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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Got word today that I will be reading some originmal poetry at the Texas Association of Creative Writers Conference in October '26. Very excited!!!

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Gonna present online at London Arts-Based Research Centre's @labrc.bsky.social "Art of Storytelling: Archetypes in Focus" conference held at St. Anne's College, the University of Oxford (May 30-31, 2026). Talking about restorative writing to process grief. Very excited!!!

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The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Just sent out our first batch of acceptances last night for Theme 07: "Bright Lights, Dark City" and I must say the poetry and digital art we snagged are pretty amazing. SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT! www.theargylelitmag.com/submissions-1

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Poem "Shadow Cat, 2004" is currently in the HST Quarterly Winter 2026 Issue. Free ebook download available on the Horror Sleaze Trash website! horrorsleazetrash.com/downloads-2/

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

"down the bermuda highway" up now at Horror Sleaze Trash. Big thanks to @citywidelunch for originally publishing it! horrorsleazetrash.com/2026/03/20/d...

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Poem "Shadow Cat, 2004" up at Horror Sleaze Trash horrorsleazetrash.com/2026/03/09/d...

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Just got word that my creative presentation "Shadowman Poems: Poetry Inspired by NYC Street Artist Richard Hambleton" won the Award for Best Poetry at last month's 92nd Annual Conference of College Teachers of English (CCTE) & will be published in their peer reviewed publication CCTE Studies. Nice!

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This is my first art publication with @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and their EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social Over the moon! Hope you enjoy it. Thank you 🥰 www.bloodhoneylit.com/digital-art/... #artcommunity #writingcommunity #indiepress #diversevoices #digitalart #visualart #photography #art

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

“Shadowman Poems: Poetry Inspired by the Art and Life of NYC Street Artist Richard Hambleton” made its debut at the Conference of College Teachers of English”. Yeah, I crushed that shit.

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Preparing for my Bucolia poetry reading at the Texas College English Association conference in Waco, Texas. Presenting a different collection later this afternoon at the Conference of College Teachers of English. Bagged three conferences this year. Done with public for 2026. LOL.

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Joe Couture @rjcouture.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Thanks @davidestringel.bsky.social , EIC of one of my favourite lit mags, @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social, for publishing my latest piece. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/litt...

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Zary Fekete @zaryfekete.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wild! Acceptances in the last couple of days from both @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and @theargylelitmag.bsky.social 🥰My great thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and his terrific staff!! #WritingCommunity

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

BIG thanks to all the lit mags that accepted/published my work in 2025. BULL The Opiate Apocalypse Confidential Fevers of the Mind The Daily Drunk The Hooghly Review The Gorko Gazette Citywide Lunch Mythic Picnic South Broadway Ghost Society Alien Buddha Press www.davidestringel.com/home

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Had a blast in 2025 with the launch of @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and relaunch of @theargylelitmag.bsky.social. Very proud to be EIC of these two lit mags and am very thankful for amazing support from our readers. Looking forward to an amazing 2026 ahead!!!

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Gonna deliver my creative presentation, Bucolia (poetry inspired by rural life), at the 2026 Texas College English Association (TCEA) Conference (Theme: "What Is Texas Culture?") in Waco, TX this coming February. Very excited!

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Got my acceptance today from the 92nd Annual CCTE Conference for my creative presentaiton "Shadowman Poems: Poetry Inspired by NYC Street Artist Richard Hambleton". Fresh off the heels from presenting "Bucolia" at the Southern Humanities Conference in Maryland in January.

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Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Delighted to have 3 VU-themed poems accepted by @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for 'The Rules of Verse-Poetry Inspired by The Velvet Underground' edition. Such a quick response too🔥 Gratitude to EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social & Poetry Editors @hubbsd.bsky.social & @seangmeggeson.bsky.social🙏

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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🌟SUBS OPEN🌟 Blood + Honey + The Velvet Underground @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social Rules of Verse: Poems Inspired by The Velvet Underground🖤Send us your evocative + crazy poems about VU! Subs close Dec. 15. EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social Poetry eds. @hubbsd.bsky.social @seangmeggeson.bsky.social #poetry

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Wooohooo! My poem "Palo Santo" (from Brujeria) is included in The Alien Buddha's Best of 2025! Thanks, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social!!!

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Wooohooo! My poem "Pomogranates" (from Down the Bermuday Highway) is included in The Alien Buddha's Best of 2025! Thanks, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social!

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The Opiate's @theopiatemag Fall 25 issue is out, along with my CNF piece "Dishes Best Served Cold." BIG thanks to EIC Genna Rivieccio for the acceptance. Still one of my favorite lit mags EVER! issuu.com/theopiatemag...

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The Opiate: Fall 2025, Vol. 43

Is it fall or just the fall of humanity? Whatever your take, The Opiate, Vol. 43 is here to help you during this difficult time of AI revolution/human work and art overthrow. To combat your woes, dive

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Looks like I'll be doing a creative presentation at the 2026 Southern Humanities Conference “Tides and Time, Ebbs and Flows” in Annapolis, MD in early Spring. Gonna read selected poems from my upcoming poetry collection 'Bucolia." This will be my 2nd one with SHC. Very excited!

