Submissions are open now through Aug 14th! Guest Editor: Amílcar Sanatan @anmlymag.bsky.social Folio Editor: Shon Mapp For more info, click the submission link in comments.

Folx, about a week and change until submissions close. Last date to submit is July 3! Get your submissions in! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/submit #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

Excited to have a micro in the latest issue of @moonparkreview.bsky.social! moonparkreview.com/issue-36-sum...

Things I’m good at: - reading a book in one day - “missing” phone calls - overthinking things - staying up late researching an incredibly specific and random topic for no reason at all

It's easier to critique than create.

Thanks to The Write-In team for publishing my fragmented narrative. It was my first time participating and I had a blast. #nffd2026

I truly love and enjoy writing. The chaos, the surprises, discipline, dead-ends, ghost roads, focus, catharsis, that feeling of being changed by my own work. I wouldn’t outsource this to AI software for *anything*. But then again, I’m an actual writer who enjoys writing.

Right on time with this queer piece @kathrynreese.bsky.social

@tomljanovic.bsky.social engages the senses in such a palpable way. #nffd2026

When I told a friend the usual writer rejection/acceptance rate they were shocked and wondered how anyone could do it. Trying to smooth out perspective so acceptances are great but not signifiers of value and rejections are too bad but not signifiers of lack of value is practice. Congrats on a yes

@mooninabucket.bsky.social is one of my first and favorite writers that I discovered online during the pandemic. If you haven't read her work, today is the perfect day to do so.

I just edited a poem from 21 lines to 8. It was painful, yet necessary.

We've already received and accepted some exciting folio proposals. If you are thinking of submitting a folio pitch to @anmlymag.bsky.social don't forget to include: (1) framing/contextualizing your topic or theme (2) positionality/authority of voice (3) affected communities anmly.org/calls/

Poetic flash by @raniqualee.bsky.social "All I need is a mouthful, a siren singing famine, and someone to take my tongue caught between its steel and brown flesh." 100wordstory.org/what-i-belie...

all hues of blue...love this

The proliferation of AI tools seems to have writers questioning whether our craft will become entirely infiltrated by people who'd rather take shortcuts than embrace the arduous process. Don't worry, just keep writing. Keep reading. Keep loving what you put out into the world.

New #poetry from Steph Sundermann-Zinger: "Summer Camp".

The cherries are back

For Small Poem Sunday, something published in @miniskirtmag.bsky.social in December 2024, with thanks, as always, to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 🩵

So grateful to be in the Righteous Rage issue with two micros. A brand new one “Before the Ground Gets Too Hard” and a reprint from @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social “Other Moms Stand in an Impenetrable Circle of Backs.” Big thanks to Melissa!

I love the meticulous attention to language in this poem... @crowkeys.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bd9tk2r2

Everything is blooming

Thrilled to have made the shortlist of such a fun comp. Congratulations to all the winners. So many incredible micros here! Thanks @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for giving "When the Aliens Come for Your Baby" a home! gooseberry-pie.com/when-the-ali...

I shared a recently published poem with my wife that's obviously about sex: her: i like it. but, maybe you should change the title so it doesn't seem like it's about plums. me: thanks, and no.

If you're interested in a lesbian love poems, also give "Rolling Papers" "Translucent sheet, stroked under thumb. A folded V. Cradled in the pact her index & middle fingers make..." A big thanks to the team @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for publishing these pieces.

Poets are the most astute observers, able to uncover a story or truth in anything. This ekphrastic poem is written by Robert Carr @offbeatlit.bsky.social tinyurl.com/msd3ekjc

ALOCASIA is now open for applications for the 2026 ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers! Two recipients will receive $500 to help incubate their future creative endeavors. Deadline: July 31st, 2026.

Seeking a Creative Nonfiction Associate Editor (or two)! Associate CNF Editors Wanted! JMWW applications are open until June 14th.

One of mine in @bulbregion.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

I'm just as weary of the universally popular as I am the widely critiqued. Often, beautiful art lies in between.

I love stories that explore hope through constraints.

Night Parrot Press has provided the ebook version of Salt City Runaway, Gillian O’Shaughnessy’s debut collection of micro and flash fiction, at a sweet discount! More details here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/101613...

super excited I have a poem in @thedodgemag.bsky.social inspired by my favorite poet of all time, Charles Simic

The secrets you leave behind are sure to haunt the living.

Kamal Koria (Indian/British Artist, born 1968) "Messenger", 2026. Acrylic Mixmedia on Canvas, 120 × 100 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Some rejections lead you to a better piece. Who among us hasn't continued to edit, even after the work has been submitted?

My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now

Tonya has a great newsletter for the SFF community.

So excited and honored to be in this newest issue of the always wonderful @passagesnorth.bsky.social!! 🙏🏼 Story can also be found online! 👇🏼 www.passagesnorth.com/the-things-w...

If you use AI to write, you're missing the very best parts of the process. Unfortunately, it will show.

Sure, I'll beta read for you. Compliments and adoration are always free. Constructive criticism costs money and a bit of ego. Keep that in mind before you ask.

“Its always this: the gathering, the dissipation, the taking apart of sunlight to/show all the colours it might hold.” @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @neologismpoetry.bsky.social with this 🔥🔥🔥 www.neologismpoetry.com/April-2026/

It's eerie what the body remembers and when it decides to let it surface.

ALOCASIA is now seeking new unpublished queer creative writing for our upcoming EcoFutures issue, to be published December 2026. Deadline: 11/11. Pays $50. Absolutely no AI. www.ALOCASIA.org

There's definitely a trend. I suppose when reality is dark, writing seeks to keep ahead of that desire. Most of the calls ask for weird, bold, edge that guts. Quiet stories can do that too. I don't mind persnickety language nor looking up an obscure reference.

Lovely🖤 "Who among us hasn’t had our thoughts honed down to hunger at the faintest reminder; the hour tolls, signals the slow march of minutes and we want for a meal or drug, some color of the sky to ease the scrape of living." @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2seyd8b8

The whole concept of “productive” is a lie, even before AI! And yet it’s how we define worth?? Capitalism is poison.

Define success according to your specific goals.

I tease my wife about this knowing the countdown has begun for my own arm extension based reading.