Fascinating theme. My kids are always asking me - “but why are they all naked?” and I only have bad answers but now I wanna write a poem about it (-k)

“I’m calling you a man with a choice.” Loved this small moment with big implications.

Why I love Epistemic @epistemiclit.bsky.social ? 'Topics are selected specifically to engage conversation across genre, culture, age, and personal perspective.' Great interview & thank you so much for the shout-out❤️

A warm sip of joy here from @tracierenee.bsky.social to enjoy on this solstice. The latest addition to our growing joy issue. templeinacity.com/poetry-traci...

Are your kids on winter break and complaining there’s nothing to do? Open up our second issue for them to read and listen, and then print the activity packet! Instant fun! Issue: epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit... Activity packet: epistemiclit.com/wp-content/u...

If you haven’t looked in for while there’s new joy in this. Five new micros or poems since first published and still growing. templeinacity.com/category/joy...

It’s the week before Christmas, all your bosses are on PTO, everything has been pushed back to January… …what’s to stop you from reading Flight 2 at your desk? flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-2/

Psssttttt… Submissions open Jan 1st. Are you ready for a great new year? 👀 #writingcommunity

#BookList - The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2025, from @slj.com I find it very interesting that many of these (most?) were not originally written or published in English. 100scopenotes.com/2025/12/01/t...

I just submitted to this! Maybe you want to too? #Haiku goldentriangledc.com/event/golden...

So you know these fine folks? You should. Now you can.

A year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time. Trigger your imagination. Interrogate your idea. Uncover the implications. Find your story in Seed 357! medium.com/@nshooter11/... #366StorySeeds #storyidea #storyprompt #writingprompt #inspiration #creativity #justwrite #writeon #ideaoftheday

Want to know more about how we operate and what we look for? Check out this interview @melruthwrites.bsky.social did with @duotrope.com ! duotrope.com/interview/ed...

I’m thinking of submitting a syllabus for the Literature & Genre Gen Ed designation (under which I teach Lit & Games) for Short Stories. I want a course that teaches all the most fucked-up short stories that traumatized people in HS (or later). What is your favorite fucked up short story?*

It really is a gem! Thank you for reading and sharing @epistemiclit.bsky.social @tracieadams.bsky.social #microfiction #literary #nomination

And our final piece from Issue 2: Trustworthy, a Young #Fiction Highlight: “Tag” by Abigail Houlihan — a comic about helping a friend epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...

kith crit: cohort one

#BookRelease from @melruthwrites.bsky.social !!!

We are open to FREE submissions in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and critical book reviews or interviews.

Thank you @epistemiclit.bsky.social

A celebration of our 2025 catalog, contributors, team and more in our latest (and last of the year) newsletter! Thank you so much to everyone who read, supported, contributed to, and spread the word about Little Thoughts Press in 2025! littlethoughtspress.beehiiv.com/p/thank-you-...

What are your favorite small litmags that publish non-fiction? Looking for some places to start submitting opinion pieces/essays that are political/political-adjacent.

#PoemsAbout #Money is live. Write from the wreckage of gift wrap and guilt. Post today–Thursday. Tag your work. Use Alt Text. #TakeRisks #EndOnAnImage #AvoidCliché Engage with 3+. Sign up: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

We’re building a poetry award that truly matters. A prize that will elevate deserving poets, not those who can afford entry fees. It’s #ByWritersForWriters, and we’re so close to funding it. 🔗

A little Speculative Poetry PSA: If you have something speculative poetry related to share, tag us! We'd love to support/boost you ✨

is there interest? this would be a cohort made up of writers/poets systemically excluded from trad lit ed spaces. you'd bring what you're able and get what you need. it would cost zero dollars.

Sugary, bookish joy!

Look for more joy soon. We know this time of year is tough for many. We hope some slivers of happiness can lighten the load.

Psst I still want to read your book even if it didn't make any lists. ❤️

I have some sad news to share, folks 😔 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-10-wil...

Next up on our Young Fiction Highlight: Telling the Truth by Madelyn Houlihan — comic-style depiction of that moment when you decide whether or not to lie epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...

This is such an honor! Thank you, @epistemiclit.bsky.social 🙏💛

Very honored to be nominated by this wonderful journal run by amazing people. You can read or listen to it here epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...

Today we wrap up our Issue 2 spotlights with our Young Fiction Highlights — three comic-strip/graphic novel style pieces by kids! First up is “T-Rex and Bat,” in which Bat learns his new friend will catch him when he falls. By my ( @kristinwrites.bsky.social ) 7yo son, Ethan.

Our nominees for Best Small Fictions: Barbara Reese Yager @fbereaud.bsky.social @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social James B Nicola #BestSmallFictions #Fiction #Awards

“But I remembered the brass coin and the single tear. I remembered the warmth of my coat when I slipped it back on. And I remembered her voice telling us, very simply, not to lose it.” #Fiction #KidLit A story of kids being trusted with an important task, by @zaryfekete.bsky.social in Issue 2!

Day 18 #ArtAdventCalendar • Here is my #SciArt #embroidery cell map (2020), which plays with the idea of the cell as a landscape and labels as poetic text. I wrote about this piece in detail on my blog: liapas.com/2020/09/07/n...

"there are many theories of what really birthed the structure we sent back through space." My final poem of 2025 is out now! Read "coral on mars" here: sites.google.com/newmyths.com...

milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/12/18/i... …and the wait is over! Super stoked to be part of this awesome mag!

Things making me happy right now. Mommy & Me sweatshirts.

Issue 2 Spotlight on @joelgloverauthor.bsky.social ! Read his delightful story in which Albert the Robin learns a lesson about lying and friendship. #Fiction #KidLit epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...

A good long list of #poetry published in 2025, put together by @clmporg.bsky.social. I’ve added several to my TBR — including one by contributor Dee Allen! #EpistemicLitFamily #BookList #BookSky www.clmp.org/news/poetry-...

Gorgeousness.

ICYMI! More spotlights to come today!

Issue 2 (by kid request!) includes activities related to the theme and the writing and artwork included in the issue. You can find a downloadable and printable PDF packet of all the activities, for a range of ages and abilities, under “Teacher Resources,” and here: epistemiclit.com/wp-content/u...

Time for some #Fiction! In “PowerUpPlus” @ianbrownlie.bsky.social explores what someone might do with an app that gives them powers! Would you do what Mitra does? epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...

Contributor Dan Berick shared this story with me today, published yesterday in @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social — and I thought you all might want to read it too. (I suggest you do. It’s good!) #EpistemicLitFamily #Fiction lastsyllablelit.com/twice-a-week...

That’s right! I will be judging the next Members’ Poetry Competition on the theme of ‘Fairytales’ 🍎❄️🐺🧚🏾🏰🐸🩸🦢🪞🧜🏻‍♀️ (And congrats to Mary)

Issue 2 YOUNG POET HIGHLIGHT!!! “People I Trust” by Finn Rotert is beautiful in its simplicity, and really worth listening to Finn read it aloud! The #poem is paired with a drawing by Abigail Houlihan, of a person she trusts — “Mom” epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...