Please enjoy this immersive short nonfiction essay "New Beginning," by CM Ruddy---The second piece in our special edition issue, Vocation of Location. longandshortlit.substack.com/p/new-beginn...

Just finished up a super extra author photo shoot & I’m so excited

I’m 34 now & when I sext I say things like “my spelunker bunker can take quite a beating” & this is probably why I’m single.

Transition Diary X | Joshua Zeitler | Frozen Sea - Issue Twelve @thejayestofzees.bsky.social

Honored & thrilled to have this poem featured today on @poetrydaily.bsky.social! Huge love & gratitude to the editors for spotlighting this snapshot of Venice & estrangement that is so dear to me. 💙

Poetry Daily@poetrydaily.bsky.social · last mo.

Today's Feature: "Postcard from the Sinking City" by @thejayestofzees.bsky.social from DMQ Review, Fall 2025 Read here: poems.com/poem/postcar...

Cover reveal: Shō No. 9 | Summer 2026 Cover art: “Past Looking” by Nara Allsop Our summer issue features 69 poems by 45 poets (listed below). Preorder Shō No. 9 at: tinyurl.com/shono9 Issues will ship in July. Conal Abatangelo Jessica Ballen Anne Barngrover Madeleine Bazil Finnegan Bly

Today’s craft talk from @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social “If the poem’s not working, set something on fire”

Me: I’ll go to the opera & it’ll inspire a poem about grand themes & stuff! The Poem: Madama Butterfly’s son picks his nose / through the humming chorus.

My poem "Ars Poetica: Apology" is live in Electric Pink. Read it here: www.electric-pink.org/poetry/ars-p...

I'm in the Spring issue of @remingtonreview.bsky.social! You can read my poem "Ars Poetica: Cold Feet" and the rest of the issue here: heyzine.com/flip-book/0c...

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Hey! I have a poem in the 30th edition of @petrichorlit.bsky.social as they celebrate 10 years! Read this poem to find out why I was fired by the Audubon Society! petrichormag.com/30-frances-k...

New poem up in @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social about a Grindr hookup, Meisner’s concept of living truthfully, & a shifting relation to shame. Much love to Billy & Jackson for believing in this one! Check out the full, stacked Issue 12 here: frozensea.org/issue-twelve

Issue Twelve out now! Check out our link in bio to read some next level work from our contributors 👾🩵🪓 @chrisblackman.bsky.social @birosmudged.bsky.social @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @ella-b-winters.bsky.social @thejayestofzees.bsky.social

Moving at the end of this month & need to raise more fast—you can help by buying The Transition Diaries! Venmo $14 to @ thejayestofzees (last 4 of phone 1630) & put your address in the comments (make it private) & I’ll have it in the mail Monday! Thank you 🙏

✂️ ISSUE 8: COLLAGE IS LIVE!✂️ W/in these pgs contributors remix works from our past 7 issues creating something bold & new! It's FREE to read, download & share online: buff.ly/E6d26Y2 Print copy available for purchase via Amazon: buff.ly/OOpa6Ct #poetry #poetrycommunity #indiepublishing ⬇️

I began the day reading Renee Gladman’s Calamities.

I’m selling this DIY chapbook, The Transition Diaries, to help fund an upcoming move. It has a lot of my most intimate and vulnerable work to date—$14 includes shipping. Message me if interested!

POEM 301: "Something Borrowed" by Frances Klein (@fklein907.bsky.social) I go into the deli and ask the old man behind the counter if I can borrow his cufflinks. He says he stole them from a coffin, and it’s no kind of luck to bring dead gold to a living altar stonecirclereview.com/something-bo...

Today is the release date for the Winter Issue of @pshares.bsky.social, which happens to hold the most ridiculously heartfelt poem I’ve ever written: “Last night I watched two flies make love”! Get your copy of the issue now!

It's here!! 🎉

Glass Poetry Press@glasspoetry.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Now available! Opening by Stefanie Kirby (@msstefaniekirby.bsky.social)! And this gorgeous chapbook is available for the pre-sale price of only $7.50 (shipping and handling included) www.glass-poetry.com

Submissions are OPEN! No fee, no theme, no moderation! Send us your longest and your shortest work!

The Long & The Short of It@longandshortlit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Long and the Short of It is now open for rolling submissions on any theme! That’s right—any genre, any theme, any time. Just send us work that fits our word limits and makes us want to be your best friends (but not in a creepy way). longandshortlit.substack.com/p/submissions

“i never knew what it was like to be untouched / in this new body.” Love this one by Leander He 💙 stonecirclereview.com/second-skin/

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by Leander He   august closes like a wound. it’s tradition now: makemy parents cry every summer by injecting something new,cover myself with body hair and tattoos so that someoneelse will love me. th...

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Stone Circle Review@stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The end of the year is looming, and it's time to take a chance. Click this link to enjoy a randomly selected poem from the Stone Circle archives: stonecirclereview.com/random/ There are almost 300 poems available and each one is a banger. You can't lose!

I texted my friend “Haven’t gotten a rejection in a week, neg me daddy,” & then forgot so when he did I was a little mad but really he was just being a pal

Time to share our final piece of the year---a flash fiction piece by Rowan Tate! Happy holidays to all who celebrate and we’ll see you in the new year! 2026! PS - We are now open for general submissions! Send us your work! Read Here: longandshortlit.substack.com/p/seating-ar...

Seating Arrangement

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So when is the George Santos biopic coming out?

I’ve been failing at my slut phase but I did trick my therapist into using the phrase “finger-sucking vibe” so that’s one win.

ICYMI we're open for subs! Check out our guidelines for this special issue: engineidling.net/submissionguidelines

the engine(idling lit@the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 8mo ago

OPEN SUBS for e(i8: Collage! We're inviting YOU to remix much of our archive! We want your cut-ups, golden shovels, frankenpoems, etc! See guidelines for details/limitations: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #indielit #litmag #callforsubs #opensubs #artcommunity

It’s the first Thursday of a release month! Please read and enjoy the first publication of our December issue: “I will never meet Robert Redford,” a poem by Lyndie Blevins. Read Here: longandshortlit.substack.com/p/i-will-nev...

Check out the Contributors' Curio: buff.ly/eHwvv5k! Our curio houses info on our contributors' creative projects. This #Spotlight is on Joshua Zeitler @thejayestofzees.bsky.social!

Volume II from The Long and The Short of It drops this week! Our Fiction and CNF editor, Mary, addresses our December publications and exciting news for upcoming issues! Read at the link below, and please subscribe to our Substack! longandshortlit.substack.com/p/letter-fro...