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Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm learning loads as a reader for @broadripplereview.bsky.social. EIC @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social is brilliant at providing clear, thoughtful, and detailed guidelines; at articulating her vision for BRR; and at encouraging us. It's so useful reading each other’s comments (after posting our own).

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

After dealing with a complete jerk yesterday, this was a nice reminder that 99.9% of submitters are kind, wonderful humans. It is such a pleasure and honor to work with writers when they submit to @broadripplereview.bsky.social. I love all submitters, not just contributors.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Literal biggest pet peeve and possible hot take is that I think writers who complain about writing are insufferable. This is a choice. Just don't do it if you don't like it. It's that easy.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I pride myself on ignoring my pending submissions, but I made the mistake of looking at the recent response times for a pending piece that appears to be way overdue at a dream publication and uh... Babes, did you lose it? Why is it still hanging around? For funsies?

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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Available at booth #882 at AWP. ALL proceeds go to paying our writers.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'm dropping the ball here on my personal account (but see @broadripplereview.bsky.social for lit and @lezrollradio.bsky.social for combat sports). Anyway, I'm here to let you know that a new issue of Broad Ripple Review that came out earlier this week. Visit: www.broadripplereview.com

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Randomly thinking about that time I did social media for a lit mag and the EIC told me to stop sharing news when our staff would have their work published elsewhere because "lesser mags" would "dilute our brand."

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

It's such a great feeling to have our first BRR issue out in the world this week and to also (the very same week!) accept our final piece for our second issue. The work we are receiving is just extraordinary.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Such a privilege and a joy for this issue to be released into the world today.

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Lez Roll Radio @lezrollradio.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We are around 50% sold out. Our camp is for all members of the LGBTQ+ community. Thanks to generous sponsors, the cost of camp ($150) is significantly subsidized. We also have pay what you can options if that amount is still out of reach. More info and registration at: lezrollradio.com/camp.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our first issue for @broadripplereview.bsky.social will be published this month. It is a testament to the generosity of the writing community that this is possible. I am grateful for the writers who trusted us with their work, as well as our staff for their endless energy for this project.

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Lez Roll Radio @lezrollradio.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Our annual LGBTQ+ grappling camp is happening April 17th-19th in Fishers, Indiana and registration is now open at: lezrollradio.com/camp If you could please consider sharing news about camp, whether that is online, with your gym, or with your training partners, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Every time I go on a cruise I print my entire novel manuscript, as if I am going to actually physically go through it and hand write edits. Will I print it this time? Yes. Will I do anything with it? Eh.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I used to think jiu jitsu and writing were totally separate. Lately I see the overlap everywhere—patience, repetition, failure, small wins.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My little bit of jiu jitsu news is that I went from teaching two classes of BJJ a week to accidentally helping launch an entire program. Now I am teaching 4X a week. The way this happened was so odd, yet it also was meant to happen and is 1000% for the best.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Being clear is not the same as being cruel. A lot of people were just never taught how to tell the truth without turning it into a weapon.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Sometimes community is one person saying, “I read your work. I really liked it.” That’s it. That’s the lifeline.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

A lot of what gets called “visibility” is really just performance. The hard part is building something that lasts after the post goes viral.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

If you are a coach and you cannot handle feedback, you are not building a community—you’re building a mirror.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Inclusion isn’t the end goal. It’s the bare minimum. What comes after is actual power-sharing.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The gym is not neutral. Culture gets built on who speaks up, who gets centered, and who leaves.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A lot of people conflate “authentic” with “access to all of me.” That is not how it works. I can be transparent about my values without being emotionally available to everyone.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

“Community” without structure becomes a popularity contest. If you're serious about inclusion, then you have to be serious about logistics, access, and accountability too. Otherwise, you're just vibing with power.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I love when a story takes a big risk and somehow lands on its feet. Let’s all be a little unhinged on purpose.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Community isn’t a hashtag or an event. It’s the person who sees you across the room and nods, “You can sit.” I’m so grateful to live here with chosen family and strangers who keep inviting me in.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

You do not need to be the loudest voice in the room to lead well. But you do need to be accountable. That includes course correcting when people trust you enough to name harm.

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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

While we are not closing for submissions, today is the last day for your submission to be considered for one of our inaugural prizes. FREE to submit. $200 prize for CNF and $200 for fiction.https://duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/broad-ripple-review-vGnmj

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Hi - if you or someone you know may be interested, please share!

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

When a true dream publication sends a personalized rejection. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

While we are staying open all year long, this is your last month to submit if you want your work to be considered for one of our inaugural prizes. $200 fiction and $200 CNF. It is FREE to submit. broadripplereview.com

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Broad Ripple Review | Literary Magazine

Broad Ripple Review is an online literary magazine publishing bold, evocative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We seek work that challenges convention, lingers in complexity, and stays with the…

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Also, from a place of love and trying to genuinely help you: PLEASE STOP SENDING SNARKY RESPONSES WHEN YOUR PIECE IS DECLINED. Please, please, please. You're submitting for free. An actual human is reading your piece with care. I'm so sorry that rejection is disappointing but...

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I complain about this incessantly, but I'm curious what people are trying to accomplish when they put something unkind in that field. It's baffling. It has the same impact as being rude in your cover letter. I'm not subjecting my team to problematic or disrespectful behavior.

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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This weekend we are offering free editorial feedback on a handful of entries. This is normally a paid service. If you're interested, submit in our open call category for free and just put a quick note in your cover letter that you're interested in editorial feedback. duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

In jiu jitsu I’ve been tapped by people with worse technique than me. I’ve also won rolls I didn’t deserve. None of it adds up like people think it does.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

When people say “kill your darlings,” they rarely mean the parts that flatten someone else’s story to elevate your own.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Stop putting transphobic shit in the pronouns field with your submission. Thankssssss.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The only bad writing is writing that harms people. Everything else is just preference.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I’ve aged out of wanting to feel included. Now I want to feel intact.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I struggle with people who hate writing, but romanticize being a writer. You’re allowed to want something else. Writing is hard. That's fine. But if you fundamentally find the process to be miserable, don't do that to yourself.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Being queer in a red state is less about courage and more about strategy.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I do not believe in writer’s block. I believe in avoidance. I believe in dread. I believe in the psychic cost of wanting something badly.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Rolling with a bjj white belt who goes too hard is a spiritual experience. You see your own past. You forgive nothing.

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

There’s a special kind of spiral that starts with “I should write” and ends with “maybe I never learned how to think.”

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Reading submissions has made me more compassionate and also less tolerant of metaphors involving birds.

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 10/06/2025

Get to know Lambda's new executive director J. Clapp, including her favorite queer books, fundraising achievements, leadership milestones, drag performance, and her vision for Lambda. 👀 (1/2)

5 things to know about Lambda Literary's new executive director Jozie (J. Clapp) Clapp

J. Clapp is a voracious reader! Her 5 favorite books include:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Legends of Drag by Hanson and Antheus
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti

J. Clapp builds organizations:
As the Executive Director of the LGBTQ Center of Durham, J. Clapp grew the annual budget from $300k to over $2 million in just under four years!

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Broad Ripple Review @broadripplereview.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

We are open for FREE submissions for prose. All work submitted by 7/31 will be considered for the Broad Ripple Review Prize in fiction and nonfiction. Submission Guidelines: www.broadripplereview.com/submissions Submission Link: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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Kelly Schoenegge @kellyschoenegge.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Jiu Jitsu is just gay yoga with consequences.

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