Every candidate running for Congress should be talking about a public option for Americans to access healthcare. Sending small checks to Americans or increasing deductibles to 15K are not serious solutions. The public option. Now is the moment.

oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

I’m grateful to the editors at the Under Review for nominating my poem, “Giving and Taking”, for a Pushcart Prize. It means a lot to me that they appreciate the poem. www.underreviewlit.com/new-blog/giv...

It came. It’s beautiful🥹. My deepest thanks to @pinholepoetry.bsky.social Order here: pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/

Thrilled that my story, Lotus, will be published in the forthcoming National Flash Fiction Day 2026 Anthology @natflashfictionday.bsky.social fcmalby.com/2026/03/16/n... via @fcmalby #NFFD #Anthology #FlashFictionNational

This is gorgeous, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

If you're interested in my new editing course, a place has come up for April (13th April-3rd May - send me a message if interested). Otherwise, bookings are open for June (1st - 21st) & places are going like hot cakes... www.mattkendrick.co.uk/the-editoria... This is online, asynchronous & PWYC 😀

This story- The Periodic Father-- has a special place in my heart because it ends my book, The Periodic Family (coming fall 2026) Many thanks @brettpribble.bsky.social for publishing it and @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social for the perfect art. ghostparachute.com/issue/march-...

Join us online with author @kitdewaal.com on Mon evening for the second episode of our Borders in Literature series with @ouliterature.bsky.social looking at the class ceiling and ways of breaking through it. Free event, all welcome. www.mklitfest.org/borders #books #socialclass #literature

Announcing the long list for the 2026 Stella Prize in Melbourne. Australia’s most prestigious writing award for women & non binary authors, $60,000 to the winner ✨

Happy "PI Day" to all who celebrate. Also Happy "Learn About Butterflies Day", Happy "Ask a Question Day", and Happy "Save a Spider Day"! MORE IMPORTANTLY, though, happy "Write Your Story Day", a chance for us fiction writers, perhaps, to delve into the scary land of writing memoir / CNF

I’m so grateful for this nod from Ebony. www.ebony.com/we-should-al...

We are excited to announce the results of our 2026 microfiction competition. Thank you to everyone who entered. You can read the winning & highly commended stories here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...

The Service95 team asked me to write about how amazing Roxane is (easy assignment) and I told them I’d do it for an autographed vinyl. www.service95.com/ashley-c-for...

NEW POEMS BY ME!!!! big thanks to @bulbregion.bsky.social for including this batch and another to come soon

What's more fun than writing flash fiction? 100wordstory.org/patricia-q-b... 2/2

Thank you @fiveminutelit.bsky.social truth is - I still wonder about it every time I look at the drawing

It never ceases to baffle me that we cannot agree as a species that war is terrible, and something we should only enter into with the heaviest of hearts and with absolutely no other options available. It is an amputation of the soul, justified only when inaction would prove fatal to the host.

A print by @oystercatchertf.bsky.social of a Raven in Glendalough - we'll have cards of it soon

Thrilled to have a new CNF in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social , a magazine I’ve long admired. Grateful to the awesome @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for letting me dip my toes in the illustrious waters of this new issue. 🐳 🗺️ 📓

Want to know more about my new course? Want a video sneak peek? Want a fun little thing you can try to create emotional distance from your work? Find out more about "The Editorial Funnel" here: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/the-editor...

Something lovely in a rough day. baltimorebeat.com/young-baltim...

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Anyone who bought the bullshit about Trump being dovish should’ve had their pundit license pulled.

Happy birthday to my NIF ‘An Inheritance’, published in Feb 2020 & shortlisted in The Saboteur Awards. Thrilled that @vpresslit.bsky.social will be publishing my latest NIF too! ‘Bereft of Reason’ will be out later this year 😊

Do you want to attend a relaxed, non-judgemental poetry workshop online? Details below. Hope to see you there... 🌿

Round up from our 32nd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/32nd...

I'm very late to post about this, but it was such a joy to host the online book launch for @tracieadams.bsky.social's wonderufl book "Not Finished Yet" last weekend. Wonderful readings from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social @lmbayley.bsky.social @barlowadams.bsky.social

Please welcome the Spring 2026 cohort of chapbook authors: Liz deBeer, Mallory Smart, Esénia Bañuelos, and Mike Bagwell. We cannot wait to publish these unique chapbooks and welcome this quartet to the TW catalog. @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social @mallorysmart.bsky.social @lowghost.bsky.social

Super excited to share that my first chapbook FAREWELL TO EMPTINESS will be released in April by @thirtywestph.com !!! It’s a novelette in flash set in Albany ,NY. Preorder info coming soon!!

NEW — Memorial services to honor the life and legacy of civil rights and political leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be hosted in Chicago, South Carolina and Washington, D.C., over the next week. thetriibe.com/2026/02/memo...

Congratulations to all!! www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/judg...

📣 Due to a last minute cancellation there is one space available on my Six Month Writing Course starting this weekend @gladlib.bsky.social To snap it up contact [email protected] www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si... Please share far and wide 🙏🏽

Great news!!! I've just been awarded an Author's Foundation Grant by the Society of Authors for my work-in-progress!!! They've also given me an Arthur Welton Award. I couldn't be happier! Won't you celebrate with me? 😍

Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist!

What a great idea, to encourage older writers!

With World Book Day just round the corner I’ve seen quite a few teachers asking about good books to share in assembly. For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what books do you think work well across age groups and/or with a mixed group of kids? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

As a Poetry co-editor at The Morning Star, I'd love to receive poems that look at Freedom. What does it mean, and how can we save it from the past? #poetrycommunity morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-...

'My friends, both white, turn pink to see me point, but he is keen to speak.' - from 'Country Marks' My poem, recently published in 'FROM HERE TO THERE', is a true story of a cab ride years ago. Hope you enjoy reading it. 🌿

WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump." TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."

⚡️Fast Flash Fiction Review: the brilliant Mother Karma by Sumitra Singam published by the excellent Jake! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @publishedbyjake.bsky.social

"America will get better and better," declared the Reverend Jesse Jackson on the stage of the 1988 Democratic National Convention. "Keep hope alive." Find some hope today in Jackson's speech as we remember the life of one of America's civil rights icons.

Reaction is pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades. https://to.pbs.org/4ayaPCD

I love working in a nonprofit newsroom and partnering with other local publications & organizations. I published a story about The Invisible Toll of Caregiving in this state, and 3 other newspapers (including my hometown Fort Wayne Journal Gazette!) co-ran it. mirrorindy.org/caregivers-h...

Rev. Jesse Jackson pushed our country to be the very best version of itself. He was a true trailblazer, and his legacy will continue to inspire folks for generations. My thoughts go out to his family, friends, and all those he impacted. Keep Hope Alive. www.9news.com/article/news...

PM Tusk: Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.

A moving piece for a rainy Valentine's Day (like in Singapore rightj now) "Vessels" by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social in Issue 1. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

Lovely to get this fab five star review of ‘Finding a Way’, seven years after publication. Thank you to everyone who has put reviews on Goodreads & Amazon — it means a lot! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Last year we held our anthology launch in Bath, UK. This year, to enable more people to participate, we will hold our launch on Zoom! It should be fun, with a chance to ‘meet’ other flash writers from around the globe! You can read how to sub here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk