Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialInk Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 28/09/2026'Balancing' by Tim Dwyer asks a question that will consume your thoughts: 'do corvids feel pride?' Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/tim-dwyer-5/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry 052
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialJABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As Seen in Print! 🧵 Adam Oyebanji has a 🌟 STARRED 🌟 review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! "Oyebanji’s worldbuilding is vast and detailed without ever overwhelming the mystery, on the way to a deeply satisfying resolution." LINE OF DESCENT publishes 11/17/26! 163
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialJABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026There have been reported incidents of scammers attempting to impersonate JABberwocky agents in emails. Unfortunately, this is a part of a larger trend of publishing industry scams. For more info on what to look out for, please refer to this article on our website: awfulagent.com/writers-bewa...awfulagent.comWriters Beware: Impersonation Scams on the Rise – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc 01214
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialSETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🐋👽 Would we recognize an alien signal if it didn't look like something humans would send? Humpback whale communication offers a fascinating way to examine the assumptions we bring to the search for intelligence beyond Earth. ICYMI on #SETILive: youtube.com/live/D9RQAgm... 🧪 👩🔬 3316
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialScribe Playwriting Competition @scribeplays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Submit your original one-acts and full lengths at: scribeplaywriting.weebly.com #playwriting #playwright #playwrights #theater #dramaturgy #theatre #writingcommunity #writing #writer #writers #arts #performingarts #opencall #submissions #theatersky #writingsky #writersky 023
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026@consequencef.bsky.social I have a question about the translation contest, can it be a work translated from my own writing into English? (Something I wrote first in Farsi)? Or does it have to be a translation of someone else's writing? Also should their writing be published already in Farsi? 001
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Discovering Ireland the literar way :) www.instagram.com/reel/DdCgZ02.... #irish writinginstagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 001
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Getting inspired by this quote #MuseumOfLiteratureIreland #MoLI #Dublin #IrishLiterature #LiteraryInspiration #WritersOfInstagram #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting #BookLovers #AuthorLife #KeepWriting #Storytelling #Literature 040
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New short story out today in Singapore Unbound's Suspect Journal: "The Righteous." It's told in the voice of Saleh Mohammadi — a 19-year-old wrestler, a bronze medalist, executed one day before Nowruz, the day the world is supposed to begin again. singaporeunbound.org/suspect-jour... #JustPublished 000
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026www.newpages.com/guide-submis...newpages.comThe New Verse News Seeks Current Events PoetryThe New Verse News is an online site dedicating to covering the news of the day in verse and is open to submissions of current events poetry year-round. 000
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@theblcklst.bsky.social Also should we submit the whole manusript, or just excerpts? 000
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@theblcklst.bsky.social Are we allowed to list two manuscripts, or just submit one? 000
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialAugur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 29/11/2025🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site! Inside you'll find... 🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest 🧜♀️ the price of revenge from sirens 🫐 a berry world of grief and awe & so much more! 🔗 Link in bio! More details below 👀⬇️ 36838
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Our friends @poetryschool.bsky.social are launching a new workshop series! First Steps is a Beginners’ series designed to support you getting started with writing poetry in a friendly and accessible way, led by poet Isabelle Baafi. The next session is on Tuesday 14 July.buff.lyTake Your First Steps in Writing Poetry • Poetry SchoolNew to Poetry? Welcome to First Steps, our new Beginners series with Isabelle Baafi! Start your journey today. 031
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.social(un)Tidy Music @untidymusic.com · 26/05/2026Got music? New or Old we want your submissions for play on untidyradio.com see form in post below. Any genre, any style. If you want to suggest music or have a show in mind email us on untidyradio@gmail.com #newreleases get them in early. #music #musicskyuntidyradio.comListen Here - Untidy RadioIndependent Non-Commercial Radio 31914
