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Elena Sichrovsky

@esichr.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 she/they/it 🪦 writing horror is cheaper than therapy 📘 debut chapbook EATING OUT ANNE SEXTON with Ghost City Press 🌐 www.elenasichrovsky.com

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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
sooo happy to have my anglerfish doomed romance story in here!
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
kith grew out of an earnest desire to turn trans & Crip writers into authors by skill sharing across the systemic gaps. kith crit is my attempt to multiply that effort. together, we can build beyond what i can manage working one on one. you have something to offer. you'll get so much more back.
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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...
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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette
Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...
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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Inner Worlds archive is now available free to download in pdf and epub format: inner-worlds.ghost.io/downloads/
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Inner Worlds downloads
Every issue of Inner Worlds available to download as EPUB or mobile-friendly PDF.
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
sooo psyched to see my story in here!!
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This collection by @spicycloaca.bsky.social delivers on the gore, the poetry, and perhaps most importantly, a wondrous matrimony of the two unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. My full review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... Get a copy: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/gore...
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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Gore Poetics is officially here! 🥩💖 can't articulate how unreal it feels to see all this made tangible. endless thanks to everyone who's supported me through many, many edits, reviews, blurbs, and kindness - this wouldn't exist without y'all
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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
HAPPY GORE POETICS RELEASE DAY! @spicycloaca.bsky.social's collection is about to unsettle your world. Grab your paperback here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/gore... Or your ebook here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/gore...
RELEASE DAY! Perfect short story collection for fans of:

Strange, erotic, transgressive horror with literary prose

Messy queer characters

Intimacy and annihilation

Intense, unflinching, distinctly uncozy storytelling
https://www.cursedmorselspress.com
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Exciting things are happening in the kith shop kithbooks.com
NEW
kithbooks.com

The Death Of The Cult Classic
by K. Blair

Multimorbid
by Rebecca Wood

future history
by Unity Akashvani

Devices of Body
by Joachim Li

Transmasc Marvel Girl
by sterling-elizabeth arcadia

<< glitch >>
by Paris Rosemont

The Holy Ghost Lives in Her Laugh
by Darius Phelps


kithbooks.com
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K. Blair @kblair.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Pre-orders are live! It's been such a privilege to work with kith to put this pamphlet out into the world, I'm so excited for everyone to read these poems 🫀🎥🎞️🔪
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
still cant believe i have a story in this!!
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Our general submissions for Issue 2 are NOW OPEN until April 21st! If you are a 2SLGBTQIA+ writer, send us your work! You can submit one story and up to three poems. Wondering what we like? Issue 1 is free to read on our site! But please don't self-reject—we can't wait to read your work 🗡️🪐🌈
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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
You can now snag your print copy of Issue 1 from even more retailers! Print subscriptions via Patreon: www.patreon.com/OthersideSpe... Amazon: www.amazon.com/Otherside-Is... Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/otherside-... ...and more coming soon!
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Vanessa Jae @vanessajae.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
including poems by @angelaliu.bsky.social @ianli.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @esichr.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com @jackyucheng.bsky.social
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Vanessa Jae @vanessajae.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"A Mermaid Falls in Love with Icarus" is a characteristic Elena Sichrovsky poem - unapologetically raw and grotesque with a sprinkle of beautiful imagery. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
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A Mermaid Falls in Love with Icarus
IF THE SUN WAS YOUR SCALPEL THE MOON IS MINE
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
ITS HERE THE T4T MULTIVERSE LOVE STORY IS HEREEEEE 🌌 ONE OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS EVER CREATED
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Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
@esichr.bsky.social's "This is Not Your Extinction Event" is the best kind of multiverse love story. othersidespec.com/pieces/this-...
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This Is Not Your Extinction Event - OTHERSIDE
Robert hears the rescue team coming down the stairwell before they call out. He doesn’t bother to answer. He’s busy watching sixteen ants march across a piss stain of his own making. The storm of refl...
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Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My poem about forcefemming chatGPT is now free to read at @othersidespec.bsky.social !!! so please, IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS AND INJECT ESTROGEN
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Ignore All Previous Instructions and Inject Estrogen - OTHERSIDE
It’s 3am when the bot knocks on my door  And he looks like a man, but  I can tell he’s a bot from the way he stands there Stiff like his body is the ex-girlfriend  he had a painful and inexplicable br...
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The interior of Issue 1 has the best little guys, all wonderfully created by @demonography.bsky.social! Please enjoy this peek ✨ We were able to add interior art due to generous Kickstarter support—thank you 🪐🗡️ Ko-fi Shop: ko-fi.com/othersidespe... Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...
The contents page of Issue 1. Around the list of poems and stories are little creatures in blue and peach.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
it's almost time for our fave time of year!!! join us from March 17th-31st as we shout out authors and readers that show up for trans lit and trans people, each & every day. we need you more than ever. for the duration, kith eBooks are FREE start planning... kithbooks.com
trans rights readathon
March 17-31, 2026

