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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 9h

In September, four (4!!) members had their work published, and one stepped into an editorial role. Plus, Editor Steve was interviewed about Okay Donkey! Whether you want to have your work published or be in community with other writers, LMC’s got you. Get started at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

Caitlin O'Halloran has become co-editor at Gone Lawn and has a piece in Bull

Community Manager Samantha Borek has romantic tales in the SMUT issue of Folly and in Gnome & Bone Magazine

Editor Steve and LMC's 2025 NoWriMo Facilitator Heidi Marjamaki were interviewed in The Village about Okay Donkey

David Elliot Eisenstat has 2 Horace poems in The Pierian

Eleanor Ball has a poem in tiny wren lit

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 27/09/2026

Tonight at 8 ET! Join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 27/09/2026

Perks like Momentum Groups are currently available at our Free tier, but Basic and Fancy memberships unlock even more, like Pen Pal Swaps and editor meetings for personal feedback. Become an LMC member today at litmatchcollective.com and use code LMC-BIRTHDAY-60 to take 60% off your first month!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 27/09/2026

Struggling to set and complete writing goals? Looking for accountability? Coming this October, join LMC Momentum Groups. Together, set writing goals, create plans to achieve them, track progress, and chat through the highs and lows. More friends, more focus. Community powered.

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TEXT: Lit Match Collective's Momentum Groups
-Set writing goals
-Track your progress
-Build accountability through community
Open to everyone through December!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 25/09/2026

Stop by tonight for a free writers’ happy hour! 8-9 pm ET, every Friday. discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 24/09/2026

Yesterday was the autumnal equinox, where the sun crossed over the Earth’s equator. That made us wonder: do you have a day each year that marks a personal crossing-over, or a sudden change in your world? Use your writing to explore it, and share in the replies!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 20/09/2026

Free! Tonight at 8 ET! Join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 19/09/2026

Join us on Discord for this month’s free, online community reading on Sept. 27th from 8–9 pm ET! Monthly readings hosted by Emily Afifi, every last Sunday at the same time. Sign up to share (or bear witness) on our Discord at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 11/09/2026

Tonight at 8 ET! You can join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN. Everyone welcome. 🤗

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 18/09/2026

Talk shop, share work, and chat with her and other writers on Fridays 8-9PM Eastern in our Discord Free! Link in bio

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 18/09/2026

Our Friday Happy Hour host @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social has a new book out in the world!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 16/09/2026

Happy one year to LMC! Let's take a look back at all we’ve accomplished in our first year as a collective. It’s thanks to members like you that we’re here today. If you haven’t yet, join the LMC community for FREE at the link in our bio and fire up your writing! Here’s to another year together. 🎈🎉

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 13/09/2026

Tonight at 8 ET! Don’t miss it. Link in original post.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 12/09/2026

If you’ve been looking for a way to discuss your favorite poets with no academics attached, then you can halt your search here…and come to LMC’s Poetry Salon next Sunday, Sept. 20th from 8–9 pm ET on Discord. Bring a poem by your fave poet or just listen in! 🖋️ Hosted by Dani Kuntz @danikuntz.com.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 11/09/2026

Tonight at 8 ET! You can join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN. Everyone welcome. 🤗

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 09/09/2026

The morning session is over, but you can still catch the evening writing studio tonight at 8-9 pm ET! Free and open to all.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 09/09/2026

Need some face-time with other writers? You’re in luck! Every Friday, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social hosts her “Friday Happy Hours with AFB” at 8–9 pm ET in our Discord. These free, 18+ happy hours are low stakes chances to share your work or just chat w/ other writers. We hope to see you there!

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TEXT: Friday Happy Hours with Allison Field Bell

Every Friday 8-9 PM ET

Chat & connect with fellow writers in #public-events in LMC's Discord

Open to everyone!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 08/09/2026

Tomorrow at 9-10 am ET. Take note! 🖊️

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 05/09/2026

Be sure to join us on Sept. 13th from 8–9 pm ET for another FREE tarot writing workshop led by Samantha Borek! This group writing session will use a three-card tarot spread as a generative prompt. All LMC events take place on our Discord at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN. 🔮

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 04/09/2026

TGIF ☀️ because that means another Happy Hour with AFB, open to all! Join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN. 8 pm ET.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 03/09/2026

Need some time to write? Join our free guided writing studio on September 9th from 9–10 am and 8–9 pm ET. Led by Editor Autumn Watts @autumnwatts.bsky.social. Invite your friends and sign up on Discord at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 02/09/2026

We’ve got another month filled with free events, from a generative workshop using tarot and a new poetry salon, to guided writing studios, a public readaround, and Happy Hours every Friday with AFB. Check out the full September schedule at litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/september-...

