One of my #murals #Stunday #BlueSkyArtists #MyBackyard #MyPhoto 38inx26inh

Would love to see more humorous entries into the Welkin Prize this year. This might give a bit of inspiration 👇

"The more my mother shames me for my weight, the stronger words taste." If you have a few minutes, I hope you enjoy me reading my micro "Word Palate" in the lovely new issue of The Ilanot Review. www.youtube.com/@ClaudiaMonp...

How does @jenwithwords.bsky.social do it? She keeps creating the most poignant, yet beautiful, #poetryvidoes I've ever seen. Here's her latest. I'm think ing about hosting a #JennyWongPoetryVideoNight. Who's in? #PoetsOfBlueSky #FilmmakersOfBlueSky youtu.be/scAoxNryyVA?...

weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ This is rerun but it’s perfect, especially after my book launch❤️ youtu.be/ZWzimOPtwzU

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

What does a Time Pirate do on a long wintry commute? 🕰️ Find out in the new episode coming soon on November 15th! In the meantime, here is a teaser: youtube.com/shorts/4AFIF...

The girl with a forest in her chest has been without a love so long she has forgotten what it is to hold hands” Let the quiet atmosphere of this piece soak into your weekend. @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

It's my birthday today folks. To celebrate, here's a video of my choir performing last year. I hope you will all find some way to give yourself joy today. So much love for this amazing community 🧡 youtu.be/WCvBDH9K1zo?...

HAPPENING TODAY!!!! Great poetry, great cause. FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere. REGISTER NOW!!!! beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Our next four INCH authors have been selected and we can't wait to share these amazing writers with you! SUBSCRIBE to get all four issues for only $16! buff.ly/toHXblk

weekly talk story about my book & zoom launch w/@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, @msmagazine.com review & my interview with @dawnsteffler.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social... @sfwp.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "We are waiting – " by @susmitab.bsky.social :

Here's the front + back of Issue 20, which is at the printer now + will be published on Nov 25th. Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder. Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

Our third and final fall chapbook is ready for orders: Svoboda FSR: a biotext’ by Tosh Sherkat. Order it on its own or bundle it with our other fall chapbooks to save $ (& get more books) Available now from our shop at pinholepoetry.ca

Looking to start off your new year with some writing? I'm running a flash royale to encourage lots of writing. Then I give you feedback on said writing because in this house we love revision 😍 More info and sign up here:

Congratulations to @lumchanmfa.bsky.social on her latest book!! 🎉✨🎉✨ Get your copy today!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

In @dawnsteffler.bsky.social's interview w/ @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, they tackle how the title BITTER OVER SWEET came to be, how living in Japan influenced Melissa's writing, & more over on @fracturedlit.bsky.social! buff.ly/6xvbIOc Get BITTER OVER SWEET: buff.ly/aVGstGt @susanschulman.bsky.social

“You have, through TAD™, deprived me of the irritation, disquiet and complaint that is the real spice of life.” Ah, I needed this laugh today. Enjoy the humorous stylings of @pleomorphic2.bsky.social on @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

TWO MORE DAYS!! Here’s me after two nights of camping in the mountains ❤️

“take stock: a cut on your chin, split lip bleeding salt into salt” 🌊 This was the first story I read in the queue and I fell in love with its watery and wild vibes. @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social!

**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.

One of my favorite (and FREE!) contests is opening soon… Get those 100 words ready!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Grateful to have a new poem 'Childhood' included in Issue 71 of @upthestaircase.bsky.social alongside a wealth of talent! Huge thank you to EIC @aprilmbratten.bsky.social for selecting my work ❤️ upthestaircase.org/vikki-c.html (ALT TEXT included) Check out the full issue at the link in replies.

I wrote a very short reflection about my first book's first year, partly inspired by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's talk story updates... Please check it out if you have a moment: koss-works.com/dancing-back...

A reminder: if you write book reviews or want to pitch a review, I have a new book coming out in January. It's a collection of speculative short stories from @jacklegpress.bsky.social Getting eyes on books gets harder and harder, so I'd be grateful!

