I could really REALLY use some more orders and love for Issue 20. It's here. It's gorgeous. It comes with a free gorgeous bookmark. Priced fairly, printed beautifully, shipping immediately. 🖤🤍❤️ www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

We’re in our final stretch for Winter 2026 submissions and would love to read your work. Submissions close December 4th. We are accepting poetry, flash prose, and fiction.

We’re thrilled to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations for 2026: “On Craft” by Erica Dawson “Clutch” by Stephanie Frazee “Holes” by Nicole Desjardins Gowdy “Cooking Lesson” by Shira Haus “Five O’Clock Shadow in Philly” by Allen Means “The Opposite of Dusk” by Ron Riekki

New short story in the Fall issue of The Account! "There Has Been an Emergency" theaccountmagazine.com/article/eyno...

Have you ever wondered how... • a literary magazine is run? • decisions are made on submissions? • to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine? Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ... Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏

Very excited to announce our nominations for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards!

🚨BIG NEWS REVEAL🚨 So excited to share that I wrote a poetry chapbook about my lupus and the grief that comes with it. It's PUBLISHED with #BottlecapPress🥄🔥! Order your copy here: bottlecap.press/products/asp... #poetrycommunity #poet #smallpress #buymybook #writersofbluesky #newbooks

We can't wait to read your work! variantlit.com/submit/

Looking forward to reading your poems!

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We’re excited to announce that magazine submissions for poetry and prose open October 21st!

Announcing our Best of the Net nominations! Michael Agunbiade — “the new testament” Erica Dawson — “On Craft” griffin epstein — “well-adjusted” Isaiah Gardner — “To the Gay Man at My Little Brother’s High School Graduation”

So excited to be taking on this role at Variant!

Author Spotlight #25: David Elliot Eisenstat (eisenstat.bsky.social) and his creative nonfiction piece, "The Bread of Affliction." Read his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/the-bread-of... . . . #litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #disabilities

Guess what? We're opening for poetry and prose submissions later this month! Official date coming soon!

KNIT INK, my exploration of the possibilities and limits of formal poetry and literary constraint, is available now from @deepvellum.bsky.social! Get yours here: store.deepvellum.org/products/kni...

Solidarity to every poet who finally figured out what that poem needed, and is now tempted to yank the previous version from submission queues. (don't do it, that confuses editors and readers, just wait -- )

🗓️Monthly reminder: The Circle is always open. No fee. Quick turnaround. Link to guidelines in bio. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag

Our issue 4 is out--official post coming soon with accounts tagged. We use a scheduling platform, Buffer, and it ran into a posting issue for some reason. In the meantime, see the issue here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/issue-4/

POEM SEALED IN A BOTTLE A Petrarchan sonnet in iambic pentameter, holding inside it a Shakespearean sonnet in iambic monometer.

Always a pleasure to read a sonnet that does something a little different than the ones that came before.

Nobody does these flavors quite like Defenestration! The August issue is hilarious, and I’m so glad that one of my poems calls it home.

Do you want to edit for JAKE? The poetry team is looking for some more hands!

Is Harry Styles bagging groceries at a Trader Joe's in Indiana? Read this funny, tender story by Andrew Graham Martin to find out. "My Teenage Daughter" variantlit.com/my-teenage-d...

Next 🍋 Writing Sprint: Saturday, April 12th 11 AM CT / 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT Free • On Zoom • Open to all genres Join us for two quiet, focused hours of writing. Bring your project or start something new. Prompts provided (but totally optional). RSVP: lemongrovewriters.com/sprint

"There’s a sun out there somewhere but I can’t see it. For some reason, I want to find it, but it’s buried alive." Read "The Opposite of Dusk" by Ron Riekki ☀️ variantlit.com/the-opposite...

"On Craft" by Erica Dawson @ericadawsonpoet.bsky.social "The first job of the poet is to say / what we are, the second what we are becoming. I turn the pages over on the desk. The radiator hisses hard. Sunset." Read the whole poem from issue 20 on our site! variantlit.com/on-craft/

If you're sending out work today, send us your poems or prose! We're open now through April 5 for our Summer issue. variantlit.com/submit/

“I remember the first night of Passover for once, but the store is out of matzo, and—oh no—the smallest bag of flour barely fits in my granny cart.” The fourteenth issue of Minyan Magazine (@minyanmag.bsky.social) is out today, with a prose poem by yours truly: minyanmag.com/davideisenst...

My poem “A Brooklyn Atheist at Summer’s End” just appeared in the new issue of Midway Journal! midwayjournal.com/a-brooklyn-a...

We've extended the deadline for the Regular Reading Period! Keep sending us your fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by Monday, January 20th, at noon EST for the chance to be featured in a future issue of Ploughshares. pshares.org/submit/

Poets! Essayists! We want your work!

Hey, writers! Just want to put this on your radar. There's a rash of new accounts here trying to scam writers by pretending to be book marketers. They are generally not legit. You can recognize them because:

And we’re open @variantlit.bsky.social for poetry and prose (3-micro series, flash up to 1500 words and fiction up to 20 pages)! Please submit only once through 12/31 unless invited otherwise. Can’t wait to read your lovelies!

Announcing the 2024 Winter Guest Calls for JAKE!🧵

Calling all @variantlit.bsky.social contributors! We’re here in the blue and gearing up to open for subs!

New #poetry from David Elliot Eisenstat: "Eventide at the Lake House That Used to Be My Father’s".