Someone called me a poet, and I didn't correct them. Oh how the times have changed. #AWP

I survived my registration kiosk shift!

create a massive cultural problem, then externalize the responsibility and cost onto friends and relatives

Meta is trash and no one should buy these surveillance/cop glasses.

new story out today! it’s about a magical library, an immortal librarian, and a social worker who uses the library’s magic portals to help a victim of domestic violence escape a bad situation. thank you for reading! libraries rock!

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!

venue change! the 804 Lit Salon reading at AWP Baltimore is still on Saturday, 3/7, at 5pm but will now be at Section 771 even closer to the convention center. I’ll be signing my book the day before at the @thirtywestph.com table (Booth 724) on Friday, 3/6, from 1:30-2:30pm

Trying out my new ink pad for #AWP. Come by Thirty West Booth 724 from 1:30-2:30 on Thursday if you want a stamp!

oh! oh!! lovely lovely story here

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

I know Mercury is in retrograde, but I'm actually finding things? I mean, it's taking some doing, but it's happening.

that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love

For ppl who aren't aware: Old temperate forests are insanely rare nowadays and extremely important ecosystems lost forever once cut. They're not just "old trees" but intricate networks of trees, fungi and all kinds of living creatures. You CANNOT replant this!! Once it's gone it's lost FOREVER!!!

Just in case you’re trying to decide between Uber and Lyft

Next call coming soon, from our fave and yours, Joshua Hebburn! Theme: Repetitions March 3rd, 6 a.m. PST, capped at 222 submissions This could be repetition of sounds, phrases, images, a piece of the subject matter—or whatever. Any kind of prose is fine including prose poems.

No more (intimate & otherwise) relationships with folks who don’t have the same values as you do. Conserve your energy. Reclaim your time.

Thrilled to have a piece in this anthology! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy!

Don't let Mercury Retrograde get you down. Back up your work!

"There’s a cemetery under my house where I’ve buried all the old versions of me that didn’t work out" Startling micro from @chelseastickle.bsky.social; so much to unpack here: 100wordstory.org/only-perfect...

Ask me! Ask me!👋

Oh wow! Because i’ve worked in that community, i don’t necessarily feel right about just blurting out every diagnosis i suspect. But people do seem to be more open to hearing it these days, and that’s lovely ☺️ Plus, reality contestants are pretty engaging with their fans, it’s part of the gig.

"Every time I split in two, the older one gets dragged down to join the others." Love how imaginative this is @chelseastickle.bsky.social @100wordstory.bsky.social 100wordstory.org/only-perfect...

Chuffed to have a micro on this list!

I want to be Rob R autistic, but I'm pretty sure I'm Ron F autistic. #TheTraitors

Or perhaps you'd like to write a review of a collection of short stories? The possibilities are endless!

The current submission window for 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, and 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 will close February 12th. ✍

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

I can't read the article, but I'll mention two things that the graphic leaves out, carried from my old day job: 1) change hinges if you need to so that your bathroom doors open outward, not inward, so if someone falls inside you can still open the door 2)(next post)

This is what actually happens when the rule of law breaks down, funnily enough

The reason you can’t give a single inch on anything be it trans rights or dignity for unhoused people is that they, democrats and republicans alike, will take it and say thanks what else is in your pockets? They won’t say thanks actually.

I'll definitely be bringing my George stamp on Thursday. Drop by so I can sign and stamp your copy of one of my chaps!

From now through March 8, use code AWPBOGO to get any 1 Stanchion book or magazine issue free when you buy any 2. This is the same deal I'll be offering at booth 434 at the AWP Book Fair. Thank you for considering supporting this indie lit mag & book press, and the writers I publish. 🖤🤍

Where to find me at AWP!

To recap. US men's hockey players three days ago: "Don't ask about politics; this is about hockey." Today: "Yes, we'd like not just a ceremonial WH visit, but to attend the most political presidential speech of the year." Got it. Shameful hypocrisy on top of moral negligence. Gross.

When you purchase a copy of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social at Booths #527 and #529 at #AWP26, you'll be entered for a chance to win this ukulele along with free lessons from Melissa over Zoom! @awpwriter.org

Hey! Don't miss out on the FOMO and poems. Sign up to read here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Registered to attend (readers & nonreaders) here: www.eventbrite.com/e/nawp-open-...

Congratulations to the winners & commended! Anyone want a novella?

when I say "the narrator is not the writer" this is exactly what I mean

Excited to be bringing four new @mooncitypress.bsky.social titles to the @awpwriter.org conference: a new issue of @mooncityreview.bsky.social and new books by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, @joelhans.com, and @kimmagowan.bsky.social.

If your work lives between genres, we want to see it. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit

ICYMI I had a new story at @100wordstory.bsky.social about optimization gone too far 100wordstory.org/only-perfect...

You do not want the guy who makes cars that lock you inside when they’re on fire in charge of the Kessler Syndrome odds. You just don’t. “The guy obsessed with us leaving the planet ironically was such a dipshit he made sure we could never leave the planet” is heavy handed but tonally appropriate.

Corporations: We are collections of people & therefore deserve the civic rights afforded all people. Me: Ok. May I talk to a person? Corporation: No. Never again.

Please, I am begging you: If you love your children, get them vaccinated.

My boss "how do you know these random things?" I had undiagnosed ADHD for the first 46 years of my life, insomnia, a love of reading and an internet connection.

Another publisher behaving badly. If you’ve been affected by this pls contact Writer Beware (anything shared with us is confidential). [email protected]

I was on Twitter for the writers and the book recommendations, the essays, the poetry, the community. I am here now for the same. I’m a nerd. Please reply with a favorite recent essay or poem or story or book recommendation, and thank you.