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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

3 months until our Prom Queens anthology from Poets of Queens Press comes out!!! Save the date May 8 to come celebrate at our book launch. More updates @noyoutellit.bsky.social #amwriting #anthology #Queens #queenswriters #WriterSky

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Save the date: 9/17! @noyoutellit "Prom Queens" is a little over a month away at Grove 34 in Astoria. Here is some of the excitement you can expect. Stay tuned for ticket information and more at noyoutellit.com #amwriting #storytelling #WriterSky #Prom #BKBF

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Two weeks left to submit your prom poem or story to our PROM QUEENS anthology! Submit and spread the word to the Queens writers in your life: www.poetsofqueens.com/submissions #amwriting #submissions #Queens #WriterSky

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Meet our next "My Place" storyteller, Francisco Delgado! Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with him and story coach Chenda Bao reading this Saturday at @kewandwillow.bsky.social Read about @delgadoquinata718.bsky.social and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/19/m...

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Meet (and wish a Happy Birthday to!) our first "My Place" storyteller, Mary Lannon! Her unpublished novel, Tide Girl, was a finalist for the 2023 PEN\Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Read more about her and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/15/m...

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I'm a 2025 Queens Arts Fund recipient! This project-based grant enables me to offer "Prom Queens: Prom Story and Portrait Trading Workshops" connected to a forthcoming anthology. More info at www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/ Thank you @nyfacurrent and @nyculture! bit.ly/QAF_2025 #QAF2025

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

THIS WEDNESDAY join @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social & Zach Rothman-Hicks at The World's Borough Bookshop for an evening of writing and portrait trading. Head to the link below for more info, and stay tuned for an exciting announcement coming this Wednesday 😏 www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We had a great time at our first story meeting last night!!! Get tickets to our next show in 3 weeks from today at Grove 34 here: www.grove34.com/event-detail...

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

New College Essay KJ: Please read and share. collegeessaykj.substack.com/p/what-would... #collegeessay #collegeadmissions #DEI #highered

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

New project coming soon! First, who want to come with on Sunday?

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Next Sat! Come share your Queens story with this free workshop at @qplnyc.bsky.social Broadway branch in partnership with @queensmemory.bsky.social and the Greater Astoria Historical Society!! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #writing #amwriting #WriterSky #writingcommunity

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Wrote a piece that judges and praises Taylor Swift for HiLobrow's DEFER YOUR ENTHUSIASM series, so everyone can come after me. www.hilobrow.com/2025/04/17/d... Thank you for the opportunity, @adammcgovern.bsky.social #swiftie #swifties #taylorswift #WriterSky

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Excited to be working with Zach Rothman-Hicks on my upcoming PROM QUEENS project. More soon!

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 07/04/2025

The Commuter and Personal Narrative are opening for submissions on April 21! Send us your flash pieces, your poetry your graphic narratives, and your longform creative nonfiction. We can't wait to read your work! Head to our Submittable for more details: buff.ly/1nd67zJ

blue background with yellow & gold highlighting. Text: Electric Lit Submissions Call: The Commuter & Personal Narrative. Open 4/21 - 4/27 or until cap is reached. Each capped at 750 submissions. More info on EL's Submittable page

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Big plans for my birthday month. Save the dates!!

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

New year at Madison Junior School working with the 7th graders to find, draft, and revise personal narratives. Then I edit and publish them in an anthology! Would you like a memoir-writing residency at your middle or high school to turn your students into published authors? Reach out! #memoir

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Big news!! @noyoutellit.bsky.social received TWO @flushingtownhall.bsky.social grants in support of our Queens programming in partnership with Greater Astoria Historical Society and @queensmemory.bsky.social plus Queens student shows! More info at www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/02/b...

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Big news!!! Grateful to @flushingtownhall.bsky.social and can't wait to work with Greater Astoria Historical Society & @queensmemory.bsky.social on our upcoming workshop and show! Learn more about our upcoming events, the grants, and other 2025 awardees here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/02/b...

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Last day to donate! Help us reach our goal!!

