I had a publisher request a hard copy of my short story collection. Gotta say, it was pretty satisfying to hold the manuscript like that. So 20th century. 😁

Epiphany is open for submissions in poetry and prose, so there's no better time to highlight which stories our team keeps coming back to. Understanding our team's literary sensibilities is a great way to find your next favorite book, and tailor your submissions for what we're most excited to read.

The genius myth is a scam. It waits until the work survives, then pretends the outcome was obvious all along. Very convenient, but mostly useless. I’m interested in the years that looked stubborn, foolish, or doomed. That’s the book I wrote. Preorder it now. #booksky www.ryantpozzi.com/tmtmt

Hear from my fellow 2026 Debut authors with advice for how to survive being on submission. I did the SUPER healthy thing of reading my rejections over and over again to look for "hidden" meanings. I'm surprised no one mentioned that in their advice. 🤷‍♂️🤪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV7t...

Join me on May 14!! courses.the-efa.org/webinars/99801

Check it out! We've got @saralippmann.bsky.social AND Joe Peterson in the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social May must-read list! So we're, like, a quarter of the books!* *That math was done by AI and is for entertainment purposes only. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/05/01/1...

I read every edition of this newsletter. Excellent reflections and once in a while we get really lucky and Will includes some draft/process/revision examples the likes of which I have yet to see in anyone else's newsletter. You should consider getting on the mailing list.

Just sent out my newsletter, which includes reflections on things like rejection, mental slowness, and other writing topics. It’s fun! If you’re interested, sign up on my site: www.willwilloughby.com #AmWriting

Writing shed season has begun. #AmWriting

Jon and @grahamformaine.bsky.social, US Senate candidate for Maine, discuss the limits of “tax the rich” messaging without tangible results and the willingness to push for real change. New pod out now!

W/o downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

So pleased to have a story in the flower moon issue of the incredible Gone Lawn Journal! Thank you Owen and team! Be sure to check out the full issue 🌼🌙 gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

Our May Issue is live!!! pitheadchapel.com/2026/05/01/v... cover art DEEMS ORTEGA fiction REBECCA TIGER JAIME GILL SOPHIA HYLAND-WOLZAK MICHAEL ANTHONY RANFONE nonfiction HOLLIE WARREN prose poetry AMANDA CHIADO

My friend and colleague @jennifermurvin.bsky.social is reading tonight on the Missouri State University campus! Come on out to hear work from her new book, Real California Living, if you can make it!

Made it to my 20,089th sunrise. For those keeping score, that’s almost exactly 55 years. 😁 (Happy birthday to me, I guess.)

Look what just landed--ALIENS ATTACK! by @housleydave.bsky.social Order at your favorite bookstore or at masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/... #newrelease #pubday #scifinovel #alieninvasion #fiction

Selling the ol book again today. If you're not in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, it is also available wherever fine books are sold.

Happy to see this micro memoir go up on Five Minutes today.

Writing is a lonely, depressing, masochistic gig most of the time. Find a writer who inspires you & tell them how they inspire you today. You might find out tomorrow’s too late.

People, I said GREEN, not GRAY. Come on! Let's try again: "Turn greeeeeen!" 😜

"I'm just contemplating the fact that one moron, one psychotic moron, one capricious idiot, has completely bollocksed up the global economy not only to the detriment of his own people, but the detriment of the planet. ... It's like how much more of this can the planet take?"

If we all say it together, maybe it'll come true: "Turrrrn greeeeeen!" #AmWriting

Spent the morning updating my site to include a fuller portfolio of my stories and a section for the reflections I've been sending out through my (very occasional) newsletter. That little guy is supposed to be me thinking deep thoughts, I guess? www.willwilloughby.com #AmWriting

Fantastic piece! You had me at "The room smelled like an unholy mix of old pizza and Febreze." 💯

Preorder this! It’s gonna be good. 💯 #WritingCommunity

Any American who doesn't feel sick to their stomach today is an evil moron.

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

our new issue! pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... SERGE LECOMTE MEGHAN PROULX MATT BARRETT @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social JENNA CROWDER ERIK KLASS TRACIE ADAMS @tracieadams.bsky.social SHERI VENEMA @sheriven.bsky.social HANNAH AHN RUSSELL BRAKEFIELD @russellbrakefield.bsky.social CHOISELLE JOSEPH

So it’s official. I’ll be doing a two-week writing residency in the fall at Monson Arts, deep in the heart of Maine. Feeling very lucky and grateful. monsonarts.org

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

Very excited to have a very weird little flash in the very cool Memezine! (I know, that’s a lot of very, but it’s true!) Thanks to @memezine for giving it a good home!

Very proud of and grateful for my trans kids today and everyone out there who makes them feel welcome and part of a global community. They are the best! Keep being brave and cool! Fuck bigots and transphobes, especially that vile loser JK Rowling!!

Yesterday, after a dentist's appointment in which my throat nearly closed up, I got an email offering a writing residency—like the universe was all, "Yikes, that was messed up even for me, here's a residency, no hard feelings?" (I'm fine, btw. I do need to work on my flossing, though.) #AmWriting

#NoKings protest in Dover, NH

Tonight! To celebrate our tenth year, we want to answer your questions about all things lit mag @theforge.bsky.social ! Join me and @saracrowley.bsky.social and ask away! TONIGHT 7-8 pm EDT (11PM UK).

Thrilled to have two new micros in @bulbregion.bsky.social ! Many thanks to Sarp Sozdinier for publishing them.

Y'all been sleeping on our hotline. Tell us your deepest, most literary dreams. Who knows, maybe the manager will take your call personally... Voicemail / Text *2065791956

Excited to see that Independent Book Review reviewed Terrestrial 🌵 @malarkeybooks.bsky.social independentbookreview.com/2026/03/04/t...

1 day left to get your on-theme submissions in for issue no. 8, Reverse Evaluation. Paying $25 USD per accepted piece. Subs close March 7th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST. Links in bio

2 days left to get your on-theme submissions in for issue no. 8, Reverse Evaluation. Paying $25 USD per accepted piece. Subs close March 7th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST. Links in bio

3 days left to get your on-theme submissions in for issue no. 8, Reverse Evaluation. Paying $25 USD per accepted piece. Subs close March 7th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST. Links in bio

The new issue of Pithead Chapel is here and it's a good one pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...

Great piece, Jim! 💯 And what a lovely issue—glad to have discovered this magazine!

1 week left to get your on-theme submissions in for issue no. 8, Reverse Evaluation. Paying $25 USD per accepted piece. Subs close March 7th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST. Links in bio

Charlie’s keeping busy today

Introducing BULL #13: The Longjohns Issue, featuring a bunch of longer fiction from the past year. Get it now for the low low price of 6 lousy bucks: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GPX54CRQ

This is for anyone surrounded by snow today, as I am. Enjoy the leafiness.

2 weeks left to get your on-theme submissions in for issue no. 8, Reverse Evaluation. Paying $25 USD per accepted piece. Subs close March 7th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST. Links in bio

When it comes to free and fair elections, Collins is as conservative and anti-voting rights as they come. Not only is she supporting the SAVE Act, but during the Biden administration she opposed the For the People Act and the Joe Manchin compromise bill — the Freedom to Vote Act.

hm yes i agree