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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social, Rachele Dini, and @davidjbauman.bsky.social for sharing your experience, and to @beckyltuch.bsky.social for sharing my words with your readers.

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you Nancy for the kind words, and thank you @saloneurope.bsky.social for including this piece in your session! 🙏

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jocelynjanecox.bsky.social @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Pub Day! If you want to know how I’m doing, I just tried to refill my coffee by turning on the kitchen sink.

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Angela Joynes @angelajoynes.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A beautiful, poignant story in letter form by @brechtdp.bsky.social in @stanchion.bsky.social

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Baltimore Review @baltimorereview.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Our poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction doors are now open in Submittable. baltimorereview.org

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The Baltimore Review

A journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Horrible delays on the trains today - but it means I managed to finish a good draft of the story I am working on, and I have to say: I'm pretty pleased with this one. As you can see from the title: more hippos coming your way!🦛🙂

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The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The Offing’s Poetry department is open for submissions today! ✨ theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit

Black text on a journal page next to orange flowers: call for submissions
The Offing’s Poetry department is seeking new works!
Submissions open Thursday January 29th!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

My daughter, who recently turned 18, gave a TED talk this morning about diversity in engineering, and I admit I did not keep it dry 🥹

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'll be in volume 1 (on the left) 😊

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Pretty excited to announce that I will have a short piece in this issue! First acceptance of 2026! 🥳

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This is happening tonight. Excited about it.

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

OK, this is not a proper ranking, but just a little fun I had with the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016-2025. 2 pts for every featured story, 1 pt for every notable. 2025 weight = 1, decreasing to 2016 weight = 0.1 Full list (67 journals) available from my website.

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

It's been a good year... Thanks so much to all the wonderful magazines that published my writing + everyone who read my work. Links to all stories below!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

OK, I wasn't expecting this 🤯 - I travelled to Rwanda in August - I wrote an essay about it in September - I started submitting in October - Only 3 lit mag responses in, and it's an acceptance from @chicagoqreview.bsky.social ! What a way to end the year 🥳🥂

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Science fiction & fantasy writers: I am working on a special lit mag ranking for you... Question: would it be weird if I lumped together Fantasy Magazine / The Deadlands / Psychopomp?

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Pam Yve Simon @pamyve.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Hi writer friends! Would you please give me your recommendations for online creative writing / poetry workshops for new writers? This would be a gift for my college-aged cousin. Thank you so much!

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Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This is not the kind of elephant hunt you might be expecting. A tragic and tender story

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Hey all - I think my story in the Missouri Review can be accessed for free! It's about a guy going on an elephant hunt... 🐘🙂 muse.jhu.edu/pub/48/artic...

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Project MUSE - King of the Jungle

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This made me think: if any lit mag is interested in adding a badge to their website to signal their ranking or inclusion in the ranking (similar, I guess, to the Duotrope or ChillSubs badges), feel free to DM me!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I love this! And congrats to the Florida Review!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

On 22 Dec at 5pm CET, I will run a small online event on how to use my lit mag rankings for submitting to journals. This event is for those: (i) new to submitting; and/or (ii) not comfortable with spreadsheets. The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Really proud to land at #109 overall in these listings, and #87 in poetry! Not that bad out of almost 800 literary magazines! Thank you to @brechtdp.bsky.social for putting these metrics together.

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The UK is busy submitting this morning...

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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Lovely to make #267 in the Top Poetry Magazine list for 2026. Inspired & and honour... lots to come in 2026-7! Watch for it.

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Thank you so much for reading my story in @theforge.bsky.social ! 💙💙💙

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

It's an honor to make top 10 in flash fiction and in the top 100 overall! Thank you for your work, Brecht, and thank you to our amazing writers and readers who make this possible.

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

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Michelle R. Brady @bradymicheller.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

A conversation with writer and economist @brechtdp.bsky.social at michellereneebrady.podbean.com!!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This beauty landed in Paris today 💛

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I received my first ever Pushcart nomination, and I'm over the moon!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Btw - for those interested - while my Missouri Review story is in print, you can also read it online if you have access to Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55696

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I still can’t believe I have a story in the latest issue of the Missouri Review. I worked on this story for 2+ years and thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew. Then I thought it was unpublishable: who would read a story about an elephant hunt? Which just goes to show: NEVER self-reject!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Wow. Along with @smokelong.bsky.social's, this is my daughter's second Best of the Net nomination for 2026 😮 I have some serious catching up to do 😅 Big thanks to both! Mia is absolutely thrilled

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Rho Weber Mack @wordward.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The Fall 2025 issue of the Missouri Review is now at the printers and is set to go out in the next couple of weeks—here’s a peek at the marvelous cover: It’s going to be a true doozy, with new fiction from Brecht De Poortere, Seth Fried, Philip Hurst... Congrats, @brechtdp.bsky.social

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Absolutely thrilled to have a story out in The Forge Literary Magazine today!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

To wake to these words from a writer I admire as much as Patricia...

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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

J. K. Rowling's claims about the transgender community are not supported by science. Her views are based on prejudice & stereotypes. They have no place in a society that values equality & respect for all people. Make Injustice Visible. Be a proud ally!

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Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

First look at the Annual Salon programme and it looks incredible! That venue filled with writers learning, thinking and sharing work...what a dream Thank you @deborahzafer.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social @robyntheauthor.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @brechtdp.bsky.social for making it real✨

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Erin MacNair @emacnair.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Incredibly happy to announce that my story Sand Penis” will be in Best Canadian Stories 2026! Thank you Biblioasis, for putting out these amazing short story collections. #biblioasis#shortstories#canadianfiction

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

So proud to see my daughter's art on the cover of the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social !

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

✨Meet us in Paris✨ 🗓️ 19 June Next week we’re teaming up with Paris Lit Up and nabbing spots at their popular open mic night! Get in touch at contact@saloneurope.org if you want to meet up with our friendly Paris group

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

My daughter just told me her artwork will be on the cover of the next issue of @smokelong.bsky.social Quarterly 😱

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