Wahoo!!! Congrats to my fellow cohort members and fantastic writers :)

The fabulous author François Bereaud, whose play was published in Last Syllable Issue 3, visits our table at AWP! We hope more friends of Last Syllable stop by booth #946 to say hello.

my biggest hater has been spotted at #AWP2025 @josiahroberts.bsky.social @eldiagram.bsky.social

🚨 Exciting News! 🚨 The wait is almost over—"Last Syllable" Issue 4 is dropping in just ONE week! Get ready for a stunning collection of poetry, prose, and ideas that linger long after the last word. Stay tuned—you won’t want to miss this! 🔥📖 #LastSyllable #Issue4 #ComingSoon

Hey, that’s me! What a fun conference. I learned so much and was honored to present alongside my super duper amazing coworker @sacornwell.bsky.social :)

It was such a pleasure to present my poster at the #SoCalWCA2025 conference. :) I met so many cool writing center people and had so much fun!

we put aside our differences for robbie’s awesome nonfiction workshop. when it ends we go back to fighting 🔪💅🦅

why did no one tell me the super bowl is today :( i had to be jumpscared by my family group chat

had the pleasure of being in an epic class where we read bluets and syzygy beauty and then yapped about them for 3 hours ‼️‼️‼️ thanks for a great convo :)

me to thesis advisor: i will work on my thesis soooo much over break don’t even stressss 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 me furiously typing on the 5 hr plane ride back to school: this totally counts as working on it over break. i am so #productive 💅 (aforementioned thesis advisor, when u see this, no u didn’t)

Nonfiction: @poetrybyemma.bsky.social Poetry/Nonfiction: @josiahroberts.bsky.social Poetry: @jess1et.bsky.social Poetry: Tony Le Calvez @plnuwritingma.bsky.social

Happy New Year!

A little late—but what an amazing opportunity to read and hear others read at Verbatim books last Thursday. So impressed by all my fellow grad students and by the headliners Kazim Ali and @mcrane12.bsky.social! What a fun night :)

just turned in my last assignment of the semester thinking yay!! i’m done!!! before coming to the SICK realization that MY students turned in their finals that I have to GRADE. bonkers bananagrams i thought i was on break but ALAS.

Take a look at this awesome play we got to publish in our open genre section of Last Syllable!

Go check out this epic long form fantasy fiction piece that I adored!

TOMORROW.

Endlessly in awe and in love with this incredible and moving poem — such needed work, please give it a read.

Go check these amazing poems out!

It's here! Issue 3 of @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social is live, and it's amazing. 😊 lastsyllablelit.com

We <3 all our editors!!! The nonfic pieces in this issue are so incredible. Go Sarah!

literallyyyyy #bonk

LAST SYLLABLE ISSUE 3 JUST WENT LIVE !!! check it out on lastsyllablelit.com

San Diego Poets!! Come say hi <3

I ❤️ WRR and U should Too!!!

So excited for this reading!!! Can’t wait to hear what everyone’s been working up this semester

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR SOME AMAZING LONG FORM STUFF IN OUR NEXT ISSUE

just tried to use a gift card at panera and it had 2 cents left on it. devastating, past self has it out for me.

99% of the time spent writing an essay consists of me looking up synonyms until i find the word i want. i spend the majority of my revision process playing twenty questions with thesaurus.com

Grad student readers: @sacornwell.bsky.social, @megcoley.bsky.social, @itmebugail.bsky.social, @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social, @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @josiahroberts.bsky.social, @jess1et.bsky.social, among others. verbatimbooks.com/events/#even... Come hear voices in all kinds of lit! 📖🎄🔥 🙌🏽

I buy a book the same way I buy a bottle of wine: do I like the little picture on the front, do I like the little blurb on the back, and does it look like it’ll &#% me up for $12

this is my contribution to the office christmas decor (luke skywalker and darth vader elves on the shelf)

Our second issue is out NOW! Go read it at the link below! lastsyllablelit.com/issue-ii

San Diego writers: Get this @plnuwritingma.bsky.social reading on your calendars! Headliners: Kazim Ali and Mac Crane Readers: @sacornwell.bsky.social, @itmebugail.bsky.social, @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social, @poetrybyemma.bsky.social, @josiahroberts.bsky.social, @jess1et.bsky.social, among others.