The first round of proofs have been sent out! Check your inboxes 📥

💀 We are still open for submissions until Oct 15 🔪🩸 We are ESPECIALLY looking for PHOTOGRAPHY & VISUAL ART pieces: we still need a spooky creation for our title page 👀 Please visit our website for more info! #WritingCommunity #writerslift

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - THE BODY ARCHIVE 🪦🩸 We are especially looking for VISUAL ART and PHOTOGRAPHY submissions that unearth the horror of embodiment. Please check out our website for more information regarding the theme here: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/body-archive

Teachers & poet-educators, getting ready for National Poetry Day and looking for ideas? Join our poet-teacher network, Cloud Chamber, for a free online CPD session! ✨ Zoom ✨ 16 Sept, 4-5pm ✨ FREE ✨ Ideas for activities & resources on the NPD theme 'play' bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry

Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition (Fiction; pays) opened to fee-based fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

"wormholes in the wood weaving wandering ways through the rain. a white shopping bag drifts through an azure so pure it might be water, an aeronautic cnidarian like my boyfriend’s dad believes" —endwell beestungmag.com/issue24/one-...

sending out some responses for Issue 7. my apologies for the form letters! i do not prefer them but they help me stay on schedule. :/ if you'd like some of my thoughts on your piece, you can always just email me back, though my response might be slow i won't leave you hanging indefinitely.

The editors of West Trade Review are looking for essays that explore creative life expansively conceived. We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts, etc. Details below: buff.ly/lNpacnx #writingcommunity

BOOK NOW: National Poetry Day Open Mic - Play with headline set from Bradley Taylor! 2 October, 7:30pm - 9:30pm 🎤🎟️ poetrysociety.org.uk/event/npd-op...

We're sorry to report that we've had to close our 📫 Free POETRY Subs 📪 early this month due to overwhelming demand! We are busy reading all the amazing poems you submitted. And we don't want to keep anyone wanting too long for a response. 🕰️

delighted to add @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social to this thread; a gross piece of flash will be included in "The Body Archive" this October. subs are still open--send something! cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/body-archive

The Last Boy on Earth is still on sale this week at @rebelsatori.bsky.social - you won't find a better deal on the hard copy 💙 #queerspec #newreads #debutnovel #sff #specfic #mlm #gayreads rebelsatori.com/product/the-...

We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave a reader in wonder while still alluding to the basic things that make us human. Send us work that uniquely explores September’s theme of impermanence. buff.ly/ZBgQzCP #writingcommunity

Heading back to school? We're wishing you luck! And what better way to get in the back to school spirit than with classroom centered pieces from the archive? 📖 Check out our BACK TO SCHOOL post on our blog, LIP SERVICE: buff.ly/yl5uROp

One week left for UK and EU readers to save lots of money on postage by selecting Saver Shipping at checkout! Get yourself a copy of First Kicking, Then Not, Issue 19, a felt pennant, or any other in-stock poetry, short story, or novella chapbook!

Woohoo! Congrats and happy release day to @melissacuisine.bsky.social ! #EpistemicLitFamily

Calling all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and More: Submissions are open for September’s #SciFanSat issue until 09.18.2025 at scifansat.com/landing.html! Our theme this month is… SCHOOL! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

Great response so far—we’d love to see more flash (fiction and non) and prose poems, but we’ll read whatever you’ve got ready!

The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental wellness. Submit today! Details at the link below: buff.ly/VY83b09 #writingcommunity

🖤 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 🖤 🩸🔪 The Body Archive 💀 Is your skin a map or a mask? Show us where it hurts, and how it changes you. More information can be found here: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/body-archive Submit here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

🩸🔪 THE BODY ARCHIVE: Q&A with the Daffodil Patch 👻🪦 1.) What are you currently reading? 2.) For The Body Archive, what elements are you looking for in a submission? 3.) What is your favorite scary story/horror/crime book?

THE BODY ARCHIVE 🔪🩸 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for poetry, flash fiction & nonfiction, photography, and visual art that unearth the horror of embodiment. Think haunted anatomy, sentient scars, inherited monstrosity. Show us where it hurts and how it changes you.

