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Mud Season Review @mudseasonreview.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Submissions are OPEN for poetry, prose (fiction & nonfiction), and art! We pay a small honorarium for accepted work. For more details on what we're looking for and how to send it our way, please visit the link in our bio.

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Announcing The Pauline L Arthur Gen Z & Writers 50+ Mentorship. This is our 2nd Mentorship and we're eager to continue our fight to counter the aegism in the literary world. Details & Sign up on our Submittable page. Previous cohort view on our Site.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Jesus was lost yesterday. Being Sunday I hope he's found. And I have the creative challenge of trying to work lost Lego Jesus into a poem 😂 #Sunday #poetry #poetryhumor #poemideas

Picture of Lego Jesus lost on the sidewalk.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/10/2026

‘James I was given an elephant by Philip IV of Spain with instructions that it was to drink only wine between autumn and spring.’ Malcolm Gaskill on zoos and menageries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Malcolm Gaskill · Squawking at the Gate: The Last Menagerie

The spirit of modernity would influence zoos for generations. Dialogue between reformed conceptions of society and the...

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Poetry quote to ponder: "What's the wisdom in your process?" - Thalia Field #poetry #poetryquote

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We are seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human. August’s theme is being alone. October's upcoming theme is shapeshifting. buff.ly/VCVDDI1 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky

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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🏖️ Welcome to Issue Fifteen! We hope you find something that makes you feel right at home. 🏖️ View it here: www.susurrusthemagazine.com/issue-fifteen 📸: Julia DesRoches

Featuring: Julia DesRoches, D Bedell, Niamh Carmichael, Neil Corbett, Logan Elizabeth Craig, Jayda Gilliard, Joanna Grant, Emily Hall, Lola Haskins, Kale Hensley, Tyler Jagt, Spencer Jewell, Stacy Miller, Hannah Lane Patterson, Samantha Renee Ratcliffe, Murray Rice, and Kimberly Ann Southwick

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It's hot, so even the animals are hanging out in the cool parts of the internet. There's a profile of me out @papersigh.bsky.social and a poem from@swwim.bsky.social highlighted in this edition. #animalpoems #poems #poetry #substack #poetrynews christafairbrotherwrites.substack.com/p/animal-poe...

Child's drawing of a bird in turquoise blue with a lime green wing and a pink eye and feathers on its head. The text above the bird says, "Animal Poems. For the dog days of summer." Below is the handle for Christa Fairbrother's Substack.

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Erika Dreifus @erikadreifus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Re-upping this post/thread for anyone who may be planning to spend time this weekend searching for support/homes for poetry, fiction, cnf.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My husband knows me so well. The perfect t-shirt 👌💗👕 #tshirt #poetgifts #readergifts #reader

A Grateful Dead tarot card style t-shirt that is royal blue. The image is a woman's skeleton with her hair piled up on top of her head. She's turning a page of the book on her lap and below her it says "reader."

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Claire Wade @clairerwade.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Are you a #disabled writer? Did you know that the @societyofauthors.bsky.social has a network Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI). We’ve held lots of virtual events and you can catch up with them on our Vimeo channel. vimeo.com/showcase/110... #publishing

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Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses Network (ADCI) on Vimeo

Join the web’s most supportive community of creators and get high-quality tools for hosting, sharing, and streaming videos in gorgeous HD with no ads.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

As a beekeeper, I find the combination of creature and text interesting.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Have you ever read a poem about a sand dollar or sea urchin? Now's your chance. Thanks to @swwim.bsky.social for publishing this poem. #sciencepoetry #newpoetry #newpoems #poetry #medicalhumanities #poetrysky #chronicillness

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm excited to add this book of essays to my reading pile. It's an opportunity to dive into the how and why of nature poetry. #naturepoetry #poetry #essays #poetrybooks #whatimreadingnow

Cover of the book, Poetry's Nature by Susan Stewart. The title and author text is in brown on top of a brown and white watercolor of forest foliage.

