Friday, November 14th at 7:30 PM Eastern SoFloPoJo Issue 39 POETRY Launch Reading featuring poets from our November Issue us02web.zoom.us/.../register...

We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines

If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

Take my word for it!

“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.” — Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️

@melruthwrites.bsky.social ❤️ “Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.” — Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series

MY NEXT BOOK, NOT FINISHED YET: ESSAYS ON THE RHYTHMIC BEAUTY OF A LIFE IN FLUX, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop. a.co/d/hnX5Vvx

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

also i positively FORBID anyone to call this cyber feline CatGPT i mean it 😼!!! 100footcrow.com/how-to-train...

Congratulations to Sky Island Journal contributor Tracie Adams on her book of flash memoir essays: “Our Lives in Pieces.” Our contributors are family, and we couldn’t be more proud of Tracie! You can find her beautiful—and highly reviewed—work, here: a.co/d/2hXeZot 🌄 www.skyislandjournal.com 🌄

Last week to #submit your #art, #poetry, #short fiction, & #CNF for our #integrity issue. Make sure to get submissions in by end of day October 31, 2025. We know we can RELY on you to get them in on time and TRUST that you'll let us know if you need an extra day or two. #litmag #submissions #theme

Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: trucks, berries of all kinds, birds, quatrains, niche hobbies, survival, birds, tv shows and movies, birds, the vastness of the ocean, snowstorms, prose poems, working a 9 to 5, and birds.

A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.

You’ll want to read this more than once. More than twice probably. 🫶🏼👇🏼

Exciting news coming soon...🤩

A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.

So grateful to you @melruthwrites.bsky.social for reading my manuscript and writing a blurb. Your support has meant so much to me. ♥️

My second essay collection, Not Finished Yet, is coming soon…🤩

Big thanks to The Shallot for including my quirky CNF in this print issue. #mentalhealthawareness

Even in the darkest places, light is shining through the cracks. Beauty is everywhere all the time.

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, do take a moment to rest and read this powerful (and very appropriate for today) non-fiction by @tracieadams.bsky.social. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

“But the notes said look deeper, reminding me that the heart is deceptively wicked above all things, pitifully fragile and shallow.” Love this powerful and heartfelt piece. A reminder how small things can bring big shifts. @tracieadams.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

Tracie Adams is the #author of 'Our Lives in Pieces: A Collection of Flash Memoir Essays' #memoir #essays independentauthornetwork.com/tracie-adams... #amreading @tracieadams.bsky.social #goodreads #iartg #ian1

There is beauty in everything. Even brokenness. 💔

@paddlerpress.bsky.social has done something special with the Faith Issue! It’s so gorgeous and inspiring. I’m thrilled to be included alongside these amazing writers/poets.

I love journals like Thorn and Bloom who provide space for mental health and self care. My CNF “When the Walls Come Down” is included in the gorgeous Issue 3 print edition.

This is beautiful.

Gotta hate when “the shit shoveler calls in sick.” 😆 This is a circus of words👏🏼🫶🏼👇🏼

Thank you @underbellypress.bsky.social for being awesome.

A bit of Wednesday Wisdom 🤓

This month's #Mondettes picked by @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social ⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Kathryn made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/september-...

Thanks @thehooletsnook.bsky.social for publishing my 100-word story in this lovely new issue! And thanks @smokelong.bsky.social workshop for the prompt and group feedback that shaped this micro.

Brevity literary magazine showcases essays by @stevenchurch.bsky.social, @marjiealonso.com. Richard Robbins, Toni Judnitch, Heather Shaw, @mollyakin.bsky.social , @jtwattles.bsky.social, Dana Wall, Heather Kindree Thomas, @suelick.bsky.social, Julie Hou, and Lori White. brevitymag.com

"She wallpapered the hallways with notes in every color of the rainbow—you got this, i believe in you, you are stronger than you think." Stunning @tracieadams.bsky.social I'll never see a sticky note in the same way. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

Cannot wait! Yes!🙌🏽

I've got a speculative CNF piece in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social Gastronomy Issue today. I wrote this in an @avitusbcarle.bsky.social workshop. Thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social friend @lmbayley.bsky.social for feedback.. Check out the whole delicious issue! www.theargylelitmag.com/theme-04-gas...

Excellent interview with @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 👇🏼

"Somewhere over an ocean, the sun is rising like a hard ball of jawbreaker candy, dusting its cinnamon heat over waves. Remember this." Love the progression towards hope in this beautiful piece from @tracieadams.bsky.social

BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS

MUCH GRATITUDE TO @jenwithwords.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and all the WONDERFUL EDITORS AT LITERARY NAMJOONING for including "Sticky Notes for a Downcast Soul" in Issue 2 literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/sticky-notes-for-a-downcast-soul-by-tracie-adams

Another banger @thorntonforreal.bsky.social in @epistemiclit.bsky.social . "She’d press the edges of the crust into little ‘u’s like the curled up edges of a sweater. A ruffle you could eat." 🧡

BEAUTY IN BROKENNESS 💔

Coming soon to a lit mag near you, this eclipse season... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary #vibeyvibes

Shout out to my @smokelong.bsky.social summer group for feedback on “Adrift” and big thanks to EIC Courtney Harler for publishing it today in Flash the Court. flashthecourt.com/2025/09/05/a...

Delish!

Another speculative CNF piece written in my @smokelong.bsky.social summer group, published today in Masque and Spectacle. masqueandspectaclejournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/w...

Doric Literary is ALWAYS open for submissions! Fiction 1000-8000 words No fee Tiny honorarium Editor reads every submission No cover letter required Submit via email Top 10 fastest response time listed @duotrope.com doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

“like scribbled sutures, let his wind-bone shoulder drag” @chrissystegmanpoet.bsky.social in @rattlepoetry.bsky.social with this amazing ekphrastic piece

Want to spend 90 minutes playing around with different voices? Come join me next Saturday at 9 BST for "I Hear Voices" where we'll ponder the levels of voice, the constellation of tonal influences, and stuff like authenticity and balance: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...