Nikita is thrilled to share that my story "The Mountain Dweller" is in the @mississippireview.bsky.social nature issue! 🍃

My piece "Appraisal" was longlisted! Thank you @xraylitmag.bsky.social 🥳

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thanks to Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social for picking some of our stories ! congrats to the authors ! wigleaf.com

thanks to Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social for picking some of our stories ! congrats to the authors ! wigleaf.com

If you are not from Jersey or haven’t lived in Jersey you cannot comment on diner culture. Your state does not understand or experience true diner culture. You are an outsider to diners. This is not up for debate.

An older release with a new life. The Beautiful Ones changed imprints and it has a new cover. Find it via Netgalley www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... A little magic, a lot of heart. This is a novel of manners with romance and a fantastical element. Recommended if you're seeking a light, frothy read.

we have a very well written 200 word story by Sam Carradetti @samcorradetti.bsky.social ! it’s about the difference between what a person likes to wear (‘ripped jeans and dirty flip-flops’) & what they’re expected to wear (‘lace, sequins, tulle, fringe, satin’) xraylitmag.com/appraisal-by...

APPRAISAL by Sam Corradetti

I’m the ripped jeans and dirty flip-flops type. Vaselined lips, no eye liner. Zip-up hoodies and flannels looted from my father’s closet keep me mostly covered, worn loose enough to capture the covete...

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My short story “We Are Sorry For Your Suffering” - a sci-fi epistolary tale about the end of the world - is the December issue of @onestorymag.bsky.social! Read an excerpt and an interview with me (and/or order a copy!) here. It’s surprisingly hopeful! one-story.com/product/we-a...

Shout out to the Finalists of the 2025 Literary Awards Program pt 4: @samcorradetti.bsky.social, Maryann Ifeanacho, Stephen Haines, @lindsaystenico.bsky.social, @barrettbowlin.bsky.social, Jamy Bond, Terese Svoboda, Amanda Sarasien, Anjoli Roy, Kaitlin Lavinder, & Matt Smythe! buff.ly/W9BV5sP

We're thrilled to share that the Long List for the 2025 Literary Awards Program is now live! buff.ly/W9BV5sP

Thank you @sfwp.bsky.social for including my manuscript on the Santa Fe Writers Project 2025 Literary Awards Long List! My novel, Heartbeaten, is in elite company. Check out the full list here: www.sfwp.com/2025-awards-...

Also, I have some copies—both hardcover and paperback—that I'd be happy to sign. If you're interested in one, DM me! (shipping within US only please)

Jennifer Savran Kelly@jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 9mo ago

It's #TransgenderAwarenessWeek. My own awareness of my nonbinary gender identity solidified while I was writing my debut novel ENDPAPERS—about a genderqueer bookbinder struggling to understand herself in post-9/11 NYC, while there was no mainstream language to help her.

New on Fright Girl Summer: @vlatinalondon.bsky.social’s book recommendations for Hispanic Heritage Month! What are you reading between now and October 15? Beyond?

V. Castro’s Hispanic Heritage Month Recommended Reads: Pts. 1 and 2

If you aren’t following V. Castro on Instagram, you should be! In addition to sharing her incredible work (and amazing earring collection), she always has the best book recommendations. Below…

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Bookshop is offering 20 percent off select titles to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month, including THE BEWITCHING and other books (The Great Divide, Pink Slime, etc). Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% off. bookshop.org/lists/adult-...

Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025

Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

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Less than a month until #DVpit, a pitch event for marginalized creators looking to find an agent & get traditionally published! Here's a reminder of the rules! For more guidelines & info go to dvpit.carrd.co See you all at DVpit on October 8th, 2025! #writersky #booksky

@giano.bsky.social talked to @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social about inspiration for the characters and setting for AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY! www.lapl.org/collections-... (And the JOY of first drafts)

Interview With an Author: Giano Cromley

Born and raised in Montana, Giano Cromley is the author of two young adult novels and a collection of short stories. He is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council and was a ...

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This book comes out in like, 11 days! Do you like international heists? Do you like complex characters? Do you like queer boys? Do you like dark magic? Do you like social commentary? Then this book is for you! And the special edition is so beautiful! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX

📣Official #DVPit Rules & Guidelines are LIVE📣 Please go to dvpit.carrd.co for our official rules & guidelines! Any official announcements will ALWAYS be made here, Discord, or dvpit.carrd.co ONLY* #DVPit will be Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET! *No other website or URL represents us or our event!

DVpit

pitch event for creators from marginalized communities.

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Akwaeke Emezi considers the making of beauty (and the beauty of nothing).

Akwaeke Emezi On the Beauty of Nothing

It was so much easier to hold beauty once I stopped existing. Before then, I had spent exhausting years trying to cope with my own embodiment, trying to untangle my gaze from that of everyone else …

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I wrote about literature as an unending conversation, genres as dialogues, and writing as adding your voice to the chat countercraft.substack.com/p/the-grand-...

The Grand Ballroom Theory of Literature

On literature as an unending conversation, genres as dialogues, and writing as adding your voice to the chat

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This coming Sunday I'm moderating a conversation between Jesi Bender & Sarah Handley-Cousins at Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca: 8/24, 2pm! We're gonna talk about Spiritualism, science, feminism, Victorian culture, and approaches to research for fiction & nonfiction! Info on their books in replies!

"The Shell" is a contemporary zombie retelling of Tancredi and Ghismonda. Thank you to the American Boccaccio Association for supporting my work!

Read this beautiful debut from my @bookendssbu.bsky.social friend @giano.bsky.social 🥳 AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY follows an eclectic group of skeptics and believers on a search for Bigfoot, exploring how we classify what is real, and how we process that which defies classification. Rating: 5/5 cryptids

Ahhh! I'm so excited to share my inflatable dad story in Short Story, Long! Who could ask for a more thoughtful editor than @aaronburch.bsky.social and a more fitting artist than ‪@aubreyhirsch.bsky.social? (No one, that's who!) ‬

Aaron Burch@aaronburch.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New @jsavrankelly.bsky.social on Short Story, Long today!! 🚨 Hope y'all read it and share it and love it like I have.