Ready for an ANNOUNCEMENT? 💡☀️ We are OPEN for Chandelier Submissions! The theme? BLAZING If you're unfamiliar, Chandelier is BCC's e-zine! A curation of previously published writing centered around a single theme. We're looking for writing that BLAZES. Think: HEAT, LIGHT, SEAR, BURN.

The light is on for Wendy BooydeGraaff! 💡 @onlybooyskies.bsky.social “Full Moon” is a spectacularly eerie micro that demands to be read and reread! Check it out!

In My Next Queer Life, I want to Be is an expression of the haunting realities of living queer today, told through the hopeful lens of possibilities for a better future. Audrey's poems are witty, mournful, and joyful—often all at once. @audreytcarroll.bsky.social

It's true. Send us the poetry! Send us the essays! JAKE wants your weird.

Poets! Essayists! We want your work!

I'm talking to my 20-year-old crochet maestro about a 2025 Stanchion Book Club crocheted goodie. So far, she's made a ghost & a slew of adorable sock ornaments. Buy a book club membership for yourself or your favorite reader to get books & so much more! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

so grateful this piece has found a new home!! thank you @jaredpovanda.bsky.social and @scoops.bsky.social 💞

A reminder that we are very much open for your previously published fiction, poetry, and CNF! Full guidelines here: www.bulbculturecollective.com/submission-g...

Alright, y'all. I'm making the switch. It's a relief, almost, to be able to say goodbye to the other place, even though I've been there for over a decade.

O.k. Time for the next bit of big news. JAKE is proud to announce that he's bringing in the venerable @scoops.bsky.social as the new Managing Editor for Poetry!🧵

So ready to read the killer work that @scoops.bsky.social is going to bring to JAKE

What makes a bad poem bad? The structure? The subject? The essence? Listen to @scoops.bsky.social guest on the show and hear a sorted batch of bad poems from the drafts folder! Thanks L.M. for coming on the show! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Just dropped an All-Star episode featuring @trappermarkelz.bsky.social , @scoops.bsky.social , @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social , @madelinksi.bsky.social , Shiksha Dheda, Court Ludwick, @natallman.bsky.social !!! What's that... it's a blooper compilation? Oh. Enjoy! www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetr...

The light is on for Cheryl Skory Suma! @cherylskorysumal.bsky.social Today's story is a heartfelt paring down of a relationship, a look at the way a fire can reduce to smolder and still burn. Check it out: www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/back-to...

"What I was now was a useful tool for anger, so I threw myself into that spite." Swamp Thing Works through the Third Skandha. New #flashfiction from @jackbedell.bsky.social!

The light is on for Dan Brotzel! Come read up on some new definitions in this touching and humorous piece from return writer, Dan Brotzel! "Mug Shots" is another piece of excellence and we're so excited to share it!

This was so fun to do! I recommend working with the JAKE team!

#WriterBeware: Another fake agency doing the solicitation thing: Collins Literary Guild. Web domain just 54 days old, multiple ludicrously false claims of repped books, and a roster of AI "literary agents" w/ bios cribbed from Sanford Greenburger Associates collinslitguild.com

The faster we find our followers here, the faster we can leave the dying bird site (we still rely on it a lot for site traffic!) so do a smol business a favour and share the shit out of us so we can find our gang. Pretty pretty please 🙏 🙏 🙏

The light is on for Dan Brotzel!! He's back again! "Blown Away" is a witty, humorous piece of fiction that all writers can relate to. It's a rage-inducing riot that hits just right. Check it out! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/blown-a...

I'm trying to make the break from the garbage site, but it's tough. Anyone else struggling?

we had a book release today! you can find it here: ko-fi.com/s/d7f1b9965e please tip if you are able!! thank you so much to Querencia Press &@nakedcatlitmag.bsky.social for homing a few of these poems (see nxt tweet for more) & thank you @carriganak.bsky.social and @scoops.bsky.social for blurbs!

I am rich in invite codes, so if you know someone in need, let me know.

I just watched Eric Johnson play Cliffs of Dover live from 20 feet away from him, so what I'm saying is that I can retire from concert-going. It's not going to get better than tonight.

I just finished reading Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield and I'm a mess of emotions and I blame and thank @helsbowie.bsky.social for this 😭

The light is on for J.D. Hosemann! "File, Edit, View, History" by J.D. Hosemann is a clever, grounded story with a twist you won't see coming. Read it now! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/file-ed...

If you got an acceptance, share it. If you were paid for your writing, share that news & thank the publication. If you were published in print, share the link to buy the issue. If you buy small press books & indie lit magazines, share photos of all that. Word of mouth is HUGE and VITAL!

The light is on for Mukund Gnanadesikan! Today, we have a stunning poem that raises deep and meaningful questions about our consciousness. "Cold Cloth of Sentience" is gripping and cerebral. We recommend it! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/cold-cl...

I wrecked my back in an anxiety fueled binge cleaning session and now I can barely move, so I'm going to lay here and stare at the ceiling fan and today this counts as writing.

BCC is proud to Shine A Light on Ken Pobo! Come read about the inspiration behind Pobo's piece "Knoxville Drag Show," and find where you can read more of his work! www.bulbculturecollective.com/shine-a-ligh...

Hi! Happy to be here to connect with the writing community! Thanks to @scoops.bsky.social for the invite!

The light is on for MJ Lu! Today's poem is a lovely examination of aching, longing, relationships gone down in the waves. Bring a life raft. This one is deep and drowning. www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/the-anc...

hello. friends THE DEADLANDS is once again open to submissions. fiction | poetry | nonfiction send us your deathy works. ALL the info you need is on the guidelines page: **if you 🖤 please repost/quote post to help spread the word across these vast Alivelands...

Smut! Get ya Smut here! Five dolla Smut! Right here! HORNS issue 3 is live! $5 download. 35 pages of smut by 29 different artists, writers, and poets. Some of it's really hot. Some of it's a little goofy (that one's mine). Some is downright weird. Support indie publishing! You know you want it!

I'll always direct folks to this burning haibun: www.clovesliterary.com/stories/kitc...

My weird little SFF flash fiction magazine about crabs @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social has enough funding to pay our writers 3 cents per word, but we still need funding to commission art and to fund Issue 2. If you can help out, I and the crabs, will love you forever. ko-fi.com/crabtalesmag...

We have funding for Issue 1, enough to pay our writers 3 cents a word, but not enough to commission art. We have no funding for Issue 2. Anything you could give would go directly towards the writers and artists featured in the magazine. Anything you could donate would be super appreciated!

Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...

If you’re a poet coming in from Twitter reply here and tag the poets who’ve also joined, let’s rebuild!

It's Bulb Culture Collective's 1st birthday, and that means we have launched our new website! Come check us out! www.bulbculturecollective.com

ALERT ‼️ Eat Me(at) Your Earliest Convenience is available NOW‼️ Print Listing: www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/cole Digital Listing: www.kithbooks.com/digital/p/cole

If you're reading new poetry chapbooks for the #SealeyChallenge in August, I have one that's fresh from the publisher and available in print or pdf. https://www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/cole #poetry #writing

Getting some really cool apps on our editor applications, but haven't seen too many subs yet for Halloween From Thebes! Send us your poetry/flash re: The Mountain Goats, Mythology, Horror, or the fall season in general! http://oleada.io/publication/jake

Huge thanks to Shome Dasgupta for posting this on the other site: "Here are some literary journals opening up for submissions at some point in September! Genres vary—please note that some of these journals have fees & that these are all tentative dates."

don't forget to use alt, friends! this means you too authors with your gorgeous book covers! lets make that awesomeness accessible for all