Reposted by shareen k. murayamaSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 07/05/2026What are you doing this summer? We're celebrating the global flash community with the biggest ever SmokeLong Summer. Come write with us--and bring a friend for no extra dollars. www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...smokelong.comA SmokeLong Summer 26 - SmokeLong QuarterlyA SmokeLong Summer 26 is closer than you think. This year we’re starting early and staying late. The summer just got longer. As always, at the heart of A SmokeLong Summer is our peer-review workshop i... 094
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 21/10/2023"If we die, know that we are content and steadfast, and convey on our behalf that we are people of truth." 19945
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaMatt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 21/10/2023Another wonderful anaphora #FlashFiction, this one repeating a powerful "what if". The swarm of emotions in this piece by @suzannehicks.bsky.social is breath-taking:milkcandyreview.home.blogCrickets ~ by Suzanne HicksWhat if you lived in Elko, Nevada? What if this was the summer when a swarm of Mormon crickets invaded the town? What if they engulfed your house, clinging to the clapboard, blacking out the windows s... 173
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaMatt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 21/10/2023This #FlashFiction from @votang.bsky.social unspools through its succession of questions in such an interesting way, building in insistence from beginning to end and exploring so much in such a small space. Great piece!milkcandyreview.home.blogMom, can I ask you a question ~ by Thao VotangWhich finger was it that I should use to measure water for rice? Was it up to three quarters of one segment of my ring finger? Not my left ring finger though, not the finger I will tie myself to a man... 192
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaMatt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 21/10/2023#SubmissionCall from the wonderful @lunatejournal.bsky.social 0154
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaAmorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social · 13/10/2023"She feels it, as though the last bit of linen had frozen in her hands. / She looks at her hands—how old they are. It’s not the beginning, it’s the end." The Paris Review has unlocked Louise Glück's poems in their archive.theparisreview.orgLouise GlückStories, poems, essays, and interviews from The Paris Review by Louise Glück 09653
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaBrandon Amico @amico.bsky.social · 13/10/2023RIP Louise Glück. My favorite poet, someone whose work was incredibly influential on my own. I have spent years—joyously—trying to pin down the command of voice that Glück wielded effortlessly. 1111
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Come onnytimes.comFrankfurt Book Fair Cancels Award Ceremony for Palestinian AuthorOrganizers cited the Israel-Hamas war as the reason for stepping back from honoring a novel about the 1949 murder of a Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers. 1838389
shareen k. murayama @ambusypoeming.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Thanks for posting this!! Gonna buy her book now. 020
Reposted by shareen k. murayama Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 13/10/2023Without paywall: archive.ph/SBdH9 Also, what the fuck? 1102
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaHannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Just finished two full days of student meetings with detailed essay notes. From morning to late afternoon, both days. My brain right now. 3221
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaHannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 10/10/2023Come write with me! Two essay drafts in two hours, $50, plus 2 BIPOC scholarships available! This December! www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/w...chillsubs.com2 Essays in 2 Hours!Two essay drafts on the page in two hours? Is that even possible? YES! 14021
shareen k. murayama @ambusypoeming.bsky.social · 13/10/2023It’s Friday, the war is still going on and ugh 🤬😭. I hope you don’t mind me in this little corner of the world acknowledging how privileged and happy I am to find my writer friends here. Home again. 💕 140
shareen k. murayama @ambusypoeming.bsky.social · 13/10/2023Heartbreaking, hand-wringing, but so glad she has an observant and involved papa. 🥰 010
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaAnti-Heroin Chic @antiheroinchic.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Reminder that our submissions are open! You still have time, so cook up some creativity as we head into fall 🍁❤️ You can find more submission info on our website, and check out the wonderful works we have published in the past :) 0199
