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Hotch Potch Literature and Art

@hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social
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We are a collective of writers and artists who create two digital litmags every year. Artists contribute images, writers use the images as prompts, and then our art editor crafts illustrations. We love and actively promote community. We're all volunteers.

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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
People's stories, when told compellingly, move me deeply, and this one was particularly lovely. If you're a creative person, if you love the ocean, if you're inspired by the interplay between creativity and personal growth, check out my interview with writer Philippi Herndon.
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"The stranger, a pregnant old women, interrupts us in the garden. We girls and women are harvesting our light tulips, a crucial job." Thrilled to have "Goat Seasons" in the gorgeous ekphrastic @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social I hope you'll read it! www.hotchpotchliteratureandart.com/issues
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Zary Fekete @zaryfekete.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The latest issue from @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social is gorgeous:) I am so glad to have a short piece here🥰 #writingcommunity
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
What a cool litmag @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social - and this story from @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social will have you🤔 "I kissed my doppelgänger. I was drunk. Okay, I wasn’t. It wasn’t that I was afraid of it, or had any problems; I mean, everyone was doing it. read.bookfunnel.com/pdf/pfi4fnpcmo
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Check out the latest from the amazing @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social ❤️
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Timothy C Goodwin @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I’ve got a new piece in the latest ish of @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social! www.hotchpotchliteratureandart.com/issues
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Are you a fan of Hotch Potch? If so, please consider a vote for Best Lit Mag 2025 by Chill Subs!
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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bsherm36.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thrilled to get this nomination! Thank you @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social. drive.google.com/file/d/1pDnM...
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Well, this is a first—my flash piece “Bakewell Tarts” was nominated for Best Small Fictions, 2026. Thank you to @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social! Congrats to the other nominees! #bestsmallfictions #flashfiction #flash #literature #creativewriting #writer #writing
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Is sewing machine envy even a thing?!? Such a thrill to interview artist extraordinaire Lorraine Roy about her incredible fabric creations that served as writing prompts in this issue of Hotch Potch Literature and Art. One of many examples of the work that's in the issue.
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Hannah Floyd @word3floyd.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The stories are great but y'all need to see those storytelling artworks. No paywall.
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Jam-packed issue with stories based on the artwork of Lorraine Roy. #shortstory #litmag #indieauthor
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Hannah Floyd @word3floyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Excited to have another drabble coming out in the next issue of @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social! A sneak preview of the cool genre-bending artworks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDU...
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Coming Soon! HP 4.2 - A New Issue!
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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thrilled that @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social published “Bakewell Tarts,” my flash story about a failing relationship (among other things). #fiction #flashfiction #literature #literary
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Timothy C Goodwin @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
2) This past Saturday, my lil’ piece “Yellowstone Is Coming For Us” came out with @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social, based on artwork from Lorraine Roy. Lots of great stuff happening here! www.hotchpotchliteratureandart.com
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Hotch Potch's own Gail Marlene Schwartz's new book, Boyhood Reimagined, was a #1 release in its category today!
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Check out this conversation Tuesday if you need a lift. unfixed.substack.com/p/three-arti...
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Three Artists. One LIVE conversation on gender, identity and becoming
Join us June 3rd at 10am PDT!
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Mombian @mombian.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
How do queer moms parent their sons? The question isn't “Are our kids okay?” said co-editor @gmschwartz.bsky.social. “We feel like that’s been established.” Rather, do queer moms have “something particular to offer in terms of nurturing healthy masculinity”? mombian.com/2025/05/29/n...
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New Book Looks at How Queer Moms Nurture Healthy Masculinity in Sons - Mombian
How do queer moms parent their sons? The question isn’t just “Are our kids okay?” explained Gail Marlene Schwartz, co-editor of a new book on the topic. “We feel like that’s been established.”…
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Love the illustrations in Boyhood Reimagined by the wonderfully whimsical Erin Needham. #boyhoodreimagined #motinabooks #sapphicbooks #lesbianbooks #queermoms #queerparenting
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
One week until launch. Gulp. #boyhoodreimagined #queerparenting #sapphicbooks
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This Saturday! 4.1 drops! You can download directly from our website! #litmag #hotchpotchliterary #literarymagazine #shortstory #indieauthor
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
When we read a story, we step into someone else's shoes, live in someone else's world, and make decisions we couldn't fathom in our ordinary lives. No wonder literature is such a powerful antidote to fascism. #hotchpotchliterary #indieauthor #litmags #literarymagazine #shortstory
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This story by Danielle Rhodes absolutely slayed me. Check it out in Hotch Potch Literature and Art issue 4.1, out May 17th. Download for free on our website. #hotchpotchliterary #litmag #indieauthor #literarymagazine #shortstory #shortstories
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Literature and art are a threat to fascism. Issue 4.1 drops 5/17. Share widely. #litmag #shortstory #indieauthor #hotchpotchliterary
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Dragon-shaped pancakes, in issue 3.2! dl.bookfunnel.com/ymh672txav
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We are a stew. A quilt. A jam band. Writers and artists in collaboration. Chaos. Dexterity. Precipice. Concocting. Hatching. Dazzling.