THREE MORE DAYS!! Here’s a pic of my fave ukulele for camping, an Outdoor Ukulele Moonshine Soprano ❤️❤️❤️

“we’re cassette tapes on rewind, we’re letter jackets, mirror shades, we’re Candie’s heels strutting sunburned and hungry into the crushed-glass night.” Ooh, this is a fierce one by @mynachang.bsky.social in SFPJ

Please enjoy this interview w Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social about her amazing new collection, Bitter Over Sweet, 2023 winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards. LINKS to her book and to her AMAZING launch on Nov 7 w Deesha Philyaw & Avitus Carle are in the interview.

One ray of sunshine: I have a new little story in the latest issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. My thanks to @sdobbie.bsky.social for accepting it. This piece began at a weeklong @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat many moons ago: www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

a crescendo

Super stoked to have my flash "Ablaze" live in the gorgeous autumn issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. I hope you'll give it a read! Thank you @sdobbie.bsky.social for giving it the perfect home! 🔥🍂🍁🧡🪦🎃 www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

Friends, I have a piece that isn’t entirely fictional in this issue of @tinymolecules.bsky.social. Thanks for reading 🙏🏾 “Wendy, darling and I talk about crocodiles, and ticking clocks, and people with hooks for hands.” www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...

FIVE MORE DAYS!! Happy Halloween ❤️❤️❤️

Today is my books one-year birthday and I nearly missed it. If you haven't read it, it's a darkly funny hybrid book about grief, loss, suicide, friendship, and the shit that happens to us. Get a signed copy on my site or buy one directly from @diodeeditions. www.diodeeditions.com/product-page...

“Let’s say she began to see these coins as protection, as a way to steel herself through all those do or die moments at school” Coins, other metals, and mothers. Absolutely love the brilliance in this piece by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social

My chap «propersitions» was reviewed by mRb! «visas, borders, permissions, refusals, evictions, and the empty space left by a chipped tooth. They track how borders attempt to mediate our ability to understand ourselves» Much gratitude to reviewer Paisley Conrad, the mRb team, & Cactus Press 💚

“You get dizzier and dizzier. But you don’t say it. As long as you don’t mention it, it doesn’t happen. It happens, but does it really? If nobody knows?” A navigation through grief and its complexities and aftermaths. Stunning work by Mileva Anastasiadou in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social

SIX MORE DAYS!! Here’s my Lilo and Stitch Lego ❤️

Exciting project, & thrilled to have Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social as progenitor & reader w/ me on this project / @icefloepress.bsky.social Remember to think of "Marginalia" in the broadest of textures: dislocation/ alienation (at the margins); the margins of the text, inlay in a book, etc.

Ice Floe is open for hybrid submissions on the theme Process/Marginalia/Otherworlds. I'll be curating with EIC @rfredekenter.bsky.social🔥 Send your expansive visions. Hybrid = 2 mediums at least. Include an element of your PROCESS🙏 @icefloepress.bsky.social icefloepress.net/open-for-sub...

A reminder that I'm currently jobless so if you'd like to interview me about this book I literally have all the time in the world. You will never receive an email reply so fast.

The Rocky Mountains putting on a wonderful show today. A little day trip turned into a full blown tour as a friend showed us some brand new peaks we’d never seen before. 🏔️⛰️🏔️

A warm hour of storytelling! Still thinking about the pieces shared. So proud to be part of this heart-full literary journal! 💜

We're down to just nine - yes, nine - days until the release of BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social! There's still time to preorder a copy of you haven't already done so! bit.ly/3PuHbEn @susanschulman.bsky.social

weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ (October 27, 2025) youtu.be/G3Uuc_tt0JU

Day 14. The maple is ablaze.

The submission doors are open at @icefloepress.bsky.social! Send us your original hybrid visions on the theme of Process/Marginalia/Otherworlds. I'm honoured to be reading and guest curating for this call along with EIC @rfredekenter.bsky.social. We look forward to receiving your work 🔥