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaAnimal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 22/09/2023Happy Friday, wildlings 🙂 A special treat from @vcmccabe.bsky.social to get your weekend off to the best start. And don't forget that if you preorder Ophelia before 10/17 you'll get 10% off the cover price! femmesalvebooks.net/ophelia-by-v... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeA...youtube.comOphelia by V.C. McCabe Book TrailerOphelia by V.C. McCabe Book TrailerOn Sale, Print & eBook, October 17, 2023Pre-order: femmesalvebooks.net/ophelia-by-vc-mccabeV.C. McCabe Official Site: vcmc... 0103
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaELJ Editions, Ltd. @emergejournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2023Really, really need a novel reader for our submission reading period. Any takers? Please email @ elj.editions@gmail.com 1512
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaMaggie Su @litmagreject.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Lit mags are important. Sign to show your support for The Gettysburg Review.chng.itCan you spare a minute to help this campaign?Gettysburg Review is the global literary magazine that put Gettysburg College on the map. Every year tuition goes up, and somehow the college has enough money to build and remodel parts of campus, but... 02620
shareen k. murayama @ambusypoeming.bsky.social · 13/10/2023“With a daughter who has questions. Am I Jewish? Without answers. Would Hitler come for us? Without wanting answers.” Love how your daughter shows up in your poems! ❤️ 110
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaJared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 05/10/2023My new poem "Self Portrait as an Order at the Delicatessen" was published yesterday. I hope you like it. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/sel...havehashad.comSelf Portrait as an Order at the Delicatessen by Jared Beloffafter Chen Chen With a side of pickles. Without a Bar Mitzvah. With a Mother and Father. With one matzoh ball or two? With chocolate babka and gelt. Without friends to haggle over winning... 1256
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaV.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 12/10/2023My favorite @readinstead.bsky.social poems: "The Feral Pigs of Chernobyl are Glowing"; "Watching Time Lapse Videos w/ My Daughter"; "Bar Mitzvah"; "Ariadne Slept"; "Experiments w/ the Perception of Time"; "Still Life w/ Flowers, Shells, a Shark’s Head, & Petrifications"; "That Would Keep You"... 151
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaV.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 12/10/2023A @readinstead.bsky.social appreciation thread. Back when I was a poetry co-editor for Barren Magazine, I fell in love w/ an anonymously submitted ekphrastic poem called "The Ray." Once I found out it was by poet Jared Beloff, I devoured every poem of his I could find... barrenmagazine.com/the-ray/barrenmagazine.comBarren Magazine - Issue 22 - Glass Horizonsafter Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin Chardin pulls our eyes to its translucent skin announcing its wound, pink and gap 4186
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaAmie Souza Reilly @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Check this out! Hannah is a gem! 194
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaMatt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Okay, to help everyone make their BlueSky what they want it to be, here's a thread about feeds. What they are, how to find them, how to add them, how to pin them, what feeds to follow if you're a #writer, and how you can make your own 🥸 1/16 24376214
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaKyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 31/08/2023A strong voice gone. #poetrytheguardian.comPoem of the month: Oil Music by Gboyega OdubanjoEach month the Guardian’s Review section chooses a poem or poet to highlight 073
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 24/08/2023Special call to submissions of African writing judged by Chris Abani.sites.lsa.umich.eduSubmitGeneral Submissions | Special Calls | Pitches | Prizes General Submissions for the Print Journal Now Accepting Submissions via Submittable! General submissions for the print journal will be accepte… 0148
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaTara Skurtu @taraskurtu.bsky.social · 20/09/2023“The mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much” —Eudora Welty 061
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaTara Skurtu @taraskurtu.bsky.social · 02/09/2023Dorothea Grossman. 0287
Reposted by shareen k. murayamaKathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 08/09/2023Calling all flash writers! I'm judging this fab Flash Fiction Contest. It's FREE to enter with a prize of £500. You can learn more about the competition (and me) in the podcast, plus hear the special phrase you need to include. Deadline is 29th September. 😀failingwriterspodcast.comThe Failing Writers Podcast 3rd Annual Writing Contest, in association with ScrivenerWe are The Failing Writers Podcast. So, for this year's flash fiction writing contest we thought it would be apt to go with "Failing" as the theme! As well as our biggest ever prize of £500 the winne... 13622
