C Maxfield
@pickledp3.bsky.social
Published via The Broken Spine, Blood+Honey, DarkWinter Literary Magazine, RiversSide and Silly Goose Press
"We are gorgeous here..." Also gorgeous is this new poem Campus by Colette Maxfield @pickledp3.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/campus-...
Campus by Colette Maxfield
We travelled like stars through three forests Densely protruding through thickets And tangled unceremoniously like hair.
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✨Submissions for Issue 12 are open through August 15. We're seeking writing, visual art and photography, drawings, hybrid work, and more inspired by myth, legend, folklore, fantasy, and inherited stories. Send us your work! heimatreview.com/submit.html
Submissions are OPEN! Send us your words, your artworks, your ✨🌙 OFFERINGS TO THE STURGEON MOON ✨🌙 More info here: sillygoosepress.com/sturgeon-moon
This is your SEVEN day warning!!! This is NOT a drill! And be aware of the deadline time! You need to get your entries in by 3PM on the 30th June - i.e. the deadline is NOT midnight!
The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 2mo agoI may have jumped the gun a little bit, but what are guns for if not for jumping... Anyway, entries are now OPEN for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026!!! Micros up to 100 words Free to enter Send UP TO TWO micros across FIVE categories Deadline 30th June www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Poetry doesn't need more branding, networking, gatekeeping or performance. In this new piece, @alanparrywriter.co.uk reflects on why poetry still matters, the value of paying attention, and why ordinary lives remain the raw material of great writing. thebrokenspine.co.uk/2026/06/07/n...
Not Here for the Performance - The Broken Spine
I didn't come to poetry because I wanted a profile, a brand, or a place within a literary scene. Like many people, I came to it because I was trying to make
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#TheWelkinGenrePrize Entries open two weeks today!!! Spread the word. And get scribbling!! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Just a reminder that regular submissions to the magazine open in 2 weeks on May 1st! Get your short fiction and poetry ready! www.darkwinterlit.com/submit-liter...
Submit to the Literary Magazine | DarkWinter Literary Magazine
Submit short fiction or poetry to DarkWinter Literary Magazine. We want your weird, your traditional with a twist, your humour, your dark thoughts, or your elation. We’re open to anything—just make it...
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"Two Poems" by Colette Maxfield “Before long she was running in and out / Like a trapped cat / That hisses / When it speaks.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/maxfi...
two poems — Blood+Honey
by Colette Maxfield “Before long she was running in and out / Like a trapped cat / That hisses / When it speaks.”
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This night matters more than it looks. To the room. To the people in it. To the ones rebuilding. 26 April, 19:00. #PoemsAbout #OpenMic #Return
The Return of #PoemsAbout: Online Open Mic (Zoom) | Hosted by Alan Parry Tickets, Sunday, April 26 • 6 PM - 8 PM UTC | Eventbrite
Eventbrite - Broken Spine Arts presents The Return of #PoemsAbout: Online Open Mic (Zoom) | Hosted by Alan Parry - Sunday, April 26, 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
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B+H's April update is LIVE!!! HUGE thanks to UK digital artist Paul Warren for the very cool cover art and his ongoing contributions to the mag!!! www.bloodhoneylit.com/blood-honey-...
Blood+Honey Home — Blood+Honey
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Mid-month check: Have you written something that unsettles scale, belief, or certainty? That’s what #Firmament is for. #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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Our 4th Anniversary Contest for Short Fiction and Poetry is now open! Free submission, cash prizes for the winners, and publication in the literary magazine for the long-listers! Send in your entries today! See our contest link for details! www.darkwinterlit.com/contests
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To celebrate my birthday, I wanted to do something nice that would hopefully spread a bit of joy in the next few months. So, today is the official launch of... 🥁🥁🥁 THE WELKIN GENRE PRIZE!!! Details in the thread below! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 5mo agoToday is my fortieth birthday. I'm trying to feel joyful about it, but I find anything like this can become more of a millstone than a milestone because of how these days connect with my illness. For example, when the Winter Olympics started, I had a moment of profound sadness because...
Submissions are open. #Firmament is looking for poetry that reaches beyond the immediate — into scale, silence, and the unknown. This is not escape. It’s perspective. #Slimline #PoemsAbout #PoetsOfBluesky
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Reaches Beyond - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout April 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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Call for Submissions – Magma 96: The Antarctic Closing date: 31st March, 2026 Editors @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social, @branwellroberts.bsky.social & Elizabeth Lewis Williams look forward to receiving your poems! More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...
We are excited to announce the results of our 2026 microfiction competition. Thank you to everyone who entered. You can read the winning & highly commended stories here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
Issue 8 THEME: RIGHTEOUS RAGE Open March 1-30 Get ready. Details: epistemiclit.com/submissions/
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Submission guidelines for a fully digital literary anthology that explores themes to open conversations through the written word.
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Oh my goodness, I 👀 my title on the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social shortlist! 🙏
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe are pleased to announce the shortlist for our Microfiction Competition. If you are on the list, please feel free to celebrate on social media, but don’t reveal your title! Thank you to everyone who entered! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
If you’ve been thinking about submitting to us, here’s your sign ✨ Subs are open through Feb 15. heimatreview.com/submit
Submissions for MELT are closed! Thanks for submitting, geese! Missed our window? Don’t sweat, you’ll have another chance to visit the pond sooner than you may think 🪿😚
The Welkin Writing Prize WILL BE BACK!!!! (after Matt has had a suitably long rest) And the "backness" **might** be sooner than you think (but Matt makes you no promises...) In the meantime, catch up with all this year's winning stories here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories
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Super excited to be a part of this upcoming anthology! 👇😱 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN)@thebrokenspine.co.uk · 10mo agoSomething Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds. Closing date: October 31st #PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
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Why We Created an Anti-Prize: On Poetry Awards, Indie Presses, and the Myth of Prestige - The Broken Spine
Poetry prizes are everywhere. So are prize-nominated books, prize-listed poets, and presses (not so) quietly using awards as a marketing strategy. Ugh!
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Tired of journals that ask for poems about your garden and then ghost you? This one wants the bin, the syringe, the protest chant. This one’s built with spit. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow 👉 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/06/14/c...
Call for Submissions: Poetry With Spit, Spine, and Something to Say - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout February 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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This is all Nina's fault. Sharp and witty new poem Friday Afternoon by Colette Maxfield now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/friday-...
Friday Afternoon by Colette Maxfield
Nina did something That she shouldn’t have done. Giddily, thoughtlessly, she looked for an all staff mailing list For help in her search for an apartment. [...]
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