Close out your month with us through Lucky Jefferson's writing hour! Stuck? Need a dedicated time to write? Looking to expand your writing community? This one's for you. Let us know you’re coming: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Through memories of family and sensory experience, “Love for Parts Most Vulnerable” by Tiezst Taylor creates space for neurodivergence to exist without shame or apology. Read this poem and others from our Wildflower issue: luckyjefferson.com/wp-content/u...

We’re dreaming up future workshops, and we’d love your input! What do you want to learn, explore, or create next? Take a few minutes to fill out our workshop survey and help us shape programming that reflects our community. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Have you been waiting to finally sit down and get back to that poem, manuscript, or journal collecting dust? Join us tomorrow at 11 AM EST for the launch of The Lucky Jefferson Writing Hour! events.humanitix.com/the-lucky-je...

What do improv comedy and poetry have in common? More than you might think. Join poet and professor Ana Reisen for a playful, judgment-free workshop that brings the spontaneous energy of improvisation into the world of poetry this Saturday at 11 AM EST 🎭

101 lbs. 13 volunteers. 2 hours. 😮‍💨 Earlier today, neighbors across #Berwyn came together for our FIRST block cleanup — and they weren’t playing around. 3 routes. 13 bags. Over 100 lbs of trash off our streets, alleys, and litter hot spots near train tracks.

Anyone need an extra moment of calm and clarity? Join us this Saturday, 2PM EST, for a workshop designed to help you slow down, breathe, and find a bit of ease. 😌✨

“Some fights are inevitable because of our location,” he told me. “It’s the tone of war.” In our 17th anthology, #Bond, Lanae Tipton explores the enduring ties between a father and daughter, where the battles of war echo inside the walls of prison. luckyjefferson.com/bond

TODAY @ 10AM CT!

Looking for more time & space to write? Join us April 25 for the launch of The Lucky Jefferson Writing Hour, part of our #NationalPoetryMonth lineup 📖 Enjoy a low-pressure, welcoming space to write alongside fellow writers. 🤎 Open to writers of all levels 📬 REGISTER: bit.ly/LJWritingHou...

April is around the corner (can you believe it?!), which means ... #NationalPoetryMonth 🖊️ We’re celebrating with Alex Shapiro, Corey Pressman, and Ana Reisen every weekend and the launch of a NEW writing social hour. 🎨 by @yumy_wu

Congrats to all the Creatives! You should read this entire publication (including a poem by my husband!) very impactful work- thank you @luckyjefferson.com for publishing on this important topic!

Check out another excerpt from my memoir-in-progress, Violent Offender, and read the full issue: luckyjefferson.com/wp-content/u...

Our THIRD release of the year is here! In our 17th anthology, #Bond, we partner with Juan Hernandez, a currently incarcerated artist, to bring together the poetry, prose, and art of 18 currently and previously incarcerated creatives, as well as those connected to them and the system.

Happy to share that my poem, a finalist in the @luckyjefferson.com Poetry & Prose Contest, is now published in the 365 collection. Grateful to the readers and editors who brought it to life. #poetry luckyjefferson.com/to-tim-in-li...

New poem, which was a finalist in @luckyjefferson.com’s contest was released today in their 365 Collection. Thank you Lucky Jefferson! #poetrycommunity #poetry

HAPPY RELEASE DAY! #Homecoming is here 🏠 ! This 7th issue of Awake is all about finding your way back—back to self, back to community, back to what feels like home. Celebrate the places that leave the light on for us and say, come on in 🫂 Cover Art: Jordyn Flood luckyjefferson.com/awake-issue-7

We’ve got a publication coming out this weekend! About a year in the making.

Honored to have my poem named a finalist in the 2025 Lucky Jefferson Poetry & Prose Contest! It’ll appear in the 365 Collection this January. Thank you to @luckyjefferson.com for believing in my work.

Eeeeee! Nothing and we mean nothing could have prepared us for a mailbox OVERFLOWING with submissions for our forthcoming book #Bond — a publication that highlights the relationships of those currently and previously navigating our criminal justice system.

The latest story from our newsroom @15west.org!

This one’s for anyone seeking softness, kindness in a world that grows more scary each day. In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary. Who dared to create new worlds.

