"These ersatz versions of making and experiencing art are based on satisfying “preferences,” on the idea of art as comfort, tool, or escape—in sum, art as something you buy and sell or that you use in some “productive” way." yalereview.org/article/namw...

It was truly an honor and a privilege to work with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social on a fiction and non-fiction piece for this book and I can't wait to read the other chapters by incredible writers! @stanchion.bsky.social

If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)

Thank you to the editors @epochliterary.com not only for giving this story a home but continuing to share it with others!

Here are our @pushcartprize.bsky.social noms for 2025! Thanks and congrats to Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador, @fmstringer.bsky.social, @justintaylor.bsky.social, @shimmer.bsky.social, @pegahouji.bsky.social, and @tmcallister.bsky.social for this great work.

Grateful to have been part of Writing Workshops Community. What they say about the value of a writing community has been very true in my experience. writingworkshops.com/blogs/news/p...

Thank you for reading the story! @lorifontanes.bsky.social

@janeciab.bsky.social talks to Joan Silber: “I’ve never been a writer who knows what she’s doing before she sets out.”

I am so hyped for all you to see this book, I honestly can't wait

Received my contributor copy of @epochliterary.com latest issue with my story called Untouchables. Thanks to @jrobertlennon.com and other staff! www.epochliterary.com/featuredfict...

Received my contributor copy of @epochliterary.com latest issue with my story called Untouchables. Thanks to @jrobertlennon.com and other staff! www.epochliterary.com/featuredfict...

I have a new short story our in EPOCH magazine. Reverse immigration, cemetery lives and reading Harry Potter in Tehran. www.epochliterary.com/featuredfict...

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I have a new short story our in EPOCH magazine. Reverse immigration, cemetery lives and reading Harry Potter in Tehran. www.epochliterary.com/featuredfict...

I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to benefit from this fellowship with PEN America. pen.org/press-releas...

Read @pegahouji.bsky.social 's mind-reeling "Hayoula" on our site! "She reads her daughter’s books twice, running her index finger along the edges, hoarding all the paper cuts for herself. She scours the pages for Hayoula claw prints..." Art: “Llorando a Rodón en Butoh; 2” by Jorge Luna

I have all that I know about flash from this warm and encouraging community at @smokelong.bsky.social and here you can read some pieces published by people in the workshop in April.

I have a new story up @jmwwjournal.bsky.social that was born in @smokelong.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/f...

"Unlike what neighbors say about ghosts, my brother, Hameed, does not follow me everywhere. I wish he would" Beautiful capturing of emotion and moment in this flash from @pegahouji.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social emergeliteraryjournal.com/no-place-lik...

"The fire has marked the women’s faces flushed. The girl with the paint spray calls out to Fatemeh, “Take off your Roosari! Join us!” Such a gripping story @pegahouji.bsky.social in @yourimpossiblevoice.com www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/a-fire-of-he...

I have a new flash story in the wonderful @psmokejournal.bsky.social This story was born in a monster-themed workshop in @smokelong.bsky.social

It's #flashfiction Tuesday and we're delighted to share "A fire of her own" by Pegah Ouji!

Grateful for have friends in @smokelong.bsky.social that have helped me along as I found what this story was trying to be!

Hello! I’m running this revision workshop through SmokeLong tomorrow and donating a portion of the proceeds to Crips for eSims for Gaza. Hope to see you. chuffed.org/project/crip...

Thank you @aaww-nyc.bsky.social for giving this story a home and all your care and attention.

New Micro by @kristintenor.bsky.social "Mother Black Bear sits on her haunches under the heavy limbs of the crabapple tree in the backyard. She rubs her eyes, her long snout, and looks up at the stars and sighs..." fracturedlit.com/familiar-talk/

This is my first non-fiction flash piece and am grateful for its home. fourwayreview.com/i-am-sorry-t...

looking forward to reading this!

I can't describe it adequately in words what being part of @smokelong.bsky.social community has meant for my writing. It's an honor to have two stories on this list.

delighted to have a story in the longlist for Elsewhere prize! fracturedlit.com/fractured-li... @fracturedlit.bsky.social