Taking Submissions: Toad Shade Zine Issue 4 ( from @slothandenvy.com‬ ) horrortree.com/taking-submi... Submission Window: September 1st - 30th, 2025 Payment: $20 for fiction, $15 for art. Theme: We’re All Going to Die #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Open Call: Cosmic Roots And Eldritch Shores September 2025 Window horrortree.com/taking-submi... Dates: Sep 1-2 2025 Pay: 8 cents/word originals, 2 cents/reprints, Artwork: $10 Theme: Well written original work in scifi, fantasy, etc

Taking Submissions: The Cafe Irreal Fall 2025 Issue horrortree.com/taking-submi... Deadline: October 1st, 2025 Payment: One cent U.S. per word ($2 minimum) Theme: Fantastic Fiction You really NEED to read the description below. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Today's listing of the day is: Birdcoat Quarterly @birdcoatquarterly.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

“A potential fraud — at least potential — in all writing.” -- Susan Sontag

Happy Monday, fam. Re-fill your coffees, take a deep breath, and have a great week.

Young poets: we're running an online writing workshop/Young Poets Takeover double bill on Saturday 20 September, and we'd love to see you there! Book your space (and grab an open mic slot before they're gone!) at bit.ly/SeptemberYPN.

Submissions are open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/bqo8RXA #poetrycommunity

THE BODY ARCHIVE 🔪🩸 Now open for submissions! 🖤 Check out our website for more information.

We’re looking for thoughtful, passionate creatives to lead dynamic workshops with Fahmidan Education. This is your opportunity to share your knowledge, connect with engaged learners, and make an impact in the global literary and arts community. Apply: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/33240...

THE BODY ARCHIVE - Now open for submissions 🔪🩸 We are looking for: Poetry, Flash Fiction (300-600 words), Flash Nonfiction (300-600 words), Visual Art, Photography More info here: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/body-archive

I'm so excited for my first publication for just any old stranger to read it! And I'm overwhelmed to be in such amazing company! (I'm page 87, but you should read it all!)

THE BODY ARCHIVE 💀🖤 SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION

My Blue Army Elvis has been published on page 61 the current Lost and Found edition of Cosmic Daffodil literary journal, alongside some stunning pieces - see in link Thanks @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social! static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...

HAPPY LAUNCH DAY 🎉 We are proud to announce that LOST & FOUND is officially LIVE! cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/ebook-collec... Thank you to our wonderful contributors & amazing content readers - we couldn't do this without you! 💙 Madi & Kelly

LOST & FOUND Issue 11 Contributors ❗️❗️LAUNCHING AUGUST 1ST ❗️❗️

. From 'The Archive' (1926-27) —Eiko Yonemura #ForgottenPrints #art #illustration

. From ‘Current Opinion’ (1922) —Helene Mullins Is this one of the earliest uses of the slang “thirsty” in a poem?! #ForgottenPoets #poetry

A defiant #poem for our times. @apbrown.bsky.social's Remedy for Fascism commands you to collect stones & people & march on. Read Small Remedies for free: buff.ly/9FlWnFl! Send us your thoughts/reviews! #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity #indielit #indiepress #amreading

“Done win already. Miss honey, sweet-biscuit, amber and pollen.” Lioness by Lorna Goodison www.best-poems.net/lorna-goodis...

long con magazine (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; pays) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

ISSUE 12 THEME ANNOUNCEMENT - THE BODY ARCHIVE - SUBMISSIONS OPEN AUGUST 2ND

🟣LOST & FOUND🟣 SUBMISSION STATISTICS Thank you to everyone who submitted these last few months. Please check your inboxes; all responses have been sent out.

Send us a flash fiction piece of up to 704 words that packs an emotional punch and has something important to teach us about a deep human truth. $704 and publication in the Spring 2026 print edition of West Trade Review will be awarded to the winner. Details: buff.ly/oUoxK8w #writingcommunity

We are looking for poems that uniquely explore each month's theme. We want powerful imagery and enjoy the juxtaposition of images that resonate in interesting and unexpected ways. August’s theme is bravery. Submissions open on 8/1! Details at the link below: buff.ly/KeZiepV #writingcommunity

The Beehive is ready. If you're a litmag / anthology editor with a submission call you'd like writers to know about, feel free to email us before we send out our upcoming newsletter this weekend!

“Cora wants to be liked. She wants this date to go well, if for no other reason than to have something good to tell her mother later.” Excerpt from “Migration Patterns” by Frankie Concepcion. It appears in the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. buff.ly/CY1Skk6 #writingcommunity