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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

What in the beautiful ecosystem happened yesterday?! From Monday evening to Wednesday morning, we more than sextupled the amount of submissions that we had received YTD! Not that I'm complaining! Just kind of confused since I didn't really do anything to spur this. But do keep 'em coming!

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

There's currently a water main break affecting my hometown and I'm drinking out of a bag. Not mentioning it for any particular reason, but if you want to toss some submissions for me to read, I'd be grateful. 2505magazine.weebly.com/submissions.... #opensubmissions #litmag #writersofbsky #writing

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What we accept: any form of the written word, as long as it is your own original work (so no AI generation, please). Slap a genre label on it—or call it genreless—and send it. Though the journal...

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Rob Sienna describes his poetry as “mischievous, sprightly, and elfin,” and I couldn’t agree more. I also can’t think of a better piece to end Issue 1 with. Read “#1551: Milo Tends to Silo” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance

A black-and-white photo of an older man sitting at a table writing in a journal. A caption over the photo reads "This can't be dressed up / Deflected or summarily dismissed." Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The refrain of Bella Melardi’s poem never leaves me. Read her poem, “To End Like This,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance

A photo of a scenic lake. Garbage floats on the lake and the remains of a factory with four smokestacks can be seen through the green foliage on the opposite shore. A caption over the photo reads "Don't forget whose skin you sleep on." Photo by Yogendra Singh from Pexels.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Jack Brodeur breaches the very concepts of what poetry can be in his depiction of neurodivergent experience, so much so that it changed the way I formatted the issue! Read “The Weird ADHD Kid” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #experimental #literature #2505mag #resist

A photo of a classroom. A girl sits at a desk facing away from the camera, looking toward a wall of windows. A caption over the photo reads "Why I write it the way I did? I wanted the format of the poem to represent the way I think. Photo by cottonbro studio from Pexels.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Litsa Dremousis describes her work as “part memoir, part Molotov cocktail on behalf of the disabled.” Read “On Behalf of the Tens of Millions of Us Who are Immunocompromised” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #memoir #2505mag @litsadremousis.bsky.social

A photo of a man wearing a face mask in a dark room. A shaft of light illuminates one of the man's eyes, and he looks down, saddened. A caption over the photo reads "so could we please stay out of everyone's sight lines and, for the love of god, not complain?" Photo by Ondosan Sinaga from Pexels.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Rachel Nix’ “& then” is refreshing in its bluntness and pacing, a lens through which to examine violence that I never knew I needed. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance @rachelnix.bsky.social

A photo of a busy sidewalk. A person's legs and shoes and some bags beside them are visible at the right side of the photo. A caption over the photo reads "Then, because then never stops either, we had to get used to a new way to die." Photo by Özlem K from Pexels.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Psst...submissions for 25:05 are open for 2026! No reading fee, we accept any form of the written word. 2505magazine.weebly.com/submissions.... #callforsubs #callforsubmissions #callforwriters #opensubmissions #submissionsopen #litmag #litjournal #writersofbsky #opencall #creativewriting #writing

"Submissions OPEN" in red and tan text on a dark gray background.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Waverly Vernon’s “ICE spotted in downtown Chicago” remains tragically relevant. I look forward to the day I can read it in a history book. For now, read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance

A photo of the Wells Street Bridge in downtown Chicago. The Chicago River flows underneath and buildings line the sky. A caption over the photo reads "ice is a hand dragging. ice is a wrist twist, a shoelace pulled tight, / a paper folded into disgrace. Brown Skin is tagged for export." Photo by Vladislav Lolenko from Pexels.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Chris Mesch’s poetic diptych, “A Diptych on Sincerity Being Buried Alive,” uses its very language to confront and refuse the script of capitalism. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #prosepoetry #prosepoem #2505mag #resist

