This is important. The head of CBP says here that his agency did NOT provide the assessment that led DHS to label Alex Pretti a terrorist looking to inflict mass casualties. That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic book on the history of memoir writing by Ben Yagoda, and #PWWritingPrompts on beloveds, breakups, and biographical myths. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

My new flash piece is up at Variant Lit! I wrote about an unnamed extra in the “I am your father” scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. I loved writing this during my MVCWI Fellowship last year. I stayed in my room for a week writing, drink too much coffee. variantlit.com/back-in-the-...

Ahhh I can’t believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!

White House officials have grown frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and one source says her position may no longer be secure, Nick Miroff, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Michael Scherer report.

Do you know that you can become a Stanchion Book Club member on a monthly basis & still get all the perks? Brand new well-edited & beautifully designed books delivered every month, exclusive goodies quarterly + invites to Zoom book club author chats. $12 a month & you sustain this press. 🖤🤍

very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House! www.thedollhouse.studio

Big News! Submissions are now open for our next micro anthology, "Tales that Survived the Fire." Learn more at the link below, and we can't wait to see your pieces.

I work hard to keep politics off this feed, but this is directly related to our #WritingCommunity. There are so many ways to help. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Great interview with author Jeannie Vanasco by writer Leslie Lindsay on About Write from Off Campus Writers' Workshop. Vanasco discusses her new memoir, her process, and her unusual approach to representing her mother's silent treatment on the page. ocww.info/About-Write?...

Rolling deadline: $1,000 John Updike Review Emerging Writers Prize No fee. Writers up to 40 years old may submit essays that deepen our understanding of the work of John Updike. Submit to: Prof. James Schiff, Editor, The John Updike Review, [email protected]. https://updikereview.com/submissions/

It’s time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer: bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp

Happy birthday and happy World Prematurity Day to my favorite 24-weekers. It's been quite a ride. #prematurity #WorldPrematurityDay #preemies mikeandollie.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/3...

October is for stories that unsettle. That’s the point. The best literature shakes something loose. If a book makes you uncomfortable, it’s probably worth reading. Find the ones that still speak:

I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.

#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews. Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention. G’Lines and open calls:

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

New $50M #literary arts fund. #WritingCommunity apnews.com/article/lite...

Rn at Off Campus Writers' Workshop, paraphrasing Eric Rampson: The story you're writing doesn't serve the plot; the plot serves they story you're trying to tell. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #improv #OCWW

"That’s essentially the heart of the project: What would it look like to treat friendships as love stories?" This time last year, @lizziemlawson.bsky.social interviewed @lillydancyger.bsky.social on her essay collection FIRST LOVE. Find it in the archives! 💕 buff.ly/5dzItrM

I think that covers all our bases. Probably. Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho... #writing #writingcommunity

📅 Ever wonder when authors actually get paid? Here’s the timeline of how book publishing royalties work. For more on the topic, don’t miss our recent Money Matters Q&A with Erin Lowry from the Broke Millennial blog 🤑 authorsguild.org/resource/boo...

Check out our craft column, where Laurel Ross explores nature writing—how it can enhance storyline, characters, and descriptions, as well as connect your readers to the world around us. Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #naturewriting #OCWW ocww.info/About-Write?...

"We all have our own bits of everyday magic." @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social on Spirit-Led Writing: Ritual, Ritualization & the Creative Process rn @ Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #WritingCommunity #amwriting ocww.info

"Payoff is part of the fun of reading. What are you trying to do with your work? What do you want people to get from it?" Rn at #OCWW (Off Campus Writer's Workshop), Lindsay Hunter of "I'm a writer, but" podcast discusses reader payoff. #amwriting #WritingCommunity ocww.info

It's that time of year again... is there anything spookier than impediments to free and open access to information? We think not!! Make sure you follow along with us this Banned Books Week—we'll be sharing all the resources, updates and cool events they don't want you to know about.

Don't listen to the voices saying to play it safe. Write, read, and pub works a fascist would want to ban and wear their attempts as a badge of honor.

