You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

It’s my pub day!! I appreciate the support of this literary community. Get your copy today! Thank you to AV @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

Insider tip: Statistically speaking, Doric Literary is due to send an acceptance any minute now. Our last acceptance went out on February 12, so we’ve exceeded our longest dry spell by 3 days.

grateful to the Bennington Review for publishing my story "Soap to the Elbows." It's a print journal, but my story is currently available online, for the time being: www.benningtonreview.org/fifteen-lesm...

I'm stepping away from my editorial role at Cutleaf, for this year, but we have three excellent guest fiction editors: Monic Ductan, @arahko.bsky.social, and @karammck.bsky.social -- fiction cap is 500 and we're getting close to that mark. If you're thinking of sending work, now is the time...

ICYMI: this story, published on 1/1/26, takes place over Easter weekend. It's a highway romance marked by cheap motels, Old Style, and a three-song piano concert in the Old Market in Omaha. One song is by the inimitable @dawestheband.bsky.social.

Thank you, @claudineliterary.bsky.social, for this thoughtful review of The Clarity of Hunger!

Saw this car in Philly today and while it’s nonsense I firmly believe it was being driven by the narrator of @danielmiller.bsky.social’s @doricliterary.bsky.social story, “Basking in Glory”

Doric Literary has risen . . . . . . to number 2 on the @duotrope.com Fastest Fiction Response Times chart!

someone told me Geese sounds like if The Sheepdogs went to art school and now I can't unhear it www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...

"She explains that these ultrasounds will do more than check that the baby is thriving in its current womb." Ultrasound Q & A by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/04/03/u...

We're hoping that people of all faiths agree: today is for reading. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/t...

While astronauts on a moon mission ride in a rocket named for a Greek deity, you can read a story about space in Doric Literary. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/a...

I like Substack. I'm just not sure what to do with my own Substack. So, here's a story I published in 2019 which is no longer available online. It's about dumb young boys, messing around and nearly killing themselves on a beautiful summer day. It's all true. courtlandavenue.substack.com/p/gasoline

justreadingnook.com/2026/03/30/l... Grateful for this new review of Terrestrial from Hugh Blanton which incorporates some details about the Phoenix Lights.

Doric Literary Accountability Post: 1st quarter 2026. We have a 3% acceptance rate & 9 out of 10 submissions are responded to on the day they're sent. We publish fiction: 1000-8000 words. No fee to submit. We pay a tiny honorarium. See link in our profile for submission details.

@robmclennan.bsky.social reviews rob mclennan reviews award-winning prose writer Camilla Gibb's poetry debut, I Used to Be a Pisces, writing the poems "are intimate and sharp, taking narrative twists, overlays and turns." robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/04/cami...

this story was so much fun to write! a story of heads that you'll consume using your own head, creating a concentric system of heads; an infinity mirror of heads within your head. You're welcome

New fiction, and falling stars, by Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social at Doric Literary! It's about astronauts, shooting stars, & an ill-fated mission to Mars but it's also a classic short story about a grieving mother, searching for peace in a cold galaxy. doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/a...

New fiction at Doric Literary! In "The Bear Who Loved Me," by @tracieadams.bsky.social, a grieving widow is visited, each night, by a bear who knows her husband’s signature dance move. Read this right now: In ten minutes you can learn a lot about love! doric-literary.com/2026/04/01/t...

#flashfiction friends -- don't forget to submit to @lostballoon.bsky.social before we close! lostballoon.submittable.com/submit

So proud to have another novel section in the awesome @doricliterary.bsky.social today. It's got space and grief and the weight of a falling star

Submissions Open We are reading all genres through April 15th. Send us your best!

Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

You should buy this book! It's fabulous! The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham @bookbent.bsky.social

Writing unreliable narrators means you get to pull out the rug from under the reader AND THEY ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT! Everyone wins. Join me for this #WritingWorkshop, May 2. #WritingCommunity #Writing #CreativeWriting #ShortStory #Novel #FlashLit #FlashFiction

On April 1, Doric Literary eagerly presents new fiction by Chloe N. Clark. @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Fans of Chloe's work will happily find a tale of astronauts & a mission to Mars. Readers of Doric Literary will find a classic story of a grieving mother, searching for peace in a cold galaxy.

