Yes I did just pre-order a dictionary.

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 !

International literary magazine The Quiet Reader is seeking exceptional, boundary-pushing writing from both emerging & established authors. All genres welcome. Share your unique voice with us! thequietreader.com/magazine/sub... #WritingCommunity #Submissions #writersoftwitter #writerslift

approx 1/3 of the way through september and submissions being open this month for Short Story, Long I pay contributors, pay artists for original art to pair with stories, nominate for awards, and generally rave a bunch on social media about the stories I love (and I LOVE all the stories I accept)

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

📣 This only happens once a year! 📣 The Yale Review is now open for general submissions through September 30. Send us your poems, stories, essays, and translations. For full guidelines and to submit: yalereview.org/about/submis...

A reminder! @hubcitypress.bsky.social is looking for one nonfiction title for (probably fall) 2027. By a southerner and/or related to the South. I had lots of interesting responses to the call below, but mostly unfinished manuscripts. Agents or unagented writers welcome. My DMs are open for q's!

Submissions are open for the 2026 C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize, judged by @catherinelacey.bsky.social! Head to hubcity.submittable.com/submit for guidelines and to submit your manuscripts!

Post a cartoon TV series you love. Been thinking about #SickSadWorld a lot lately, for y'know, reasons...

Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.

@amysmcd.bsky.social l 👋Hello from a fellow member of Chelsea H.'s Morning Writing Club! Saw your info on this week's member list update and just initiated a follow🤓

@sarahsmacdonald.bsky.social ‪👋Hello from a fellow member of Chelsea H.'s Morning Writing Club! Saw your info on this week's member list update and just initiated a follow🤓

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to [email protected] by Tuesday, September 2nd!

Cutleaf Journal will be open in Sept for collaboratively written short fiction up to 4k words. Guest editors for this call are @kimmagowan.bsky.social & Michelle Ross, who wrote a collab story in Cutleaf which you can check out here. Also included: an interview with them abt their process.

Buy some books (including mine) and get a discount from @sfwp.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️!!

Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

Gretel is very very happy to finally be reunited with the squid toy she lost under the couch #catsofbluesky #catsky #cats 💙🐈

Share one of your favorite movie characters (if you feel like it) #YoungAdult forever 🎬🎥📚

Early Closure of House Leaves IMLS Future Hanging; What This Means & What You Can Do (7-29-2025) 📚 bookriot.com/imls-funding...

Hey all, if you're looking for editing and mentoring services, I've compiled this extensive list of recommendations. I can’t personally vouch for all of the writers/editors on this list, but you might find it handy. Also, let me know if you'd like to be included! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Such beautiful handmade paper items here! 📚👀📚💙

Rachel Haley Himmelheber's THE LUCKY ONES GET TO BE PEOPLE from @noemipress.bsky.social might be my favorite collection I've read in years💙📚👀 Its darkly comedic, super-internal stories remind me of Otessa Moshfegh's HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD (my fav book of hers) bookshop.org/a/25459/9781...

It's that magic time, novelists + novella-ists! You've got 2mos to send our beloved + well-practiced novel/novella reading team your >100pg books: call it a novella, call it a novel, but we hope you call it READY TO SEND before Sept 1 because we want to read it! splitlippress.submittable.com/submit

Nas performing with the Boston Pops then solo at @tanglewoodma.bsky.social last night 🎤

Here is a *good thing*. I put together a FREE TOOLKIT with the Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned team to help raise and support the next generation of anti-book ban, pro-library advocates. Check it out: bookriot.com/freedom-to-r...

Co-signing this thread as an avid user of @libbyapp.com's robust newsstand features! 🤓

Was catching up on news & spiralling, then looked up to see 1 y.o. Gretel's concerned expression🐱 Extra grateful lately for my little bff & sweet animal companions everywhere💗

In case anyone is interested, @litagentsofchange.bsky.social is running an auction with some great critiques, AMAs, and other opportunities. Go forth and bid! [Just don't outbid me, lol.] #kidlitchat #kidlit www.32auctions.com/LAFC

NEA just cut $350k from lit mags & programs. We don't have that, but we do have $5k and want to help mags grow in a healthier way. $1k each to 5 lit mags willing to try something new. Just tell us your plan for making your mag financially sustainable in 1 yr App: forms.chillsubs.com/incubator

Submitted a short story last week for the first time in YEARS... and aiming to finish polishing that second piece this weekend 📝🤓

If you're an experienced ghostwriter in SC/NC/GA region, can you drop your website below? It's summer vacation and people want to write their books [pay other people to write their books].

My favorite fiction genre is "intelligent woman with dark internal POV completely unraveling" 😎💀

Someone just asked me about getting started as a literary translator and I realized I already have kind of a starter pack of content to help emerging translators. First, how to get rights to a book you want to translate: TikTok: vt.tiktok.com/ZSkN9B67w/ Reel: www.instagram.com/reel/CtYkiwh...

Update: I read @sarahmanguso.bsky.social's LIARS first-- a "marriage story" novel that contained some of the most ultra-specific & cutting sentences I've ever read in my LIFE. Every sitting with this book put me in the worst mood in the best way!! bookshop.org/a/25459/9780...

Full focus on novel generation + revision the past few years means I haven't published short fiction in forever! But I think I have two new stories almost ready for public consumption.... 🤓

Repost with five shows you'd be happy to rewatch over & over for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet. Here's mine: Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 Cheers IT Crowd Los Espookys Arrested Development 📺📺📺

I'm bummed Pocket is shutting down! One of my longest time, most used apps to save articles to that I'll never actually read later 😢

I'm looking for some volunteer readers for both @fracturedlit.bsky.social & @unchartedmag.bsky.social I love for readers to have a bit of publishing success and a love for the genre/form! Let me know if you're interested! It's 2–4 hours of reading per week, but I'm flexible!

When power went out at my office, it disarmed most ppl's ability to do anything for 40 min... which I spent feeling 1. nervous about AI? and 2. sooooo smug about my paper planner & proofreading printouts 🤓🙃📝

Read about our expanded online resources and our new membership program in Publishers Weekly: bit.ly/PWResources If you’re not a P&W member, consider joining today! Article written by @tobiascarroll.bsky.social

Celebrating my 44th birthday with a day off work, but still waking early for novel revision🤓☕️ Tbh reflecting on how my late-teen protagonist's coming-of-age grappling still feels like where my brain lives... Do those inner, former ages always drive the car creatively no matter how far we come? 🖤

I’m teaching a new (& free!) class called Shape Your Story: How to Create a Full-Length Memoir with Confidence next week—It’s esp good for people who’ve written short pieces, such as blogs or Substack posts, & want to write memoir. Live class, but recording available: esmewang.com/shape-your-story