RIP Dolly, your Imagination Library and music brought so much joy to my home and the hearts of millions.
Stacey Lounsberry
@sglounsberry.bsky.social
Multi-genre writer, ghostwriter, Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, semifinalist for Black River Chapbook Competition 2025, prose reader at Broad Ripple Review. See my work at www.sglounsberry.com. I am currently seeking an agent for MG Fiction.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest winners have been announced and I'm on the list as an honorable mention! [Take that middle school boyfriend who said I'd never be funny.] #amwriting #poetry www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the 25th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
/PRNewswire/ -- Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 25th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Tim Loveday of Melbourne, Australia...
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I wish I could live in the moment my boys first hear the siren call of the icecream truck.
My new story came out a few days ago in Cetera, the mag that's like opening up a box of assorted chocolates. "Kids Eat Free" by Stacey Lounsberry www.ceteramagazine.com/kids-eat-free/ @ceteramagazine.bsky.social #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky
"Kits Eat Free" by Stacey Lounsberry
A tiny pet funeral becomes a strange, funny journey through grief and motherhood.
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Me listening to @syskpodcast.bsky.social and 6 yo says, "Why do I always hear those guys?" 😁
Very little interaction on here (ok, on any socials tbh) but let's try this anyway: I'm looking for a beta reader group to swap poetry. I miss the community it brings, and my poems miss the critiques. Anyone out there? If you are, please enjoy this short story elegantly composed by my 5 yo.
"Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?"~Ann Patchett
Still looking for the perfect gift for the book lover in your life? We've got you covered! Choose between poetry and prose and we will send curated book bundles to your sweetheart's door. Every delivery includes: -1 frontlist title -1 backlist gem -1 chapbook -a surprise gift buff.ly/blasuU8
New FREE contest for writers of Middle Grade Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work. @writingdaywksp.bsky.social tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4)
First Page Contest #4: Middle Grade Fiction -- Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary
FREE CONTEST FOR WRITERS! Welcome to First Page Contest . Contest #4 -- for writers of Middle Grade Fiction (all types) . If you write in this age category, keep reading and submit your work!...
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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social ⭐ is accepting submissions (some fees) through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity
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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social ⭐ is accepting submissions (some fees) through Duosuma. #WritingCommunity
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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for Open Reading Period - Reviews/Interviews (some fees). #CallforSubmissions
Opened to Submissions on Duosuma: Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social ⭐
Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for Open Reading Period - Reviews/Interviews (some fees). #CallforSubmissions
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Check it out! My poem "This Is Where We Split" was nominated for the 2026 Pushcart Prize by the wonderful people at January House Lit!!!
@januaryhouselit.bsky.social · 12mo ago2026 Pushcart Prize Nominees January House Literary Journal is thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2026 Pushcart Prize. The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, published since 1976, has become "the most honored literary project in America". Winners are expected to be announced…
We let the imaginary land boundaries feel tangible, but-- “What is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry?” - from The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The inaugural issue of Broad Ripple Review is live. We are proud to feature work by L.B. Browne, Angela Townsend, Margaret Dunn, Dorit d’Scarlett, and Sofía Carbonell Realme. Find it at: broadripplereview.com. Please share!
"The best writing comes not when you want to say something but when you want to find something." ~ Andre Dubus III
Congratulations to all finalists and semifinalists! I call it a major win to be among the semifinalists here. ♥️ I'm excited to read the winning manuscript. blacklawrencepress.com/spring2025br... @blacklawrence.bsky.social
Spring 2025 Black River Chapbook Competition Finalists & Semifinalists! - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press
Today’s the day: here are the semifinalists and finalists of the Spring 2025 Black River Chapbook Competition! We’ve narrowed it down to 10 finalists and 11 semifinalists, which was not easy! We recei...
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Every story submission is a door cracked open into another world. Some slam shut. Some leave us haunted. A few, we cannot close at all. Submit for FREE:
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Submit to Broad Ripple Review. Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
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Pinch me, my name is included on this list! @januaryhouselit.bsky.social januaryhouselit.com/2025/08/09/2...
2026 Best of the Net Nominees
January House Literary Journal is excited to announce our nominations for the 2026 Best of the Net anthology. The Best of the Net is an awards-based anthology designed to grant a platform to a dive…
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ONE WEEK left to submit if you would like to be considered for the Broad Ripple Review Prize. $200 in fiction and $200 in nonfiction. Submissions are FREE and all are considered for publication: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
