My writing group, Lemon Grove Writers, is doing a free Halloween writing series in October. Prompts, rec reading, co-writing sessions, and an open mic! It's freeee. Sign up! lemongrovewriters.com/spooky

Write with nice strangers over zoom! Not as weird as it sounds! ​ ​Our next sprint is: Saturday, September 27th, 2025 11 AM Central / 12 PM Eastern / 9 AM Pacific Sign up at lemongrovewriters.com

"All my talent is in waiting for small eggs to hatch— a treasure I cannot touch. The babies are so translucent you can see their dreams. Shell-memory; soft belly full of worm. What's unraveling is my ambition for more." - "Ars Poetica" by Megan Nichols (@megjnic.bsky.social)

This August! A month of summer-movie inspired writing prompts. It's free and fun and begins August 2nd! Considering signing up! lemongrovewriters.com/summer-movies

Lemon Grove Writers has collected all of our Writing Sprint prompts into a PDF and all sales made in August will be sent to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. lemongrovewriters.com/products/pro...

Thrilled to have a micro in @susurrusmag.bsky.social about the things we carry, and trees, of course. Thank you to @jekwriter.bsky.social and @writertammyevans.bsky.social for their feedback. www.susurrusthemagazine.com/crown-shyness

Very honored to have my poem Ars Poetica included in Issue Twelve of Susurrus. Looking forward to spending the rest of my morning reading the incredible work of the other contributors.

Susan is such a kind poet- this lifted my spirits so much. What are you reading today? I suggest Dressing the Bear, a profound collection: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...

Sarah Stockton ✨ from THE SCARECROW OF MY FORMER SELF (MoonPath Press) Day 1 - #SealeyChallenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social

Lemon Grove Writers has collected all of our Writing Sprint prompts into a PDF and all sales made in August will be sent to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. lemongrovewriters.com/products/pro...

This August! A month of summer-movie inspired writing prompts. It's free and fun and begins August 2nd! Considering signing up! lemongrovewriters.com/summer-movies

Free cowriting session with prompts tomorrow, Saturday, July 12th – 11 AM Central / 12 PM Eastern / 9 AM Pacific RSVP: lemongrovewriters.kit.com/writingsprint

This is so cool! Let's go to the movies, writer friends.

“But music is not an escape to somewhere else” A gorgeous poem that holds its own musicality for grief. Love this new one by @susanlleary.bsky.social in Pedestal Magazine.

Starting August 2nd, LGW is kicking off a free, five-week writing practice inspired by classic summer films. Each Saturday, we’ll send you generative prompts based on a summer movie. Sign up for Summer at the Movies:​ ​https://lemongrovewriters.com/summer-movies

This Sunday!! Don't forget to register!

This Sunday!! Don't forget to register!

ok here's my dung beetle love poem

Join MJ Gomez and Qetsi’ah Joachim-Baggott for Birdsong, Wildfires, and Faith: A Poetry Reading hosted by Variant Lit. Sunday, June 22 10 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. BST. Live on Zoom. @bluejayverses.bsky.social @iamgoingtocry.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

June 7th, 11am CST - Poet Jessica Lohafer is hosting a cowriting session for pride month. Free, everyone welcome, optional prompts. Sign up :) www.eventbrite.com/e/pride-writ...

June 7th, 11am CST - Poet Jessica Lohafer is hosting a cowriting session for pride month. Free, everyone welcome, optional prompts. Sign up :) www.eventbrite.com/e/pride-writ...

Steven Espada Dawson’s (@stevenespadaw.bsky.social) LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY is a book of grief, anger, and aching love. In our newest interview, he speaks on elegy, structure, and the line between witnessing and owning a story. Read it here: variantlit.com/steven-espad...

"The exciting thing about poetry, for me, is that anything can warrant a poem. There’s no moment to small, no event too ordinary." Check out this great post from Lemon Grove Writers!

Dear Jessica—How Do I Write A Poem? lemongrovewriters.com/posts/dear-j...

