Hi Bluesky, I (@lyneka.bsky.social) will be out until next week. While I am away, @carlacanning.bsky.social will be holding things down, and @kashawntaylor.bsky.social will be around as he continues learning about audience. Please give them a warm welcome on Tues. See y'all at the end of the month!

Thoroughly enjoying the work I’ve been doing the past two weeks with @prisonjournalism.bsky.social 🤗

Randy first met grandson Travion during a prison visit when the boy was 2 years old. Twenty-five years later, they were incarcerated together.

Former incarcerated man buys NC prison to help others who have served time.

"The number of women who are diabetic here at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women doubled from approximately 35 to about 70 during the pandemic," writes Chanell in 2021.

Had a wonderful meeting with Miette of Whiskey Tit Books. I think my collection of essays and short stories may have found its forever home 😍

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Thanks to electronic tablets, we have the access and privacy needed for meaningful conversations. Here's how tablets are reshaping life in some prisons.

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Got an acceptance from brawl this morning! Happy Tuesday !

With rising prices and low pay, incarcerated people struggle to meet even their most basic needs.

New poem published last Saturday by Outskirts Literary Magazine. Listen to me read it and check out the full issue! Shout out to my best friend for being the best. www.outskirtslit.com/kashawn-taylor #poetry #poetrycommunity #writers

This is so awesome! Thank you so much for sharing as well. Please, let me know what you think 😀

Reading this week: @kashawntaylor.bsky.social

What Is the Role of the Prison Journalist? Story via @inquest.bsky.social.

How one writer capitalized on a market disruption.

A group of people studied long and hard to produce a booklet to help men with life sentences prepare for their chance at freedom.

Sadness overtook me after I went deaf as an adult. Then a close friend lifted me up and helped me navigate a silent world.

Grab a copy of subhuman. Write a review, send me thoughts and comments. #criminaljustice #writingcommunity #poetry

My collection of essays and short stories may have found a home 🥺🥺🥺

🎉 Good morning! It's New Year's Eve and I believe we're about $5,000 from our goal. It feels like we're so close to the finish line.

Hi all, we have about 27 hours to meet our goal of raising $50K by Dec. 31. If you have been moved by one of our stories, please consider contributing to our EOY fundraiser. PJP is a nonprofit org that needs the support of our readers to keep doing this work. Share, tag, support, amplify, please.

We’re working to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31 to keep this momentum going by supporting more writers, amplifying more stories, and strengthening literacy, understanding, and ultimately democracy. If you'd like to support our work ⤵️ prisonjournalismproject.fundjournalism.org/prisonjourna...

It’s not the KonMari Method. But the Convict Method shares a similar result. "When we embrace a minimalist lifestyle, we can take this new mentality into every aspect of our life," writes Leo in "The Life-Changing Joy of Tidying My Prison Cell."

Support on Sunday @artbyseranya.bsky.social @arwashington.bsky.social @littlebitespoetry.bsky.social @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @janpsolivagant.bsky.social @rayhourigan.bsky.social @anntigone.bsky.social @yeehawpoems.bsky.social

What better poem for the first day, and first Sunday, of winter? Happy solstice, everyone. From Robert Hayden's Collected Poems. #poem #books #writing

Has anyone ever went to Burlington? Is every single store feel so close and cramped? 😭

Got an acceptance from SoFloPoJo yesterday 🥳🥳

Donate to the Prison Journalism Project and I will paint your own fur baby as a gift! They are doing great work for artists behind bars. #art #cat #catsofbluesky #furbaby #petart

Birthday dinner. Love my friends. Here’s to 33!

Got myself an early birthday gift.

Here’s my #poem “Poem in which I Say Nice Things to Myself” as it appears in latest issue of Route 7 Review. Check out the full issue: www.r7review.com/copy-of-subm... #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Meet Kashawn, y'all. ICYMI, last night, Kashawn joined us at Voices From the Inside and shares some scoop. The news: He joins us as our first 2026 Audience Engagement Fellow. That means very soon, you'll see more of him around these parts. So happy to have him as a member of the team!!

Federal agents tossed tear gas canisters, released pepper spray and fired pepper balls at protesters, journalists and other observers during an operation Friday at a taco shop on the west side of Tucson, Arizona. See video from the scene:

Here’s my #poem “Poem in which I Say Nice Things to Myself” as it appears in latest issue of Route 7 Review. Check out the full issue: www.r7review.com/copy-of-subm... #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Finally got an acceptance from poetry online 🥲

Poetry is an act of peace. —Pablo Neruda #quote

Come meet me tomorrow!

My birthday is in exactly a week 😩

"The Braille program is difficult to get into. It only has 19 available positions, with four of those reserved for new trainees. The other 15 are given to people who have received their Braille certification from the Library of Congress."

Mithrellas Curtis, incarcerated at the Fluvanna Correctional Center, always makes ‘magic out of thin air’ — no matter where she celebrates the holidays.

More new books!!! Excited to get into these soon!

My new collection of #poetry is out now! www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/subh...

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Here’s how your donation helps ⤵️ ☑️ Provides journalism training for incarcerated writers. ☑️ Offers edit-coaching support so writers can grow their skills. ☑️ Maintains a publication that brings their stories outside prison walls. ☑️ Keeps our stories free for families and communities.

PJP is a nonprofit. That means every story we publish and every writer we train is made possible because people like you choose to support this work. We rely on our community to keep this platform free and accessible to anyone behind the walls who wants to learn, write and be heard.

Hi Bluesky, Giving Tuesday is almost here, and I’m asking y'all for extra support tomorrow. As most of you know, Prison Journalism Project trains and publishes the work of incarcerated writers so their stories can be heard. We are aiming to raise $50,000 before the end of the year

Want to develop a poetry 101 course for the place I teach. Just for funsies to throw it out there and see if it catches! Send me some ideas/topics/poems to study! #poetrycommunity

Hurricane Pastoral, a new poetry collection. Sundress Publications, January 2027.