MoonLit Getaway’s Annual Art Contest is open for submissions. Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry. #Painting #Sculpture #Illustration #Photography #DigitalPainting #TextileArt #LineDrawing #Printmaking #FolkArt #Collage #MixedMedia #VisualArt #Artwork #Artist

MoonLit Getaway’s Annual Art Contest is open for submissions. Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry. #Painting #Sculpture #Illustration #Photography #DigitalPainting #TextileArt #LineDrawing #Printmaking #FolkArt #Collage #MixedMedia #VisualArt #Artwork #Artist

Blue Trees by Jackie Morisette. Watercolour on Paper. Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry. #Multidisciplinary #Artist #Watercolours #Acrylics #Painting #Interview

Read MoonLit Getaway’s interview with writer, poet, scholar Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike: buff.ly/I00uu8n Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #BookSky #LitMag #5amWritersClub

Blue Trees by Jackie Morisette. Watercolour on Paper. Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry. #Multidisciplinary #Artist #Watercolours #Acrylics #Painting #Interview

The submission deadline for our annual art contest is fast approaching. Don't miss out! #ArtContest #ArtCommunity #Painting #Sculpture #Illustration #Photography #DigitalPainting #TextileArt #LineDrawing #Printmaking #FolkArt #Collage #MixedMedia #VisualArt #Artwork #Artist #ArtMag #Magazine

"The Ghost of Chuck Wong" by Bart Edelman Read the whole poem: buff.ly/KZhaHiM #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #LitMag #Poem #Poet #Poetry

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The deadline for MoonLit Getaway’s 2026 Art Contest is fast approaching. All styles and forms are accepted, including photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, digital art, fashion, collage, and more. All entries are considered for publication. Follow @mgliterary.bsky.social

In our first Behind the Byline feature for issue 47.1, staff reader Autumn Mitchell talks with author Ranbir Sidhu about subjectivity, the racial politics of failure, and rejecting self-commodification in his essay "The Art of Failure." Read their exchange here: nereview.com/behind-the-b...

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Susan Glickman's "At Dawn, the Mist" from Issue 178! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/at-daw... #featuredread #poetry #poetsofbluesky

We're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking fwd to reading your words... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Delighted to announce our second short story award! Judged by the completely amazing and talented Donald Ryan! We are so lucky to have him on board for this and so are you! Check the post out below. Details on Substack. Link in Bio. www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-frazzl...

I Can Hear the Light by Erika Schmidt I Can Hear the Light explores my fascination with synesthesia. I find it beautiful to see music in colors, or to imagine that words can have a smell. Read our interview with Erika on MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Photography #Artwork #Art #MoonLitGetaway

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The deadline for MoonLit Getaway’s 2026 Art Contest is fast approaching. All styles and forms are accepted, including photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, digital art, fashion, collage, and more. All entries are considered for publication. Follow @mgliterary.bsky.social

Clean is Good 2 by Erika Schmidt was captured at the Gellert Thermal Baths in Budapest, an architectural jewel. "I didn’t even dip my toe in the water—just taking in the beauty of the place was enough for me." Read our interview with Erika on MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Photography #Artwork #Art

I’m writing a short story collection about Canadian soldiers in the Afghanistan War. @TheNewQuarterly.bsky.social published one of those stories yesterday! I’ve been a fan of TNQ for a while, so I’m thrilled to see my words in its pages. #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub #LitMag #AmWriting #BookSky

Clean is Good by Erika Schmidt Clean Is Good was captured at the Gellert Thermal Baths in Budapest, an architectural jewel. I didn’t even dip my toe in the water—just taking in the beauty of the place was enough for me. Read our interview with Erika on MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Photography #Art

I’m writing a short story collection about Canadian soldiers in the Afghanistan War. @TheNewQuarterly.bsky.social published one of those stories yesterday! I’ve been a fan of TNQ for a while, so I’m thrilled to see my words in its pages. #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub #LitMag #AmWriting #BookSky

Honoured to contribute a story to this issue alongside a group of outstanding writers and poets. “The Call of the Void” is part of a collection in progress about Canadian soldiers in the Afghanistan War. The linked stories explore themes of combat, relationships, grief, and military culture.

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” —J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye #5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #Books #BookSky

Our spring issue is now live on our website and available for purchase! 🎉 Issue 178: The Slowdown features new Dispatches essays and shortlisted essays from our 2025 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. Grab your copy today: shorturl.at/PhJ5K #newreleases #litmags #amreading

Women by Erika Schmidt Women has a Film Noir feeling to it. Cinema and literature have a big influence in what I do. Creating images that can have a story or narrative is something that I quite enjoy. Read our interview with Erika on MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Photography #Artwork #Art #VisualArt

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Brittany Amos' "The Love Language of Roaches" from Issue 178! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/the-lo... #readersofbluesky #fiction #amreading

Honoured to contribute a story to this issue alongside a group of outstanding writers and poets. “The Call of the Void” is part of a collection in progress about Canadian soldiers in the Afghanistan War. The linked stories explore themes of combat, relationships, grief, and military culture.

