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It’s back 😏 Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️ www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag... Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!

Thrilled to have my first story in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social. www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...

Hey, vote for us! www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag... @chillsubs.bsky.social

"When my daughter insisted I live with her, I refused." New fiction: "Wings in the Dark" by Beth Sherman aka @bsherm36.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/sherman/w...

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Need some writing inspiration? ✏️ Check out these notebooks by @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social featuring flash prompts from contributor @kathyfish.bsky.social! buff.ly/UpOj2s9

"The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode." New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...

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"The sky is so big here, you say, stretching your arms wide as we wade through the tall grass at the base of the basalt cliffs." New fiction: "We are always talking about the light" by Kate Lavelle www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lavelle/w...

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it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home. you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

My new favorite @dinalrelles.bsky.social piece." If you ask me about love, I’ll show you late winter light on the farmland—some liminal thing." Read it in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙

"I handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry." New CNF: "Departures" by Dina L. Relles aka @dinalrelles.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/de...

Congrats to our Best of the Net noms this year: "Tether" by Meghan Phillips "Queen" by Nora Nadjarian "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall "The Theory of Infinite Hurrahs" by Angela Townsend @mcarphil.bsky.social @noranadj.bsky.social @kanandgall.bsky.social

"Gregor does not believe in an afterlife, though he has more proof than most that one exists." New fiction: "Gregor, the Saint of Close Calls" by Spencer Nitkey aka @spencerwriting.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/nitkey/gr...

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I ❤️ @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social

"You have to go way back. Our very early selves. Simple lives but hard ones." New fiction: "The Invention of Kissing" by Jeffrey Hermann aka @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hermann/t...

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Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this flash of mine! On mice and experimental procedures and things 🐁 www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...

"Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much." New fiction: "Means of Survival" by Lucy Zhang matchbooklitmag.com/mb/zhang/mea...

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"Gazing out the window, I am grateful for this semi-tropical plant whose hardiness is a touchstone of relief in my life, a Thing That Cannot Be Destroyed." New CNF: "Meditation on Immigrant Moraine" by K Anand-Gall www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/anand-gal...

A new lit mag ratings system unveiled at @chillsubs.bsky.social If you like matchbook, do us a solid and rate us! www.chillsubs.com/magazine/mat...

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A belated THANK YOU to @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social I was one of the lucky winners of the matchbook notebook complete with flash fiction writing prompts by @kathyfish.bsky.social I love it!

"She doesn’t turn onto Jewel. She keeps going. Straight. Takes her chances." New fiction: "Speed" by Diane Gottlieb aka @dianegotauthor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/gottlieb/...

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A literal dream publication of mine! I'm so excited that this story about bodies and belonging is out in the world. I hope you give a read. "Birthmark" is now live in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

"The birthmark changes shape if you look closely enough." New fiction: "Birthmark" by Christina Tudor aka @christinaltudor.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/tudor/bir...

It was really heartening to see this! My piece, "Cracks," published last year in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social was chosen as a favorite essay of 2024 (from little magazines) by Robert Erle Barham in Current! currentpub.com/2024/12/19/o...

My first publication in Matchbook! Also, a reminder that subs close today. 🩵💙🩵

“The coat closet at Aunt Belinda’s was always colder than the rest of the house.” New fiction: “So Then We Planted Her a Rosebush” by Kathryn Kulpa aka @writesofkathryn.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/kulpa/so-...

Congrats to Gabe Durham aka @gabedurham.bossfightbooks.com for his mb piece "Gourd Girl" being selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 Long List! Read it here: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/durham/go...

Subs close this Monday!

Now I understand (I think correctly?) that the #ArchiveChallenge is for journals that are at least 10 years old but not necessarily pieces from more than 10 years ago(?), adding these brilliant @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social to my recommendations...

This challenge starts June 25th. Read the archives of a favorite flash journal and get your name in the hat to win $400. www.smokelong.com/the-archive-...

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Submit! Matchbook is one of the best!

Submissions open! Until June 30. www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines

**Submissions open tomorrow, June 23!** Keep tabs on our guidelines page for when the link goes live: www.matchbooklitmag.com/guidelines

We repeat:

This month's #Mondettes picked by @chriscottom.bsky.social ⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions 🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Chris made these brilliant picks 🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing mondettes.substack.com/p/june-2025

Over the moon to have my short prose piece in the awesome @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hebert/go...

"Jorge took me to the Portara in Naxos, which could be Apollo’s temple or maybe Athena’s." New fiction: "Goddess of the New Millennia" by Mureall Hebert aka @mureallhebert.bsky.social matchbooklitmag.com/mb/hebert/go...

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**Announcement** We've produced a blank notebook for writers! It contains flash prompts throughout from @kathyfish.bsky.social. Just comment with a link to your favorite mb piece on any of our social accounts to be entered to win one of five free copies! www.matchbooklitmag.com/blank-notebo...

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You should subscribe to @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 's Substack! It's chock full of great things. Some cool surprises coming your way as well! 👀 💙