Morning 🤣.

DEADLINE JULY 15TH: Winner of our Adrift Short Story Contest gets $500 and 5 copies of the anthology they appear in. Use the link in our bio to submit! #shortstorycontest

The "out of the way swine" comic is great but this is the best comic strip of all time

“Not for rinsing or washing,” they said. (Seen at Union Station.)

"It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds." ~ Victor Frankl

EEE I'm in the latest issue of Geist! My story "It Got Worse and I Moved to Canada" is one that's VERY close to my heart and I'm so happy to be included in this Canadian literary magazine. www.geist.com/subscribe-on... #Canada #Toronto #LitMag #CNF #Memoir

Poetry tomorrow, 7:30pm eastern - have you signed up yet??? Fun fact: fellow reader @narioli.bsky.social published some of my art a couple years back in the lovely @thimblelitmag.bsky.social -- very cool to be sharing the zoom mic with her!

The Commuter—Electric Literature's home for flash, poetry, and graphic narratives—and our personal narrative essay series will both open for submissions on Monday, May 18 and will close at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on Sunday, May 24 or when we reach our cap in each genre. buff.ly/Yhj4cdX

Minnesota writers: We're looking for stories & poems under 400 words in response to the ICE occupation of our state. Submissions close THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 📣 ⚠️ Submit & more info about our chapbook project: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine

Our Blessing the Boats Selections is open and accepting submissions from May 1st to June 15th. Blessing the Boats Selections spotlights poetry collections by women of color. There is no submission fee associated with this reading period. Visit our website for a full list of eligibility requirements

My Advanced Poetry students handed in chapbooks today, and friends, I could not be more proud. This is just a sampling.

The wait is over. 🏆Congratulations to the 2026 #Pulitzer Prize winners – from scrappy local newsrooms to moving immigration coverage, we’ve put together a full list of the distinguished winners and finalists. Read it now: www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

ONE WEEK left to enter the Smokey 2026. Use the Force. Win $2,500. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

when will we stop mismatching our infrastructure and our actual transportation needs

Watching 2021's _Look Up_ in 2026 is... something else. (and it took me an hour to recognize Cate Blanchett.)

Look.

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

And we are open to submissions for the month of May! Come join our incredible authors at River River. Full guidelines below, @duotrope.com / @duosuma.com 🌊 🌊 📚 duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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.

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. 🎵🎸🎶

From Susan Stewart’s BRAMBLE

but i'm so tired

Kim Addonizio

I saw four girls spontaneously gather around another crying special needs girl in the hallway and walk her down to the nurse like a Roman phalanx.

@writesloud.bsky.social Does Porcupine Lit do book reviews? This would be for a fantasy novel love letter to teaching, not "50 Amazing Questioning Techniques" 😆

this story was so much fun to write! a story of heads that you'll consume using your own head, creating a concentric system of heads; an infinity mirror of heads within your head. You're welcome

A couple of years ago, when my college age Goddaughter was coming to NYC to visit, I made "Auntie MK’s Broke Young Person Guide to NYC Culture – Free Museum Days in Manhattan edition." - She used it to plan her time here while staying with me. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I'm in the flood 🥳 The Moths Have Been at Our Love will set sail around 10.40 on Saturday 13th June. Thanks to the amazing team of editors @natflashfictionday.bsky.social who make this day happen.

Excited to be dropping a drabble into the Flood this year, inspired by a fab workshop prompt from @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social! "On the Fifth Morning After the Timeline Rupture" will float by at 14:40 BST on June 13th 🛶

Delighted that I’ll get to celebrate @natflashfictionday.bsky.social with a nostalgic reprint in the flood! Still time to submit your pieces, too …

I'm in the flood! "Star Signs" is flowing your way on June 13th at 5:40am BST / 2:40pm AEST! 🌟🌊

My story "Thank You for Calling the Thoughts and Prayers Hotline" will be part of the lineup.

So happy that my micro story, “Philodendron,” is in The Flood! Many thanks to @natflashfictionday.bsky.social and I look forward to seeing it live on National Flash Fiction Day, June 13th! #flashprose #writersky #flashflood #microprose #flashstory

I'm afraid the only way to overcome a glasses chain is hexagonal frames. Don't @ me.

Prohibiting. PROHIBITING. WTF.

Nerdy bird and nonbinary allies: ⬇️MUST READ BELOW ⬇️

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling 1. Buried a dead sparrow 2. Thrifted a stone hot water bottle (like my granny had) 3. Began reading 'Dadland' 4. Remembered I live in Spiderland 5. Continued to enjoy the flowers (see post below)

Heed the Frog God's call! New speculative historical fiction (?) up today at the wondrous @hexliterary.bsky.social hexliterary.com?p=3208

A fine Rochester poet!

This is your sign to submit!!

Today my intern from 15 years ago is getting married, and I get to do the toast. Over the years he became one of my dearest friends and read at my wedding, ages ago. While publishing won’t love you back, the people in it sometimes will. ❤️

We're thrilled to officially unveil the cover of Emelie Griffin's "California Pompeii," winner of the Spring 2025 Black River Chapbook Competition! Visit the link below to read an excerpt from the collection. ✨ Cover image design: Coral Black blacklawrencepress.com/spring-2025-...

May I suggest if you teach middle school or higher that if you instruct in a place where there are plentiful clocks, analog or otherwise, you make a sign that says "I DO NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION 'WHAT TIME IS IT'"

Last day to register for our conference, hosted by American University. A great day of practical writing advice, high energy, and meaningful connections with local writers and editors barrelhousemag.com/conference

“Sometimes I catch a speck of gold or silver on my cloth as I wipe dust from beside the posters of eyes he hung in his room—why so wide open, what is he looking for?—and wish I could put the speck back.” I Never Made the Toast + 2 by @maureenlangloss.bsky.social in @literaryruby.bsky.social

@pdforan.bsky.social, y’all! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Have you rsvp'ed yet? Come NAWP it up with me and these wonderful poets!