There's still time to apply to the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop! Applications close today, October 6th. Don't miss out on your chance to expand your writing community and level up your craft at this fully remote experience! Apply here: tinhouseworkshop.submittable.com/submit/17761...

Hey #WritingCommunity. Check out ocww.info, celebrating 80 years of supporting #writers. Weekly lectures/workshops from great teachers. Just $10/session for members; available in person (Winnetka, IL), on Zoom, or via recording. Everything writing. #amwriting

MudRoom is open for submissions through November 25! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art for Issue 20.

Writers - enter the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize! Max 500 words Fee $10 Closes 15 Oct Judge: @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social "The ability to evoke. The ability to use the shadings of words, the nuances of language. The mot juste... You have to stick the landing.” newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...

LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT to submit to our Halloween issue four! Our theme is "Foxglove," aka our poison issue ☠️ Submit your original poetry, visual art, translations, fiction, and nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions by 9/30. #opensubmissions

"Be sure your character is not miniature in your miniature story, or you risk your story seeming anecdotal." (paraphrased from Fred Shafer at Off Campus Writers' Workshop right now. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

The Not So Lowly Pen, new on About Write, the craft column of Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #amwrting #WritingCommunity #writingtools #writingresources ocww.info/About-Write?...

12 Fictional Character Archetypes to Know Before You Start Writing https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-write/writing-tips/character-archetypes via BookBaby #WriteTips

Interesting call for submissions: short stories or CNF about money/finances. The Principal is sponsoring the contest. No entry fee, $1000 prize. The power of storytelling. #amsubmitting #WritingCommunity #amwriting

We're open for print AND web submissions & eager to read your work! No theme for the print edition. "Performance" theme for web edition. Link in bio for guidelines & details! #creativewriting #fiction #poetry #creativenonfiction #litmag

Really loving @beckyltuch.bsky.social Lit Mag News substack. Cool info on @chillsubs.bsky.social contest calculator in this issue. #WritingCommunity #litmag #submissions #amwriting. litmagnews.substack.com/p/aint-no-li...

Premium Fiction is now open for August: We're offering one week responses for fiction AND poetry, just use the link in our bio and click on Premium Fiction or Premium Poetry. #callforfiction #callforpoetry

Attention writers! In an effort to remove barriers to access, The Common is now open for fee-free submissions until August 22nd. We encourage any and all communities underrepresented in U.S. literary magazines and journals to send us your writing! Read more below: buff.ly/rDQfZ0A

Trying to wean myself off that other horrible platform. I’ll be keeping this account literary and writerly (with occasional art stuff). Engage with me on those topics please. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #litmags #amsubmitting

Just got here. Hi! Please pop by over at The Disappointed Housewife, where you'll find wonderfully offbeat #fiction, #poetry, and #essays, along with a great community of #writers with a special take on things. thedisappointedhousewife.com

I just sent a MASSIVE Stanchion @ Sea email that officially opened up this 2027 sailing for booking and announced the instructor who will be leading the poetry track!! Are you on the list? Sign up now! stanchionzine.com/sea

#WritingCommunity check out this introduction to Scrivener by Llewella Forgie on About Write, via #OCWW Off Campus Writers' Workshop. She shows how it's not too scary even for beginners. ocww.info/About-Write?... #writingresources #amwriting #amediting #scrivener @scrivenerapp.bsky.social

Just learned from @michaelzapata.bsky.social that you can add -AI to a search to eliminate AI responses. Maybe you already knew this, but it was new to me. #amwriting #writingcommunity #OCWW

Depressing but helpful. Lit Mag News & the folks at Chillsubs are the bomb. litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...

Today - learn from @saribelp.bsky.social and @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social about all-things subsidiary rights!

Good literary citizenship. @stanchion.bsky.social — Just FYI, @kellyqanderson.bsky.social is shouting out your journal rn at #OCWW, saying you championed her and jumpstarted her writing. She's reminding writers to share the love of lit journals.

"Writing contests are a great way to generate new work; they are often theme based." — Laura Joyce Hubbard rn at #OCWW (Off Campus Writers' Workshop literary roundtable #amsubmitting