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Greg Sargent
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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:
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Poets & Writers
2 days ago
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
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Chrissy Stegman
2 days ago
My new flash piece is up at Variant Lit! I wrote about an unnamed extra in the āI am your fatherā 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-...
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Back in the Tall Grass
Visit the post for more.
https://variantlit.com/back-in-the-tall-grass/
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Elena Zhang
2 days ago
Ahhh I canāt believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!
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The Atlantic
2 days ago
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.
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Kristi Noemās Audience of One
The DHS secretary is suddenly talking about more than just mass deportations.
https://bit.ly/3ZBkbc0
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Stanchion
2 days ago
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. š¤š¤
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K.C. Mead-Brewer
2 days ago
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
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https://www.thedollhouse.studio/
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Miracle Monocle
3 days ago
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.
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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/...
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Industry Insiders Raising Funds for Minnesotans in Need
Amid ICEās violent crackdown, two publishing professionals have launched an online auction to benefit nonprofits providing aid to Minnesotans and immigrants. Around 500 items and services have been do...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/99551-industry-auction-to-support-minnesota-immigrants.html
19 days ago
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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?...
about 1 month ago
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Winning Writers
3 months ago
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/
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Bookshop.org
3 months ago
Itās time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer:
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tote vote
we tote-ally want to hear from you.
https://bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp
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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...
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On this November 17, smack in the middle of Prematurity Awareness Month, as we celebrate World Prematurity Day right along with Isaac and Mollyās birthday, I worry for new parents of preemiesā¦
https://mikeandollie.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/34-in-25/
3 months ago
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Narrative
4 months ago
October is for stories that unsettle. Thatās the point. The best literature shakes something loose. If a book makes you uncomfortable, itās probably worth reading. Find the ones that still speak:
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Kingfisher & Wombat
4 months ago
I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.
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L'Esprit Literary Review
4 months ago
#callforsubmissions
: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews. Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention. GāLines and open calls:
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Submission Guidelines
LāEsprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literarā¦
https://lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-guidelines/
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Bookshop.org
4 months ago
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.
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arts fund.
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The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits
A coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund to support independent publishers and nonprofit organizations.
https://apnews.com/article/literary-arts-fund-publishers-26784d44c1c3fc4be6cf9a867511ce4a
4 months ago
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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
4 months ago
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Split Lip Magazine
4 months ago
"Thatās 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! š
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Chill Subs
4 months ago
I think that covers all our bases. Probably. Submit here:
www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho...
#writing
#writingcommunity
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The Authors Guild
4 months ago
š Ever wonder when authors actually get paid? Hereās the timeline of how book publishing royalties work. For more on the topic, donāt miss our recent Money Matters Q&A with Erin Lowry from the Broke Millennial blog š¤
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Check out our craft column, where Laurel Ross explores nature writingāhow 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?...
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4 months ago
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"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
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https://ocww.info/
4 months ago
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"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
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4 months ago
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The Authors Guild
4 months ago
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 Weekāwe'll be sharing all the resources, updates and cool events they don't want you to know about.
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Exposed Bone Literary Magazine
4 months ago
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.
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Tin House
4 months ago
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...
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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.
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5 months ago
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MudRoom | Submissions OPEN
5 months ago
MudRoom is open for submissions through November 25! Send us your prose, poetry, and visual art for Issue 20.
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Submissions ā MudRoom
Submissions are open! Send us your work through November 25.
https://www.mudroommag.com/submissions
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New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)
5 months ago
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.ā
newflashfiction.com/get-ready-fo...
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Get Ready for the 2025 New Flash Fiction Prize | New Flash Fiction Review
Our annual flash contest will be open for submissions September 15 to October 15. Grant Faulkner will judge this year's entries.
https://newflashfiction.com/get-ready-for-the-2025-new-flash-fiction-prize/
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Wild Willow Magazine
5 months ago
LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT to submit to our Halloween issue four! Our theme is "Foxglove," aka our poison issue ā ļø Submit your original poetry, visual art, translations, fiction, and nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here:
wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions
by 9/30.
#opensubmissions
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"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
5 months ago
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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?..
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5 months ago
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Winning Writers
5 months ago
12 Fictional Character Archetypes to Know Before You Start Writing
https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-write/writing-tips/character-archetypes
via BookBaby
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12 Fictional Character Archetypes to Know Before You Start Writing
Unlock the power of these 12 fictional character archetypes to create compelling and well-rounded characters in your story. Read our guide to learn more!
https://blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-write/writing-tips/character-archetypes
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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
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Home - Principal - 2025
Home - Principal - 2025. Write a short story and take part in the Principal - 2025 prize to share your taste for writing
https://short-edition.com/en/contest/principal-2025?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025+Money+Chronicles&utm_term=electric+literature&utm_source=Electric+Literature%27s+eNewsletter&utm_campaign=8199c34ad3-Amazon+Pub%3A+Bacchanal+by+Veronica+Henry_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0822bf40e8-8199c34ad3-586958379&mc_cid=8199c34ad3&mc_eid=80298539e5
5 months ago
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Ninth Letter
6 months ago
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
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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...
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Ain't No Lit Mags When She's Gone!
University battle for Shanghai Lit Review; new data at Duotrope; Contest Calculator from Chill Subs; new Flash Fiction Institute; writers on self-publishing; poetry reviews; and more
https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/aint-no-lit-mags-when-shes-gone?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share
6 months ago
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Driftwood Press
6 months ago
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
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The Common
6 months ago
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
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Trying to wean myself off that other horrible platform. Iāll be keeping this account literary and writerly (with occasional art stuff). Engage with me on those topics please.
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
#amediting
#litmags
#amsubmitting
7 months ago
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The Disappointed Housewife~Submissions always open!
9 months ago
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
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fiction/essays/poetry
https://thedisappointedhousewife.com/
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Stanchion
7 months ago
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
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#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
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Off Campus Writers' Workshop - About Write
https://ocww.info/About-Write?p=scrivener
7 months ago
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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
9 months ago
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Jennifer Worrell
9 months ago
Depressing but helpful. Lit Mag News & the folks at Chillsubs are the bomb.
litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-med...
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Social Media Truths Every Writer Needs to Understand
Fake audiences, bloated accounts, and bots
https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/social-media-truths-every-writer
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The Authors Guild
9 months ago
Today - learn from
@saribelp.bsky.social
and
@tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social
about all-things subsidiary rights!
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Good literary citizenship.
@stanchion.bsky.social
ā 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.
9 months ago
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"Writing contests are a great way to generate new work; they are often theme based." ā Laura Joyce Hubbard rn at
#OCWW
(Off Campus Writers' Workshop literary roundtable
#amsubmitting
9 months ago
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