Betty
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EdD, MFA, poet, author, debate coach, speech coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, gamer
New micro out today
@templeinacity.bsky.social
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Temple in a City literary journal
Micro fiction Sixth street by author Betty Stanton. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
https://templeinacity.com/micro-fiction-by-betty-stanton/
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āIs it necessary to suffer in order to be a writer? Donāt worry about the suffering. The suffering will occur whether you like it or not.ā - Margaret Atwood
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Need a queer cozy apocalyptic love read? New flash piece in
@littlefruitsmag.bsky.social
today.
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New flash piece today in Quotidian Bagatelle from
@foofarawpress.bsky.social
qb.foofaraw.press/the-collecti...
I'll have two more flash pieces out with them over the next few months!
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The Collection of Sunlight
BETTY STANTON
https://qb.foofaraw.press/the-collection-of-sunlight/
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So, if this is true, I'm just fully Canadian because my paternal grandmother was a Canadian citizen? .... Because I'd be good with that.
10 days ago
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Two new poems in the newest issue of 3rd Wednesday!
thirdwednesdaymagazine.org/2026/02/04/t...
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Two Poems by Betty Stanton
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https://thirdwednesdaymagazine.org/2026/02/04/two-poems-by-betty-stanton/
15 days ago
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A flash piece and a prose poem out today in Blasphemous.
blasphemousaliteraryjournalfortheforgotten.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/b...
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Betty Stanton
About Her Betty Stanton (she/her) is a Pushcart nominated writer who lives and teaches in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Some of her favorite recent publications can be found inĀ Susurrus, The Medley,Ā and narrateā¦
https://blasphemousaliteraryjournalfortheforgotten.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/betty-stanton/
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Oh! Also today I have two poems out in the newest issue of Brown Bag, one reprint and one new-ish work!
brownbag.online/issue-11/
I also really love how they laid out this journal like an immersive experience.
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Issue 11 - Brown Bag
Reuban Letter from the Editor For the second time, our No Theme theme generated one anyway. We found consistent threads of time within each piece. We saw the progress and regress of living. We felt al...
https://brownbag.online/issue-11/
16 days ago
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Honored to be the feature poet in the newest issue of MockingHeart Review! They included three of my poems and an interview.
mockingheartreview.com/volume-11-is...
mockingheartreview.com/volume-11-is...
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Volume 11, Issue 1
EDITORāS LETTER MockingHeart friends! Welcome to the new year. I hope itās been treating you well. Louisiana is normally a place replete with warmth, the hum of insects and the trills oā¦
https://mockingheartreview.com/volume-11-issue-1/
17 days ago
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Not affiliated with this press, but as an Okie I fully support this and am looking forward to keeping an eye on it!
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So pleased today to be announced as the 1st runner up in the Mukoli Contest from Mukoli - The Magazine for Peace.
mukoli.net/contest-resu...
The poem will be published in their Winter '26 issue.
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17 days ago
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Duotrope
19 days ago
Over 170 publications re-opened today, including @suspendedmag.bsky.social @ploughshares.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @dogthroat.com @flarelitmag.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @wyldblood.bsky.social
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Re-openings for February 01, 2026
Over 170 publications re-opened today, including @suspendedmag.bsky.social @ploughshares.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @dogthroat.com @flarelitmag.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social @wyldblood.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
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Tiny Prophecies
20 days ago
Be sure to follow and pin our Mercurial Poets
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. These are Bluesky writers who have been published on Tiny Prophecies. Want to be added to the list? Send us a poem or story here:
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The other day I posted about a story I had in the new collection from Wicked Shadow Press. They actually put out TWO holiday horror collections, and I had a story in both. This is the second one. It looks great!
www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
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YuleHide: The Red Book
40 Stories ~ 290 Pages Behind the lights, the feasts and the forced warmth of tradition, something watches. Something remembers older winters, bloodier rituals and the quiet violence lurking beneath ...
https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/yulehide-the-red-book/paperback/product-7kwjppw.html?page=1&pageSize=4
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A-minor Magazine was one of the first mags I submitted to during my MFA, and one of my first rejections. I've loved the mag since - and today (10 years later!) I have a short story in the new issue!
aminormagazine.com/2026/01/30/b...
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Blue
by Betty Stanton The wind carries the taste of ash, not rain. It coats the tongue, a dry promise that never breaks. The road ahead fades into a mirage of warped air, shimmering pools that vanish whā¦
https://aminormagazine.com/2026/01/30/blue/
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
21 days ago
#writerslife
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How many markets is TOO many markets to have a piece simultaneously submitted to? Asking for a "friend." lol
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21 days ago
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Two poems today in Shot Glass Journal from Muse Pie Press.
www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/be...
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Shot Glass Journal - Betty Stanton
https://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/betty_stanton1.html
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Today a short holiday horror story of mine came out in this great collection from Wicked Shadow Press.
www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...