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

$1770 to go to support @noyoutellit.bsky.social student programming! DONATE HERE: app.thefield.org/home/donatio... Help provide: - Free student tickets for high school juniors - Pre- and post-show college essay writing workshops - Student story swaps Photo credit: @russrow.bsky.social

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Thank you to everyone who has helped raise over $600 to support @noyoutellit.bsky.social student programming. Learn more and donate here: app.thefield.org/home/donatio... If 37 more people donate $50, we'll reach our $2500 in 2025 goal!! Are you one?

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Come Sip&Scribe next Friday, 4/4. 7 pm at Sunnyside Arts Every month is a new creative writing adventure!! www.sunnysideartsnyc.com/service-page... #Writing #writingcommunity #WriterSky #creativewriting

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Help @noyoutellit.bsky.social reach our goal 🙏 It's a critical time to provide creative programming for public school students. Donate or spread the word! app.thefield.org/home/donatio...

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🚨Crowdfunding Alert 🚨 Now through the end of the month, we're hoping to raise $2500 for future student programming, including student matinees with alumni storytellers & student story swaps. We already raised $100, so only $2400 more to go! Donate here: app.thefield.org/home/donatio...

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Serving House Books @servinghousebooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Congrats to Donna Baier Stein and Susan Tekulve. Their books have been selected by CLMP for the #WomensHistoryMonth reading list! Bodies of Light: bookshop.org/a/109691/978... The Silver Baron's Wife: bookshop.org/a/109691/978...

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

"But while our future is uncertain due to neglect, dismantling public education for the next generation is sabotage. It's a deliberate effort to gut the future and rot the country" - if you aren't following @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com yet, you should

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

One Week Ago! It took me over a year to align the necessary stars for our first @noyoutellit.bsky.social student matinee. Thank you to all for your help and support. Huge shoutout to @russrow.bsky.social for capturing the day so beautifully!

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Our hearts are still full from our first ever student matinee. Want to support more NYTI programming geared towards students? Head to the here to make a donation! app.thefield.org/home/donatio...

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Big day! @noyoutellit.bsky.social first student matinee this afternoon at Symphony Space and then reading at IAWA tonight. Hope to see you!! #collegeessay #WriterSky

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Meet the host of our student matinee tomorrow, Najah Imani Muhammad! Najah is a director, educator, actor, and host based in Beacon, New York. Regardless of the hat she is wearing, Najah uses the arts as a communicative tool to connect. Learn more about her here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/03/12/m...

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Meet “Before & After” Host Najah Imani Muhammad | No, YOU Tell It!

Switched-Up Storytelling Series and Podcast

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Much needed light during these dark days. Grateful to rehearse with these bright faces. Can't wait for the students to hear their story swaps in 2 days!! #storytelling #noyoutellit #beforeandafter #collegeessays #studentmatinee #storiesmatter❤

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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 10/03/2025

Write a poem with us! Theresa Senato Edwards shares her poem generated from 30 Poems in 30 Days on our Substack. For even more prompts, buy our ebook bundle of Verb Animate by @heideerdrich.bsky.social & 30 Poems for only $14.25 - link at the end of the article: open.substack.com/pub/triohous...

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Excited for our first ever student matinee on Thursday!! #collegeessay #storytelling

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy #internationalwomensday! Great revisiting this show and lovely to be working with Michele Carlo again for next week's student matinee.

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No, YOU Tell It! @noyoutellit.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

#flashbackfriday We're looking back on this show from THREE YEARS AGO today on the eve of #internationalwomensday. In a full-circle moment, alum Michele Carlo is one of our storytellers for our student matinee next week. Check out these incredible story swaps here: www.youtube.com/live/zHhduZB...

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No, You Tell It, "What I know"

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Sip&Scribe tonight! 7pm at Sunnyside Arts!! www.sunnysideartsnyc.com/service-page... #Writing #writingcommunity #WriterSky ##AuthorSky

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Big news!! Thank you NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund for helping us produce our first student matinee

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Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Sip&Scribe Friday! Bonus KJ: Come hear me read on 3/13!!

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