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Barbara Westwood Diehl

@bdiehl.bsky.social
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Senior Editor, The Baltimore Review. baltimorereview.org Writer of short stories and poems. Personal website: www.barbarawestwooddiehl.com Will also be posting Baltimore Review news here: @baltimorereview.bsky.social

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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
With thanks to Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. matterpress.com/journal/2026...
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Plain Jane’s Calamity – Compressed
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A big thanks to the Journal of Compressed Creative Arts for publishing "Plain Jane's Calamity." matterpress.com/journal/2026...
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Plain Jane’s Calamity – Compressed
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Published today in Yellow Arrow: www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/vignette/lum...
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Swivel | Barbara Westwood Diehl — Yellow Arrow Publishing
Yellow Arrow Vignette | AWAKEN
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Looking forward to the Yellow Arrow reading!
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Interview on the JMWW site. Big thanks to Curtis Smith!
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These Foolish Things: An Interview with Barbara Westwood Diehl by Curtis Smith
The Fool card in the Tarot deck is all about new beginnings and setting out on new adventures, taking leaps of faith without knowing if you’ll fall off the cliff or soar. Like the act of writing, r…
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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 03/07/2026
This week's Shortlist is curated by @kdiannerule.bsky.social Stories about routines, habits, obligations. Featuring: K. A. Polzin @k-a-polzin.bsky.social Diana Fenves Zainab Omaki Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social Pamela Painter Rajiv Moté @rajivmote.bsky.social
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The Shortlist for July 2, 2026 - Turn and Work
Fiction from K. A. Polzin, Diana Fenves, Zainab Omaki, Barbara Westwood Diehl, Pamela Painter, and Rajiv Moté
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tonight. I'll bring the cookies.
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My chapbook "Foolish" is available for pre-order! linesandstars.com/ls-press/
Cover of chapbook
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"The roads are steep here, with a lot of curves. We’re descending." The Sand Pit by Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social #microfiction #MIcroMonday #readingcommunity #TenYears. Please click on the link below and enjoy fictivedream.com/2026/06/08/m...
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Hope to see some fellow writers and readers at Atomic Books in Baltimore on June 13 at 7 p.m.
Announcement for Big Light Reading Series on June 13, 7 pm, at Atomic Books in Baltimore. Readings by Barbara Westwood Diehl, Marie Abate, Marcie Roman, and Mike Shattuck
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Happy to wrap up 2025 with micros in Cleaver Issue 52! www.cleavermagazine.com/issue-52-win...
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Issue 52 • Winter 2025 • Cleaver Magazine
Fresh-Cut Lit & More ISSUE NO. 52 WINTER 2026 Want weekly writing tips, author interviews, and book reviews, plus four free quarterly issues sent directly to your inbox? Subscribe to Cleaver! It’s fre...
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
A tiny work in Tiny Molecules. Thanks! www.tinymolecules.com/issues/twent...
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twenty-five — Tiny Molecules
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
This is the third game of TELEPHONE and consists of 1,395 individual, interconnected, and original works by artists from 930 cities in 65 countries. Is this cool or what? telephonegame.art And here I am in this vast web: telephonegame.art/artists/barb...
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TELEPHONE
Whispering a message among art forms. Explore the TELEPHONE interactive art exhibition featuring diverse artists and creative expressions.
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I'll be at hanging out at the Baltimore Review table at the Baltimore Book Festival most of this weekend, Sept. 13 and 14. If you're there, stop by and say Hi. Festival details: baltimorebookfest.com
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Baltimore Book Festival
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Many thanks to Fictive Dream for publishing this dark little story.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
As promised, here’s a roadmap for NFFD (Saturday 14 June). Read with us, write with us or join us in person in Bath! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Happy to have some micro/flash works published in June. One today in Gooseberry Pie gooseberry-pie.com/issue-32/, one in Bright Flash on June 7, brightflash1000.com/2025/06/07/p..., and I'll be in the Flash Flood line-up on June 14. Great to be included with so many cool flash writers!
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Issue 32 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Christopher Jeffrey on Unsplash The first seven stories in Issue 32 were shortlisted for Gooseberry Pie’s 2nd annual writing competition. Old Girls and Palm Trees by Meg Pokrass is an illustr...