Feels like a good day for an excerpt from my review of THESE STRANGE BODIES by @courtludwick.bsky.social (ELJ Editions: 2024), published in @variantlit.bsky.social's Variety Pack section earlier this year variantlit.com/knowing-and-...

Forgot to share these three new poems (from my dead mom manuscript) that just appeared in Jet Fuel Review. www.jetfuelreview.com/ben-kline-82...

Talking book publicity with Abigail Welhouse on What We Aim To Do podcast. In the full episode we talk about hiring a publicist, DIY approaches, and setting goals for publicity efforts.

Abigail Welhouse joins me to talk about writing, book publicity, life in New York City, and the creative magic of hobbies and play! Listen to the full conversation: whatweaimtodo.substack.com/p/what-abiga...

Really proud of this little book. 🙂💙 www.amazon.com/Blur-Dan-Cra...

Free co-writing sprint via zoom on Saturday, May 24 · 11am - 1pm CDT. Sign up for freeeee www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-sp...

I have a poem from my forthcoming collection with @triohousepress.bsky.social in the new issue of South Dakota Review! Thanks to @artichokeheart.bsky.social for including me! A stellar issue on Day 16 of National Poetry Month, friends! Oh! & I love this poem’s little nod to Bhanu Kapil! 💙

Co-writing session this Saturday! This is a 2-hour online writing session held over Zoom—open to writers of all genres and experience levels. Bring your work-in-progress, use one of our optional prompts, or just show up and see what comes. www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-sp...

Wrote about some of my favorite poetry podcasts! lemongrovewriters.com/posts/learni...

So excited to write this April! Sign up for 30 days of poetry prompts: lemongrovewriters.com/april-prompts

The form calendar for National Poetry Month is hereeee, courtesy of myself and @sfeycreates.bsky.social! Follow along with us next month to get some poems written, to have some fun, and to be in community together!

We're still open for a little over a week for poetry and prose submissions! Think of us if you're sending out work this weekend 💌 variantlit.com/submit/

So excited to write this April! Sign up for 30 days of poetry prompts: lemongrovewriters.com/april-prompts

Still thinking about "Soft and Warm Against Me" by @pahoehoe.bsky.social from Variant issue 20. Excellent dialogue, and so much going on beneath the surface. I loved working on this story. variantlit.com/soft-and-war...

Congratulations to contributor Evan Morgan Williams! "Soft and Warm Against Me" will be included in his forthcoming collection from Cornerstone Press. variantlit.com/soft-and-war...

My publisher, Belle Point Press, is having a sale! bellepointpress.com 35%off ALL titles through the 29th and grab bags start at $15 👀

It’s almost May which means @stevenespadaw.bsky.social's debut LATE TO THE SEARCH PARTY is nearly in the world! We’re so grateful to have published his work back in 2022. variantlit.com/waiter-park/

New interview up on The Variety Pack by Variant! Rosalind Goldsmith, Variant issue 8 contributor and author of the forthcoming debut fiction collection Inside the House Inside (Ronsdale Press), interviewed by editor @suzyeynon.bsky.social variantlit.com/inside-outsi...

Enjoy more prose from Issue 20! Here's "Clutch" by @stephiosaurus.bsky.social "At The Bait Boyz, I asked for their fattest worms and got an offer from every guy there. I bought the wax worms and hand-fed him. I wasn’t happy, but I wasn’t heartless." 🥚🪱 variantlit.com/clutch/

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

Loving this for April!

Don't forget to register for our April 17 reading - look at this lineup! @toddedillard.bsky.social @benkline.bsky.social @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social @rubenq.bsky.social @brandelfrance.bsky.social @cdeskilson.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A new neat thing from Lemon Grove Writers! I’ve created 30 poetry prompts for April, and I’ll be emailing one out each morning (around 6am Central) for the whole month. Here's the link if you want to join in! lemongrovewriters.com/april-prompts

"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...