Poetry Collection More Flowers @triohousepress.org #babyeatbooks heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/07/06/m...
“Without Explanation”: Megan Nichols Reviews Susan L. Leary’s Poetry Collection More Flowers
In More Flowers, Susan L. Leary doesn’t have to explain herself. Instead, she creates a psychological landscape in which the speaker careens between questioning and asserting, between the concrete …
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Thank you @hfr.bsky.social for publishing my review of @susanlleary.bsky.social wonderful collection, More Flowers
Heavy Feather Review@hfr.bsky.social · last mo.Don’t explain it, visit the link in bio 🌺 “Without Explanation”: Megan Nichols Reviews Susan L. Leary’s Poetry Collection More Flowers @triohousepress.org #babyeatbooks heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/07/06/m...
Very excited for this free online author talk + writing sprint! Happening July 18th!
Three virtual readings over the next few weeks: -- Night Light, Thursday at 9pm -- A book release party w/ Match Factory Editions 6/23 at 7:30pm -- A Hundred Pitchers of Honey 7/9 at 7:30pm If you need assistance with registering, let me know. Hope to see you at one (or more!) of these events. 💙🩷🩶
Hi, I have a poem in the newest issue of @variantlit.bsky.social about acceptance and womanhood and my MFA program. variantlit.com/issue-twenty...
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: It Was Never Supposed To Be by @benkline.bsky.social, @variantlit.bsky.social & Queer Enlightenments by Anthony Delaney, @groveatlantic.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts #bookish 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #booklovers
Just a reminder that the Variant Poetry Prize closes June 15! ✨️ variantlit.com/announcing-t...
Announcing The 2026 Variant Lit Poetry Prize
Variant Literature is excited to announce The 2026 Variant Lit Poetry Prize judged by Todd Dillard. Submissions open from May 15th to June 15th.
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“*You’re funny*, said Beatrice. Her ex-boyfriend was dull and didn’t like to joke. *You’re beautiful*, said the ant. *Like a flower.*” @noramaynard.bsky.social in @variantlit.bsky.social variantlit.com/the-peony-ant/
The Peony Ant
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Another poem to share with you all from my soon-to-be-out collection thru @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social! This time it's a prose poem published in @somewordslit.bsky.social. Huge props to @juscarts.com for starting this fun little online messageboard-y space. :-) somewords.boards.net/thread/16/ke...
Kevin A. Risner | Some Words
A Blue Jay Flies Into the Window I see my reflection where I never expected it. One of my good friends brings scotch to celebrate our birthdays. We pull our masks down
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Submissions are open for the @variantlit.bsky.social Poetry Prize! variantlit.submittable.com/submit
In Terrestrial, Suzy Eynon renders the Arizona desert as both landscape and signal, a place where loneliness sits just beneath the surface and connection often feels out of reach. Read our latest interview with author @suzyeynon.bsky.social variantlit.com/arizona-alie...
Arizona, Aliens, and the Limits of Connection: A Conversation with Suzy Eynon
In Terrestrial, Suzy Eynon renders the Arizona desert as both landscape and signal, a place where loneliness sits just beneath the surface and connection often feels out of reach. Set in the shadow…
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New work from managing editor @megjnic.bsky.social in Oxford American
Oxford American@oxfordamerican.bsky.social · 3mo ago“In some food pantries, the line between helper and helped is clearly drawn. That is not the case here.” Megan Nichols profiles the work of the Stone County Community Food Ministry in Arkansas and the volunteers who help keep their neighbors fed. 🔗: https://shorturl.at/6Soce
We're so excited to feature Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social and his poem "Strike" from our Spring 2026 Issue OUT NOW! Read the rest of "Strike" and check out his other poem "Emperor of Floods" on our website, linked in our bio!
“In some food pantries, the line between helper and helped is clearly drawn. That is not the case here.” Megan Nichols profiles the work of the Stone County Community Food Ministry in Arkansas and the volunteers who help keep their neighbors fed. 🔗: https://shorturl.at/6Soce
I'm so excited to share that my article about the volunteers and recipients of the Stone County Community Food Ministry appears in this issue. I am so grateful to Oxford American for publishing work about food insecurity and for their editorial guidance. Can't wait for my copy to come in!
Oxford American@oxfordamerican.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Spring 2026 Food Issue is officially here! 🎉 Issue 132 of the Oxford American is available for purchase at your favorite local bookstores and www.oxfordamericangoods.org
Stock up on @triohousepress.org titles during poetry month! Buy one get one free, including pre-orders!! triohousepress.myshopify.com
“Eyes shut, I could be anywhere; we could be anything.” — Megan Nichols . . . This poem appeared in The Baltimore Review, Fall 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.
Gay Poetry Finalists Cont'd: It Was Never Supposed To Be by @benkline.bsky.social @variantlit.bsky.social Kitchen Hymns by Pádraig Ó Tuama. @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social Seabeast by @rajivmohabir.bsky.social #Lammys2026