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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

FYI: Blood + Honey Submittable porthole is ready to roll for Rules of Verse: Poetry Inspired by The Velvet Underground. @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social EIC: @davidestringel.bsky.social Poetry Editor: @hubbsd.bsky.social Guest Poetry Editor @seangmeggeson.bsky.social #poetry #poem #poetrysubs #litmag

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Poem, "Roseblood," in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social "Fictile Feelings" (Poetry Special, October '25) Issue. 🥰 to Guest Editor S. Sethi! "...turn your blind eyes from this solemn procession / and the roseblood underfoot / some spots aren’t meant to wash away." thehooghlyreview.com/issues/ficti...

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The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

General submissions are now OPEN for Issue #6, scheduled for publication December 15, 2025 @ 6 PM CST. Send us your poetry, fiction, CNF, and digital art!!!

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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Subs open tomorrow! Looking forward to reading your VU-inspired lines! @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social EIC @davidestringel.bsky.social Poetry Editor @hubbsd.bsky.social Guest Poetry Editor @seangmeggeson.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysubmissions

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

BIG thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social and EIC @thedrevlow.bsky.social for accepting my two micros, "Black Cherry" and "Ghost"!!! 🐂

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Woohoo! Gonna have my CNF piece "Dishes Best Served Cold" (originally published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) reprinted in The Opiate's Fall print issue. Love that mag! BIG thanks to Genna for the acceptance.

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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Subs open in 🖤🔟🖤days! EIC: @davidestringel.bsky.social Poetry ed.: @hubbsd.bsky.social Guest Poetry Ed.: @seangmeggeson.bsky.social

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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

“The Velvet Underground won’t replace anything … except maybe suicide.” --Cher. Rules of Verse: subs open Oct 1 @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social Poetry editor: @hubbsd.bsky.social Guest Poetry editor: @seangmeggeson.bsky.social EIC: @davidestringel.bsky.social

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redochre1.bsky.social @redochre1.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

It is only with the support of journals like @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social and the hard work of editors like @davidestringel.bsky.social that we can reach new audiences and find the reciprocal energies to keep putting work out. Thank you

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Sean G. Meggeson @seangmeggeson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Do you know Leopold von Sacher-Masoch? If so, maybe you have a poem to submit for Blood + Honey's Velvet Underground Special issue: Rules of Verse? Subs open Oct 1 on Submittable @hubbsd.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social @davidestringel.bsky.social #poetry #thevelvetunderground

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Mileva Anastasiadou 🍉 @happilander.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

My latest WiR story on my favorite lit journal @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social came out last night and it's about brotherhood/sisterhood against hardship/grief. Thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social for giving it a beautiful home ❤️ www.bloodhoneylit.com/mileva-anast...

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

New poem "The Density of Negative Space" accepted for publication at Cataloguing Poetry Magazine. BIG thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for the acceptance.

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Psyched to have my new poem "Roseblood" accepted for publication in The Hooghly Review's @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social special issue in October '25. BIG thanks for Sanjeev Sethi for the acceptance.

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Got a mini-collection of (mostly) ekphrastic poems published today at @dailydrunkmag.bsky.social about the life and art of street art GOAT Richard Hambleton. BIG thanks to the editors at The Daily Drunk for the acceptance. dailydrunkmag.com/2025/08/18/s...

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Shadow Man Poems (inspired by the life and art of Richard Hambleton)

Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash . . Blood Flowers, 2003 –after Richard Hambleton (1952-2017) . Red petal…

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Big thanks to The Gorko Gazette and EIC Colin Gee for publishing "Shadow Cat, 2004," an ekphrastic poem based upon one of Richard Hambleton's shadow art pieces and his heroin addiction--metaphorically "the shadow cat." thegorkogazette.com/2025/08/01/s...

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Thrilled to have my micro piece "Down the Bermuda Highway" reprinted by Mythic Picnic. HUGE thanks to the editors for accepting this piece that was originally published at the very cool Citywide Lunch (citywidelunch.wordpress.com) x.com/The_Booky_Ma...

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Got a batch of my Shadow Man poems, based on the life and art of GOAT 🐐 street artist Richard Hambleton, coming to you soon at @dailydrunkmag.bsky.social HUGE thanks to Shawn Berman & Seth Borkowski for the acceptance! 🥰

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Shaun Anthony McMichael @shaunmcmichael.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Proud to have my short fiction THE LOSER pubbed by @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social. Big thanks to @davidestringel.bsky.social and his team! www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-... #shaunanthonymcmichael #bloodandhoney #davidestringel #fiction

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David Estringel @davidestringel.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"Three Poems" by Jacob Schepers “Queen / Latifah bites it / from the jellyfish / attack that starts out / so cute and like little nibbles.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/schep...

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by Jacob Schepers “Queen / Latifah bites it / from the jellyfish  / attack that starts out / so cute and like little nibbles.”

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