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“Your lips tasted like sea salt and cherry soda…” @amadolaila.bsky.social in @thecitronreview.bsky.social

The entire community! 💜 @allisonwrites.bsky.social whose writing I admire & for being an amazing friend who supports me. @sfreligh.bsky.social bc I want to devour everything she writes & is one of the best teachers I’ve ever worked with. @ezhang77.bsky.social bc I’m in awe of all her stories.

Since I lost my stepdad in September, grief has consumed my life. And I constantly worry about my mom. I know that nothing is the same after losing a parent. I’m just trying to find my way through this and it’s so incredibly difficult.

Wrote a short thing about that 5-9 nonsense. gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/your-9-5-i...

One difficult call to end them all, at least for a long time: We're not special and if you have the means & you love the mag, please consider a donation. Times'll get better, & maybe they won't get worse before then. We're a free mag & will stay free. Thanks! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

Slept for almost 10 hours last night, and it was glorious 😌

This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "You want to peel back your skin " by @suzannehicks.bsky.social :

Next year will be a busy one at Stanchion, with 12 books and 4 magazines published. I could use all the support possible from this community, in the form of magazine subscriptions & book club memberships. Join now and I'll send you a sneak peek at the first 5 book covers of 2026!

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

Hey friends, become an ANNUAL subscriber & get a spot in an EXCLUSIVE 90-minute flash workshop ($60 value) & my undying gratitude. Details below: ...https://open.substack.com/pub/artofflashfiction/p/fragmentary-flash-beauty-from-the?r=4e5y2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Throw your name in the hat for @smokelong.bsky.social’s FlashGiving!

Would love to see more humorous entries into the Welkin Prize this year. This might give a bit of inspiration 👇

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My husband sent me this picture he took while sitting at a traffic light just a little bit ago. Art the Clown, waiting to cross the street carrying his dry cleaning. Happy Halloween 🎃

I’ve been clawing my way through 2025, struggling with my MS and mental health. At the end of September, my stepdad passed away suddenly. He came into my life when I was very young, and raised me alongside my mom like I was his own flesh and blood. My heart has been ripped out.

This nomination means so much! Thank you @welkinprize.bsky.social for honoring my micro, You want to peel back your skin 💜

“I imagine seeing the stellar nurseries glowing pink and red, pulsing with newborn stars, as heavy as my love for you, as weightless as your nebulous body will soon be.” @ezhang77.bsky.social in @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social

What a win @sfreligh.bsky.social! Let’s go Buffalo!

“Of course, the Face you swiped on is actually a Heel. This always happens. No one’s who they say they are.” @chelseastickle.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social

“Because the boy on the bus folded his laughter into a paper crane & left it on your seat.” Read this breathtaking piece by Oladosu Michael Emerald in @trampset.bsky.social

In a rare "head over to Twixter" post, ok, head over to Twixter to enter our The Train Wreck Formerly Known as Twitter Micro Contest and maybe win $200!

Quoting this to boost for the evening crowd (or early morning Oz / afternoon America) Win a FREE spot on one of my courses AND a free micro edit for a friend AND spread a bit of writerly love ❤️

The Welkin Writing Prize is pleased to announce our nominations for Best of the Net: @thisisguan.bsky.social for "A Parable of Slow Songs" and @sfreligh.bsky.social for "Nine One One" Congratulations both! Such brilliant writing! Story links in the thread below.

Today is @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social launch day! I’m celebrating with my micro “The Devil You Don’t Know” - originally published in The Ilanot Review.

ICYMI, a new newsletter for freelanc-y writing events. So many wonderful-sounding things from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @hanakhalique.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @ruthabrandt.bsky.social @susmitab.bsky.social

Everyone's invited!!! @alinaetc.bsky.social is returning for our August 15- 17 Bending Genres weekend workshop, Making the Ruins Speak: Give Your Mind to the Muses!!! Come play in this safe sandbox! More information and registrations here: bendinggenres.com/writing-grou...

🚨👻 ONE WEEK left to get in those ghost stories! flash-frog.com/submit/

Hey friends, heads up: On MONDAY, I'll be taking registrations for an ALL NEW round of 3-in-90 workshops! Come away with three surprising flash drafts in 90 minutes. These fun, intensive sessions have become quite popular and I'd love for you to join us. Watch this space! 💙

This stellar book is 2 years old this month! Selling 'old' books is ridiculously hard, but if you'd like to take a chance on a 70-page novella set in an Ohio diner on a single day, Irregulars is for you. First 3 uses of the code Irregulars5 get $5 off it! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

I **may** have started a new newsletter 🧐 This is for anyone who wants to stay up-to-date with upcoming flash / short-fiction courses, workshops & events being offered by all your friendly neighbourhood freelancers, lit mags & awesome independents. fromthecoursesmouth.substack.com/p/from-the-c...

Loved this collaborative collection by Janet Dale and @allisonwrites.bsky.social!

“You know my name today?” I know I shouldn’t be asking questions with his weary thoughts. I’m speechless after reading this one by @danbillyc.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social

We're honored that Best Microfiction received First Runner Up in the prestigious Eric Hoffer Book Awards! 🍾 😍Congrats to Gary Fincke, Grant Faulkner, @pelekinesis.bsky.social,and the Best Microfiction 2024 authors! #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork #BookSky

Issue 33 is live with 15 extraordinary stories from 14 wonderful writers gooseberry-pie.com/issue-33/

My head is in a weird place these days. But, these two guys make me so happy. So serious when having their picture taken. What brings you joy? 💜💜

It's out in the world! Available from online booksellers worldwide! Congrats to all the amazing contributors! #FlashFiction #Author #Writers #Writing #ShortStory #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritingAndBooks #Microfiction #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork

Why not treat yourself to a hump-day treat and book onto my Glorious Words course in September? Such a great group already signed up. Should be a lot of fun. Just six places left for anyone who wants to join us 👇

Celebrating America’s birthday by watching Wimbledon. And my husband is roasting vegetables for salsa!

No rant is going to make me feel better right now. So I’ll just say fuck the GOP.

For Michigan, the local numbers are disconnecting without going to VM, but the Washington number will get you to VM.

“Plans are for people who have a past and a future.” @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

“The doctors couldn’t determine what was causing the thumping fluttering agony in my chest, the dread that haunted me and kept me awake nights.” @chelseastickle.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

“I chiseled at the idea to see if it would budge, but that made it only balloon more between us.” @cherylpappas.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

“In Korean zombie movies, the Hot Boyfriend drives his (ridiculous) muscle car like it’s a tank.” @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

“… I am insidious and claw my way back up through the tendrils of calm that gossamer and melt like cotton candy…” @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

Honored to have my story, Are You Lonesome Tonight? published by @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 longlist! Congrats to all selected for the Top 50 & the longlist 🎉🎉🎉 It’s such a joy to be here with so many friends and writers I admire. Thanks @wigleaf.bsky.social!

Big congrats to all of the award winners! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

I've been doing a lot of deep thinking just lately about illness, work, fees and fairness, and today I'm publishing an essay about freelancing which I hope is a thought-provoking read. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/lancing-for-... (1/4)

Thrilled to see my story on the shortlist! 🥰 Congratulations to all! 🎉🎉🎉