Our August issue is live! JH Lucas Dodge Zelko @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social Jacob Schrodt Jeffrey-Michael Kane @liquid-chicken.bsky.social @zaryfekete.bsky.social Matthew Trumbull Kinga Varga-Dobai Andrew Christoforakis @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social Kaylan McCann pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...

Volume 15, Issue 8

COVER ART BY JH LUCAS   FICTION ACTS OF GUILE, ACTS OF GRACE BY DODGE ZELKO ORPHANS BY SARP SOZDINLER BEARS BY JACOB SCHRODT THE KEEPING BY JEFFREY-MICHAEL KANE   NONFICTION Unknown Calle…

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This week's edition of Life on the Midlist was about failure as a part of creative life and the specific way it was useful to me. Check it out: #skywriters mailchi.mp/b603254c52ca...

I have a new short humor piece up on Robot Butt. Even my mother likes it, despite the swipes at MAGA. www.robotbutt.com/2026/07/20/b...

"Best in Show" Extreme Breed Makeover | Robot Butt

“Welcome to ‘Extreme Breed Makeover,’ the competition in which six new breeds designed to take on the challenges of the modern world will be vying for the chance to garner the top prize at the world’s...

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“None of us working at Fallow Beach Cinema in the summer of 1990 had anywhere else to go—that was part of it—but the real problem was Ariel, the Little Mermaid.” Read “Concession,” my story on life, friendship, and whether Batman is edgy. audienceaskew.com/volume-5-iss... #WritingCommunity

Our "vacation" is done! Time for more submissions: www.doesithavepockets.com/subs #litmags #literarycommunity

@midlvlmag.bsky.social always has incredibly beautiful issues and their latest is no exception:) What a treat to have a short piece here🥰 #writingcommunity

Meet the Reverse Evaluation team:

Whew, I still can't quite believe it but here I am in @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social :) Quite a thrill🥰 My short piece is about experiencing earthquakes in Japan. #writingcommunity

It’s July and @theforge.bsky.social is open to submissions! As we gear up to read, I thought I’d share some quick, hopefully helpful tips for submitters. 🧵 - You don’t need to pitch us or summarize your story in the cover letter - we won’t see it anyway! Your work speaks for itself.

Issue no. 8, Reverse Evaluation drops tomorrow, July 2nd, 2026.

Our July issue is here! pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... Cover art: CHRISTOPHER GARLAND Words: DEIRDRE DANKLIN @grnpointer.bsky.social JAMES KEITH SMITH @kplumhoff.bsky.social GARTH ROBINSON SAMANTHA VARGAS

Volume 15, Issue 7

COVER ART BY CHRISTOPHER GARLAND   FICTION The Sex Appeal of the Blues by Deirdre Danklin In the Wind by Christopher Lee Chilton Zachary by James Keith Smith Lost and Found by Katherine Plumho…

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Coming soon - issue 8 from MIDLVLMAG #reverseevaluation

Congrats to @emilyrinkema.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award! Her book, Dead Mother Card, will appear from MCP in 2027. She will receive the $1000 prize. Can't wait to work with her on this fabulous collection. Thanks to everyone who entered!

I know I'm hard to shop for, so let me help! I turned 47 today and there's only one thing on my list. Pre-order The Mess That Made Them wherever books are sold. #booksky Don't have a favorite local place? Try Bookshop.org. bookshop.org/shop/ryantpo...

I hope you enjoy my first foray into memoir writing #wtitingCommunity #art #memoir #Africa #travel #booksky

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"I wasn’t planning to get a dog. At twenty-two and living thousands of miles from the Midwest where I grew up, I was still figuring out how I would even keep myself alive. But one day, I saw Cruso." @alexzoubine.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/crea...

100% guarantee 💙💙💙 (though I may be biased) You can pre-order my book here: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

After Last Call by Will Musgrove — Malarkey

April 2027 Preorders will be signed by the author. After Last Call is about those who linger long past closing time, who bum around the bar’s parking lot to trade stories about a time when t...

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Malarkey@malarkeybooks.bsky.social · last mo.

Rereading this book as I make copy edits, want everyone to know that you’ll love it!

Honored to have work in the June issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social ... this one's for you little dude😉

Pithead Chapel@pitheadchapel.bsky.social · last mo.