A photo of a hand holding a match to a candle to light it. The candle is white and twisted, and the flame of the candle and of the match lean toward each other. Smoke curls in the air. A caption over the photo reads "The lawyer said not to apologize, even if you mean it." Image by Multimedios Del Sureste from Pixabay.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This speaker’s passage through winter is a song for the lonely. Read Cithara Patra’s poem, “Blinded by the Blizzard,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance Photo by StockSnap from Pixabay

A black-and-white photo of a woman standing in the snow, covered with snowflakes, with her back to the viewer. A caption over the photo reads "I’m alone as the winter rains down / bit by bit, I’m buried under it"

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Remember when Trump put those tariffs on uninhabited islands? Well, the actual inhabitants of those islands are NOT happy. Read more in Marleen S. Barr’s short story here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #shortstory #fiction #2505mag #resist #resistance Photo by Eric Santos from Pexels

A photo of two gentoo penguins walking along a gray, silty coastline, their wings spread out. A caption over the photo reads "“Sir, penguins are here to see you,” said a staffer to Trump.
“How do you know?”
“They said so.”"

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

See what happens when an American husband and father applies the president’s policies to his own household in T. Francis Curran’s short story, “How I Made My Household Great Again,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #shortstory #fiction #2505mag Photo by Kristina Paukshtite from Pexels

A photo of a bed of red and yellow tulips in front of a white picket fence. A caption over the photo reads "If those policies could save the homeland, couldn't they also save my home? It was worth a try."

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Sophia Black’s prose poem, “BEDROOMS,” is a thoughtful reflection on the presence of bedrooms in art; have you ever considered the occupants of those bedrooms? Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #prosepoem #prosepoetry #poetry #poem #2505mag Photo by Eugenia Remark from Pexels

A photo of a bedroom with several vintage-looking photos and paintings hung above a cream-colored bed. A caption on the photo reads "Did she watch? Did she know her heart would become a smudge of oil paint?"

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Salvatore Difalco’s short story, “Life & Death in half-Light,” is the kind of story that deserves time: time to read, time to ruminate, time to settle. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #shortstory #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance Photo by Bilge Can Gürer from Pixabay

A photo of painting supplies (brushes, a palette knife,paint tubes, a cloth) on a paint-splattered surface. A caption on the photo reads ""I do not plan to start painting again,” I replied. I was done with it. Indeed, I’d
been done with it before I was done with it. Now it was final, cast in iron. “But you’re an artist,” he said. “And you’re not respecting your gift.”"

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Julian Lovelace’s poignant comparisons and poetic throughlines aren't to be missed. Read his poems, “Childhood” and “I Dreamed of Speaking Irish Yesterday,” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance Photo by Iqbal farooz from Pexels

A photo of a white and gray feather resting on green and yellow grass, clover, and other small plants. A caption on the photo reads "Hope is like a feather lost by a bird on the lawn. / Always a child finds it, and keeps wondering / where it comes from, where the bird is—"

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Paul Hostovsky’s poem, “Resistance at the P.O.,” examines American identity through the insights of a routine interaction. And what an ending! Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance Photo by Tolga deniz Aran from Pexels

A photo of some postage stamps depicting various flowers and plants. A caption on the photo reads "I bought some stamps today. / The postal worker asked me: / “Flags, flowers, or birds?”"

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

R.G. Mint’s short story, "ECTOPLASMA," is a queer, supernatural take on a hookup gone wrong with commentary from a 19th-century ghost. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #shortstory #fiction #literature #2505mag #resist #resistance Photo by Renato Athayde from Pexels

A blurry photo of a hand lit by streaks of light from half-opened blinds. A caption on the photo reads "Looking up at the medicine cabinet mirror to pull back from near defeat, he saw just how translucent he’d become."

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The turn in Joshua Walker’s sonnet, “How to Carry Silence” is too good to spoil with an excerpt, so you get the first two lines. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #sonnet #poetry #poem #2505mag #literature #resist Photo by cottonbro studio from Pexels

A photo of a workbench covered in tools dimly lit by the light above it. A caption on the photo reads "I carry silence like a socket wrench— / handle cold with the weight of memory.

