Submissions Open We are reading Poetry, Blended & Beyond, Fiction and Flash Fiction through May 15th. (Creative Nonfiction will reopen in June)

Ebook on sale!!

I think about this all the time.

Reviews: Asa Drake's Maybe the Body (Tin House), Elane Kim's Antibody (River River Books), and Catherine Esposito Prescott's Superbloom (Gunpowder Press) www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/reviews-2026...

Okay I’ve been wanting to try a standalone word processor situation for awhile, and I grabbed this AlphaSmart neo2 on eBay for just over a hundred bucks. Might as well be brand new, and I already love it. The keyboard is really nice, the file transfer is easy, and I was able to just wriiiiite.

ICYM the dad circus! (also my dad did take us all to a disappointing circus once on one of his weekends and I remember none of it and I’ve still never been to a Tigers game…)

Oh this is stunning: “he is a king, he has a palace, he has a pet pangolin, he has a pastry chef, he has his own physician”

A week today I'll be running the first of the @welkinpress.bsky.social micro workshops. Generative but hopefully also educational and lots of fun. Fancy coming along or watching the recording back afterwards? Sign up here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

New micro in the latest Ghost Parachute!! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social!! ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...

Fuck AI. I made all my imaginary friends by hand.

May is a free submission month! 🚨 We're especially on the lookout for your flash, nonfiction, and book reviews. Send us your work before we reach our submission cap!

Very happy that my new story “The High Plateau” found a home in the 3rd anniversary issue of @doesithavepockets.bsky.social alongside such stellar work! 🥟 🦅 ⬇️ www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/lisa...

The Kirkus Star is awarded to about 3% of indie press books reviewed. Didn't stop @sabrinahicks.bsky.social from snagging one for COYOTE GIRL. Well earned & much deserved. They're not lying. "A stunning collection of short fiction." -Kirkus Reviews www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/coyote-girl....

The Count from Sesame Street was my first crush & honestly still cooks. Cute accent, sartorial flair, financially literate, owns property, takes great care of his batty bats, doesn't get involved in Street drama but you *know* he's down to bitch in a private whatsapp group. It just makes SENSE.

Thrilled to have a new story, "Post," up at @centaurlit.bsky.social! Thanks, @lynnmundell.bsky.social, for giving this the space! centaurlit.com/post-by-mich...

Next Tuesday, 5/5, we've got the release of Singing HIlls #7, A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE! It's the start of the rainy season, and one very young cleric is waiting tables, listening to stories, and trying to help a refugee population in the river town of Luntien! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Actually really now 10 days left in which to enter the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026. You have till midnight NYC, May 10 to put your literary hat in the ring for our $2,500 top prize, as well as our excellent runner-up prizes. Payment and publication for all finalists, too. ⏱️

Congratulations to our workshop participants on their publications reported to us in April! You are all amazing. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

I have a new micro in Centaur Lit! Thanks, @lynnmundell.bsky.social for curating this lovely issue. centaurlit.com/harvest-as-i...

New flash out today in @lostballoon.bsky.social. This one feels especially close to me, and I’m grateful to the editors for giving it such a thoughtful home.

TODAY: Americans are walking out of school and work to wield our power as workers, consumers, and students. Join us for the nationwide day of economic disruption: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i... Find one of the more than 3,000 events planned for May Day: www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?... #MayDay

Yes, we've done it again, bang on schedule (you may not care about that but we do). Delighted to present Issue 7. thin-skin.com

I do know it’s silly to some people but I do believe in Joy as an act of resistance for the currently & historically marginalized & oppressed. It’s not the only thing of course. But it’s one important component. I don’t believe my ancestors, my direct ancestors were bled dry for me to mope around.

From now until July 31st, we are open for submissions for the Broad Ripple Review Prize in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Each winner will receive $200 and publication. It is FREE to submit. All submissions to our regular reading period are considered as well as any current pending submissions.

Happy Beltane and International Workers’ Day! This is Walter Crane’s “A Garland For May Day”, first published in 1895. In The Green Issue, it illustrates @verityholloway.bsky.social’s piece on the roots of the folk tradition of Jack-in-the-Green, entangled in the plight of Victorian chimney sweeps.