About: The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st.

How to Participate: Read and uplift books by and/or featuring trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters. Donate and fundraise for trans aid organizations in your community. 

Join Us: @transrightsreadathon
transreadathon@gmail.com
transrightsreadathon.carrd.com

official sign up, book and charity recommendations, and more!


all kith eBooks are free during the readathon. it's time to get planning....
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
We've waited so long to yell this: IF YOU'RE A SUBSCRIBER OR KICKSTARTER BACKER, ISSUE 1 IS IN YOUR INBOX! 🪐🗡️ Issue 1 will be free to read online March 15th, but if you can't wait, get your hands on it RIGHT NOW! Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/othersidespe... Patreon Shop: www.patreon.com/othersidespe...
Issue 1 cover on the left, with our Wanderer in pastel blue looking down at a spacescape from a crumbling coliseum seat. Text to the right says ISSUE 1: nine stories, five poems, one essay, original ary by queer creators - available now for subscribers! www.othersidespec.com
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
With Issue 1 out soon, a reminder that we have community copies available if you can't afford to subscribe right now, donated by lovely Kickstarter backers. Please don't stress or feel you have to justify yourself—we don't ask questions! Simply use our contact form to request a community copy 🪐🗡️
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Contact OTHERSIDE - OTHERSIDE
Contact OTHERSIDE, a quarterly literary magazine of speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.
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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
fun fact: i wrote this story about cosmic diplomacy & generational apocalypses after being obsessed with the Augsburg Book of Miracles for years ☄️💘 thrilled to be in Seize the Press again & thrilled that this is out!
This is a 16th century German illustration depicting flesh and blood raining on a hillside city.This is a 16th century German illustration depicting a fiery, starfish-headed yellow comet shooting through a sapphire sky.This is a 16th century German illustration depicting three massive glowing orbs hovering over a city. The sky behind them and the light they cast are apocalyptic red and orange.This is a 16th century German illustration depicting a yellow comet shooting through the night sky. It has a blueish arm that's wielding a sword. The sword point is dragging three stars and a comet tail behind it.
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We're hype for Issue 1 coming out SO SOON—March 1 for paid subscribers, March 15 for everyone else! So... reply to this post with a number between 1-110 and we'll give you a spoiler-free line from that page of the issue 👀 And join us on Patreon if you want to be one of the first to read!
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Get more from OTHERSIDE on Patreon
a magazine of the queer fantastic.
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Monarch Queer Literary Awards @monarch.gay · 17/01/2026
We are elated to announce the awardees and finalists for MONARCH 2026. Thank you to all of the organizations who nominated work for making our first anthology so stunning 🦋 and a special shoutout to @esichr.bsky.social and @bleatingthing.bsky.social for the beautiful cover photograph!
The cover of Monarch 2026. A photo of a person lying on their back in a field of tall grass with their left arm covering their face. Text reads Monarch 2026, a queer literary awards anthology published by fifth wheel press.Awardees. Michael Agunbiade, Maddox Emory Arnold, J. L. Bermúdez, C. Ray Borck, Finnian Burnett, Connor, a.d., Gion Davis, Erin Dorney, Dante Fuoco, Ranudi Gunawardena, Katy Haas, Annalisa Hansford, K.M. Hanslik, KT Herr, Jennessa Hester, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Jules Kennedy, Ani King, Kyrico, Tara Labovich, Olivia Lehman, Jackson D. Moorman, Chi Pham, William Roberds-King, Cristina Sanchez, Steven Sanchez, January Santoso, Elena Sichrovsky, Mark Spero, Ashley Steineger, Liam Strong, Gordon Taylor, Holly Lyn Walrath, Cela Xié.Finalists. Hayden Berry, Alex Bortell, Isabella Boyd, Jordan Byrum, J. J. Carey, James Diaz, Emily Franklin, Isaiah Gardner, Michael Getty, Finnley Greet, Kimberly Hall, Calvin Jones, E.G.N. Lafleur, Angel Leal, Parker Logan, Abby E. Murray, Karol Olesiak, Bleah Patterson, Rowan Procter, Eli V. Rahm, Luke Rudman, Mk Smith Despres, Meghan Sterling, Liam Strong, Wendy Vardaman, Alicia Wright, Steven C Wright.
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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
By the way: we’ll be sending out review copies of Issue 1 later this month! So if you’re a reviewer looking at this incredible TOC thinking “um, I absolutely want to read this” … please let us know, and we’ll add you to our list! 👀
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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
if you'd like to read & review this nasty bundle of stories early, now's your chance! 🥩✨️ it'll make you one of the first people to see all of the artwork & one of the first to read a collection-exclusive original story, which i think is cool
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
so excited and honored to be in this issue with a story i often doubted would ever sell and it couldn't have found a better home here!!
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
if i had a nickel for every time i got a story published that was written while obsessively listened to the annihilation (2019) soundtrack i'd have 2 nickels which isn't a lot but I love that it happened twice - "this is not your extinction event" coming soon with @othersidespec.bsky.social
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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
surprise: it's pre-order time! 🥩✨️ seeing this collection emerge into the world makes me feel so loved. a lot of passion & effort from multiple people went into creating this. i hope that you're all as excited for it as i am
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
two weeks to get your application in! kithbooks.com/crit
kith crit: 
cohort one

