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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I was thrilled my story, "Eulogy for Fa, the Dreamer," won 3rd place! Read it today @fracturedlit.bsky.social #elissafield #flashfiction #ghost fracturedlit.com/eulogy-for-f...

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Come join us as we celebrate Travis Flatt’s book launch this Sat Sept 19 6pm EST — mssg me or anyone else in the promo for a link. Will be a 🔥🚀❤️ event!

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’m very excited to see where this novel draft of mine goes next. The End of Us just won Runner Up for Killer Claymore Best Mystery Award. A psych crime thriller w underlying will-they, won’t-they simmering romance, this has to be the most fun I’ve ever had writing. Time to get it out!

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I was glad to hear my flash fiction made the Bath Flash Fiction Award shortlist. I look forward to reading all the winners, shortlisted and longlisted stories when the anthology comes out! Full winners, shortlist & longlist avail here: www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Even if you skip my rambling about reading palate/writer's voice in the beginning DO READ the three writers I share whose work knocked me out this week, and why... with links to their work: @glennorgias.bsky.social @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social RT follow subscribe

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'm thrilled: I’ve just heard my novel THE END OF US is a finalist for the Killer Nashville Claymore award in mystery. Final awards will be announced at the annual dinner August 22.

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I was supposed to be picking up a dog collar, an exam study guide and getting a car wash. Somehow I came home with books instead. Mystery how that happens.

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Happy to see my “Saddleback” made Wigleaf’s Top 50 longlist. Thanks to Wendy Wallace & Bess Cooley at Peatsmoke who published. It’s meant so much to hear the impact this story has had on readers. Congrats to all on the #WigleafTop50 & longlist! #elissafield www.peatsmokejournal.com/winter-2025....

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thrilled to have one of my favorite stories make the Uncharted Cinematic Short Story Contest short list! @unchartedmag.bsky.social #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #shortstory #TBR

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Happy to hear that one of my flash stories will be published in the Bath Flash Fiction Anthology. I’m sharing the list of all the longlist titles here — congratulations, all! Judging is still underway so do not match author names and titles!

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I’m over the moon: one of my all time favorite stories has made the short list in @unchartedmag.bsky.social Cinematic Story contest. Fingers crossed as we go to final judging. (If you know my work or any story on the list, don’t match names and titles as judging is still underway.)

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Excited to see the filly story I wrote in August, Perfect Star, has gone live @frazzledlit.bsky.social today. Thanks to Jennifer & Laura, amazing editors. And thanks Flash Pack and @smokelong.bsky.social workshop peeps who were first to read it! tinyurl.com/3cxejzz8 #fiction #shortstory

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

TFW New Year's Eve you go, Oh, yeah, I have a substack. And I also have amazing writing friends who I know are hard at work right now. Trying to keep up w everyone... Look for me if you are on either Substack @elissafield or IG/FB www.instagram.com/elissalfield/ open.substack.com/pub/elissafi...

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Declan’s first sight of the ocean, first time hearing the roar. Made lots of dog friends. #Declanthecollie #dogsoftwitter #writersdog #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Me: Ok, Declan, you can go. Just stay away from the cats. Declan: Sure, yeah, I will. Also Declan:... {Get a puppy they said, it’ll be fun} #Declanthecollie

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Drinking my coffee, reading submissions… and my little border collie puppy, Declan is wrestling a coconut. He’s herded it soccer style, chawed at it… but fought and fought to be able to pick it up. A hard battle, won. #Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #dogsofinstagram #writersdog

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I wrote this girl’s story this week — an absolutely PERFECT filly bred from my aunt’s favorite mare, one of my grandfather’s favorite accomplishments… that ended sadly. Thanks so much to workshop friends @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness & Flash Pack friends who gave early feedback. #elissafield

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Solid napday! This crazy baby doubled his nap time today when he discovered the joy of snuggling next to me. My arm went numb! What a 💕 love! Such a happy boy. #Declanthecollie #derpface #dogsofbluesky #writersdogs #saturdaynapday #writinglife #elissafield #elissafieldfiction

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Declan, learning the ropes on his 11th day: Turns out, sometimes we do laundry. His bigger excitement — for which there are no pictures — is he just had one of his first nose-to-nose greetings with one of the cats. #writersdog #dogsofbluesky #elissafield #Declanthecollie

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

All the cute things Declan does, and here I am obsessed with his rabbity, chunky feet. #Declanthecollie #elissafield #elissafieldfiction #writersdogs #dogsofbluesky

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

All the things I should be doing, but my view? Meet Declan. #Declanthecollie

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

One of the coolest things abt being a submission editor for @smokelong.bsky.social is I'm just as excited to see work I spotted in the queue succeed as I am w stories of my own. I fell in love with 2 stories while reading for The Smokey--thrilled they’ll be published in this issue, out next week! 🔥🔥

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

O. M. G. Looks like a puppy is coming our way, end of June. Now I’m down to that challenge that hits me with every story: what name that fits this little character. We’ve chewed through family names (Fitzgerald, George, Ricky, Jimmy)… right now, Ryder is sticking, but we’ll have to see.

