Tough to match the joy of an author’s copies mail day! So cool to hold months of work in your hand like that! Huge thanks to Jeff and Tobi Alfier at Blue Horse Press for bringing this one into the world. 🥊 (Please check it out at Amazon.com if you can.)

"He had no doubt the mountain range along the horizon held a message" "Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...

Very grateful to have a new poem from my Ruskin series up at @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social this morning. Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation https://psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/ruskin-and-the-struggle-of-revelation/

For John Sullivan’s "The Book of Rougarou: Sorcery and Songs of the Wolf": ogre.red/press/books/... www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPM93JDJ Dr. Jack Bedell, Poet Laureate of Louisiana (2017-2019), aptly describes the story as: "All energy and muscle, drama, and blunt force." @jackbedell.bsky.social

Looking for a fast-paced online workshop? I'm bringing back Flash Royale where you choose your fighter after a weekend of writing! More info and sign up at link:

Very lucky to have another flash CNF from my Fight Nights series in the new issue of The Spit Bucket. Huge thanks to @writersonboxing.bsky.social for including my work in their fine journal! Download the issue at https://writersonboxing.com/the-spit-bucket-a-boxing-fanzine/

Knocked out to have a boxing/wrestling flash CNF piece from my Fight Nights series up at The Sportscribe today. Thanks to everyone at the journal for giving this one a perfect home! https://thesportscribe.com/the-strangest-thing/

Psyched to have a poem up in the new issue of @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including me alongside so many ✨s! https://farewelltransmission.net/2025/10/erosion/

Congrats to the nominees! Love seeing @janezwart.bsky.social and @jackbedell.bsky.social on this list (psst their poems are beautiful read them!) 🌻

Issue One of Rawhead is live! rawheadjournal.org #litmag #artandlit #rawheadjournal #newwriting #issueone #writingcommunity #artcommunity

Really stoked to have a flash CNF essay from my Fight Nights series in the debut issue of @rawheadjournal.bsky.social 🥊👇🏻 https://rawheadjournal.org/issue-one/jack-b-bedell/

So delighted to have this story (a piece of the novel I'm working on) be the winner of @expositionreview.bsky.social flash contest! 🥺🥺

Extremely blessed for the faith Mercer University Press has in my work. Very grateful to have another collection in line with them. 🙏🏻

Revisiting this phenomenal collection by @andrewrihn.bsky.social this afternoon. Not for any challenge, just pure enjoyment. 🥊👇🏻

Absolutely love this story by @chelseastickle.bsky.social up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social !!! 🙌🏻👇🏻 https://mrbullbull.com/newbull/flash-fiction/heel-turn/

#TheCut meets @jackbedell.bsky.social A poet laid bare in print, conversation and a sharp new video. 🔗

For my afternoon friends. 👇🏻

one of my fave poets in one of my fave journals...

Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/

Work out to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @beavermag.bsky.social @moonparkreview.bsky.social @theshorepoetry.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social and @hfr.bsky.social currently. Book manuscripts out to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social @42milespress.bsky.social & Mercer University Press. 🤞🏻

This past Saturday was a great season finale to #3Muses2Readers1Mic w/ @jackbedell.bsky.social and Michael Allen Zell at Three Muses Frenchmen. Thanks to Miss Sophie Lee and to everyone who has read as a feature, as an open mic, or just come and shared space with us! More soon

Always a great day when there’s a new @danbillyc.bsky.social piece to read!!! 🙌🏻👇🏻

Congratulations to @jackbedell.bsky.social @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @kristintenor.bsky.social @didiwood.bsky.social @wigleaf.bsky.social top 50 Longlist 2026 gooseberry-pie.com/wigleaf-top-...

“I teach you to look head-on at those looking at you, to not, in returning gazes, drop your palette or your work.” Megan McDermott, with a sparkling new poem this morning in #SummerRiot! 🎨 @megmcdermott92.bsky.social

Saturday! June 28th! Brief open mic to start followed by two amazing features, @jackbedell.bsky.social Michael Allen Zell.

After loving Humana Obscura for years, I am stoked to have a poem in their fantastic new issue! www.humanaobscura.com/issue-13

I truly enjoyed @hanvanderhart.bsky.social’s new chapbook from Bottlecap Press, Hawk & Moon. I mean, this transition between poems is godly! 🙌🏻

"... Even the tiny / puddle at his feet held reflections— / of clouds, of mountain peaks, of / pigeons flying overhead. ..." @jackbedell.bsky.social in @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/06/09/r...

"He could never remember a time when he did not love the sheen of light on water." "Ruskin and the Puddle of Water" by @jackbedell.bsky.social

Very grateful to everyone at @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social for publishing one of my new Ruskin poems. Always knocked out to have something up at this fantastic journal! 🙌🏻 https://psalteryandlyre.org/2025/06/09/ruskin-and-the-puddle-of-water/

Woke up this morning to new work in Inkfish. What a great way to start the weekend! Very grateful for Swamp Thing to get a curtain call on such a fine stage! https://inkfishmag.com/hurricane-bourre-and-other-poems/

Very stoked to have two micros from my Private Investigator series up at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today. Big thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and staff for giving these a great home! https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/bedell-two-micros

Very stoked to have two micros from my Private Investigator series up at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today. Big thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and staff for giving these a great home! https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/bedell-two-micros

Two awesome micro-fiction pieces by Jack B. Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/bede...

Very grateful to editor Adam Clay for including one of my poems in the stellar inaugural issue of Autocorrect! https://www.autocorrectmag.com/01/bedell.html

We can't wait to see your submissions on this theme!

I really have to say, the folks at @riverriverbooks.bsky.social are truly the best! Understanding, sympathetic, patient, and tremendously talented! 🙌🏻

Hi @funfunfunicular.bsky.social, I’m having an issue with my recent microfiction submission to you and was hoping to establish direct contact somehow to help resolve it. I already used the contact form on your site, but I’m not sure it went through. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

“Sometimes her mind gravitates toward the fantastical—digging her toes into wet sand, divvying up lotto winnings, world peace.” By @jackbedell.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/the-private-...

Very grateful to have a new PI micro up at @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social today. The whole issue is stacked with fantastic writing! 🙌🏻 gooseberry-pie.com/the-private-...

I can’t even express how grateful I am to have spent the weekend with folks I love at the Tennessee Williams Fest writing with Richard Louth, Reine Bouton, Stacey Balkun, Kurt Opprecht & others from the Writing Marathion. Even got the chance to visit with the fantastic Frank Relle at his gallery!

'Ebner’s lines hold on to memories as if they were the most beautiful of mementos. Cowboys, lizards, wild geese, the last red of day—all of it pristine and fascinating.' @jackbedell.bsky.social on Regine Ebner's book. Get it in print or e-book! www.blackboughpoetry.com/regine-ebner...

A new very short piece from @jackbedell.bsky.social is now live www.coverlitmag.com/feed/bedell-...

April 1, we're getting a makeover, going dark mode, and will start paying $25 per accepted piece. This will apply retroactively to everything we've published. If you've published with us, I'll be sending out an email with details. You can also just send a message and I'll get back.

#ExpoContributor Spotlight on @jackbedell.bsky.social!

“Even as a child, he knew the value / of accuracy.” Ruskin and the Morality of Color + 4 by @jackbedell.bsky.social in @feversof.bsky.social feversofthemind.com/2025/03/06/f...