Natalie Schriefer
@nschriefer.bsky.social
Freelance writer | Academic editor | Bi/demi | I cover gaming, books, identity & health | www.natalieschriefer.com
Huge congrats to @kyleisamu.bsky.social for his Frog story "Materials Needed" landing on the Wigleaf Top 50! And a big congrats to all the Frog longlisters!! @thehagsoup.bsky.social, @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social, Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, and @nschriefer.bsky.social!!
Friendly reminder: We want to see fresh work that hasn’t been published anywhere before (including your personal blog or website). First-time electronic publication rights are really all we ask for 💗 Thank you so much!
If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.
Very cool to have this Zelda #poem published today at @videoda.me on the same day that Nintendo confirmed Ocarina of Time for later this year! 🎮🎮 Special thanks to editor @saraclemens.com for formatting wizardry--you rock!! 💕 A short, 2-min. read if you need more Zelda content in your life ⚔️
Re-Playing Majora’s Mask, College
The guard who calls you a child eventually recants.
videoda.me
don’t think they have any plans to take anything down but this is always a smart thing to do regardless
Natalie Checo@heartimecia.bsky.social · 5mo ago!! if you wrote for Paste Games/Endless Mode/The A.V. Club !! make sure to back up your work!! i just backed up 10 pages worth of articles, and Microsoft Edge made it much less painful than it could've been. open the article in Microsoft Edge > right-click > Screenshot > Full Page > Save
My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com about HBO Max's new show #HeatedRivalry -- and the debate it's re-started, over who gets to tell the stories of marginalized communities. Special thanks to @jhodiewilliams.bsky.social, for being wonderful to work with!
Gay Romance ‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Reigniting a Troubling Debate
Heated Rivalry, based on the second book in Rachel Reid’s “Game Changers” series, has been a hit for HBO Max. Critics have called the gay romance about hockey players one of the best queer TV shows, p...
bloomberg.com
Hey! Dustin Nightingale & I are doing a Zoom reading for the release of our collaborative poetry chapbook from @ghostcitypress.bsky.social ! Mon Sept 15 @ 7 pm ET. Link to register: tinyurl.com/53p638cc Link to get a free copy of the e-chapbook: tinyurl.com/57bzdefr @dustinnightingale.bsky.social
One of the cool things about the journal @flashfrog.bsky.social is that they pair visual artists with writers. 🖌️🎨 Below is a link to artist Gwen Seemel's blog on their thoughts behind "Siblings", the image paired with my story. How cool is that?!
The Upside Down House
A painting about siblings and childhood trauma by New Jersey artist Gwenn Seemel, inspired by the short story Cartwheels by Natalie Schriefer, published in the literary magazine Flash Fiction.
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Do you ever find yourself hunched over your laptop like a human shrimp? 🦐🦐 If yes, my latest piece for Next Avenue explores how that familiar slump might be hurting your head, neck, and back--and what you can do to mitigate your risk. www.nextavenue.org/does-work-ha...
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📢 Excited to announce that @viz.com's "Komi Can’t Communicate: Making Friends and Not Scaring People" is coming Spring 2026! 💬✨ It was an honor to work on this project as the writer 🥰
How will tariffs impact your hobbies? From the article: "The dreaded T-word seems to be on everyone’s mind because consumers know it could mean paying more for what they love." My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com! It was fantastic to work with @jhodiewilliams.bsky.social, as always 🥰
Why This Round of Tariffs Feels So Personal
The dreaded “T” word seems to be on everyone’s mind because consumers know it could mean paying more for what they love.
bloomberg.com
🚨2 more days to submit! The inaugural Rumpus Prize closes on March 2!🚨 All submissions will be read by The Rumpus's editorial team, and our final judges are Kaveh Akbar (Poetry), Rachel Khong (Fiction), and @meganstielstra.bsky.social (Creative Nonfiction). ➡️ buff.ly/4blQsZo
Happy publication anniversary to my @huffpost.com piece about leg hair, gender stereotypes, shame, and social norms. It was amazing to work with @noahmichelson.bsky.social -- he was such a kind editor for this rather prickly piece (pun very much intended 😉).