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A big thanks to New World Writing Quarterly for publishing these four short works! An honor to be included with so many fine writers. @newworldwriting.bsky.social newworldwriting.net/barbara-west...
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Barbara Westwood Diehl ~ Four Pieces
After Math Were we ever the algebraic equation we thought we were. Symmetric at each step. A marriage of tuxedo, satin dress. Matched as brackets. As parentheses of veil, lapels, clasped hands. A m…
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A throwback chat Chill Subs published on March 11: subclub.substack.com/p/on-fosteri...
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On Fostering Empathy Through Literary Arts with Barbara Diehl, EIC of The Baltimore Review
"Take pleasure in writing. If it feels too much like work, find ways to make it playful."
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Presented a session on "Concision and Precision in Flash Fiction" at the ESWA Bay to Ocean Writers Conference on March 8. Huge thanks to @tara-a-elliott.bsky.social and the other fine people at the Eastern Shore Writers Association for inviting me!
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thanks to Pithead Chapel for publishing one of my short "women with wings" pieces today.
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Volume 14, Issue 2
COVER ART BY NUALA MCEVOY   FICTION VILLAGE GREEN BY DAVID YOURDON THE BEAUTIFUL THING BY EMILY RINKEMA FERMENT BY L. SOVIERO THE SURVIVAL OF SEA GLASS BY SARAH PERRIN   NONFICTION THE BE…
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Read "Or So She Thinks" written by @bdiehl.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social. "Whatever she is saying is clashing with the narrative. The assassin in the story needs silence while he prepares for this one last hit of his career." tinyurl.com/mp9undnc
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Or So She Thinks — Ghost Parachute
Unlike so much of her life now, the woman can grasp what’s happening when she listens to an audiobook. And she knows that, even if the ending isn’t the one she hopes for, it will make perfect sense. S...
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Enjoyed being in the company of fellow flash writers yesterday! The www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgkw...
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FBOMB Global Flash Reading - December 6, 2024
YouTube video by Francine Witte
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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
My December #WritingCraft article is a round-up of everything I've published over the last 5 years. If I've counted correctly, there are about 50 resources in total; feeling quite proud to see it all in one place. Hope it's useful! prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/everything...
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Everything Everywhere All In One Place
I’ve been writing these craft articles for quite a while now.
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Haven’t stopped by here for a while. Since X has turned into such a train wreck, I’ll try posting more Baltimore Review updates here and see how it goes.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 29/05/2024
Super thrilled to have my work in Best Small Fictions among so many amazing writers. And a big thanks to @bdiehl.bsky.social at Baltimore Review for giving my story a home. altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...
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The Best Small Fictions
Information and submission guidelines for the Best Small Fictions annual anthology.
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 04/05/2024
Our spring issue is live! Hope you enjoy the poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction in this issue. And all submission categories are open until May 31. baltimorereview.org
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The Baltimore Review
A journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 05/03/2024
Happy to have Kathy Flann as the final judge for Baltimore Review's summer contests (flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction, prose poem)! www.kathyflann.com/bio
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
Our winter 2024 issue is live! Thanks to all these fine writers and everyone who made this issue possible. baltimorereview.org
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The Baltimore Review
A journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Thanks to Poetry South for publishing my "bird app" poem. Fun to have apps for identifying birds and plants and constellations and other parts of the universe.
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
Congratulations to Baltimore Review fiction editor Lynn Stansbury, one of ten writers selected for the Poets & Writers 2023 fiction cohort of Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early career authors! And congratulations to all the writers in this cohort! Wishing them a wonderful experience.
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Poets & Writers Selects Ten Early Career Fiction Writers for Get the
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
The Baltimore Review's fall issue is live. Thanks to everyone who made it possible! baltimorereview.org
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Downloaded The Best American Essays 2023 to my Kindle and spotted a Baltimore Review contributor in the list of Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2022. Congratulations to Lucinda Cummings! baltimorereview.org/winter_2022/...
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Barbara Westwood Diehl @bdiehl.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
I'll be hanging out at the Baltimore Review table during the Baltimore Writers' Conference on Nov. 4. If you're there, stop by and say Hi. www.baltimorewritersconference.org
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