Have you seen our June issue? pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... Cover Art JANELLE PAULINO Fiction @keithwoodruff.bsky.social @suttonstrother.bsky.social TRAVIS FLATT ANTHONY BROWN Nonfiction LAUREN GIARD REBECCA WATKINS JESSE LACY Prose Poetry BEN STARR @ezhang77.bsky.social JOY YIN

Have you seen our June issue? pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... Cover Art JANELLE PAULINO Fiction @keithwoodruff.bsky.social @suttonstrother.bsky.social TRAVIS FLATT ANTHONY BROWN Nonfiction LAUREN GIARD REBECCA WATKINS JESSE LACY Prose Poetry BEN STARR @ezhang77.bsky.social JOY YIN

Volume 15, Issue 6

COVER ART BY JANELLE PAULINO   FICTION GRIEF WORK, LLC BY KEITH WOODRUFF BELLY BY SUTTON STROTHER THE CENTAUR DANCES THE GIDDY-UP BUCK BY TRAVIS FLATT PET LOVER BY ANTHONY BROWN   NONFICT…

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My debut short story collection just got a title: WHILE I HAVE YOU. Includes “Downstream Benefits” (Pangyrus), “Mr. Palm Beach” (Pithead Chapel), “Splice” (Epiphany), and “Zephyr” (BULL). Links to these and other stories at www.willwilloughby.com. #WritingCommunity

Will Willoughby | Writer of Literary Fiction

Will Willoughby, Maine Literary Award winner and Pushcart nominee, writes darkly comic, often surreal short fiction.

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Will Willoughby@willwilloughby.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to report I just signed a contract with Littoral Books to publish a short story collection! Scheduled for spring 2027 release. 🎉 If you’d like to know more, sign up for my newsletter, where I reflect on the writing process and give updates on my work, at www.willwilloughby.com. #AmWriting

My newsletter, Life on the Midlist, is where I do several ridiculous things in public. I write about publishing, ambition, rejection, creative stamina, and what it's like to launch a book without saying things like, "Hey guy! Welcome back to my channel..." Subscribe: www.ryantpozzi.com/midlist

Life on the Midlist — Ryan T. Pozzi

A weekly behind-the-scenes dispatch from Ryan T. Pozzi on trade publishing, creative work, career-building, and what it actually looks like to try to make a writing life work.

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A true story. My thanks to @neonandsmoke.bsky.social for publishing it!! 🥰 #writingcommunity

Wow! Biome is featured on Duotrope! 😁 this labor of love has taken off in a wonderful way Best way you can support Biome? Listen to some of our stories! rss.com/podcasts/bio...

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Duotrope@duotrope.com · 2mo ago

Today's listing of the day is: Biome: Speculative Fiction Podcast @biomespec.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Word on the street is that we'll reopen for submissions in about a month! 🚨 July 6 through 10, open for five days. Fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, and everything in between. Save the date. Spread the word.

So happy to have this one up at B O D Y. It’d be swell if you took a look www.bodyliterature.com/2026/06/16/e...

B O D Y | A new poem by Ewen Glass

EWEN GLASS is a screenwriter and poet from Northern Ireland. His poetry has appeared in Okay Donkey, HAD, Poetry Scotland and One Art Poetry.

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For a literary time, call +1 206-579-1956

COVER REVEAL: I'm super excited to share the cover of my story collection After Last Call, coming out next April from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. And thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for the amazing work he did designing the cover 💙 Pre-order link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

New story, "Sleepover," in the new @southeastreview.bsky.social! Thanks to Neal Hammons and the whole staff for putting me alongside these terrific writers in this terrific-looking issue!

I’ve got a new short story today in Discretionary Love. Pro tip: read it while listening to the song. www.discretionarylove.com/fade-into-you/

Fade Into You, Discretionary Love

Her toes, nails painted lilac to match her fingernails, pressed into the windshield, above the inspection sticker.

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Ten days left to enter the 2026 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award competition! mooncitypress.submittable.com/submit/33881...

Moon City Press - The 2026 Moon City Short Fiction Award

• The Moon City Short Fiction Award is for an original collection of short fiction, written originally in English by a single or collaborative author. • Individual pieces in the collection may be publ...

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When your friends in the writing world around the country have good news to share... You love to see it! I can't wait for this collection. Will is *checks script for what he was instructed to say* a true mentor to me, destined to be...uh... *checks notes again* ...right, to be a literary legend. 🙂

Will Willoughby@willwilloughby.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to report I just signed a contract with Littoral Books to publish a short story collection! Scheduled for spring 2027 release. 🎉 If you’d like to know more, sign up for my newsletter, where I reflect on the writing process and give updates on my work, at www.willwilloughby.com. #AmWriting