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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

4/29/26 at 7pm ET on Zoom we’re launching this fabulous issue into the stratosphere with 1-minute readings by Issue 12 contributors. Register here: washcoll.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Wishing everyone happy holidays from Cherry Tree!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Erica Dawson's "Sonnet from thin to thicc" is our fifth Pulitzer Prize nomination! Check out an excerpt below, and subscribe to Cherry Tree! washington-college.square.site/literary-hou...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We're thrilled to reveal our next two Pushcart nominations this morning: @alvinlu.bsky.social for "Style" and @infullvelvet.bsky.social for "Daddy Scene." Because can you really have a Daddy Scene without Style? Subscribe to Cherry Tree: washington-college.square.site/literary-hou...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Cherry Tree is published once per year. Subscriptions to are $15 for one year and $26 for two. More information here: washington-college.square.site/literary-hou...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Cherry Tree is delighted to reveal our second Pushcart Prize nomination: Julie Marie Wade's "From the Jeopardy! Category, THE SUBJUNCTIVE:" which appeared in Issue 11. We know we can always turn to Julie's work for the exact right questions!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

We're revealing our Pushcart Prize nominations this week. Follow along and help us to celebrate these terrific writers! And you can subscribe here, if you're so moved: washington-college.square.site/shop/cherry-...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Last call before closing time! And yes, we still have room for your poems, essays, and stories up. cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Two weeks left to submit to Cherry Tree! Check out our guidelines at cherrytree.submittable.com

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

What Senior Fiction Reader @nicanstett.bsky.social is enjoying when not reading submissions: fabulous books by @riggstah.bsky.social and @tonytula.com Cherry Tree is open for submissions until October 1! cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

When she's not reading submissions, CNF Editor Sufiya Abdur-Rahman is reading recent books by Rachel L. Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social and by CT 9 contributor Kristin Keane. Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

We asked our editors to name 2 books they're reading (when they're not reading Cherry Tree submissions). Fiction Editor extraordinaire @sarahblackman.bsky.social recommends books by former CT contributor @alvinlu.bsky.social and by Thalia Field. We're open til Oct 1! cherrytree.submittable.com

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

We asked our editors: what are 2 books you're reading when you're not reading Cherry Tree submissions? Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down. Cherry Tree is open til October 1 cherrytree.submittable.com

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Cherry Tree is open for submissions through October 1. Send us your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All accepted pieces are considered for our special section of Literary Shade! cherrytree.submittable.com

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Cherry Tree opens for submissions at midnight tonight! Please check out our guidelines and submit here: cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The 10th Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference is in the books. Thanks to everyone for making last week so incredible & inspiring!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Next week! Cherry Tree opens for submissions for Issue 12! Please send us your poetry, fiction, and essays -- particularly if they fit our literary shade section!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Today is the last day to apply for a scholarship to attend the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference (July 15-18 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus). More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The 10th annual Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference deadlines are approaching! Registration closes June 25. Scholarship application deadline is June 17. More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus. @washcoll.bsky.social

An info graphic features the Faculty for Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference which takes place July 15-18: fiction writer Bushra Rehman, nonfiction writer Matt Davis, fiction writer Raul Palma, and poet Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello. Deadline to register is June 25; scholarship deadline is June 17.
The conference is a literary extravaganza for high school writers and it takes place on the campus of Washington College in Chestertown, MD.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc.

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Scholarships available! Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus. More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

FAQ: What's a literature discussion like at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference? A: Here's Dr. Courtney Rydel, Chair of Washington College's English Dept., leading a discussion about what medieval stories can teach us about modern craft. More info can be found online at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you'll be in Los Angeles for AWP, please stop visit Cherry Tree at Booth 432 in the Bookfair to say hi, buy an issue, browse our famous letterpress broadsides, grab a free pin, tattoo, or mini notebook and bask in our LA Winter Wonderland vibe!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Congratulations to the Thom Gunn Award finalists, including three Cherry Tree Journal contributors: @blasfalconer.bsky.social Jubi Arreola-Headley, and Kevin McLellan (in our current issue!). 🌈

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference is open for registration & scholarship apps. Write your truth with us this summer on the idyllic @washcoll.bsky.social campus! Scholarships available! More info: www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

If you missed last night's fire 🔥launch party, it's now up on YouTube youtu.be/9ZbfUHjc4bc Subscriptions and submission guidelines always available at www.washcoll.edu/cherrytree

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Please join us this Wednesday, March 5 for the Cherry Tree Issue 11 launch on zoom (7p ET). There'll be very brief readings by contributors to hear selections of our poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and Literary Shade! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Join us Wednesday, March 5th at 7:00PM on Zoom for a live reading of Cherry Tree Issue 11! With readings from our contributors, this is sure to be a great start to the spring season. Register for the Zoom here: washcoll.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We're getting the message that it hasn't started yet (almost 2:25 pm ET here).

