Passages North
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A national literary magazine based at Northern Michigan University. Site: passagesnorth.com Submissions open!! ✏️
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Nonfiction feat. @passagesnorth.bsky.social @salvationsouth.com et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Nonfiction feat. @passagesnorth.bsky.social @salvationsouth.com et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/nonfiction/fee-free-literary-nonfiction-1HTdRw2K
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"I Don't Need Your Whole Life Story" from @passagesnorth.bsky.social is about a guy who fakes his own death to get out of trouble and it works awesome; if you haven't tried this yet, what are you waiting for? www.passagesnorth.com/issue-47
🪻 new poems published by passagesnorth.com read Eurydice Experiences Language Attrition in Hades and Eurydice Experiences Language Attrition in Hades (II) by Emily Paige Wilson at the link below!! www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
Eurydice Experiences Language Attrition in Hades and Eurydice Experiences Language Attrition in Hades (II) by Emily Paige Wilson — Passages North
Poetry team lead Joseph Self on today’s poems: Of mythic Greek women poets are contractually obligated to write about at one point or another, Eurydice embodies a particular void. She is not so devot...
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Check out this list of 👻🎃 season flash, including a tiny ghost flash from me in @passagesnorth.bsky.social
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 3w agoSome spooky flash fiction for this most spooky of weeks... @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
"I’ve never touched them—the silver Ganesha, the gilded Ram-Sita, the bejeweled Krishna—afraid I would either taint them or betray my faith, my Allah." My only publication this year. A short-short @PassagesNorth Issue 47. www.passagesnorth.com/your-gods-by...
Your Gods by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar — Passages North
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🎋 new post live on passagesnorth.com !! go read fiction lead Millie Frankel’s interview with NYT Bestselling Author Anthony Marra, link below!! www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
An Interview with Anthony Marra — Passages North
Passages North ’s own Fiction team lead, Millie Frankel, interviews Anthony Marra on his most recent novel, Mercury Pictures Presents, the research process, and the power of representation.
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passages north presents our best small fiction nominations: Abby Manzella “Sheepskin” Kevin Chesser “Plinth” Sydney Koeplin “One Bite” Dr. Robin Silbergleid “[All my lesbian lovers]” Michael Bazzett “An Oral History of the Flat Earth” so excited to nominate these wonderful pieces!!
🌪️ new short live on passagesnorth.com go read “galveston bay” by Andrea Lewis available now on passages north!! check it out here: www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
Galveston Bay by Andrea Lewis — Passages North
Poetry editor Brenna Dean on today’s short: Pick your three favorite words from Andrea Lewis's "Galveston Bay." Say them outloud, once, twice, three times. Delight in the language of this story, the ...
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it’s the first of the month!! and that means: passages north free submissions are back open!! submit your work with no cost!! hurry before we hit our cap ✏️
🦆 new short live on passagesnorth.com go read “burger town” by @nathanwillis.bsky.social available on passages north!! check it out here: www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
Burger Town by Nathan Willis — Passages North
Shorts reader Andy Hofmann on today’s short: You roost on your local park's benches and feed the flocks of resident birds. You bask in the sunshine, scatter seeds or bread, and enjoy the peace. But w...
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Get to know a lit pub: 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Via their Rocket Fuel Submissions category. Up to three flash pieces (<1K), or fiction (1-5K) @passagesnorth.bsky.social #booksky Check out 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐀.𝐌.’s inventive “Star Eater” for a taste of their longer form fiction:
"Star Eater" by Jamie A.M. / Passages North Journal
"I’m changed by every light gone out, just as the sky is changed."
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Passages North @passagesnorth.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: Passages North
Passages North @passagesnorth.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/passages-north-645 #amwriting
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‼️ attention ‼️ passages north submission queue opens september 1st!! we want to see your fiction, flash, cnf, poems, and more; more info available at the link in bio!!
Day 17 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Disha Trivedi. whose work appeared in Passages North (@passagesnorth.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.
🦌 new poem available on passagenorth.com go read “& how the body keeps is a black hole” excerpted from Ampersand Organ by heidi andrea restrepo rhodes, Milkweed Editions, 2026.