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YuleHide: The Green Book
40 Stories ~ Over 275 Pages Behind the lights, the feasts and the forced warmth of tradition, something watches. Something remembers older winters, bloodier rituals and the quiet violence lurking ben...
https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/yulehide-the-green-book/paperback/product-84wjwr2.html?page=1&pageSize=4
21 days ago
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I had 65 poems/short stories accepted in 2025, of those only 13 are still forthcoming and the rest were published and shared. Itās by far been my most productive year. Now Iām really struggling to write anything at all that isnāt smut with my friends. I needed these snow days!!!
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24 days ago
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Happy to have a piece in this issue, out today from The Periwinkle Pelican
@periwinklepelican.bsky.social
! This poem is literally over a decade old, and it's great to have finally found a home for it.
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24 days ago
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Brian Liberge/Freddie (she/he) šIntercon
30 days ago
I've been talking about Last Kiss a lot but did you know I wrote a one page RPG about wrestling your queer friends with sexual subtext? Pronoun Throwdown is available for free or capitalism
luckoftheharbor.com/pronoun-thro...
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Pronoun Throwdown
A One Page TTRPG by Brian LibergeāYou are queer and looking for foreplay with a total stranger (or friend or ex), so you head down toĀ PRONOUN THROWDOWN, your local queer trans wrestling social. Youā¦
https://luckoftheharbor.com/pronoun-throwdown/
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I have two new prose poems/micro flash pieces available in the new issue of Ionosphere from
@ampliconpress.bsky.social
Find it here
www.amazon.com/ionosphere-V...
(free to read w/Kindle Unlimited) It looks so good!
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ionosphere Vol. III Issue 1
Amazon.com: ionosphere Vol. III Issue 1 eBook : Press, Amplicon: Kindle Store
https://www.amazon.com/ionosphere-Vol-III-Issue-1-ebook/dp/B0GGLRBBRC
about 1 month ago
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Amplicon Press
about 1 month ago
Issue 5 of the literary journal ionosphere is now available on Amazon! Read poetry and essays by
@fadingbetty.bsky.social
,
@bigjosh84.bsky.social
,
@zoomburst.substack.com
,
@misshalcyon.bsky.social
,
@suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social
, and many others.
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New micro-poem today in the newest issue of The Odd Magazine.
theoddmagazine.wixsite.com/oddity31/odd...
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Odd Poetry | Oddity 31
https://theoddmagazine.wixsite.com/oddity31/odd-poetry
about 1 month ago
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A new poem and a short flash piece in the newest issue of Blue Daises out this week
bluedaisiesjournal.wixsite.com/bluedaisiesj...
"Threshold" and "Candlelight"
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Blue Daisies Journal | Online Journal
Blue Daisies is an online literary journal where experiments with genre aesthetics happen.
https://bluedaisiesjournal.wixsite.com/bluedaisiesjournal
about 1 month ago
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Three micro poems out today with Tiny Prophecies
@mercurialsilver.com
They are curating a really great collection over there, and I'm enjoying reading through their hearth, ruin, & whimsy.
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about 1 month ago
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Excited for this tomorrow in
@mercurialsilver.com
. "In Which She Is" started as a set of poems submitted to a call from
@tinywrenlit.bsky.social
a few years ago and grew into a full chapbook project. Happy to have these three out in the world.
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No one cares until itās too late. Until warnings become reality. Until the fire reaches their door. Until the system fails someone they love. But justice & change are needed before the breaking point. Justice demands more than words, it demands action. So, letās do the work.
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New (old) flash piece in Flash the Court today
flashthecourt.com/2026/01/09/c...
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āChristmasā by Betty Stanton
We can name a day, even a holiday, but canāt know what it holds for those other than ourselves. In āChristmasā by Betty Stanton, āthe calendar doesnāt mean much anymore,ā but a new name, āsomethingā¦
https://flashthecourt.com/2026/01/09/christmas-by-betty-stanton/
about 1 month ago
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Had this new one out on NYE and forgot to post it! New poem in
@feralpoetryandart.bsky.social
feralpoetry.net/hymn-for-bro...
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āHymn for Broken Altarsā by Betty Stanton ā FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art
https://feralpoetry.net/hymn-for-broken-altars-by-betty-stanton/
about 2 months ago
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Duotrope
about 2 months ago
Over 240 publications re-opened today, including @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca @theiowareview.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social @basaltseapress.bsky.social @blacklawrence.bsky.social @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social
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Re-openings for January 01, 2026
Over 240 publications re-opened today, including @cosmicrootsonline.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca @theiowareview.bsky.social @innerworlds.bsky.social @basaltseapress.bsky.social @blacklawrence.bsky.social @genrepunkmag.bsky.social @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social https://duotrope.com/news/publishing/
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New poem today in the 4th issue of Tabula Rasa Review.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tabula-ras...