The Village talks to Bess Winter, the web and media editor of The Cincinnati Review. She talks to us about why she loves The Cincinnati Review, a memorable publishing moment, the journal's decision-making process and some advice to submitters. Here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/100222...

Absolutely delighted that my little story has found such a lovely home. thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

Thrilled to have a story appearing in @epistemiclit.bsky.social Issue 8 - Righteous Rage (a theme familiar to anyone who reads the news). It's called "When my dead aunt joins me on a protest march," in honour of my much-loved aunt Barb, who died last November. Honed with @smokelong.bsky.social

"A gorgeous fairy tale of greed, treachery, and time." Honored to see my story, "Lotus Dew for the Emperor's Tea," here alongside so many great stories! And poems, too!

Anyone who wants to end birthright citizenship wants to bring back slavery. Those same people also claim non-citizens have no rights—not the right to protest against deportation, nor the right to not have police break down their doors, nor the right to defend themselves in a proceeding.

🐈‍⬛🔥🐈‍⬛ Thrilled to find this little gem in @mynachang.bsky.social’s Flash Round-up!! Thank you for reading and spreading the 💚!!

New spec flash roundup!

This book is sooooo good. Cozy, a little gross, queer, you all the best stuff!

The audiobook of my Nebula-winning novel is $6.99 for the next two days! Just in case you need the story of a horrible blob who will devour anyone who crosses her girlfriend.

You know what would rad? If I sold something. Like, anything I've published that's in stock that I can ship to you right now. To make this exchange extra pleasing for us both, how about a buy 2 get 1 free sale on all books/issues through Sunday? Use code 2EQUALS3 @ checkout. stanchionzine.com/shop

Some of the greatest fucking writers in the world today, real talents who are banging out gorgeous poetry and prose while working day jobs and raising kids and finding their own unique way of getting through each day send their words to me. How beautifully ridiculous is that?

Today, April 30, there are also just 10 days left to enter the SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2026. First prize $2,500. Up to 1,000 words. 🎵🎸🎶

The reader feedback I'm getting on irl is making my heart soar. Folks're really catching feelings from my work! 😊 The SALES: not so great. Help a girl out? Buy my baby chapbook: www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... & leave a lil sumthin on Goodreads for me? www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... 🙏

You can find Gillian Gurley's "Grief is a Quilt" in the Spring 2026 issue of Broad Ripple Review. Read here: www.broadripplereview.com/post/grief-i...

Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for Volunteer: Join Our Editorial Team (some fees). #CallforSubmissions

"What’s more human than fucking?" — @writesloud.bsky.social www.shenandoahliterary.org/thepeak/kick...

Let's talk about all the amazing authors @stanchion.bsky.social has published. You want to read all of them, don't you? Why not have a look at the website and see what tickles your fancy?

The winners of the 2026 March Micro Marathon competitions are here! This year's Marathoners drafted over 2,000 stories in just 24 days. They all deserve medals. 100-word story: Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 250-word story: Joyce Barton 400-word story: Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social

HAPPY THURSDAY the Sword & Kettle Press 10 year anniversary anthology kickstarter is at $2750 out of $3000 back it, share it, show your friends www.kickstarter.com/projects/swo...

Must read this poem. Must read this poem.

Want to support a freelancer? Sign up to this with @stillsquirrel.bsky.social. Happens every month. Next two sessions - May 18th and June 15th: anikacarpenter.wordpress.com/workshops/ek...

‘It sounds so easy in the mission brief: “Ensure Maud Flailing does not fall off her ladder and die in East Malling, 1942.” Hell, I’m a trained botanist, an interstellar pilot, a seasoned time traveller. I can be a Land Girl too.’

🏳️‍🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - MARCH 2026🏳️‍🌈 I round up over 40 stories by @jennahanchey.bsky.social @spacevalkyries.bsky.social @awritingwren.bsky.social @historyneverwas.bsky.social @benfrancisco.bsky.social @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social & MORE!!! www.patreon.com/posts/156917...

Excited to announce my newest mini chapbook is now available! “My Little Sister” is a bit of a whimsical meditation on siblinghood. Thanks to @robmclennan.bsky.social for bringing it together!

it is WEREWOLF WEDNESDAY you gotta learn to howl!