Poetry editor Tuuli Qin-Terrill & heidi andrea restrepo talk form, inspiration, and humanity in this new interview. Find restrepo’s poem, “& how the body keeps is a black hole” on PassagesNorth.com. You can also find their new book, Ampersand Organ: a more-than-human lyric, at Milkweed.org.
'...still when Jake calls I feel a lurch in my chest that makes me understand why apothecaries and poets once believed that emotions reside in the heart.' Stunner by @kimmagowan.bsky.social @passagesnorth.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
A Handbook for Identifying Bird Calls by Kim Magowan — Passages North
Associate fiction editor Zoa Coudret on today’s bonus story: The aftermath of a marriage is difficult to capture succinctly, but Kim Magowan illuminates a range of emotions and makes the characters p...
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‘…I feel a lurch in my chest that makes me understand why apothecaries and poets once believed that emotions reside in the heart.’ A tiny beauty from @kimmagowan.bsky.social in @passagesnorth.bsky.social 🎶 www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
A Handbook for Identifying Bird Calls by Kim Magowan — Passages North
Associate fiction editor Zoa Coudret on today’s bonus story: The aftermath of a marriage is difficult to capture succinctly, but Kim Magowan illuminates a range of emotions and makes the characters p...
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As a sci-fi conceit, Jamie A.M.’s “𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝐸𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟” (𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡) hints at its world-destroying-horrors enough to establish huge stakes, but it clothes them in the distance of a million light years away, in the benign tutelage of family tradition (mom's a star eater, too). @passagesnorth.bsky.social
"Star Eater" / Passages North Journal
"I’m changed by every light gone out, just as the sky is changed."
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🍃 Announcing the winner of our Waasnode Fiction Award: Crystal Odelle for “The Big Show”! This short will be published in our next print edition of Passages North. Thank you to this year’s Waasnode judge Megan Milks for their careful consideration and choosing our winner.
🍀 Here they are! Congrats to our Waasnode Fiction Award finalists! The winner will be announced soon. Huge shout out to our wonderful fiction team for narrowing the list and our judge Megan Milks for reading these fantastic selections! 🦕
🦋 Announcing the winner of our Neutrino Short-Short Award: Benjamin Niespodziany for “Inside the Inside”! This short will be published in our next print edition of Passages North. Thank you to this year’s Neutrino judge Zachary Schomburg for his careful consideration and choosing our winner.
“I want to take something that tilts their universe a few more degrees. Something they can’t simply shrug away.” Brilliant flash from @ericscottryon.bsky.social in @passagesnorth.bsky.social www.passagesnorth.com/the-things-w...
The Things We Take by Eric Scot Tryon — Passages North
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So excited and honored to be in this newest issue of the always wonderful @passagesnorth.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼 Story can also be found online! 👇🏼 www.passagesnorth.com/the-things-w...
"Maybe I like that my impact will be felt far after I’m gone." The way this story escalates is priceless! Poignant and darkly fun. @ericscottryon.bsky.social @passagesnorth.bsky.social
Eric Scot Tryon@ericscottryon.bsky.social · 7mo agoSo excited and honored to be in this newest issue of the always wonderful @passagesnorth.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼 Story can also be found online! 👇🏼 www.passagesnorth.com/the-things-w...
Thank you to Angela Voras-Hills for sharing the origin of "Zack Morris is a Grade-A Douchebag" (which wins best poetry title of the year award) published in @passagesnorth.bsky.social & check out the picture of her getting off the bus in kindergarten! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...
Good morning on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY, fam 🌞 If you like short pieces with a lotta ❤️ then catch Memoir Editor @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social's "Top Surgery Triptych" in Issue 47 of @passagesnorth.bsky.social: buff.ly/8PSGCLj
🦪 NEW bonus content just dropped!! Check out today’s poem, “A Flock of Scallops” by Zebulon Huset!! Link to read: www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...
A Flock of Scallops by Zebulon Huset — Passages North
Poetry reader Frankie Spring on today’s poem: The wheel spider lives in the desert. It is named for its ability to use its legs like spokes and roll as fast as 44 turns per second down sand-dune hill...
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obsessed with the new @passagesnorth.bsky.social, my road trip story (possibly my favorite vehicle, pun intended, for conflict — let me lock those characters up!!), & the incredible work of my issuemates, including @ericscottryon.bsky.social, @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social & @liamhegarty.bsky.social
