"if you do not leave a little piece of you in each story you create, you will not face up to the rejection process...if you don’t feel like that little piece of you will die if it doesn’t get shown to the world, it will be difficult to keep pushing forward."

Riverhounds (3) Jacksonville (2) #standupforstandards #uslplayers

genuinely horrible concept. please do go

🌿Call for Submissions🌿 WRITE Between is an online literary publication for adult writers (age 18 or older). It's a space for the stories that live in the in-between places. Deadline to submit is 4/30 #pittsburghwriters #calltoart #writepittsburgh #writers #writebetween #imaginingthefuture

Firepit

Writers in Pittsburgh Critique Workshop (Grist House Brewery, 2026)

One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social is open to submissions for Pro Wrestling Poetry. #CallforSubmissions

"nobody is doing anything" remains a lie meant to soothe the person saying the words. It's not true. YOU may not be doing anything but a lot of people are.

ME: (chastising myself) Careful. We can't just paint every billionaire as an evil NPC with no inner life. They're just people, and we need to understand that if we're ever going to improve society BILLIONAIRE: I'm an empty shell, man. No thoughts up here. I'm essentially a void made to suck up money

Throw back to how much commitment my friends and I put into playing this game when it was still in its draft form. So excited to get to play it someday in its proper glory 🧙‍♂️

North Park 🐶 anything but finishing my draft or grad school apps lol

Enjoy Wrestling 👊🖤🏳️‍🌈

I *teach role-playing at a university* as do many of my colleagues. None of this is new; role-playing & simulation have deep ties to higher ed, pre-dating D&D. However, we teach it as a folk art that belongs to *everyone.* It activates collaborative creative impulses that are quite useful.

I have so many books on my shelves unread. I'm currently furious that I have a job which keeps me from reading them. I wish I had more time.

tierlist for wizards based on how well their title would serve as a trans person's new name S tier: sage A tier: faust B tier: warlock, necromancer C tier: mariner D tier: hierophant F tier: sorcerer

10 readers. 4 literary magazines. One night for the books—both published and forthcoming. We’re very grateful to all the writers and friends who came out to our offsite reading last Friday with @creamcityreview.bsky.social, @baltimorereview.bsky.social, and Lampblack Lit!

Slam at Poetry Lounge PGH 🖤

Godbless the Dunkin in Baltimore Penn Station. A kind of just okay bagel can be so healing at the end of AWP.

AWP 2026 Baltimore 💕