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Bridget @8rid6et.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

That was hard! My first blackout poem, from a story about fishing, in a book written in the 30s. The Herring Shoal #blackoutpoetry #micropoetry

The cover of an old book, green, with a red eel, titled “fishes their journeys and migrations”

In the open North Sea
beneath greenish waves
Tossed by the swell

Herrings carefully mark opalescent water
diving every now and again
A large shoal spread over the surface itself

So through the night
a huge vertical wall with fine fishes
went their nocturnal ways

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Eleventh Hour is a journal that highlights revision. I'm excited to share my poem from their latest issue which finally found a home when I got the title right 🤩 MY THERAPIST SAYS I SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE BIRDS share.google/1z9wrkwQfB1V... #poems #poetry #birdpoems #newwork #poetrysky

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MY THERAPIST SAYS I SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE BIRDS

Photo by Robert So from Pexels Geese alight at the lake that smells like winter, the silver globe, my dog and I circumnavigate. The frequency illusion explains why geese then pop up eve…

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Last night I hit send on an application for a fellowship at Yale. It felt like a big thing, a reach towards something I couldn't previously see myself doing. I hope something comes up in your life this week that pushes you in the best way 😍 #poetrygoals #writergoals #fellowships #wishmeluck

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Untitled, 2014. by Mimi Cherono Ng'ok, young Kenyan photographer who lives and works in Nairobi #WomensArt

Photograph featuring the front view of a white grey dappled horse looking right with red bridle standing on a beach near the sea

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The ducks in this poem were witnessed at sunrise in Palatka which I was visiting for a poetry conference. It's exciting to see them fly out into the world 🦆 #newpoems #poems #poetry #floridapoets #Florida #Floridawriters #waterpoems #familypoems #poetrysky

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm excited to see this piece, St. John's River, out in the world 😀 #poetry #newpoems #floridapoetry #poetrysky #poems

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#happybirthdayalanginsberg Author of the great long poem in Welsh, 'Hwyl'.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It's so hard to write about smell. What if I told you this flower smells like Hawaii (never been so that's a stretch). Or like perfume (do you have the same brand). Or like a sunny day (vague). It's why we keep writing poems, to describe the indescribable #smell #poetry #poetrysky #flowerreport

A close up of a white plumeria flower with a yellow center.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Two friends have started a journal with a powerful, inclusive concept. Please share with others looking for publication opportunities 😀 #poetry #subsopen #poetrypublications #poetryjournals #submissionsopen #poetrysky #poetryjournals #poetryforall

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This issue includes a poem I wrote that I'm excited to share with you 🤩

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I'm excited to be included in this cohort and looking forward to learning from my mentor, Amy Lerman. #mentorship #poetrymentors #poetry

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Thanks to the editors of Prime Number Magazine who published my poem, At the Zoo, the Day of the Second Deadliest School Shooting (please read mindfully if the title is a trigger warning). #newpoems, #poetry #poetrysky #poems #newpoetry www.press53.com/issue-283-po...

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Issue 283, Poetry and Short Fiction — Press 53

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our next book is the incredible PAIN SONGS by Daniel Sluman. Here's a poem from the collection, 'Chronic'. Out 14th May, ready to order now: ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Guess who is on this list? I'm excited for the opportunity 🌟 #poetrycommunity #mentoring @awpwriter.org #mentorship awpwriter.org/AWP/Writers-...

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Season 23 Participants

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Congratulations to Samyak Shertok on having a sold out poetry collection. I can't wait to dive in now that I've got my copy 😀 #poetry #poetrybook #poetrybooks #whatimreadingnow #newbooks

The book No Rhododendron by Samyak Shertok photographed against a wooden fence. The cover shows a bee on the bridge of a white horse's nose.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"How can I know what I think till I see what I say." - E.M. Foster

A sheet of paper being held up in a woman's hand with a handwritten poetry prompt at a poetry workshop.

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Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Spend your Sunday morning lazy in bed with a good poetry read on the house courtesy of @stanchion.bsky.social

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