This weekend we are offering free editorial feedback on a handful of entries. This is normally a paid service. If you're interested, submit in our open call category for free and just put a quick note in your cover letter that you're interested in editorial feedback. duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

PSA! We're reading for The Smokey 2025. Grand Prize: $2500. Total Prize pot: At least $4700--guaranteed to be awarded! All entries read anonymously. Long list and shortlist announced. Share the love. We're rooting for you! Deadline May 10! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with @roseclifflit.bsky.social and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to @jessicaberg.bsky.social for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!

Love gets us through life 💕 And we're so in love with this new FEBRUARY ISSUE 💕: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR All the love and thanks to our Contributors! WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen ART: Kathleen Frank PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood

PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT @writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others. Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

ICYMI: I edited an online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social and it's a flash of weird, magical light in an otherwise horrible and dark 2025. Iconic music celebs. Weird parenting chaos. 🔥 www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...

"When they were younger, she was something to chase; a ticket ripped from his hand by the wind, feet from the entrance to the show." Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social 's new flash "Already Echoing" is up now in @soflopojo.bsky.social ! Read it here: https://buff.ly/42C5nMV

thinking of @annagatesha.bsky.social's Shakira inspired beauty over @barrelhouse.bsky.social

I have a story in Barrelhouse! A themed issue, curated by the wonderful @writesloud.bsky.social, called Baby, One More Time "that explores what happens when parenting intersects with famous musicians. Entirely fictional, of course." Check out my story, "Mississippi June"!

Calling all fiction writers! We are looking for stories between 1000 and 3000 words! Please send them our way! 😘 We can't wait to read you.😘

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

Omg this story!! ❤️ www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/c...

Woke up to this wonderful news from my publisher @santafewriter.bsky.social!! My book made One of Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025 list @msmagazine.com!! Wooohooooo!! msmagazine.com/2025/01/21/a...

"what if she could collect each missing piece of herself like some goddess picking up scattered laundry" Read the stunning poem, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT DO, by @jillkitchen.bsky.social in our January Issue: https://buff.ly/40FGSNq

THIS SATURDAY! I’ll be reading from my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) with the incredible talents of @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social and @anotherintro.bsky.socia! When: January 25th 5 pm (EST) Register here: anovelideaphilly.com/events/

“Sometimes I try to overlay the man in front of me with the man I met in college. I try to remember the smell of his dorm room. The Phish posters. The menagerie of glass bongs on his windowsill…” @annagatesha.bsky.social | @barrelhouse.bsky.social www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/c...

Had so much fun doing the cover art for @writesloud.bsky.social’s latest anthology of parenting stories with a musical twist in @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Can you spot the baby crow?? 🐦‍⬛ Be sure to click through to read all the stunning stories ❤️

I share space with some awesome writers! Read my short story "Mississippi June," but read all the others, too!

"I’m only married to him, I rationalize silently to the crows, pretty sure they can read my mind. Please don’t judge me." y'all. this story's hips don't lie ⚡⚡⚡⚡ sharp & biting -- don't miss @annagatesha.bsky.social's latest over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social

This opening story is just-

I’m so delighted to share my weirdo new story with you!!!! “My Pretties” over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, edited by the marvelous @writesloud.bsky.social 🦇⚡️

So very excited to be in this issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Thank you @writesloud.bsky.social! And omg that cover art by @jiksuncheung.bsky.social 😍

Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories! www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...

Almost ready to share this new @barrelhouse.bsky.social issue with the world! 10 stories about parenting that mesh with famous musicians. Featuring

I just finished the first draft of a novel I’ve been working on for two years. Might actually end up being a novella. But still. First draft done 🥹