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Does anyone know of any open calls for submissions for short plays? I’ve written a play and would love to find festivals, theaters, competitions, or literary journals currently accepting short works. Any recommendations would be deeply appreciated. Thank you so much! #Playwriting #Playwright 011
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Does anyone know of any open calls for submissions for short plays? I’ve written a play and would love to find festivals, theaters, competitions, or literary journals currently accepting short works. Any recommendations would be deeply appreciated. Thank you so much! #Playwriting 000
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 16/05/2026"Spring in Babylon" is coming. So honoured to be published in @thestripesmag — stay tuned! stripesliterarymagazine.weebly.com #Poetry #PoetryIsNotDead #NewWork #IranianPoet #LitMag #WritingCommunitystripesliterarymagazine.weebly.comHomeStripes Literary Magazine is a free online platform showcasing bold poetry, photography, and visual art from emerging voices around the world. 040
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialInk Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 15/05/2026@suejohns.bsky.social on @zoebrooks.bsky.social's 'Something in Nothing', finds an 'assured storyteller whose work is steeped in the oral tradition' and fairy tales reimagined. Read the review here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/sue-johns-re... #InkSweatandTears #Review 022
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 15/05/2026In this essay, Deepa Bhasthi defends untranslatability, the intentional choice to not translate text, as a necessary practice. She draws on Kannada words that feel too complex or hyperlocal to be translated into a single English word. buff.ly/lS11LRS 02211
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Rwandan writer @beataumubyeyim.bsky.social is critically acclaimed in the French-speaking world; her work significantly contributes to the literature on witnessing genocide in Rwanda and beyond. She speaks here with Zoë Norridge about her early reading influences and more.buff.lyFinding Comfort in the Loneliness of Others: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse and Reading Across CulturesBeata Umubyeyi Mairesse is a prolific Rwandan writer critically acclaimed in the French-speaking world; her work significantly contributes to the literature on… 143
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialCarole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Happy birthday Stevie Wonder! 🎹🎶🩵🎤 #steviewonder 17687651036
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWinning Writers @winningwriters.com · 13/05/2026Why Writing Stories For Children is So Much Harder Than Writing Stories For Adults lithub.com/why-writing-stories-for-… via @literaryhub.bsky.social #kidlitlithub.comWhy Writing Stories For Children is So Much Harder Than Writing Stories For AdultsA few years ago, my longtime children’s book editor rejected my idea for a new middle grade novel. The rejection hit me hard—the story, of the daughter of a celebrity chef who moves to a small town… 041
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialTammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026My bachelor’s degree in a nutshell. 😆 22380131175
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialTint Journal @tintjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026TINT NONFICTION // Aizhan Yesbolatova is a Kazakhstani writer. Writing in English as her third language, she explores cultural belonging, motherhood in displacement, and identity from a Central Asian perspective. Read her essay at tintjournal.com/essay/the-bi.... Art: Benjamin Malay 021
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialTheCityCeleb @thecityceleb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Yoseline Hoffman Badui, known professionally as YosStop, is a Mexican YouTuber, internet personality, actress, and entrepreneur. She gained fame in… Read More: Yoseline Hoffman Biography: Parents, Awards, Movies, Height, Ethnicity, Age, YouTube, Husbandvisit.thecityceleb.orgYoseline Hoffman Biography: Parents, Awards, Movies, Height, Ethnicity, Age, YouTube, HusbandYoseline Hoffman Badui, known professionally as YosStop, is a Mexican YouTuber, internet personality, actress, and entrepreneur. She gained fame in… Read More: Yoseline Hoffman Biography: Parents, Awards, Movies, Height, Ethnicity, Age, YouTube, Husband 001
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialInk Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 12/05/2026Robin Lindsay Wilson's ekphrastic poem 'Miss Betina Wauchope Disappears' explores painting as an act of erasure. The poem is in response to the painting ‘Interior: Orange Blind’ by FCB Cadell. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/robin-lindsa... #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submissions #Ekphrasis 021