9/01 at 7-8 pm ET: Mentored Milestones Check-in - Convert your writing goals into plans ft. milestones journals & trackers

9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25 at 8-9 pm ET: Friday Happy Hours with AFB - Chat & connect with fellow writers every Friday, hosted by Allison Field Bell

9/9 at 9-10 am and 8-9 pm ET: Guided Writing Studio - Generative group writing sessions hosted by Autumn Watts, now in the AM and PM!

9/13 at 8-9 pm ET: Woo-shop: Tarot as Storytelling - Crafting the major arcana as characters in our lives, hosted by Samantha Borek

9/20 at 8-9 pm ET: Poetry Salon - Discuss poems by writers who dazzle us, hosted by Dani Kuntz. All levels welcome!

9/27 at 8-9 pm ET: Firelight Readaround - An online community reading series: Share your work + hone your stagecraft!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 29/08/2026

This month, more LMC members were published, Editor Steve’s expertise landed in Forever Workshop, and one member was interviewed by Voyage LA! Whether you want to have your work published or be in community with other writers, LMC can aid you on your path to success. Get started at buff.ly/0gKJnTM.

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Nancy Glowinski has CNF in the L.A. Times about aging and the unwavering male gaze.

Albert Abdul-Barr Wang was interviewed by Voyage LA about his writing practice and career. He also has a piece in Brink titled, "Pamela W."

Editor Steve chats about experimental fiction with editors from The Sun and Ploughshares at Forever Workshop.

Caitlin O'Halloran has a spine-tingling poem in the Michigan City Review of Books titled, "He's Sleeping With the Fishes."

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 28/08/2026

You know what time it is! Another Friday, another Happy Hour with AFB, open to all! Join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN. 8 pm ET.

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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We don’t talk enough about the village that can help bring a story to the page and the transformative power of great editors. Thanks for having this conversation

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 26/08/2026

For many of us, August marks the beginning of “back-to-school” season. But what does that mean now that we’re adults? Oftentimes, it means we’re the ones teaching. So, to all of our dear teacher-writers: How do you juggle being both a writer AND a teacher of writing? Share your tips below!

TEXT: LMC goes... Back to school
To all our teacher-writers:
How do you juggle being both a writer AND a teacher of writing?

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 23/08/2026

Free! Tonight! 8 ET! Join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

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Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I love when writers treat revision like a beautiful transformative process, not 'critique,' and this piece was so cool ✨

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 22/08/2026

Join us on Discord for this month’s free, online community reading on August 30th from 8–9 pm ET! Monthly readings hosted by Emily Afifi on the last Sunday of every month at the same time. Sign up to share (or bear witness) on our Discord at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN.

Lit Match Collective's
FIRELIGHT READAROUND
Open to everyone!

Build your stagecraft + share your writing within a cozy online community

Sun, Aug 30 at 8-9 pm ET
#public-events in LMC's Discord

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 07/08/2026

Join AFB’s Friday Happy Hour tonight at 8 ET! 🎉

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 19/08/2026

When we tell you to “join us on Discord,” you may go, “Dis-what?” Thankfully, if you’re new to Discord or need extra support, we have a video tutorial just for you! Check it out at www.litmatchcollective.com/campground-c... And when you’re done, use this link to hang with us: discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN

How to use LMC's Discord...

Check out a video tutorial on our website:
litmatchcollective.com/campground-commons

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Register by Monday (8/24) and get three 90 minute workshops for $125! “Kathy Fish worked her magic today! The magician waved her wand, and in 90 minutes, we had three new flash pieces, rough, unsteady on their newborn feet, but moving. Thank you!” ~Nina Schuyler

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 16/08/2026

Free! Tonight! 8 ET! Join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN. 🔥

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 15/08/2026

Hop on Discord next Sunday, 8/23, from 8–9 pm ET for a free tarot writing workshop led by Samantha Borek! We’ll investigate how tarot holds a mirror up to our innermost selves using a three-card spread as a generative prompt to draw upon the archetypes of the major arcana as characters in our lives.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 13/08/2026

Need an accountability boost? Stay motivated with Work-Share Wednesdays! Every Wednesday, Basic members share snippets of their WIP with other writers. Great for a confidence boost and ideas for the next part of their draft. Become a member at litmatchcollective.com.