Tomorrow, Doric Literary will proudly present "The Bear Who Loved Me" by Tracie Adams. @tracieadams.bsky.social! It's the beautifully written story of a grieving widow whose husband, she believes, has taken the form of a bear. As winter draws near, she fears losing him yet again!

Excited about this one. @mattkendrick.bsky.social has been mentoring me, making me do hard things (write fiction!) Big thanks to @doricliterary.bsky.social for all the editorial love and grace you showed my words. Looking forward to April Fool's Day like never before.

Huge Congratulations to Doric Literary contributor, Exodus Oktavia Brownlow! @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social She is a 2026 Best of the Net Finalist with this creative nonfiction piece: craftliterary.com/2025/05/14/b... Read her Doric Literary short story here: doric-literary.com/2025/01/01/b...

You can read "Sparrow's Work Song" by @mattjakubowski.bsky.social from issue 21 here! variantlit.com/sparrows-wor...

We are absolutely not joking! On April 1, we'll publish two great new short stories, exploring grief and loss, as two very different women find their own ways of coping. @tracieadams.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

Really looking forward to getting to talk to @pmraymond.bsky.social Kyler Campbell, and Scott Gould. You should come, too!

I'm honored to have my exorcism story, "Queen of Hell," in @bourbonpenn.bsky.social alongside these great writers. Happy Women in Horror Month! 🖤

Dave will also take care of your work and help you hone it in a way that's not intrusive. A great journal worth your time!

Doric Literary is getting closer to having one of its busiest months for website visitors, ever. This new story by @danielmiller.bsky.social is 23 readers from being our 3rd most read post, ever! Perhaps there aren't enough glory holes in modern porn shop fiction! doric-literary.com/2026/03/01/b...

Doric Literary is well on the way to having one of its highest numbers of monthly website visitors, ever. Part of the reason for that is having posted such great fiction at the start of the month, like this ethereal stunner by @mattjakubowski.bsky.social: doric-literary.com/2026/03/01/t...

The more submissions we read, the faster we get! Send your short story to Doric Literary today. You'll probably get a response before tomorrow. 1000-8000 words. No fee to submit. We pay a tiny honorarium & nominate for major lit awards! Our acceptance rate is 2.8%. See the link in our profile.

Out of the hat: our first giveaway copy of Shasta Grant's debut novel, When We Were Feral, goes to @adelegallogly.bsky.social! Please DM us your details! ✨Available to pre-order here: regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/when-we-were... @shastagrant.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social

A single nomination can be all it takes—and anyone can nominate work for this prize. The nomination period for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction closes at midnight PDT on March 31st! Learn more and nominate books: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

On April 3 at Noon EDT I'll be joining a panel of dazzling women and non-binary authors of speculative fiction on Zoom to read from my novel The Island of Last Things! 💃 It's FREE - wheee! - and you can pre-register below. #SWSWQR #booksky 💙📚 www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

I have a new novel coming out this summer, and I may be a little biased but I think the cover is an absolute knockout. The design is by the singular Keith Hayes and the beautiful art is by José David Morales. (ARCS are available if any reviewers or book people would like an early read 😊)

My friend @meganalpert.bsky.social is having another Submission Jumpstart tonight, and you can bring a friend for free

While you're waiting for the Oscars, why not read some excellent short fiction? We've published many award-worthy stories. Just saying. doric-literary.com/nominations/

I missed this when Kev posted it last month?! "Instant indie classic! Fun and funny and surprising and full of wonder in a way so few books are today." C'mon, tell me you don't deserve and wanna read that. autofocusbooks.com/store/p/tacoma

Come get an MFA in Creative Writing at Missouri State! We are taking applications for this fall! Every admitted student will be offered a full teaching assistantship. Pick a track in fiction or poetry with other options. Work on @mooncitypress.bsky.social and @mooncityreview.bsky.social. Info below.

This is such a great litmag @melissacuisine.bsky.social has created! Do submit to Broken Hearts Lit 🧡

Here’s a first for Okay Donkey: “Escalator” by Dan Sanders (June 2018) will soon appear on standardized tests for the English Teachers Association of Western Australia! Many congratulations to @donsamders.bsky.social. Read “Escalator” at okaydonkeymag.com/2018/06/15/e...

We’ve been buzzing to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest! Congratulations to these ten shortlisted authors and their stories: pulpliterature.com/announcing-t...

Last Call for Submissions! - Common House smallpressalmanac.blogspot.com/2026/03/last...