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

And here's a shot of the back cover with the full list of contributors!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Cherry Tree's newest powerhouse Issue will arrive soon to contributors and subscribers. It features work by Carl Phillips, Jenny Johnson, Alvin Lu, Julie Marie Wade, Erica Dawson, & cover art by Alex Merritt. Subscribe here: washington-college.square.site/product/cher...

Cover of Cherry Tree Issue 11 is a painting of winter trees in a snow storm by the painter Alex Merritt. The effect is dreamlike, liquified, impressionistic more than realistic.

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Jubi Arriola-Headley, "Machete" (from Cherry Tree Issue 10)

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Happy pub day to CT9 contributor @clairejbateman.bsky.social ! The Pillow Museum is now available from @fictioncollective2.bsky.social You can order it now here: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366209...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 NEA Poetry Fellows, including Cherry Tree contributors Victoria Chang, Saúl Hernández, and Keetje Kuipers, and our EIC James Allen Hall. For the full list of fellows check out: www.arts.gov/impact/liter...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If you didn't catch all of our Pushcart Prize reveals, here's the entire fabulous gang of writers we're nominating from Issue 10!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Our sixth and final (we wish we had more!) Pushcart Prize nomination from Issue 10 goes to Jane V. Blunschi's powerful and moving essay, "Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen Years Old." Check out a brief excerpt below.

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Our fifth Pushcart nomination from Issue 10 is Ryan Clark's homophonic translation poem "The Work of Emend." Check out a snippet below, and for more about his method, click his website. ryanclarkthepoet.com/homophonic-t...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Cherry Tree is delighted to nominate Jubi Arriola-Headley's poem "Machete" for the Pushcart. Check out a brief excerpt below!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Our second Pushcart nomination from Issue 10 is for K-Ming Chang's dreamy short story "Persephone." Get a little taste below.

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Our first announcement is none other than Diane Seuss's poem "I Dreamed, and I Warn You It was Circuitous." Thanks for letting us publish this fabulous poem, Di! @dseuss.bsky.social Here's a little snippet of the poem....

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Cherry Tree is proud to announce its 2024 Pushcart Prize nominees. Follow along this week, and please congratulate these fabulous writers! Subscriptions to Cherry Tree are $15 for one issue/year or $26 for two. www.washcoll.edu/cherrytree

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 31/07/2024

Our reading period begins tomorrow, August 1. We can't wait to read your work! Guidelines are here: cherrytree.submittable.com

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

Our reading period opens next week for creative nonfiction, poetry, and fiction! We're excited to read your words! cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

Tonight our 2nd Cherry Tree faculty reading features Susan Muaddi Darraj and Jason Fagone will read from their fiction and nonfiction. 6:30 pm ET live-streamed here: www.youtube.com/@literaryhou...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

Tonight at Cherry Tree! @j9joseph.bsky.social & Raul Palma take the mic to read from their work at 6:30 PM ET. Catch the livestream at www.youtube.com/@literaryhou...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

All scholarship applicants have been notified! And we have hit our maximum number of participants! We're blown away by the talent of these young storytellers, poets, & journalists. A registration waitlist is available at: docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yro...

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

One week left to apply for a full-ride scholarship to the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference, a 4-day literary extravaganza for high school students. More info: www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

There are 2 weeks left to apply for a full-ride scholarship to the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference, a 4-day literary extravaganza at Washington College that takes place July 16-19. More info: www.washcoll.edu/ywc

Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference program at Washington College in Chestertown, MD July 16-19. Full-ride scholarships are available but the deadline is approaching (June 17--in two weeks!). The image shows the Miller Library Terrace at Washington College, with cherry blossoms falling.

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