Wishing everyone happy holidays from Cherry Tree!

Erica Dawson's "Sonnet from thin to thicc" is our fifth Pulitzer Prize nomination! Check out an excerpt below, and subscribe to Cherry Tree! washington-college.square.site/literary-hou...

We're thrilled to reveal our next two Pushcart nominations this morning: @alvinlu.bsky.social for "Style" and @infullvelvet.bsky.social for "Daddy Scene." Because can you really have a Daddy Scene without Style? Subscribe to Cherry Tree: washington-college.square.site/literary-hou...

Cherry Tree is delighted to reveal our second Pushcart Prize nomination: Julie Marie Wade's "From the Jeopardy! Category, THE SUBJUNCTIVE:" which appeared in Issue 11. We know we can always turn to Julie's work for the exact right questions!

We're revealing our Pushcart Prize nominations this week. Follow along and help us to celebrate these terrific writers! And you can subscribe here, if you're so moved: washington-college.square.site/shop/cherry-...

Last call before closing time! And yes, we still have room for your poems, essays, and stories up. cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

I was lucky to have three pieces come out in last issue. @cherrytreelit.bsky.social publishes some great pieces. Submit soon! ♥️

Two weeks left to submit to Cherry Tree! Check out our guidelines at cherrytree.submittable.com

What Senior Fiction Reader @nicanstett.bsky.social is enjoying when not reading submissions: fabulous books by @riggstah.bsky.social and @tonytula.com Cherry Tree is open for submissions until October 1! cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

Today's listing of the day is: Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College @cherrytreelit.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

When she's not reading submissions, CNF Editor Sufiya Abdur-Rahman is reading recent books by Rachel L. Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social and by CT 9 contributor Kristin Keane. Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

We asked our editors to name 2 books they're reading (when they're not reading Cherry Tree submissions). Fiction Editor extraordinaire @sarahblackman.bsky.social recommends books by former CT contributor @alvinlu.bsky.social and by Thalia Field. We're open til Oct 1! cherrytree.submittable.com

We asked our editors: what are 2 books you're reading when you're not reading Cherry Tree submissions? Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down. Cherry Tree is open til October 1 cherrytree.submittable.com

This week's episode takes place, places place, and plants poetry in your [placeholder]. Poets mentioned include @tracibrimhall.bsky.social @joseolivarez.bsky.social & @adrianmatejka.bsky.social among others! Listen wherever you get your poetry podcasts, or online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com

Cherry Tree is open for submissions through October 1. Send us your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All accepted pieces are considered for our special section of Literary Shade! cherrytree.submittable.com

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 At long last my copy of @notquitehydepark.bsky.social’s Super Gay Poems has arrived! (I bought this book after hearing about it on @breakingformpod.bsky.social so I know it’s 🔥) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Congratulations to the ten finalists for AWP’s 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry! One winner will receive a cash prize of $5,500 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Judge @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social’s selection will be announced in September!

Cherry Tree opens for submissions at midnight tonight! Please check out our guidelines and submit here: cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

The 10th Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference is in the books. Thanks to everyone for making last week so incredible & inspiring!

Next week! Cherry Tree opens for submissions for Issue 12! Please send us your poetry, fiction, and essays -- particularly if they fit our literary shade section!

And thanks to @cherrytreelit.bsky.social for publishing the title story last year! It gave me the confidence to keep at this project. Thanks especially to @jamesallenhall.bsky.social and @nicanstett.bsky.social

Today is the last day to apply for a scholarship to attend the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference (July 15-18 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus). More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

The 10th annual Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference deadlines are approaching! Registration closes June 25. Scholarship application deadline is June 17. More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus. @washcoll.bsky.social

Scholarships available! Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus. More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

FAQ: What's a literature discussion like at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference? A: Here's Dr. Courtney Rydel, Chair of Washington College's English Dept., leading a discussion about what medieval stories can teach us about modern craft. More info can be found online at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

If you'll be in Los Angeles for AWP, please stop visit Cherry Tree at Booth 432 in the Bookfair to say hi, buy an issue, browse our famous letterpress broadsides, grab a free pin, tattoo, or mini notebook and bask in our LA Winter Wonderland vibe!

Congratulations to the Thom Gunn Award finalists, including three Cherry Tree Journal contributors: @blasfalconer.bsky.social Jubi Arreola-Headley, and Kevin McLellan (in our current issue!). 🌈

Thank you @cherrytreelit.bsky.social for publishing 3 of my nonfiction pieces in your latest issue! 🌸 #writing #creativenonfiction #creativewriting

My villanelle, “Quality Men: A Grindr Villanelle,” inspired by Randall Mann’s “Cold War,” is in the latest issue of @cherrytreelit.bsky.social. Stoked to be in this issue with so many friends and writers I admire. #poems #poetry #poetrysky

The Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference is open for registration & scholarship apps. Write your truth with us this summer on the idyllic @washcoll.bsky.social campus! Scholarships available! More info: www.washcoll.edu/ywc

Today's moment in queer resistance: virulent homophobe Anita Bryant (may she broil in hell) was pied in the face by protester Thom L. Higgins as she spouted her hate. You'll want to bookmark this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tHG... #queer #messygays #creampie #lgbtresistance #queerhistory

If you missed last night's fire 🔥launch party, it's now up on YouTube youtu.be/9ZbfUHjc4bc Subscriptions and submission guidelines always available at www.washcoll.edu/cherrytree

Please join us this Wednesday, March 5 for the Cherry Tree Issue 11 launch on zoom (7p ET). There'll be very brief readings by contributors to hear selections of our poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and Literary Shade! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Love this new poem by @dseuss.bsky.social today at The Academy of American Poets: poets.org/poem/life-im...

I love this devastating piece from Andrea Cohen.

Yay! Come watch this. I’ll be reading, as will my lovely fellow contributors 🌸

Join us Wednesday, March 5th at 7:00PM on Zoom for a live reading of Cherry Tree Issue 11! With readings from our contributors, this is sure to be a great start to the spring season. Register for the Zoom here: washcoll.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I wrote about the crisis at the NEA nonprofitquarterly.org/the-emergenc...

Cherry Tree's newest powerhouse Issue will arrive soon to contributors and subscribers. It features work by Carl Phillips, Jenny Johnson, Alvin Lu, Julie Marie Wade, Erica Dawson, & cover art by Alex Merritt. Subscribe here: washington-college.square.site/product/cher...

We have *5* spots for non-members to join the craft class with @chenchenwrites.bsky.social on February 22nd. If you're not in CWC, you can sign up here: mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...

Jubi Arriola-Headley, "Machete" (from Cherry Tree Issue 10)

Watch Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon read her poem "Thrive: In the Noise and Whip." www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHIo...

Last Black History Month! Celebrate it like it’s your b-day. Let’s make it count.

Though the government can make it more difficult for trans people to navigate certain spaces, they cannot decide who you are or how you identify. Here's how trans people can protect themselves now that Trump is in office. ⤵️

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

hey just a reminder to support libraries and small presses and independent bookstores and independent journalists bc oh my god do we need them and oh my god are we going to need them more and more

Happy pub day to CT9 contributor @clairejbateman.bsky.social ! The Pillow Museum is now available from @fictioncollective2.bsky.social You can order it now here: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366209...

I needed this poem today: Lucille Clifton, "won't you celebrate with me." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7q...

Congratulations to the 2025 NEA Poetry Fellows, including Cherry Tree contributors Victoria Chang, Saúl Hernández, and Keetje Kuipers, and our EIC James Allen Hall. For the full list of fellows check out: www.arts.gov/impact/liter...