Get 50% off your ENTIRE ORDER this weekend only when you shop directly from SFWP! buff.ly/VjwjVMJ

As Mr. Rogers was known for saying, during difficult times, "Look for the helpers..." h/t @404media.co @mjgault.bsky.social www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...

Come write with me at the 92nd Street Y this winter: Feb 17 to March 10 on Zoom, 4 classes reading and workshopping poems. From Miroslav Holub to Gwendolyn Brooks, Michael Palmer to Dg Nanouk Okpik. lnkd.in/e4DMpx_A

On December 7, 2025, 4-5pm ET One Story is hosting our first virtual Write In. Join us on Zoom for an hour of quiet writing time. This event is FREE. Register at bit.ly/4pclhFG and we’ll send you a zoom link before the event start date. We can’t wait to write with you!

The 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025 list is live! In 2026, I’ll be taking over the project from the amazing @miriamgershow.bsky.social Want to be a reviewer? Fill out the form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If I can encourage you to do one random act of kindness this holiday season, it would be to ask you to follow the animal shelter nearest to you and SHARE all of their posts this holiday season. They might be taking part in Empty the Shelters, and you'll help get pets adopted. You'll be saving lives🐾

So many, but I'll go with UNCLE BUCK, which I'm excited to rewatch after seeing the new John Candy doc. So much hilarity + humanity in one film❤️‍🩹

Finished PLUM days ago & can't stop thinking about it bookshop.org/a/25459/9798... @hubcitypress.bsky.social A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀

We could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read! porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

Finished PLUM days ago & can't stop thinking about it bookshop.org/a/25459/9798... @hubcitypress.bsky.social A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀

Do pay attention to the submission guidelines for this — we're open to surprises, but this call is particular in what we're looking for.

Apply now to join us as the editorial intern from January to July 2026! This position offers hands-on experience with editing, writing, and contributing to the social media of a nationally recognized independent literary press. Applications are due 11/21/2025! www.sundresspublications.com/openings/

I'm endeavoring to collect some data about publishing journeys. Won't you join me? Here's more: www.agentsandbooks.com/tell-me-your...

Have you ever wondered how... • a literary magazine is run? • decisions are made on submissions? • to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine? Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ... Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏

We're now open for applications for our spring internship program! The editorial intern’s responsibilities may include writing press releases, composing blog posts and promotional emails, proofreading manuscripts, assembling press kits, & more! www.sundresspublications.com/openings/

Just about a month left to submit!

Grateful to whoever's handling acquisitions at my local library for their small-press taste... Saw @hubcitypress.bsky.social's new novel PLUM by Andy Anderegg (bookshop.org/a/25459/9798...) displayed on a New Releases shelf this weekend & excitedly borrowed it 💙📚👀

Yikes. This reminds me of the uncanny plot of Samanta Schweblin's novel LITTLE EYES, which, spoiler alert, does not go well.... bookshop.org/a/25459/9780...

I've done this and got to read a fabulous book AND learned a lot about writing reviews. Highly recommended!

Pay what you can, and support a really good organization. Dec 18th at 7PM!

Spread librarian love! Nominate an extraordinary librarian for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award. Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian

"I am very concerned that our society is much more interested in information, than wonder. In noise, rather than silence. How do we encourage reflection? Oh my this is a noisy world.” —Fred Rogers [to Charlie Rose], quoted in @danblank.bsky.social's fab newsletter open.substack.com/pub/danblank...

If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰 findhelp.org

This reading is FREE. (We are raising funds, but that is by voluntary donation according to ability.) It is online, so you can attend from ANYWHERE. Early registration is NOT required, but it helps us with planning. Register and/or learn more: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

We have a fiction job opening at Jax State! There is a typo that still hasn't been fixed in the job ad--we're looking for people with relevant FICTION publications, not poetry. Don't panic. Please share! careers.jsu.edu/en-us/job/49...

Imagine if other mainstream artists did this on tour. Imagine if they brought tables to their venues to explain to fans why this is so important. It would change the conversation profoundly. This is important.

My local community showing up yesterday. Thank you @sabadosama.bsky.social 💙❤️

Time is running out! We don't get to see these books if we don't find their translation!

We've opened submissions for a special online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social. The Dirty Issue will be edited and produced by my students at Temple University. Send us your fiction, poems, art. More details on what we're looking for here, on Submittable:

One week from today, @erikaswyler.bsky.social will visit ASU as our Worldbuilding Initiative Distinguished Lecturer, speaking about her excellent novel WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON. Please join us for this free event either in-person in Tempe or online wherever you are!

We're pleased to accounce that submissions are now open to be read by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social until November 3.

Want my anti-ICE posters? I'm selling them at cost in my shop www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/icepr...

You’ve been asking… and it’s now! Submissions are open via Submittable for Zine Machine’s Winter ‘26 Edit. All details in bio! 🔥🔥🔥

A nudge for everyone hosting #BannedBooksWeek read-ins next week. Your impact will be much bigger if you read/highlight/celebrate banned books by living authors from communities/identities being attacked now. Classics are great, but authors alive today need our support.

post a you from a different era... Reading from FOOTLOOSE at Brooklyn's Union Hall in 2012ish(?) as part of @heidivanderlee.bsky.social & friends' hilarious "Based On the Motion Picture" reading series 🤓

Still open for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize - deadline 15 Oct so 2 weeks to polish and shine! Loving the entries so far 😍 500 words Winner $250 Two runners-up $100 each Entry fee $10 We read anonymously Check out the interview with judge @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social and good luck!

we! are! open!

Massachusetts! Join Mass AABB members at Porter Square Books next Tuesday for a workshop on book bans in general AND the pending Freedom to Read legislation in Mass! Be the Change Workshop: Act to Support the Freedom to Read | Porter Square Books share.google/9FcTfsQZy4Ve...

Please tell all your emerging-writer friends! Deadline December 15th! The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship Jan-June 2026! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Cutleaf is the "listing of the day" -- and we're currently open for nonfiction subs (cap of 200) and collaboratively written short fiction. The latter will be selected by our guest collab writers @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross.

Don't forget many libraries offer DVD borrowing and free @kanopy.com streaming access, as well! 💙📚👀

made a new zine! if u want one: 1. donate $5 or more to: --sameer project chuffed.org/project/1132... --healing our homeland healingourhomeland.org --or palmetto state abortion fund palmettostateabortionfund.com (honor system! i trust u) 2. dm me yr mailing address by september 25 2025

Incredibly timely news, journalist/researcher friends: @righttobe.bsky.social just launched Expert Voices Together - a FREE service that helps journalists and researchers who are being intimidated/harassed! Check it out at expertvoicestogether.org !

Send your beloved out of print subs to @abigailoswald.bsky.social! We want to print your book! ✨

Upgraded my free subscription to Courtney Maum's "Before and After the Book Deal" newsletter to paid, taking advantage of her 47% off birthday sale! Particularly excited to gain access to the novel querying workshops + resources she's been releasing lately 💙📚👀 courtneymaum.substack.com?r=d0f