First up on our 10-year anniversary list is the host, author, and founder of TW, @joshdale.co Come through to our free event at A Novel Idea. 11/22 from 5-7PM. We will love your company, camaraderie, and charity as we celebrate small business and indie literature in one legendary night.

New sticker dropped: Read independent literature :) / or face dire consequences :(

We love all of the chapbook submissions. Please note that we are not open for long-form fiction & novels/poetry books/nonfiction. We will not be reading these emailed submissions and don’t wish for anyone to get the wrong idea. Thank you for understanding.

Moran Press hand-sewn journals are in! Some will be for Westies Book Club members, others for the 10 year anniversary reading. We love artisan goods.

Pushcart nominations are happening next week.

VEHICLE ™️

1 of 2: #Philly #literary folk, mark your calendars now! The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work. #fiction #poetry #schmoozing

So many hot books

See you soon

Thirty West is happy to welcome Ben Tanzer to the TW family. HUMAN NOISE, a literary short story collection, will see publication in the winter of 2027.

In a couple of evenings, you’ll listen to @kristintenor.bsky.social read on Zoom, the author of all debut, award-winning chapbook that we’ve had the honor of publishing. See you Wednesday at 8pm. Sign up for free here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Meat Man takes on Textual Healing. Listen now. 🥩 Thanks @mallorysmart.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/episode/6BcE...

Happy Halloween! While the reading is next week, many literary treats from soon-to-be 2x TW author @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social will be at our 10 year anniversary Zoom reading. Come out on 11/5 from 8-10PM EST! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

How many days left to submit? Not many days. Subs close Nov 15 and ANOTHER Mercury retrograde is coming even faster than that so templeinacity.com/submit-writi...

One of our newest Thirty West authors @agvalentine.bsky.social will be reading for you all this coming Wednesday from 8-10PM EST. Register now for this free event on Zoom. Hope to see you there! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On November 6th, I’ll be reading with the Troublemaker Firestarter Series alongside Olivia Braley, @joshdale.co, Sean Hanrahan, and James Penna Register here: luma.com/z6tj5s4k?fbc...

Gandalf the Undead for Halloween 2025

Pondering my orb (submittable queue)

Imagine if we obtain 666 chapbook submissions on the spookiest day of the year?

From @joshdale.co Ghosts, goblins, & goobers: this is the biggest Halloween treat. You: order a cool Thirty West book. Me: give at least 1 free chapbook from my library. Let me tell you, there’s like 100 others but these I’m willing to cast away. Be Spooky 👻 👹 💀 thirtywestph.com/shop

This will be so crazy and I’m already insanely ready

6 days until the 10-year reading. Come through and see JP Infante, a 2x published TW author, and more stellar writers, for one night only on Zoom. You can't miss this one! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Change one letter, ruin a candy. Knickers

Hypothetical book festival

7 deadly sins? Then why do you feel alive when you commit them?

One week to go. Come through and listen to TW chapbook extraordinaire @sjoshuaprice.bsky.social! Register for free and celebrate a decade of indie literature. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Just over a week to go. Come through and listen to TW chapbook extraordinaire, @chelseastickle.bsky.social ! Register for free and celebrate a decade of indie literature. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I’ve only successfully gotten 1 job that I genuinely enjoyed and it was only for 2 months as a part time contractor

Underdog poets that never support contemporaries but retweet high vis lit mags habitually

Entitled poet claims fairness at the open mic but goes over time

Asshole poet that has no time to read lit mags but clearly the audience isn’t ready for their manifesto

Broke poet that can’t come out tonight but always has his buddies’ new book

Empath poet that says I Love You jn private and ignores you in public

Academic poet that is ostracized by colleagues

Working class poet that happens to be everywhere except work

Older lady saw me typing away at the park and asked how the Great American Novel is coming along and wow she couldn’t have been further from the truth.

666 words written today 🤘

This is how you close down October and (more than likely) our festival year! Thank you Tianna & Natural Lands for the magic 🍄 🧙‍♂️ Remember folks: escape the mundane as often as possible!

Hype as hell. Congrats Adrian!

Rather have a TBR from floor to ceiling than be a writer that never reads

Adulthood is watching your favorite candy bar slowly increase in price until you die

The stairs: let’s trip this mf My shoe: sorry boss they got me My face: call an ambulance My right hand & arm: but not for me

Get submitting or succumb to the autumnal rot

Vacation next month and realistically may only be able to read 2 of the following 5 books. Which 2 are you choosing for ~10 days?

Let’s make some magic!

Vacation next month and realistically may only be able to read 2 of the following 5 books. Which 2 are you choosing for ~10 days?

Born too late to be a foundational contributor, born too early to be a coachable prodigy, born just in time to be a perpetual career journeyman

Thirty West wants to host classes, workshops, panels, and other events online with low fees to the general public, free for Westies Book Club members, and payments to the organizers. Is that model appealing? Would you sign up to lead or attend one?

While I was disappointed the dog dressed as a hotdog did not win the costume contest, I really enjoyed the other candidates (s’mores [winner] & shark)

Good morning. Did you have The Meat Man visit you yet? "Meat Depot, LLC." A zombified meat delivery service story is live on the Textual Healing podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/0u5U...