Hotch Potch Volume Three Issue Two is a completely free read. Just like the preceding issues, Hotch Potch is our gift to YOU, our beloved readers. You are the reason we are here. You are the reason we...
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hotch Potch has an open call for submissions for our May 2025 issue. Write a flash piece to the prompt on the left or a drabble to the piece on the right. Look on our website for links to submission forms (hotchpotchliteratureandart dot com).
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The best writing is the kind where you immediately "know" the characters based on just a few powerful details. Hotch Potch Art Editor Erin Needham talks about a favorite sentence from "The Maenads," in our recently released issue 3.2, which you can read for free at the link below.
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Aunty Lola is Aunty Lola is a terror: she uses her right square thumbnail as a lethal weapon when necessary, in this moment where her niece, Jade, is having a problem with Big Shot Kevin on the bus. Read this terrific story by Ani King, inspired by Beverly Naidus' painting, in issue 3.2!
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Wood Reede says that her stories often begin with that very first line. Take a look at her latest, "You Just Don't Remember," in Hotch Potch Literature and Art's issue 3.2. Link to your free issue in the comments. #litmag #literarymagazine #hotchpotchliterary #indieauthor #indieauthors
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"I think this was the beginning of my love affair with the dark, when I began to think of it as an imaginary friend—something that watched over me, rendered me invisible, kept me safe." from Wood Reede's "You Just Don't Remember," in Hotch Potch Literature and Art's issue 3.2.
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
"He would open a portal to another world and play guitar and cook foresty feasts made of food that in their world came served up on Styrofoam platters but in the forest, existed in a savoury stew forever cooking over a warm fire." from The Maenads by Genevieve Weynerowski.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1131333: To those of you who are afraid, know this. Every act of creation is an act of courage. By making art, you are joining the fight. You are the resistance.
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thrilled to have a new piece in the fantastic new issue of @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social. Check out “Making Étouffée” for thumbnail as a dagger content, dumbasses on a bus, and food as a vehicle for feelings. dl.bookfunnel.com/ymh672txav
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We are a stew. A quilt. A jam band. Writers and artists in collaboration. Chaos. Dexterity. Precipice. Concocting. Hatching. Dazzling.
Hotch Potch Volume Three Issue Two is a completely free read. Just like the preceding issues, Hotch Potch is our gift to YOU, our beloved readers. You are the reason we are here. You are the reason we...
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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Delighted to have 'Horsegirl' in @messymisfitsclub.bsky.social Volume 6: Filth, which you can grab a digital copy of for 2USD here: tinyurl.com/296b9ztn
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
"I’d convinced him to come over after The Lala Lounge announced last call, and we’d fooled around in the late hours, still drunk and still strangers." from Zombies, by Laura Morris, featured in Issue 3.2. #laurajmorris #hotchpotchliterary #flashfiction #litmag #indieauthor
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Hotch Potch Literature and Art @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Check out Hotch Potch Literature and Art's latest issue! #hotchpotchliterary #litmag #indieauthor #flashfiction #drabble
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Octopus Books @octopusbooks.ca · 16/01/2025
Thank you to all who joined us last night to celebrate the Ottawa launch of Other Maps by Rebecca Morris! Thanks also to our wonderful host @julieslalonde.bsky.social, & to Rosalin from ORCC for being available to offer supports for people who have experienced sexual assault & gender based violence.
Rebecca Morris reads from her novel, Other Maps, to an audience inside Octopus Books. She is seated, and on her left sits Julie Lalonde.Julie Lalonde and Rebecca Morris stand next to their books, Resilience is Futile and Other Maps, respectively, which are displayed on the counter at Octopus Books.Rosalin, a support worker with the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, holds up one of the organization's information pamphlets inside of Octopus Books.
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