I Wrote About Not Shaving For A Month — And The Backlash Made One Thing Perfectly Clear
"Within an hour, I had a dozen emails. By the next morning, there were two dozen more — plus more than 100 Twitter notifications."
huffpost.com
Congratulations to @otroedgargomez.bsky.social on today's publication of ALLIGATOR TEARS with Crown! Edgar recently contributed to our folio on writing about sex.
Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez: 9780593728543 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State—from the award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual “Relatable,...
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Happy publication anniversary to one of my very first national pieces, where I got to work with phenomenal editor @halophoenix.bsky.social at @wired.com and write about psychology, gaming, and (best of all) The Legend of Zelda. Still one of my favorite pieces 💕💕
How to Cope With Post-Game Depression
Congratulations, you beat your favorite video game. Now it’s time to beat the feelings of emptiness.
wired.com
Happy publication anniversary to this fun little Paper Mario poem, published a little over a year ago by @diegoarguello.bsky.social & @intothespine.bsky.social. I've always loved Gourmet Guy's line about learning to bake at truck driving school--this poem is an ode to laughter 🚚🚚
I Know Where Princess Peach Keeps Her Dish Detergent - Into The Spine
For Gourmet Guy, from Paper Mario 64
intothespine.com
If you're a trans/queer teacher or the parent of a trans/queer kid and you've got a draft of a personal essay about what's going on right now, I'd love to have a look I'll def publish folks anonymously I pay for essays 1000 - 2000 words Hit me up at Noah.Michelson@HuffPost.com for more details
Happy publication anniversary to this super-short micro fiction piece at @fivesouth.bsky.social, which was later longlisted by @wigleaf.bsky.social for the 2024 Top 50 Very Short Fictions 🎉🎉 It's winter in my neck of the woods, and every time I pass a frozen pond, I think of this piece 🧊
The First Step by Natalie Schriefer
From a snowbank I watched the squirrel run.
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Already ordered mine--can't wait to read it!! 💕
Jackie Domenus@jackiedwrites.bsky.social · 2y agoHey, so if you’d like to support a queer, gender nonconforming author and read essays that directly address the effects of Trump’s first presidency, you can preorder my first book, NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS. It comes out in exactly one month! Please share.
Happy publication anniversary to this short poem about first sapphic crushes and the TV show THE MENTALIST, published by @dailydrunkmag.bsky.social back in 2022 📺📺 Pop culture is a powerful tool for coming to understand yourself.
I Might’ve Had a Crush on Robin Tunney
Natalie Schriefer often writes about coming of age, sexuality, and identity. She loves asking people about their fictional & celebrity crushes (hers is Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist). N…
dailydrunkmag.com
Happy one-year publication anniversary to this short poem published by @havehashad.com -- my very first skull 💀 Fun fact: I stuck with the very first title that I drafted, which almost never happens (I'm a chronic title drafter 😭)
Self-Portrait in the Key of Masc by Natalie Schriefer
In the style of WCW’s “This is Just to Say” Today I donated the red dress I wore to that holiday party which you were probably hoping I’d wear again but the truth ...
havehashad.com
Phenomenal, as always, to contribute to this--this year with a blurb about Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. 🐄🐔 Thanks, @intothespine.bsky.social and @diegoarguello.bsky.social!! 🥰🥰🥰 I can't wait to read the other entries!
Into The Spine@intothespine.bsky.social · 2y agoFollowing the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 roundups, writers deconstruct the year with short stories. This was 2024, told by 102 people. intothespine.com/2024/12/30/s...
Happy (almost) publication anniversary to this very cool piece I wrote for Inverse last year, talking about the science behind mindset and resilience--and how that carries over from gaming to real life. It was so great to work on this with @shannonliao.bsky.social 🥰🥰
Video Games and Resilience: Science Explains Why Playing Zelda Is Good For Your Brain
Available to players of any skill level — no Twitch subscribers required.
inverse.com
🧵Thread: How I Make Money and Survive as a Writer. I grew up with a household income of around 22k a year and recently transitioned out of the service industry to writing full-time. Hope some of this helps!
