Been gone for ten years, it seems. I was offline doing theater things. Opening coalitionworks for joyfully absurd submissions later this week. Podcast coming back online later this summer. Tell your friends. I hope you are all well. Much love. j artscalling.com #writingcommunity #litjournal

A phenomenal conversation with the brilliant Kurt Luchs! TRIBUTARIES, his new collection from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social, is now available. Hope you join us! artscalling.com/2025/12/04/1...

We are all so proud of this book and we would love for you all to read it.

Delighted to share coalitionworks issue 11 is now live! Enjoy the wide-ranging short works and visual art by our brilliant contributors! coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/cw11/

i want to publish your microfiction, poetry, and visual art! joyfully absurd works welcome, several themes to choose from, details here: www.chillsubs.com/magazine/coa...

One of the most quietly powerful presses out there, @epistemiclit.bsky.social, has been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025. Big thanks to Jennifer (@einetogi.bsky.social) for the heartfelt nomination—this one hit us deep. Read the full feature here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...#IndieLitMagGala #SmallPressLove

INAUGURAL COALITIONWORKS BEST OF THE NET NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED!

i want to publish your microfiction, poetry, and visual art! joyfully absurd works welcome, several themes to choose from, details here: www.chillsubs.com/magazine/coa...

Last call for submissions for our Winter issue! Put on those finishing touches and hit submit! It’s free (in most categories)! We would love to see what you have to offer. #litmag #chestnutreview

Final day for #submissions to #Verdigris: #PoetryOfDecay. Poems of tarnish, splendour collapsing, beauty in ruin. Send before midnight: thebrokenspine.co.uk...#submissions#Verdigris:#PoetryOfDecay.#ChooseTuesday #SubmissionWindow

October officially starts tomorrow, which means we open up our submission manager! Get ready to share your prose, poetry, hybrid, and more: massreview.org/new-submissi...

Contest: 2026 High Caliber New Writer Awards horrortree.com/taking-submi... Due: Dec 20 Prizes: 1st: $250, 2nd: $150, 3rd: $100, 4 honorable mention: $50 each Theme: Novella including Military SciFi, Military Fantasy, Military Thriller, General SciFi, High Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery

The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental wellness. Submit today! Details at the link below: buff.ly/2RsvBtt #writingcommunity

Not getting a lot of traction for the coalitionworks calls lately. Tell your weird friends to submit their microfiction, short poetry, or visual art for issue 11! We have three themes to choose from. Pass it on! Details at chillsubs and links at artscalling.com. Much love. 🙏🏽

Not getting a lot of traction for the coalitionworks calls lately. Tell your weird friends to submit their microfiction, short poetry, or visual art for issue 11! We have three themes to choose from. Pass it on! Details at chillsubs and links at artscalling.com. Much love. 🙏🏽

Not getting a lot of traction for the coalitionworks calls lately. Tell your weird friends to submit their microfiction, short poetry, or visual art for issue 11! We have three themes to choose from. Pass it on! Details at chillsubs and links at artscalling.com. Much love. 🙏🏽

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

Howling Into the Wind: On 41 years of Writing About the Abuses of the Immigration System. Daniel A. Olivas Considers America’s Seemingly Endless Demonization of Immigrants. lithub.com/howling-into... #Immigration #ICE #playwriting @literaryhub.bsky.social @unmpress.bsky.social

Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer

💥update💥 Good morning, little bacon rashers. We've got some news for you this fine Sunday! Our season fast approaches with toasty fires and roasting chestnuts ... it's almost fire time! ISSUE 4 news below ... it's fire time! 🔥 🥓 🔥 www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-is...

We're half way there. Remember, we encourage general submissions alongside any work that might fit in with our four themed folios. When submitting you can specify where your work lines up. We're excited to see what you've got for us! kenyonreview.org/submit

Taking Submissions: Wars in the Stars Short Stories horrortree.com/taking-submi... Deadline: October 1st, 2025 Payment: 8 cents/6 pence per word for original stories, 6 cents/4 pence for reprints Theme: space stories that burst with imagination... and war! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