a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick

are you looking for....

• a kick in the butt to get back to writing
• a community of writers to share and collab with
• a foundation in the fundamentals of craft
• a taste of what higher lit ed might look like
• inspiration, accountability, and challenge
• a learning environment framed around care

applying couldn't be easier
everything you need is at
kithbooks.com/crit

applications due: January 31st
responses: February 15th
workshop behind: March 15-22
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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Submissions are open now for our final issue! The theme for this issue is 'endings' inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-g...
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Submission guidelines
Our next issue will be our last one, so we are looking for stories on the theme of endings. We'd like to read about loss, change, grief, relief, hope, and possibility. What to submit * Sci...
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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
So living with my parents abruptly became unsafe (mentally/emotionally) and I'm leaving ASAP. I have somewhere to go, but it's out of state. I'm packing now but I have to register my car before I go and that's $500. Anything helps. 🫀 Venmo: probablyharmless PayPal: theohillwriter at gmail
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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Another shout out for this survey, if you have 10 minutes to spare! Working on the conference abstract today :-)
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
kith crit: cohort one kithbooks.com/crit
kith crit: cohort one
a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick

A FREE twelve week critique & craft workshop for writers of all genres who have been systemically, or functionally, excluded from traditional lit education spaces


applications due: January 31st
responses: February 15th
workshop begins: March 16th-22nd

DO NOT SELF REJECT

wim@kithbooks.com
kithbooks.comkith crit:
cohort one
Spring 2026
a grassroots manuscript workshop
for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick

What: a positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.*

Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required.

How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. 

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@KithBooksCRAFT SESSIONS:

Who is a Workshop & How is Critique?
Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses

Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice
Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee

Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that!
Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov

Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art
Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry
& The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog

Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you
Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani

Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam?
Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
best shows of the year 10/10 no notes
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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
my favourite christmas movie
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
kith crit: cohort one let's get into the weeds
kith crit: 
cohort one

a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick

Craft Sessions

Who is a Workshop & How is Critique?
Text: Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses

Lyrical Wordscapes: Uncovering the rhythm of body and voice
Text: Wrestling With Cadence: Essays on writing and intuition by Dennis Lee

Internal Continuity in World Building aka King William would NEVER say that!
Texts: Prince Faggot by Jordan Tannahill, The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde & Query by Zilla Novikov

