Today is the last day of June 🌞 So you know what that means, fam. We start our summer break tomorrow!! We appreciate your patience as we take a much needed break 💗 Our June Issue will keep you company while we're out! We'll see you in August 😁 buff.ly/LZNyaFT

Need some micros to get you through the day? Contributor James Keith Smith has three new stories up at @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social 🙌 Have a read: buff.ly/TJ90ZHW

Did you hear the news? SLM pieces made it onto @wigleaf.bsky.social's Longlist!! Thank you Wigleaf for all the hard work you do 🔥 Many congrats to our contributors!! @skyskkyy.bsky.social, Selen Ozturk, and Chloe Alberta 💕

Our June 2026 edition of Now Playing will get you humming Dreams & rethinking what it all means… buff.ly/lVsmTnz

Highlighting a piece from our June 2025 archive! Alex Bortell’s poem “Cruising in the Motor City” dances between James Baldwin, God, and Detroit. Here, he shares just one thing about the piece 😍 buff.ly/V3QTmNA

We may be going on summer break, but fear not! We have a list of SLM summer gems to keep you company 😎 Check out SPLASH INTO SUMMER, on our blog: buff.ly/HDaWHmv

✅️ Sending in a last-minute submission before our break? Don't forget to read up on our submission guidelines! buff.ly/mssj8dt

We're always blown away by our contributors: @sabrinahicks.bsky.social's book COYOTE GIRL was the Editor’s Pick in Kirkus Magazine! 🤩 buff.ly/tW8omOe

☀️ Happy Monday! Don't forget to hydrate this week, fam. 🥤

Check it out, fam: flash reader @marjeec.bsky.social's review of the novella FOUNDLING FATHERS was published in The Masters Review! 👏 buff.ly/GHjRmDE

Recent Ironman finisher Jack Barrie describes the balance of writing and athletics in our latest blog post! buff.ly/yslizhE

Congrats on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🎊 Contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social's poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was a finalist in the Ohio Book Awards 💗 buff.ly/YjTCom1

We hope you're having a great ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 😄 Contributor @christinajcooke.bsky.social's essay was published in Callaloo 👏 You can get your copy now!! buff.ly/oQ9LhiR

We've got more fiction for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 😁 Contributor @lesliepwriter.bsky.social story was published in Shenandoah 💕 Find it here and enjoy: buff.ly/ML7dFcd

Gotta ❤️ a story on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! Former contributing editor and contributor Chris Gonzalez’s @livesinpages.bsky.social story was published in the latest issue of Epiphany @epiphanylit.bsky.social 🎉Get your copy here:

Grab some coffee and start ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with an interview☀️ Contributor @rachellayown.bsky.social talked about her novel HOW WE SEE THE GRAY with @normanb.bsky.social for Life Elsewhere ✨ Listen here: buff.ly/mRG495H

Rest up, read a book, and have a wonderful weekend, fam! 🌈

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We love starting the weekend with new reading. ☀️ Contributor @sudhab.bsky.social's flash was published in FlashFlood! 👏 buff.ly/pv0SzJR

Publishing, queerness, and more: check out contributor Richard Mirabella's interview for @theloadwriters.bsky.social! 👏 buff.ly/ADY2Krb

"Our language is violent: beast, steal, charge, cut, hack, bury. Our country was built by these migrant sons accustomed to sweat, these great- grandchildren of slaves," If you need Andy Chen's YOU WALK UP TO THE PARK AND THERE'S ONE CHINESE GUY, it's in the archive ✨ buff.ly/JUFeZuO

☀️ Good morning, fam! Friday is finally here. ✨️ What are you reading this weekend?

It's still Pride Month, fam. Shout out your favorite queer and trans books you recommend this pride 🌈 We love seeing your rec lists!!

"We don’t talk about the missing girl. Our high school math teacher tells us about algebra, the unifying thread of most mathematics." If you need a powerful essay, Contributor @sfmontgomery.bsky.social's HANDPRINTS is in the @cincinnatireview.bsky.social. Have a read 💕 buff.ly/nfnsIwY

Miranda Manzano shares just one thing about her story NEGATIVE SPACES 💕 buff.ly/36IFO2C

Alexandra Dos Santos reads "Dolls Like Chucky" featured in our ✨ JUNE ISSUE ✨

Need some poetry to wrap up the day? ✨️ Contributor @darrencdemaree.bsky.social published a poem in The Midwest Quarterly! 🤩 buff.ly/d8op9C8

We'll be going on our summer break soon, fam, and it's a great time to browse our archives. ✨️ 💕 buff.ly/dwBkDjl

Audrey Jiggetts's flash piece MÈRE SUPÉRIEURE holds up vengeance and love to the winter light of a French beach town. Here, she shares just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/yRJcXc3 A photograph of Audrey Jiggetts in a greenhouse surrounded by plants

Somehow we're already almost halfway through the year. 🤯 What's your favorite thing you've read so far this year, fam? 📚️