At La Cocina de Irma in Little Village, “Grandma Irma” feeds everyone—no matter what language they speak or how much money they have. ⬇️ Swipe for the TLDR or head here to read more: www.15west.org/grandma-irma...

It has been a pleasure working with Lucky Jefferson again for Estallido! I hope everyone takes some time to check out this issue full of inspirational pieces.

#poetryoftheday is my brilliant friend Disha Trivedi's "be here to mother me at the end of the world" in the latest issue of @luckyjefferson.com "Weather-green, that book, the cover, like chutney, or the slick mint sari for a wedding I won’t have." luckyjefferson.com/fissure/ #poetry

FREE WORKSHOP ALERT! Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes on Saturday, September 6th, for a free 1.5-hour virtual writing workshop designed for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections to others. ✍️📝💌 Register here: events.humanitix.com/letters-to-o... jasbarnes.com

Starting off Sunday with the release of our second Latine issue, #Estallido! #Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work. luckyjefferson.com/estallido

Read WILDFLOWER from @luckyjefferson.com for #DisabilityPrideMonth! This digital issue celebrating eight autistic BIPOC writers features writing by J. D. Harlock, Shel Moring, Greta McGee, and more: luckyjefferson.com/wildflower/

👋🏽 We’re hosting media literacy workshops for anyone curious about misinformation and community journalism. Over 3 weeks you’ll learn to: • decode misinformation • critically engage with media • write your own narratives through hands-on training in digital publishing and community journalism

Still so grateful for IFF’s support! 🥹 This is our largest gift to date. And with everything going on in the world, it feels surreal to be included among this list of organizations fighting for the arts. Learn more about our plans at the link below

Man self-promo is tuff but here goes. If you’re seeing this, I’ve started a newsroom called 15 West (@15West.org)! This wouldn’t be possible without a grant from Cook County and @citybureau.bsky.social.

We launching a newsroom (@15west.org)! Please support with a follow or share.

We have two FREE virtual workshops happening in July! REGISTER here: luckyjefferson.com/programs/

Paying for #contests sucks. Sooo don't? For the third year, we're calling all poetry and prose writers to submit to our summer contest! Two finalists will win a cash prize and LJ swag pack. Plus, it’s FREEE to enter. More info: luckyjefferson.com/poetry-prose...

Ain’t no party like a speculative poetry party! Learned so much from Katherine Quevedo in today’s generative writing workshop.

Calling all emerging photographers in Chicago! We just opened applications for a new 1-month fellowship we’re launching with Buddy in The Chicago Cultural Center. Fellows will receive: - $250 stipend - Workshops - Mentorship - An exhibition - Plus some APPLY BY JUNE 1: bit.ly/EmergingPhot...

🗣️ Make some noise for our FREE, virtual #NationalPoetryMonth writing workshops! Check out our lineup, then register: luckyjefferson.com/programs/

awesome foundation met at @beermiscuous.bsky.social tonight and heard from last months grantees about @luckyjefferson.com 's bonds behind bars issue and Seneca's Dream girl studios sewing workshop.

New Year New Latin American focused sub call! I'm guest editing an issue with @luckyjefferson.com again for "Estallido." Paid opportunity! We accept prose, poetry and visual artwork. luckyjefferson.submittable.com/submit/31971...

New poem in @luckyjefferson.com 🕺🏾 luckyjefferson.com/for-the-litt...

We don’t open up the rest of our calls until 2/1, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. If you’re a D&D lover @anodynemag.bsky.social has a friggin cool workshop that‘ll get the words flowing. 🎲 Get your roll on: anodynemag.com/event/roll-f...

This year I published my third chapbook, 6 individual poems, 2 essays, and a hybrid lyric essay. Thankful for @ghostcitypress.bsky.social @luckyjefferson.com @feversof.bsky.social @fahmidanjournal.bsky.social for making it possible 🙏🏽 Can’t wait for 2025

WHAMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY! Thanks to all who voted. And thanks to @chillsubs.bsky.social for spotlighting lit mags and arts orgs year after year!

whoever suggested deleting the “discover” feed on here…THANK YOU

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If you can write a poem, creating your own world, you can survive. It doesn’t have to be a good poem, but it’s yours and no one can hurt you while you are in its world. It’s like a secret passage from danger, from prison. This is how I got through my teenage. There was no coming of age for me

This place is like therapy.