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” —J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye #5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #Books #BookSky

Read "The Ghost of Chuck Wong" by Bart Edelman on: MoonLitGetaway.com/new-poetry/the-ghost-of-chuck-wong #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #LitMag #5amWritersClub

🌷 De kerk van het Texelse Den Hoorn 'tussen' rode en paarse tulpen! Een klassiek lenteplaatje dat ik vorige week heb gemaakt op het Waddeneiland... #lente

The Gentleman by Erika Schmidt The Gentleman is a photograph taken at the Opera House in Vienna. This This is a man of mystery, he could be a spy, who knows? I like thinking up little stories to go with my pictures. Read our interview with Erika on MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Photography #Artwork

"I went to an old people's home. I asked an old lady with a Zimmer frame. "Do you know who I am?" She replied, "Ask the Matron, she'll tell you." Frank Carson

Night in the City by Erika Schmidt Night in the City is taken outside The Chelsea Hotel in NYC on Halloween night while I was out for an adventure. Read our interview with Erika on MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Photography #Artwork #Art #VisualArt #MoonLitGetaway

I just finished the reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy and it absolutely destroyed me. Having a small son, and having just lost my father, this horrific masterpiece hit close to home. It reminded me to cherish every moment with my little boy and helped me appreciate the good in my life.

"Tuesday, January 14, 1986, 5pm, Vail Colorado: Terrific day. Headed out early. Patsy insisted we wear new matching neon green and purple ski suits. Snow was fresh and powdery." Read "The Travel Diary of Mr. Peter Davis Clark": buff.ly/VoV7wTu #5amWritersClub #5amWritersClub

Read our interview with writer, poet, scholar Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike: buff.ly/I00uu8n #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #BookSky #LitMag

Read "Mr. Hanley's Accordion" by Baskin Cooper: buff.ly/sgnp6G8 #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #WordPorn

Blue Moon (No. 1) compiles all the 2025 editions of Artist Spotlight into a single publication. The first volume features Katerina Grancharova, Robin Duncan, Tatiana Anisimova, and Aida Gradina. Download a copy for free on MoonLitGetaway.com Follow @MGLiterary #Art #Artwork #Artist

Blue Moon (No. 1) compiles all the 2025 editions of Artist Spotlight into a single publication. The first volume features Katerina Grancharova, Robin Duncan, Tatiana Anisimova, and Aida Gradina. Download a copy for free on MoonLitGetaway.com Follow @MGLiterary #Art #Artwork #Artist

The Last Shift by Erika Schmidt The Last Shift is about how nothing comforts me more than the feeling of nostalgia for a past that was simpler. Read our interview with Erika on MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Photography #Artwork #Art #VisualArt #MoonLitGetaway

MoonLit Getaway’s Annual Art Contest is open for submissions. Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry. #Painting #Sculpture #Illustration #Photography #DigitalPainting #TextileArt #LineDrawing #Printmaking #FolkArt #Collage #MixedMedia #VisualArt #Artwork #Artist

Calling all artists! MoonLit Getaway’s Annual Art Contest is open to almost all forms, including photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, collage and more. Follow @mgliterary.bsky.social

Read Two Poems by Srija Upadhyay on MoonLitGetaway.com Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for more remarkable poetry. #PoetryCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity

Tudo bem by Erika Schmidt Tudo bem was taken in Portugal. This entrance is a work of art. I had to wait for somebody to walk by to get my human component and some scale. Read our interview with Erika on buff.ly/aULJCVy #Photography #Artwork #Art #VisualArt #MoonLitGetaway

"Everything he could have said sounded like something too late. And yet the same conversation seemed to play out every day between them in strange rehearsals of temptation in which only she spoke."  Read "Janus" by Maxine Espinoza on MoonLitGetaway.com #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub #LitMag

MoonLit Getaway’s Annual Art Contest is open for submissions. Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry. #Painting #Sculpture #Illustration #Photography #DigitalPainting #TextileArt #LineDrawing #Printmaking #FolkArt #Collage #MixedMedia #VisualArt #Artwork #Artist

Genia Blum sent us this fabulous video to go with her story "Not a Single Brick: The Right of Abode" that appears in our winter issue and I somehow forgot to post it. Whoops! Better late than never! Thanks to Genia and her daughter Daria for this great video! www.youtube.com/shorts/-Lcrl...

"The sun glared down on the paddy field where she lay. She looked about his size and age, blonde hair and a dark green dress. Next to her floated a man in a muddied white shirt, blue jeans, cowboy boots, and a black hat." Read "A Yellow Speck": buff.ly/ghg9wQW #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub

Read Two Poems by Srija Upadhyay on MoonLitGetaway.com Follow @MGLiterary.bsky.social for more remarkable poetry. #PoetryCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity

Calling all artists! MoonLit Getaway’s Annual Art Contest is open to almost all forms, including photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, collage and more. Follow @mgliterary.bsky.social

Stop! Look! Listen! this week to Issue 307 contributor Chris Yurkoshi's @ccyurkoski.bsky.social listening recommendation The World Is On Fire by Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few. thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...

At the Met by Erika Schmidt People in art dedicated spaces is a favourite motif of mine. I enjoy the art but also how the human form interacts in these environments. At the Met reflects that fascination, capturing the subtle interplay between viewer and art. More: MoonLitGetaway.com/blog #Art