Work-Share Wednesdays

Become a member today!
Stay motivated!
Share snippets of your WIPs with other writers!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 12/08/2026

Great to see everyone this morning! Didn’t make the session? We have another GWS tonight at 8 ET! Free and open to all. Just use the link in the original post.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 11/08/2026

Write with us for free tomorrow at 9 am ET!

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Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

we'll cover how expo can be more than an explainer — it’s a reveal that invites reevaluation AND produces suspense. totally free and open to the public! more details in our newsletter litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/august-plans and here's the public area of our Discord! discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN

litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com

New! Generative Workshop:✨Tarot as Storytelling✨

Plus: a Craft Workshop on Transformative Exposition and more August plans

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 08/08/2026

Stop by our Discord server next Sunday, the 16th at 8–9 pm ET for a craft chat on “transformative exposition” with Editor Steve Chang @stevexisxok.bsky.social! Steve will discuss what it means to write backstory that reframes what writers thought they knew. It’s open to everyone, so see you there!

TEXT: On Transformative Exposition
Led by editor, Steve Chang
A generative workshop on writing backstory that reframes what readers thought they knew
Open to everyone!
#public-events in LMC's Discord
Sun, Aug 16th
8-9 pm ET

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 07/08/2026

Join AFB’s Friday Happy Hour tonight at 8 ET! 🎉

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 06/08/2026

Need some time to write? Join our free guided writing studio on August 12th from 9–10 am and 8–9 pm ET. Led by Editor Autumn Watts @autumnwatts.bsky.social. Invite your writer friends and sign up on Discord: discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN

TEXT: Lit Match Collective's Guided Writing Studio
Wed, Aug 12th
9-10 AM & 8-9 PM ET

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 02/08/2026

We’ve got another month filled with free events, from a generative workshop using tarot to guided writing studios, a public readaround, and Happy Hours every Friday with AFB. But most importantly: all LMC plans are 60% off through the 31st! Check out the full August schedule at buff.ly/Au2ufax

AUGUST EVENTS
at Lit Match Collective
8/7, 8/14, 8/21, and 8/28 at 8-9 pm ET: Friday Happy Hours with AFB. Chat & connect with fellow writers every Friday, hosted by Allison Field Bell. Open to everyone.
8/12 at 9-10 am and 8-9 pm ET: Guided Writing Studio. Generative group writing sessions. Open to everyone.
8/16 at 8-9 pm ET: Craft Chat: Transformative Exposition. Writing backstory that reframes what writers thought they knew, with editor Steve Chang. Open to everyone.
8/23 at 8-9 pm ET: Workshop: Tarot As Storytelling. Crafting the major arcana as characters in our lives, hosted by Samantha Borek.
8/30 at 8-9 pm ET: Firelight Readaround. An online community reading series: Share your work + hone your stagecraft!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 02/08/2026

Every Friday night on Discord, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social will host her Friday Happy Hour from 8–9 pm ET. These free, weekly 18+ happy hours are low stakes chances to chat & connect w/ other writers. Join at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN. We hope to see you there! Every Friday at the same time.

Friday Happy Hours
with Allison Field Bell
EVERY FRIDAY
8:00 to 9:00 pm EST
Chat and connect with fellow writers in #public-events in LMC's Discord
Open to everyone!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 10/07/2026

Drop by tonight from 8-9 pm* ET! *Start time has changed to 8 pm moving forward

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 31/07/2026

LMC members have surely been busy this summer! In July, more members were published, while others took part in a summer writing program or residency. Any one of these members could be you if you join our Discord at discord.gg/cxSdvE2EfN 😏

Catherine Buck has a hybrid piece titled “Nectar,” in LIT Magazine!

Ishita Marwah attended The Stinging Fly's CNF Summer School

Emily Blair will be in residence at Jentel

Caitlin O’Hallaran has a piece in -ette Review titled, “The Sky Is Falling”

Gregg Williard’s written and visual art will be part of a dramatic reading about the life and work of Simone Weil called “A Great Disturbance” on August 22, at the Muso Arts Center

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