I AM CO-EDITING THIS 🌊💗 Do you ever struggle to place your longer essays or fiction pieces? So do we. So we decided to create an anthology all about celebrating the unique joys & opportunities of long prose. Subs open 3/15-5/15!! Come wander way downstream with us.

we also have another SURPRISE call opening this month. more info at fifthwheelpress.com/way-downstream 👀

motherboard Digital Anthology by fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for motherboard: all genres. #CallforSubmissions

Our Jump Start Award Winner Cade Smith's nominator, the editor nat raum @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social says of his poem: "The language in this piece goes CRAZY. I love the way the author describes such a simple thing with such adept complexity without going overboard."

I had a bunch of good stuff this year in poetry but if you have just one space on your poetry ballot, let it be "The Giant Robot Prefers Not To" from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social BRAINROT anthology fifthwheelpress.com/anth7backend...

hey all, we know we have a couple of outstanding orders to get shipped out. tbh, awp prep has been all-consuming, and we hope to have those shipped next week once the conference is over!

psst... rumor has it, you can find some planty goodies from ALOCASIA at these events!!! also, support fwp in general, because they rock!!!!! 🌿😈🌿😈🌿

where to find your favorite independent publisher of queer literature and art at #AWP26

a reminder: real baltimoreans don't eat atlas or smoke curio!

🥳 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DASHBOARD AWARD WINNERS! @mdbolsover.bsky.social, @sampadgett96.bsky.social, & Cade Smith! THANK YOU TO THE PUBLICATIONS & NOMINATORS! @rangermagazine.bsky.social @davidabishop.bsky.social, Salt Hill, & @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social! #poetry

Fruitcake venue change!!!

a reminder to all #AWP26 attendees: we have TWO offsites!!! each with absolutely stellar lineups! support local literature while u are in baltimore or i will secretly think you are uncool!!!!!

Kick off AWP in Baltimore with drag, burlesque, and literary performances! Hosted by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @masonjarpress.bsky.social and @jacklegpress.bsky.social Tips accepted at door for Trans Maryland. #awp #poetry #dragshow #burlesque @ezewriter.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social

i'm putting my whole everything into hosting these and have made absolutely zero plans for myself as an author of multiple books, if that tells you how good they are going to be

Join JackLeg writers @christophernelson.bsky.social @gendeguzman.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social + friends from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @masonjarpress.bsky.social & do some good to help Trans Maryland!! Tip donations at the door. #AWP #poetry #dragshow #burlesque #LGBTQPlus

⚠️ Our Dashboard Award: Jumpstart WINNER is ... Cade Smith's "Ode to the Strand of Hair That Got Stuck in My Gum," published by fifth wheel press & nominated by editor nat raum! Bouncy & earnest, we found it irresistibly alive! Read it here: fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen... ⬇️

@fifthwheelpress.bsky.social has your Thursday on lock with a SERIOUS FREAKIN lineup bsky.app/profile/fift...

MOTHERBOARD. TWO WEEKS. fifthwheelpress.com/anthsubs

my first interview as interviews editor with @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social is out now! w/ the poet L Scully about their book, Self-Romancing, published by @michelletea.bsky.social / Dopamine Books. You can buy their book through the link in the interview!

and do NOT forget about fruitcake. a fun fact about fruitcake is that this is a REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENT!!!! it doesn't go away when awp leaves the city!!!

icymi my ace love poem for my partner that's also about Demonology @sfpoetry.bsky.social

you didn't REALLY think we were only throwing one offsite in our HOME CITY, did you?????? #AWP26 @masonjarpress.bsky.social @jacklegpress.bsky.social

this is a rare love poem from me to my long time partner, and I hope you all enjoy it.

new new from @popelizbet.bsky.social today fifthwheelpress.com/blog/feature...

send me something to read tonight pls & ty

gonna be really blunt for a second and say we only opened unthemed blog submissions because we get *that many* submissions to our themed anthologies that are excellent, but have nothing to do with the anth theme.

this is coming to a close in just under 4 hours!!! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

today!! happening now!! get em in!! (reprints welcome!!)

I fucking love indie lit. I love what @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com @gameoverbooks.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social Autofucus and more are doing. And how they are doing it. A god damn inspiration, every single day.

you heard that right!

fun fact: we longlisted this title in 2023 and it ROCKS.

welcoming our good friend @selizabeth.bsky.social as interviews editor!!!! fifthwheelpress.com/team

Sharing this work as one of my own lines haunts my brain today. "Flinching as arms spread wide, the offer no longer relevant." A honor and a pleasure to have my work featured in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social with so many talented poets. fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...

hello! we're running a fast response window for the blog on 1/30 (12am EST to 11:59pm EST). submit during that window to receive a response by 2/1! (we're also aiming to have all existing subs replied to by this date!)

I'm on this reading and I'm also doing a reading that Saturday.

hello! i am one of these names! poetry debut forthcoming in 2027. very thrilled, and excited to check these other books out :)

So, I’m emerging from a torpor—to celebrate, take a look back at the @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social secrets in the garden anthology. It’s gorgeous and full of killer pieces… including 2 from yours truly 👀 fifthwheelpress.com/anth5backend... fifthwheelpress.com/anth5backend...

unbelievably excited to reveal the latest additions to our catalog ❤️‍🔥 thank you to all who submitted and WELCOME to our new authors!

We are elated to announce the awardees and finalists for MONARCH 2026. Thank you to all of the organizations who nominated work for making our first anthology so stunning 🦋 and a special shoutout to @esichr.bsky.social and @bleatingthing.bsky.social for the beautiful cover photograph!

GARLAND issue 5 sub period is over halfway through! send your ekphrasis! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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TADA!!!!! your #AWP26 thursday plans have landed please note: the venue is (unfortunately) up a steep flight of stairs

Had a poem about my fun fun time with electroconvulsive therapy, which I didn't really know was still a thing before I got it, and its resulting memory loss, in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social thanks to @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social! Read it here: fifthwheelpress.com/blog/guest-e...

My poem ‘I am queer / and so is the moon’ was published in the new fifth wheel press 2025 anthology of queer writing. Head to fifthwheelpress.com to buy the print anthology or have a read online. (This piece was first published in Plumwood Mountain.) @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social

this poem was shared on the @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social blog in conjunction with my co-editorship of a GARLAND issue on strange ekphrasis with @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social which you can check out and (if you're gay) submit to here: fifthwheelpress.com/garlandsubs

just fyi: blog submissions are open! they are unthemed! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

digital realities, explorations of the self, and more, all in @tommywyattblake.bsky.social's Trick Mirror or Your Computer Screen! -aera

myself and @selizabeth.bsky.social are co-editing a special edition of GARLAND focused on ekphrasis! Send us your poems about art, music, video games, posters--anything /after/ ! Deadline end of January 💜

attn all queer people in my phone!! fifth wheel press is now open for ekphrasis-themed lit mag subs AND unthemed blog subs! i’m super excited to work on the blog this year and read your fantastic work 💫 duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

GARLAND by fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social ⭐ is open to submissions for Issue 5: all genres. #CallforSubmissions