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Dale Scherfling’s story, “Feral,” explores the horror of familiarity through the lens of encounters with the feral dog packs that terrorized the American south in the mid-20th century. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #shortstory #2505mag Photo by Valeriia Miller from Pexels

A dimly lit photo of a white husky staring into the camera with one brown eye. A caption on the photo reads "The sounds carried across the night air—yelping, snarling, the wet rhythm of feeding."

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I find myself reading aloud Colin James’ poem, “Black Herons in the Dolomites,” again and again. James’ use of sound is as captivating as his subject matter. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist Image by Marcus Adam from Pixabay

A photo of the Dolomites. A large gray mountain range dusted with snow towers over a green forest. A caption on the photo reads "Modern lurid conquistadores / without an erogenous care."

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Adriana Vazquez’ poem, “The fall of democracy is imminent,” casts a literary light on a common sentiment. Read it here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #democracy #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist Image by LaterJay Photography from Pixabay

A photo of a young boy washing silverware in a wet and bubbly sink. Only the boy's hands can be seen from above and he holds a fork and spoon in one hand and a lathered sponge in the other. A caption on the photo reads "The fall of democracy is imminent / and yet, there’s a pile of laundry to do on my floor, / dust bunnies by the corners of my bed…"

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We’re so honored to publish two poems from Eva Gray. Read “Vermont (or, now those are some green mountains!)” and “Ohio (or, my biggest star)” here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud... #poetry #poem #literature #2505mag #resist Image by Sergio Hernández from Pixabay

A photo showing the Earth and the moon. The image has a caption that reads "The Sun then peered unto the Moon with the warmth of a godless monarch. "Moon, my child," he said, "why can't you be more like the Earth?”

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Rachel Nix @rachelnix.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I'm grateful to be in the first issue of @2505magazine.bsky.social, a literary journal named after the length of Cory Booker's record-breaking speech on the Senate floor earlier this year. Support this journal, y'all. It's new and needed. 📚 #poetry 2505magazine.weebly.com/issue-1-loud...

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Submissions are currently closed! Big thank you to everyone who submitted for Issue 1. Expect it to be out by the end of November. Happy writing and reading!

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

15 days left to submit for 25:05's inaugural issue! #litmags #submissionsopen 2505magazine.weebly.com/submissions....

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A few changes: Instead of taking submissions on a rolling basis, 25:05 will accept submissions until Oct 30, with the first issue coming out before the end of the year. We are also now open for cover art submissions! Details can be found on our website here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/submissions....

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

So excited to announce that 25:05 has its first acceptance! We can't wait to share it alongside other wonderful work in our first issue, but for now...🤫 Submit here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/submissions....

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

✒️ Thank you for being a writer! ✍️ The world needs you now more than ever! 📝

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Quote from an interview with Jacqueline Woodson that struck the editor today. In the past, I've thought silence to be the easier option, but right now, it's the choice between being scared and not doing anything vs. being scared and doing something.

Photo of a quote from a book. The quote reads "There is so much fear-mongering. People think it's easier to be silent. To tiptoe around stuff, as opposed to having conversations and confronting and disrupting."

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

No worse feeling than reading a really good poem in a litmag and then being unable to find the author's other works at all... - a hypocrite who never includes socials when he submits to litmags

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I've never been good at coming up with titles. I think 25:05 might be the only exception. It just made sense to name the magazine after what pushed me over the edge to start it! Read more here: 2505magazine.weebly.com/faq.html #literarymagazine #literaryjournal #litmag #openforsubmissions

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25:05 Magazine @2505magazine.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

25:05 Magazine is open for submissions! We accept any form of the written word, no reading fees. 2505magazine.weebly.com/submissions....

Collage papercraft spelling out the numbers '2505'. Each number is positioned over a blank white envelope.

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