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Ah, one of the best parts of summer is the start of SmokeLong Summer. I’ve met some of my favorite writers in @smokelong.bsky.social workshops — lots of you friends, & lots of editors who’ve published my work.❤️ the daily chatter & 2 new stories already #writingworkshop #flashfiction

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Last day of the semester, baby! One of the best and hardest and longest years, way emotional about all the close ties I built w students. Celebrated by waiting in line for half an hour to get this magnificent barbacoa burrito from @guatamigos’ food truck — a fantastic local Guatemalan restaurant.

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Can't believe LA is just around the corner! I hope to meet up with so many of you in person at #AWP2025. Post in the comments if you will be there - feel free to share booth/table numbers or reading locations/times so we can all look out for each other. I'll be circulating to/helping at some tables.

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Damn. And just when I'd gotten good at Instagram... But no no it's okay, I'll catch up here on Bluesky. Thanks to the huge crew who already found me here. Shout out below if we're friends and I missed following you back. www.instagram.com/elissalfield/

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Stole this photo. Full moon just over my grandparents’ former house at the lake I grew up on. We all have our personal canon of the places, people, mythology, culture & out-of-proportion memories that steep into our being. This place in in my top 3. #writer #elissafieldfiction #carpenoctem #flash

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

9 days off for Thanksgiving: wrote a craft article, edited, wrote new novel material, read sub queue, recorded a class, drafted new flash, transcribed insane scrawls from notebook, attended all day workshop in UK, gave a reading... My students, tomorrow, might think I did "not much, hung at house"✨

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

My post-Thanksgiving ‘office.’ Everyone’s cleared out of the house. I’ve got the equivalent of 6 weeks’ worth of writing tasks to get done. A new flash. A revision. A ton of novel transcription and assembly. . #fiction #flashfiction #novel #writer #elissafieldfiction #editing #revision #carpenoctem

Ooh, how to describe this! A laptop and notebook on a sofa with scattered pillows, behind a mirrored coffee table topped with a bowl of oranges/limes, a bowl of red and green apples, a vase of peonies, a candle and coffee!

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

One of the more fun & thrilling works to be involved in this year: it’s such a joy to have my work included with so many fabulous writers in @amymarques.bsky.social's latest art-words collage anthology, DUETS+1! Love 💕 to Amy & everyone whose work went into this collection!! #flashfiction #fiction

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Thrilled that my 💔 stag story is coming out in CRAFT Jan. 10. Now seeing stags everywhere... #shortstory #fiction #writer #CRAFTlit

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I was trying my best to learn Finnish for awhile -- trained, in part, by 2 of my favorite noir series, Karpii and Sorjonen/Bordertown. I got pretty good at saying moi, hyvä/hyvää, kiitos, anteeksi and isä. :)

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Love Jari's reel, skating under the lights in Finland. I just had an exciting story acceptance (@CraftLiterary) and it will be the first time I’ll have something published with nod to the fact I’m 1/4 Finnish. Love to see this. #fiction #shortstory #flash #writer

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Who hates me? That would be ME who wrote a whole scene in dulled-pencil chicken scratch, and me having to transcribe it. #novel #writer

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Wow, very appreciative for this #BestAmericanEssay nom & #Pushcart nom for my essay in @HypertextMag -- thanks so much to the generous support of EIC Christine Rice! And thanks to @smokelong.bsky.social summer (& SLQ friends) where this one got its start! tinyurl.com/ElissaFieldHypertext

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Son came home fr the gym, found me 74% thru reading the book I’d started reading this morning, disappeared into the kitchen to cook and came back to set a bowl beside me like I was some rescued cat… which is how good it feels to be on vacation & able to spend a whole day reading. xoxo to my oui chef

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

My kid’s version of window shopping Christmas Eve at the mall

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Some texts require an immediate “Where are you and what happened?” call. Always an adventure, always a story.

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

With me family on Hutchinson Island, listening to the 🌊 ocean roll… and things are all right for the moment (I’d be the one having vacated the empty seat) #RIPDad

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

We are all banned from commenting on whether the face is a true likeness; we are restricting ourselves to saying I got the feet & legs right. {1st painting in 2+ yrs almost done}

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

One of my favorite "wins" this year was getting to serve as a Fellow for @smokelong.bsky.social this second half of the year. I cannot say enough for all that SLQ does in creating such a #flashfiction community. tinyurl.com/3j32xshz

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Was thrilled that the first novel in my noir series, Travel Red, made the longlist in its first foray into submissions, in the First Pages Prize. (Scroll up: that flash at HAD is a nod to book 3). tinyurl.com/ydmhc4da

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Thanks to Hypertext Magazine for running this one that felt like pure 🔥🔥confessional #flashfiction tinyurl.com/ElissaFieldH...

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

When my heart was breaking right on my birthday, a word from my flash pack writing buddies triggered a thought... This one was written 6/14, accepted 6/16, up days later & has had a powerful response from readers. #flashfiction tinyurl.com/2xmm2awh

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

And there we go. Weeks of obsessively streaming Sky TV’s Portrait Artist of the Year, & not only am I’m writing scenes with more painterly composition, but the paints have come out, first time since moving house 2 yrs back. 2 paintings underway #writing #painting #flashfiction

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Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

among the reasons I don’t leave twitter 🔥 #flashfiction

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