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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 14h

Overwhelmed, overjoyed, moisturized, somehow both inside and outside my lane, and flourishing???

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Grackle Review @gracklereview.bsky.social · 14h

Overwhelmingly happy to have TWO announcements to make today! Please give a warm welcome to our new Poetry Editor @never.horse. Never, we're so happy to have you here and thank you for being a part of this little project. Everyone, give Never a warm welcome!

A purple and black poster with an image of Never Angeline North on the right hand side.

Titled Poetry Editor

Never Angeline North is the author of Black Hole Science is Filled with Apologies (tRaum Books, 2026), SARA or 'I lived my life as a cloud that followed overhead' (Inside the Castle, 2025), Rainbear!!!!!!!!! (Apocalypse Party, 2022) and Sea-Witch (Inside the Castle, 2020) among other books. She is trans and lives in Washington. She loves form-breaking, dream logic and the absurd.

Hobby: sewing, TTRPGs, birding, collaging

Favorite Birds: varied thrush, rhinoceros auklet, lewis's woodpecker, blakiston's fish-owl

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Grackle Review @gracklereview.bsky.social · 16h

Please welcome Rayne Alarcio ( he / they ) to @gracklereview.bsky.social ! They will be our Fiction Editor from this point forward. Rayne, we're so excited to have you on board!

Purple and black poster with an image of poet Rayne Alarcio on the right hand side of the image.

Titled Fiction Editor.

Rayne Alarcio ( he/they) is a writer from Los Angeles with work appearing or forthcoming in Chicago Quarterly Review, Cimarron Review, failbetter, ANMLY, and elsewhere. He loves stories that get to the universal through the ultra-specific.

Hobby: writing, photography, video games, language learning

Favorite Birds: suice penguin, subway pigeon, monk parakeet, arcadia california peacock

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The most fun thing ever to randomly see

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today is a sleepy day...very sleepy. SO sleepy, in fact, I could just go to sleep right now.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm reaching the weird part of life where people will talk to me in...ways.

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Grackle Review @gracklereview.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Heads up, birdy friends! @gracklereview.bsky.social is now open for submissions. If you've ever wanted to submit to a lit mag, now's the time. . . our theme for our first issue is 'strange'. Find out more and submit here: grackle.review/submissions/

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Submissions

The Grackle Review is now accepting submissions! We will be open for submissions to December 31st 2026. Our first theme will be: ‘strange’. Whatever that means to you, we want to see it…

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A photo of the ivy I was obsessed with in Chicago - so pretty yet so destructive!

Photo of ivy creeping up a white frame and wire structure backed against a cement wall.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Changed my handle to simply my name - I am trying to tighten up my social media a little bit & am tired of hiding behind pseudonyms because I feel 'not good enough'.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So excited to have you on! I love making cool things with cool people! 🎉🎉🎉

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you 🥺🙏 They're my favorite bird!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Y'all! We hit a milestone on Instagram!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The working title is 'Auto-Cannibalistic Love Poems' for anyone that might be interested.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If I actually formatted / created a chapbook of love poems written for @magicofservice.bsky.social , would anyone be interested in seeing it? It'd be pay what you want w/ the goal of helping us get to Chicago!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's a relief! 😅 I'm honestly so used to doing it for my school work it's kind of automatic. Just another thing to unlearn!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The fact that I misread how to submit to a lit mag is going to haunt my days. Accidentally putting my name in the document title. Agghhhh.

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color. We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.

Are you a trans person of color doing rad art or community organizing work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2026 grant program are open now through October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.

We are specifically looking for projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, and/or other marginalized communities, as well as projects that foster exploration and celebration of gender diversity and trans lives.

We accept applications from anywhere in the world. Collectives/groups are welcome to apply.

Grant recipients are chosen by a paid panel of trans judges of color. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2026.

AI-written applications will be deleted.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm still looking for folks to join me in online merriment!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cookies: eaten. Room: cleaner. I still have accomplished things today!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some days are very productive - today is a day in which productivity is measured by how many cookies I can eat.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trying to wrap my head around the fact that so many fellowships and grants are for post-grad, but here I am feeling like financial stability would very much make me a *more* creative person, not less.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every time I try and look for places to submit my work to, I get overwhelmed and end up giving up before I submit a single poem. Any advice on how to circumvent this? :')

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I so appreciate you! You've always been so kind to me and it means the world..

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Please keep in mind @gracklereview.bsky.social is my baby and I fully intend to keep pushing on and hope it catches on. I'm rarely proud of my own ideas, but I'm liking the vibe so far.

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Grackle Review @gracklereview.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We're looking for help! Right now, the EIC is the only one here and we're hoping to change that. If you have a love for literature or the visual arts, maybe you'd want to team up to make something cool? Experience comes in many forms - first timers are welcome! Hit us up if you have any questions 🐦

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We are looking for: web designer, poetry editor, art editor, prose / CNF editor

Send your CV and cover letter to thegracklereview@gmail.com

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It feels like a reward because it is!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm so glad to know you too! It's been a good year, so I'm hoping the day will be a good one!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh Gods - I'm turning 32 in a handful of days.

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Grackle Review @gracklereview.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Want to get to know the founder of @gracklereview.bsky.social ? Look no further than their list of favorite birds. Everyone knows favorite birds are top of the list for getting to know a writer. We want to know - what's your favorite bird?

Bright purple background on black text. To the right, an image of the founder of the Grackle Review. Text reads Alejandro Wilson is a student at Vermont College of Fine Arts in their first year of their MFA. They consider writing to be like conjuring - magic in its own right - and enjoy works that are strange, high contrast, and visceral.

Hobby: bird watching, reading, nature walks, video games

Favorite Birds: cardinal, sandhill crane, boattailed grackle, roseate spoonbill

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Poetry friends, would it be worth it to try and sign up for fellowships / grants next year? I feel like as a baby poet I would likely get overlooked.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If anyone would like to peruse it, I finally have my own personal website up and running! www.alejandrowilson.art

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is there anyone that might be interested in working on @gracklereview.bsky.social with me? In theory I could do this all by myself, but in practice it sounds more fun with friends!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm so lucky the cat I'm sitting for shockingly doesn't do that. Her tummy is iron made. Noodle's and Baby's at home? Not so much. They love to redecorate despite getting clean bills of health, fancy food, and more. Lol.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Their tummies are indeed perpetually upset by SOMETHING.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Twenty grand or so would solve a lot of problems for me right now - manifesting a winning lotto ticket. Hashtag dream big.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Please send good vibes as I hope I get one of the jobs I applied for.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Stop making me miss Chicago even more!! /lh

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Grackle Review @gracklereview.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Squawk! New submission theme dropped: grackle.review/2026/09/23/0... We want your poems, your art, your heart! More submission details will be available soon. Stay tuned! #literaryjournal #litmag

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Explore the Theme of 'Strange' for Our Inaugural Issue

Explore The Grackle Review's inaugural theme of 'strange.' Submit your odd, exploratory work and embrace creativity—coming soon!

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For the daytime crowd - show my new venture some love?

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Iiiiif any of my buddies want to follow this little venture @gracklereview.bsky.social and www.instagram.com/gracklereview/ now exist! The following days I will be making logos, creating the info needed to have the website up and running, etc. If any of y'all want to get in on this, let me know!

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Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They're lovely! Boattailed Grackles are my fav <3

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also, yes, all the links are placeholders. I'm working on it. Slowly.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That's the vibe I have at the function. It probably won't get me a job, but it DOES make me sound mysterious and cool.

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Alejandro Wilson @alejandrowilson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At least Covert Letter sounds sexy and cool though.

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