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 13/05/2026A beautiful day in Benalmádena sharing stories, books, and time with young readers and fellow authors. Huge thanks to Letras B for bringing it all together. www.instagram.com/reels/DYRdVY.... #VidaDeEscritor #EncuentrosLiterarios #BookCommunity #Autores #Literatura. #LetrasB #EventosCulturalesinstagram.comLayla Sabourian on Instagram: "¡Qué momentos tan bonitos y enriquecedor conectar con otros autores en Benalmádena y compartir mis libros con los niños de la comunidad! Gracias a Letras B por la organi...0 likes, 0 comments - laylasabourian on May 13, 2026: "¡Qué momentos tan bonitos y enriquecedor conectar con otros autores en Benalmádena y compartir mis libros con los niños de la comunidad! Gracias ... 020
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 07/05/2026My poem 'The Iranian' is published in @pentoprint.org's Monday Moments! On borrowed lands, orange blossom, exile, and the ground that claims us back. Written from Benalmádena — where Andalusia smells like Iran. pentoprint.org/monday-momen... #WritingCommunity #IranianDiaspora 020
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 02/05/2026What if southern Spain has its own hidden creatures… and we just stopped looking? Cryptids of Andalusia 👇 www.espritsud.es/actualites/c... #andalucia #spain #folklore #cryptids #mythology #mystery 020
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialInk Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 02/05/2026Col Fleetwood's 'Muckle Flugga', takes the reader on a rocky and picturesque journey along the Scottish island. Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/col-fleetwood/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission #MuckleFlugga 032
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWinning Writers @winningwriters.com · 02/05/2026Deadline May 15: The May Challenge from Glossy Planet: History Repeating Submit unpublished poetry or prose about "patterns of conflict at any scale: personal, interpersonal, or global". Win $1,000 & pub. Fee: $10 (add $10 to receive feedback). duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/glossy-… 021
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 22/04/2026 4092302572
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWinning Writers @winningwriters.com · 22/04/2026Deadline May 1: Amazon Literary Partnership No fee to apply - "supports nonprofit literary organizations that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive". apply.amazonliterarypartnership.com…apply.amazonliterarypartnership.comAmazon Literary Partnership - 2026 Amazon Literary Partnership grant applicationWelcome to the Amazon Literary Partnership Submission Portal With the goal of helping writers tell their stories and find their readers, the Amazon Literary Partnership supports nonprofit literary organizations that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive. We provide grant funding to innovative groups that strive not only for a lasting impact on writers' lives but on the broader literary and publishing communities. To learn more about the Amazon Literary P... 011
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Read two new poems by London-based poet Hasti, weaving together influences from Hafez to alternative hip-hop, Black poetry, and Iranian cinema. Titled 'Future-La' and 'Yek Atash', these vulnerable poems see the speaker absorbing unfathomable turbulent change.buff.lyTwo Poems by HastiRead two new poems by London-based poet Hasti, weaving together influences from Hafez to alternative hip-hop, Black poetry, and Iranian cinema. 043
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialSunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Morning friends. There are still those amongst us that need to wake up. 433169684722
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Literature builds dialogue and deepens understanding. Seeing my book begin to do that even before publication feels incredibly meaningful. www.instagram.com/reel/DXbrtbb... #dialogue #understanding #literaturematters #storytellinginstagram.comlaylasabourian on Instagram: "La literatura construye diálogo y comprensión. Ver que mi libro ya lo está haciendo antes de publicarse es profundamente significat…"La literatura construye diálogo y comprensión. Ver que mi libro ya lo está haciendo antes de publicarse es profundamente significativo. Gracias a Mitra por su apoyo, por ayudar a dar forma a este espacio y por creer en el video. #literatura #libros #booktok #bookstagram #lectura #literature #writingcommunity #autores #booklover #bookdiscussion#dialogo #comprension #literaturematters #storytelling #culturaldialogue#iran #iranianliterature #voicesofiran #womenlifeandfreedom #standwithiran #awareness #freeiran 020
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I'm pleased to share that my short story, "The Meddling," will be included in Flame Tree Publishing's Myths, Gods & Immortals: Gilgamesh anthology, scheduled for release in September 2026. The collection includes a foreword by Enrique Jiménez and an introduction by Emily H. Wilson. #FlameTreePress 000
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I’m delighted to share that my short story, “The Golden Kurdish Dress,” has been published by Twisted Tongue Press. Grateful to be part of a space that celebrates bold and diverse voices. twistedtonguepress.com/nonfiction/t... #amwriting #writerlife #writingcommunity #shortstory 050
