Love seeing newcomers

Thirty West is thrilled to have Anna, Kristine, Chelsea, and Adam come by booth 724 to sign their books/chapbooks. Come by and get a signed copy, maybe a photo with the author? Let’s make it happen. See you soon.

Greek gods for kids at the diner

If your livelihood leaves you browbeaten, weary, and full of despair, it’s not a LIVElihood, it’s a DEATHlihood. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I can’t wait.

Closing down February with Shome Dasgupta, author of TENTACLES NUMBING, but in this case, a fabulously mystical piece of fiction. “The Teeth and Cloth Festival.” Read it now 🐺 open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

The 2026 chapbook project is a unique one for TW. We commissioned the inimitable Olivia’s Ink Illustrations who we met last year at a mushroom festival. Her artwork is perfect for us & we can’t wait to reveal the jacket design soon. In the meantime, say hello!

I hope the jujitsu-practicing, sexapalooza-having, butterfingered upstairs neighbor is moving

So hype!

F: bike machine M: treadmill K: elliptical

Open for submissions for an exclusive, poetry-only call for National Poetry Month. Reading until 3-15. Send up to your best 5 poems within 5 pages, and we will pay you $3 per poem. All poems accepted will be published this April. Do it for the love of poetry! thirtywest.submittable.com

AWP Chapbook Assembly Day 2

Happy third birthday to this cutie of a collection.

The anticipation is boiling over. Spring Cohort of our 2026 chapbook project goes live Thursday. You’ll meet 4 poets and authors who are ready to see their chapbooks out in the world. You’ll also meet the talented cover designer for all 8 chapbooks. No more playing around!

Honored to publish Hailey and round up a dream team for this

The Thirty West 2026 Chapbook Project is beginning soon. Here is our “lottery” picks of the hundreds of submissions we received. We can’t wait to work with these 8 authors very soon. 0009 0148 0258 0421 0489 0491 0497 0573 @joshdale.co selects the numbers

I’ll be around at AWP this year & hope to see you there! I’ll be at the Thirty West table signing my book, Turmeric & Sugar: Stories, Friday 1:30-2:30pm at Booth 724. I’ll be reading on Saturday at 5pm at Picket Brewing Company for the 804 Lit Salon

If you’re lost in Baltimore during AWP, just follow the sign to Thirty West. Be our guest! 🏡 🚗

The good news is employers are reading applications. The bad news is none are calling me

It is my honor to publish Thalia!

My favorite kind of own is when old acquaintances act like I’m the one that’s changed/are surprised at my achievements. My responses: true and thank you.

Hmm that’s a nice National Poetry Month. Sure would be a shame if a special submission call arrived

An hour in the life of Meghan Lamb's protagonist of "Harvard and Harlem," a personal essay in Afterimages. Read it now and don't miss your stop. open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

Stacked

Reading a book surrounded by large ai art be like

When a rock band talks about their forthcoming album like 70s porn dialogue, you know that shit will be bad.

Insane third places meme with SpongeBob and Thirty West mashup send tweet

In a world where roasted coffee can have dabbling notes of fruits, candies, nuts, and more, many choose straight black sludge instead

Ball is life but you’re good at canning/jarring

Yesterday, two cohorts of chapbook authors were introduced amongst themselves. The immense pool of talent here is remarkable and rare. 2026 will be our biggest chapbook year since 2020. You ready?

Three years (and one month) ago on a different Friday the 13th, Everything's Changing was released into the wild from the handmade world of @thirtywestph.com. I couldn't think of a better home for such stories of strangeness. If you want a signed copy for $13 (US only), DM me.

Please welcome the author of GLASS LABYRINTH, & 2 other books, to Philly this Sunday! Hailey Spencer is, in the words of her wife, Elizabeth, “an absolute cloud of a girl.” Her work runs in obsessive circles around fairy tales, grief, and healing. See you at Lot 49. Doors at 5; reading at 5:30

Name calling based on aggravation levels Chill: man Neutral: dude Annoyed: buddy Angry: asshole Infuriated: pal

We can’t wait to bring Hailey Spencer to Philly to read from & discuss GLASS LABYRINTH. Here’s one of our featured guests… Olivia Zarzycki is a Philadelphia-based writer, editor of Thirty West and author of the chapbook, strained, is available thru Bottlecap Press. See you at Lot 49. Doors at 5

Another G.L. launch feature is a near-and-dear TW poet... @theoriginalison.bsky.social Alison Lubar is a Nikkei poet & educator. They're the author of "The Other Tree", winner of Harbor Editions' 2023 Laureate Prize, four chapbooks, and more. They are a board member for Philadelphia's Blue Stoop.

Take an Afterimages break with some bubble tea. Anna Oh's fiction "Brown Sugar Eyes with Tapioca Cores" is chill and ready to consume. thirtywest.substack.com/p/brown-suga...

Now, the woman of the hour. RED DEATH PURPLE DARK author, Thalia Geiger! Her work is featured in New York Quarterly, Allegory Ridge, Coffin Bell, Grim & Gilded, and more. She hails from Philadelphia, where she works in journal publishing. thaliageiger.com @thalierr.bsky.social

Drag persona as Louise Glock

A job listing that auto rejects you for not filing in redundant info on your resume or optional, company questions should be illegal

A job listing that auto rejects you for not filing in redundant info on your resume or optional, company questions should be illegal

Hype as hell

“Steady Hands at Seattle General” may just be my favorite short story that I wish I read much earlier. Denis Johnson really is all that.

All 2026 chapbook project submissions have reached a decision. Just shy of 600. A small fraction were accepted. While we wish we could’ve taken up more, it’s a fine number for the cohorts we have planned. We thank you all for your enthusiasm & marvelous writing. Can’t wait to make the announcements!

Introducing another feature for RED DEATH, PURPLE DARK's launch this Friday. Amy Jannotti is editor-in-chief of Bleating Thing Magazine and an author of three chapbooks, most recently ANGELS & INSECTS ARE CREATURES WITH WINGS. We can't wait to see you. Show starts at 6:30!

Book unboxing vids need to get more whimsical

RED DEATH, PURPLE DARK's launch is soon. Let us introduce you to a feature for the evening. Erica Abbott is a poet and writer, author of SELF-PORTRAIT AS A SINKING SHIP, and web editor for Variant Literature. See you this Friday the 13th, 6:30 PM, Neon Clown Dream Lounge!

Imagine saying 69 in Nice, France. Does the populace break out into a chorus?

Remember when I said I can’t write poems anymore? Well I wrote a story yesterday. Nothing Meat Man/Depot. A real human story!

Crusade but it’s me eliminating AI from my family’s Facebook posts

Axl Rose: YKNOW WHERE U ARE? Me: No I’m lost AR: YOURE IN THE JUNGLE BABY! Me: No thanks I’m taken AR: YOURE GONNA DIIIIIEEEEE ME: O_O