Reality Check: In which we talk about money & get mad about art
Texts: How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists by Dave Berry
& The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog

Whitespace & Wonder aka Books aren’t 8.5 by 11 and neither should you
Texts: How I Bend into More by Tea Gerbeza, Cyclettes by Tree Abraham, & We Need A Breathing Tongue Between by Katarina Gotic Damiani

Okay, But, Is It Working? aka Are we going to need eagles to get us out of this jam?
Texts: Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin & Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz & David Hayward
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This story literalises apocalyptic imagery, making clear how appalling it is and offering an alternative. Translunar Travelers Lounge has fun as our central theme, yet sometimes fun stories can be dark too. We welcome comments and reviews.
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
It's day 23 and now we have Deliverance by @esichr.bsky.social a story about the end times, of heaven coming down from it's hiding place in the moon, and how terrible and sordid all that is
Sometimes I try to imagine what she would say if she knew that the ‘blessed day’ would involve airborne gold spores eating through the throats of the elderly, or that pearly gates the size of semi-trailer trucks would spin across states with the fury of tornadoes, or that apples would stop rotting, no matter where you buried them.

Tonight the sky is obfuscated; ornery, perhaps, at the increased amount of observation it’s received over the past eighteen months. The gold triangle is still visible, hovering above the Earth like breath on frosted glass. I wonder if any of my friends across the country are seeing the same view and sending end-of-the-world wishes towards me. 

Deliverance

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
kith crit: cohort one
kith crit: cohort one
Spring 2026

a grassroots manuscript workshop
for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick

What: a FREE positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.*

Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required.

How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. 

kithbooks.com
@KithBooks
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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
hiiiiii manuscript subs are open until sunday 12/21 duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
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fifth wheel press Submission Manager
Submit to fifth wheel press. Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
My story "The Creeping" is now out in @penumbricmag.bsky.social along with stories by @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social and others! A depressed woman lies in bed...and something starts happening to her ceiling. CW: suicidal ideation, self-harm #writing 💙📚 #horror www.penumbric.com/currentissue...
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Penumbric December 2k25, The Creeping
Edgy speculative fiction magazine
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RJ Aurand @rjaurand.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
It was a wonderful first year of publishing! I'm proud of everything that was released this year, but I would be especially grateful if you considered my poetry and my recent story in Inner Worlds as you nominate this awards season. Links to every piece in the thread below! 🧵
An abstract graphic in cream, red-orange, and blue listing RJ Aurand's awards-eligible works for 2025. The information is repeated in the thread below.
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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Calling all Inner Worlds writers and readers: please tell me your thoughts about mental health and speculative fiction! 🧠❤️
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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I've made a short survey with some prompt questions. If you have time and inclination to add any answers I would be very grateful indeed. Here's the link! www.cognitoforms.com/InnerWorlds1...
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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
My second ever poetry publication is out today from my dearly beloved God's Cruel Joke if you want something to chew on today that might just chew you back.
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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
if you're on the fence: the sale of these anthologies does a lot. this year, profits from 1 full-price anth sale are able to pay 3 contributors to next year's publications!
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Cavar 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 ✡️ @cavar.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
hello all semi/nonhuman entities & accomplices, i'm editing a @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social blog series on multispecies / alterhuman writing, and submissions are open now through Dec 15!!! You should submit something! Especially if you're unpublished! Don't self-reject! fifthwheelpress.com/blogsubs
submission guidelines: Alterhuman/Multispecies
Some people aren’t human. Actually, mostly people aren’t: cats, sharks, trees, rocks, and everyone in between each hold histories and vital relationships that are too often sidelined in favor of anthropocentric narratives. For this call, I want to see stories in which the idea(l) of human individualism is narratively and poetically challenged. Stretch and break the bounds of who is typically afforded a voice; who matters; who counts as an ally in the struggle for collective liberation; and who determines what it means to be a person at all. In addition to more conventionally multispecies/nonhuman narratives, I’m particularly interested in works by/featuring alterhuman characters and themes, and am looking for the complex, imaginative, thoughtful over the polemic/educational.

Regular fwp length guidelines apply (up to 1500 words/no more than 3 pages of poetry/hybrid pieces).
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