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Tabula Rasa Review Issue 4|Paperback
Masthead: Emma Christensen - Editor-In-Chief, Marketing & Design ManagerKendall Wack - Editor-In-Chief, Managing EditorGretel Valdes - Lead Marketing EditorRachel Makinson - Lead Marketing EditorF.M. ...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tabula-rasa-review-issue-4-emma-christensen/1148899312?ean=9798260387214
about 2 months ago
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The Paris Review
about 2 months ago
āIām unhappy, mostly, when Iām not writing, unless Iāve just written something, in which case Iām euphoric because I donāt have to try and write something again.ā āLouise Glück
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New poem today in the 4th issue of Thorn & Bloom
www.redrosethorns.com/thornandbloo...
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Thorn & Bloom Magazine
A quarterly publication where self-care meets liberation. Explore themed issues on breaking cycles, healing, and radical joy. Subscribe or purchase your copy.
https://www.redrosethorns.com/thornandbloommagazine#blueskypoetry
about 2 months ago
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Am reminded this morning how much I like rejection letters that still leave me smiling.
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about 2 months ago
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And another new poem out today in
@harrowhousejournal.bsky.social
!
harrowhousejournal.wixsite.com/harrowhousej...
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Issues | Harrow House Journal
https://harrowhousejournal.wixsite.com/harrowhousejournal/archive
about 2 months ago
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author
about 2 months ago
Meet these great indie poets at the Poetry Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets
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Poetry Genre Indie authors
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New poem out this morning in Literally Lit. The issue looks amazing.
www.literallylitmag.com
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Home | Literally Literary Magazine
https://www.literallylitmag.com/
about 2 months ago
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Another new poem in the first issue of Lunae Lit & Review.
lunaelitreview.weeblysite.com/issue-i
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Gallery | LUNAE
https://lunaelitreview.weeblysite.com/issue-i
about 2 months ago
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Three poems in the inaugural issue of After/Thought.
afterthoughtliterary.com/december-202...
"Believers" is meant to be a contrapuntal and the formatting is a little off here, but I still like these three together.
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December 2025 After/Thought
Issue OneĀ marks the beginning ofĀ After/Thought LiteraryĀ ā a space for work that lingers. These pieces arrive quietly, then stay with you: stories, poems, and reflections shaped by meā¦
https://afterthoughtliterary.com/december-2025-afterthought/
about 2 months ago
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A new poem out today in The Gentian
thegentian.wordpress.com/2172-2/
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Fire in Fog Mist fills our mouths, sharp with embers, frostfeathering on our tongues, melting only wherethe song strikes it through. Steam rises, warmthnot ready yet to leave the body. Our bones arā¦
https://thegentian.wordpress.com/2172-2/
2 months ago
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Oh, and I had a new poem (an old poem - one I've been working at since grad school...) in this new issue of The Medley.
themedley.in/issues/11/
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Medley | International Literary Journal
https://themedley.in/issues/11/
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New poem out today in The Yesterday Review.
theyesterdayreview.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/i...
also going to try to start remembering to use hashtags... I'm so bad at social media, y'all.
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Inventory of the Body After Grief
by Betty Stanton
https://theyesterdayreview.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/inventory-of-the-body-after-grief/
2 months ago
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Ivo Review's 2nd issue is now live:
www.ivoreview.com/issues/issue...
I sit on the editorial board, and we're now reading for Issue 3: Confession, and also for our first contest for 10 minute monologues. You should send us things!
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Issue Two: Lost
https://www.ivoreview.com/issues/issue-two-lost/
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Another one I'm really excited about, I have a new short story in this book that just dropped from Zombie Works Publications - they even listed me as an author in the Amazon heading!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
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Shadows in the Raven's Eye: A Reimagining of Poe's Tales
Shadows in the Raven's Eye: A Reimagining of Poe's Tales [Author, Various, Plos, Natalia, Bauer, Christian, Stanton, Betty, Loiaconi, Stephen, Sparks, Linda, Starchild, Lucien R., Mora, Harry L., Hatfield Jr., Rodney, Kirbis, Sherri] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Shadows in the Raven's Eye: A Reimagining of Poe's Tales
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0G64D4XPC
2 months ago
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I missed sharing one. A new (old) poem out in Pictura Journal this month:
picturajournal.com/issue-five/p...
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Betty Stanton - pictura journal
Betty Stanton is a writer who lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She received her MFA from the University of Texas at El Paso.
https://picturajournal.com/issue-five/poetry-issue-five/betty-stanton/
2 months ago
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Another one I've been very excited for. A new poem out in
@susurrusmag.bsky.social
today.
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New poem today in Wailing and Gnashing
www.wailingandgnashing.com/wailers
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Wailers | Wailing And Gnashing
https://www.wailingandgnashing.com/wailers
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A new poems today in Antler Velvet Mag's Issue 6:
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Antler Velvet Issue 6: Chiaroscuro
https://online.fliphtml5.com/sgbrz/bpip/#p=1
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