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Thrilled to share — my prose piece Layla Sabourian is published and featured in Ink Sweat & Tears, one of the UK's finest literary journals. Being featured here means so much. 🖤 inksweatandtears.co.uk/layla-sabourian/ #IranianWriter #InkSweatAndTears #Published #LaylaSabourian #IranianWomen 010
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026So grateful to the International English Book Club for choosing The Day That Changed Everything anthology — and for taking the time to share such generous, thoughtful feedback on my story Red Tulips. #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #BookClub #RedTulips #AnthologyLife #IranianWriter #AmReadinginstagram.comLayla Sabourian on Instagram: "So grateful to the International English Book Club for choosing The Day That Changed Everything anthology — and for taking the time to share such generous, thoughtful fe...0 likes, 0 comments - laylasabourian on April 12, 2026: "So grateful to the International English Book Club for choosing The Day That Changed Everything anthology — and for taking the time to share su... 031
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 06/04/2025This life writing piece from @alexmormoris.bsky.social – shortlisted for the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – reflects on Jamaican diasporic experience and Windrush history, punctuated by the music of Tom Jones. The 2025 Prize is open for entries until 30 June.buff.ly 052
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialWasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Ark Ramsay's Life Writing piece – shortlisted for last year's Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – immerses itself in a knotty quest to 'outpace gender'. buff.ly/K3gcyWAbuff.lyThe Eight Fundamental Horse Steps by Ark RamsayArk Ramsay's Life Writing piece – shortlisted for the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – immerses itself in a knotty quest to 'outpace gender'. 111
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialInk Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 11/04/2026Daniel Hill's poem 'Pollarding', a form of tree management, seems to be told from the perspective of the uppermost branches as they witness the actions of their caregiver/ arborist. inksweatandtears.co.uk/daniel-hill/ #InkSweatandTears #Poetry #Submission #Pollarding 061
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I just published this piece about Iran: a place that never really leaves you, no matter how far you go. This one is personal. inksweatandtears.co.uk/layla-sabour... #War #WarInIran #GlobalConflict #Geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #Intervention #MilitaryConflictinksweatandtears.co.ukLayla Sabourian | Ink Sweat and Tears 020
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Just found this contest and it looks interesting: tinyurl.com/wdwcon8 No entry fee, just words. Anyone else entering?tinyurl.comFirst Page Contest #8: Literary / Mainstream / Book Club Fiction -- Judged by Agent Katie Monson of SBR MediaFREE CONTEST FOR WRITERS! First Page Contest #8 of this year is for writers of Adult Literary / Mainstream / Com me rcial / Book Club / Upmarket Fiction. If you write in these categories, keep... 000
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialAdi Magazine @adimagazine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026"The reality on the ground is our political freedoms and civil liberties are dwindling, and our capacity for dissent and activism has been stifled." New today: "No Free Labor for Authoritarians: Censorship and Dissent in Singapore" by Kirsten Han (@kirstenhan.com) adimagazine.com/articles/no-...adimagazine.comNo Free Labor for Authoritarians: Censorship and Dissent in Singapore - Adi MagazineTwo thoughts ran through my mind as I was escorted to the women’s toilets at the police station so the investigators could confiscate the T-shirt I was 075
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialAdi Magazine @adimagazine.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Just under a week left to submit to Adi's fiction open call! Submissions are free, and are open until March 31, 2026, so send your stories soon! We pay $500 per accepted short story. Read the guidelines and send us your work here: adimagazine.submittable.com/submit 111
laylasabourian.bsky.social @laylasabourian.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Très heureuse de partager la publication de mon premier article dans Esprit Sud: « La poésie, ce fil d’or qui traverse les siècles et les cultures » Une réflexion qui me tient particulièrement à cœur. www.espritsud.es/actualites/c... #poesie #ecriture #publication 000
Reposted by @laylasabourian.bsky.socialChalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Are you a writer considering indy publishing? You might want to join us this Tue, when Amy Durant @savingbooks.bsky.social of UK-based Sapere Books @saperebooks.bsky.social will share an insider's view. Online and free. #writingcommunity #amwriting www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1984226760...eventbrite.co.ukChalk Scribblers meet the publisher: Sapere BooksA talk and Q&A with Amy Durant of Sapere Books, a UK-based independent publisher. 041
