I (Mitch) try to avoid using the NAWPstrich to hype my own stuff too much, but honestly, this post has immeasurable NAWP energy.

My year in writing review: Only 26 subs. 6 poems accepted. 1 collage.

We are officially on winter break over here, so here's my year-end writing roundup. As stated earlier, it's short. Mostly I want to shout-out a bunch of other great writers I interacted with. 🤘🏼 So, I give you Mitch's Writing 2025:

NAWP! NAWPNAWPNAWP!!!

Hello! Enjoy the recording of NAWP's annual December event, the From Darkness to Light poetry reading for Hanukkah! youtu.be/0IJOHcuMa8A

Were you busy Tuesday night? Teaching? Coaching? Sleeping? Forgot about poetry and were watching your stories but then heard the next day how great the annual NAWP Hanukkah reading was? Good news! Here's the recording. Enjoy, and, as always, NAWP! youtu.be/0IJOHcuMa8A

I so wish I could have stayed for this whole event (I accidentally double booked myself and had to sneak away from a Hannukah party I was technically hosting to read) but I had so much fun in any case! NAWP!!!

The best thing about reading poetry and attending poetry readings — even virtually — is that I come out in awe of others’ talent and determined to bring that same beauty out in my own work. What a tremendous evening (complimentary).

Tonight!

NAWP's annual Hanukkah reading is on Tuesday. RSVP for great poetry! www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...

Editing an @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social episode with @fklein907.bsky.social and it’s SO GOOD and do you have ANOTHER LIFE yet?! It’s ON SALE. 📚💙 riotinyourthroat.com/product/anot...

December NAWP event registration is live! Sign up and hear incredible poets! NAWP!

Hanukkah is just a week and a few days away. Sign up for @notatawp.bsky.social's third annual Hanukkah reading! www.eventbrite.com/e/1976404024...

NAWP is everywhere. Do not fight the NAWPness. Embrace it. Give in. Get NAWPy.

December NAWP event registration is live! Sign up and hear incredible poets! NAWP!

NAWP!

New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem. https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/jared-beloff/ #poem #poetry #poet #water #coast #swimming

I am so excited to share this poem and join the many many other Icarus poets. Here is my speculative ekphrastic "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" which imagines Breughel's landscape altered by climate change. Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social! www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...

@notatawp.bsky.social is 100% free, too. Stay at home in your pj's and join our open mics, let @mitchnobis.bsky.social and I know if you're interested in running a panel, too.

I really hope none of you have a swan in your basement. At least, not involuntarily. Voluntarily is probably bad in this case too, though, so yeah, I wish you all swan-free basements.

Hey! Loved NAWP's November reading so much you want to relive it? (Understandable!) Couldn't be there because your basement was flooding and a swan had moved in? (Fair.) Whatever your reason, we have the recording up on our YouTube page! Enjoy & NAWP! youtu.be/5OaUxVr0MrU

The beauty of living in the Midwest is that you can attend an incredible poetry reading, get two dozen cranberry mincemeat tarts, and one cherry jam turnover with the leftover dough, all done by 8pm. The poetry was so good!

Hey lit lovers & poetry proponents, this is tonight! RSVP and join us! NAWP!

Today! Today! Today! Today! Join us! It'll be awesome.

Monday! Monday! MondayMondayMonday!

Monday! Monday! MondayMondayMonday!

HEY! I said HEY!

HEY! I said HEY!

Join us next week for NAWP's incredible November reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! Hit the RSVP link! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Join us next week for NAWP's incredible November reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! Hit the RSVP link! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Wait, you mean you haven't signed up for this all-star @notatawp.bsky.social reading on November 17th??! Get on it! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1927099559...

NAWP November reading has a powerhouse lineup with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! To join us, hit that RSVP link below. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

HEY! NAWPsters! You! Yeah, YOU! Whatcha doing November 17th? Oh yeah, well you have NEW PLANS—you have NAWP PLANS. Check out this lineup: @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! RSVP link in the post below.

What do you need? You need to know about this amazing @notatawp.bsky.social reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social next month! Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

NAWP November reading has a powerhouse lineup with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! To join us, hit that RSVP link below. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Need anymore motivation?? It’s my BIRTHDAY! Come hang out with us!!!

NAWPsters, I'm pretty sure this means attendance is REQUIRED. NAWP!

HEY! NAWPsters! You! Yeah, YOU! Whatcha doing November 17th? Oh yeah, well you have NEW PLANS—you have NAWP PLANS. Check out this lineup: @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! RSVP link in the post below.

We have deleted the "everything sucks so say nice things about people in the replies" post after receiving zero (0) nice things replies and accidentally capturing the zeitgeist. Our apologies.

Do you think I can get into a writers retreat* sometime this fall? *Get away to see one of these movies you're all always talking about before hastily scribbling a poem draft in a bar while chugging one (1) beer quickly before speedwalking home to make sure the kids aren't disassembling?

Oh yeah, that's got that BIG NAWP energy right there.

Ayyy, video's up. youtu.be/7moMB81uThI

"YouTube would like to show you notifications" My sweet brothers and sisters in NAWP, no. Not at all. Nosirree bob. No thank you. Nyet, nein, non. Uh-uh. No gracias. Nooooooo. (That one is in ghost-ese.) Nuh-uh. [vigorous head shaking like a toddler at peas.] Nope. [armpit farts] Not gonna do it.

@clbpoetry.bsky.social Loved your reading today. Thanks so much for sharing your work!

@djvorreyer.bsky.social Thanks so much for reading tonight! Your poetry was amazing!

I'm very happy to report that the recording worked properly and smoothly this month, so we'll get this one on the NAWP YouTube page by the end of the week.

If you have two links in eventbrite and you can't get it/nobody's there, try the other link. Technical difficulties! Argh!

Technical difficulties! Hold tight!