*Remedios Varo – workshop with EIC Lorette C. Luzajic from ‘The Ekphrastic Review’* Huge thanks to EIC Lorette C. Luzajic (and The Ekphrastic Review - for the amazing Remedios Varo workshop. It was my first workshop of this nature, and it was perfect for me as I love Lorette's ekphrastic teaching…

hi there. back for our fall season. just wanted to let you know coalitionworks 11 is open for submissions this month, as well as coalitionist mag (ongoing). i'm looking forward to reading your work! hope you join us. tell your friends. much love. j coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/submissions/

hi there. arts calling podcast is back. delighted to catch up with the brilliant @camilleuadams.bsky.social to start off this season! thank you so much for taking the time to chat, Camille! 🙌🏽🙏🏽 artscalling.com/2025/09/05/1...

hi there. arts calling podcast is back. delighted to catch up with the brilliant @camilleuadams.bsky.social to start off this season! thank you so much for taking the time to chat, Camille! 🙌🏽🙏🏽 artscalling.com/2025/09/05/1...

This anthology is going to blow your minds! V. Castro has pulled together the work of a breathtaking spectrum of Latine writers, including my Toltec sword and sorcery short story "Whispering Shards." You'll definitely want to pre-order this one so you can dig in on November 11th!

such a pleasure to feature Bob's writing in this issue of coalitionworks! be sure to stop by and support his writing, you don't want to miss his audio reading! coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/2025/03/31/b...

how about some poetry, microfiction, and visual art? coalitionworks10 is now live! special thanks to our phenomenal contributors, happy reading! coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/works-10/

So there was a little misunderstanding and now I have about 20 upcoming books (mostly horror and science fiction) that I planned on reviewing that don’t have a home. If you know of a venue accepting pitches, let me know. Thanks!

This week, I am arts calling playwright/actor Sandra Cruze! We talk all things theater, acting, and producing theater! Hope you join us. artscalling.com/2025/04/01/1...

finding it hard to encourage myself to keep writing Book #2 when Book #1 is gasping its last breaths before officially dying on sub 😅 i know it's the only choice, but i'm plagued with thoughts of my writing and art not being good enough and it suuuucks #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors

Me seeing reference to Hadrian and immediately making this meme is all anyone needs to know about my brain

deeply obsessed with the "non-disparagement clause" shirts worn by Paul Schrader, Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Nicolas Winding Refn after the studio denied Schrader final-cut privilege for DYING OF THE LIGHT... where do I get one

Are you Not at AWP? Neither are we! BUT! BUT! We have the third annual NAWP open mic tonight! JOIN US. NAWP!

Still a few days left to submit to lynchpins: a david lynch tribute! send micro essays/CNF our way! coalitionist.substack.com/p/lynchpins-...

We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵

An excellent arts calling conversation featuring Mo Milan! Let's talk all things songwriting, production, and beyond! Thanks for your time and music, Mo! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 artscalling.com/2025/03/25/1...

Hi Goths and friends! Registration for the Fold Festival is up and I shall be at it. On a virtual panel and in person at the Rose theatre in Brampton. I appear to be on the in person panel with R.F. Kuang?? Along with many other amazing authors. Imma try to be brilliant those days lol! 😀🖤Come by!

Are you unable to attend AWP? Are you filled with the usual sense of FOMO reading everyone's "where I'll be" posters? Come join us at Not at AWP (NAWP!) for our third annual open mic!! This Thursday at 7:30PM EST www.eventbrite.com/e/nawps-thir...

Attention #voiceactors! I'm casting for a non-union indie video game called WEISS! We're looking for femme voice talent for this PAID gig. Deadline 4/24! Pls comment w questions, and tag anyone you think would be a good fit! #castingcall @vacastingrt.bsky.social forms.gle/USXUHT6yA3Mo...

I have another Starter Pack for you! This one includes the NYC-based theatre companies, and other theater related organizations and news outlets I’ve found on Bluesky, so far. 🎭 #Theater #Theatre #NYC go.bsky.app/gMFMbX

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I felt compelled to put pen to paper this week, in light of some disturbing developments. I shared it with my friends at HispanicAd and they were kind enough to publish it.

There are a lot of ways to support us here at #Locus, the easiest being watching our YouTube channel or subscribing to our Patreon! We need your help to continue making the magazine, uplifting great SFF work, and hosting events for readers like you! linktr.ee/locusmagazine

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Need inspiration for the David Lynch coalitionist series? I'll be sharing my favorite stills from Lynch projects until the 31st. Send me your short micro essay tributes, can't wait to read them! Also, the Winkie's scene lives rent free in my head. coalitionist.substack.com/p/lynchpins-...