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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Are they a good writer or do they just use a lot of descriptive lists?

Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When you check on a submission in #submittable and see it was rejected without any notification. Cool cool cool #flashfiction #neat

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hi y'all! I'm doing some reading for @lostballoon.bsky.social this morning. Just a reminder that if you get a rejection asking to submit again -- we mean it!! That piece didn't feel right but I'd love to read more of your work in the future. Don't give up.

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Shannon Frost Greenstein, Writer @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I will die on the Ms. Rachel hill.

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Congratulations to everyone on the @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 and longlist and a special shoutout to @claudiamonpere.bsky.social, Nicole Desjardins Gowdy, and Carol M. Quinn for their Lost Balloon pieces. And an extra special hurrah for our Assistant Editor @madelineanthes.bsky.social!

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

soooo anyone publishing flash chapbooks these days?? i may have one to shop around...

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

A heads up for those who want to submit to @lostballoon.bsky.social -- we've tweaked our submission guidelines. We're now accepting stories 750 words or less (used to be 1000). We'll be open the first week of April -- get your stories ready!

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I really said "please don't call me 'buttcheek' at the Grand Canyon" loud enough for strangers to hear. parenthood is a wild and embarrassing ride

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Mentally I am in a room full of my enemies singing a karaoke song that is absolutely blowing their minds and making them rethink all they've done to me

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Clicking through links on my own website and finding many of my published stories are in now defunct journals. I know this happens, but it did make me a little sad.

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Some days the world feels heavy and you still need to go to basketball practice and entertain your 3yo and play with dinos and

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“Summer bodies are made in winter” I say as I open another sleeve of Thin Mints

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"And I wonder why I agreed to this –to giving my son something I knew would die, something I knew would hurt him" Wonderful piece from @madelineanthes.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social - so much truth in this one

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Since having kids I’ve been wondering if I’ll ever write again. Today I wrote 1200 words while my son wrote a story next to me at a coffee shop. Hard to explain the relief I feel.

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Ok tell me other shows and books that changed your brain chemistry the way Heated Rivalry changed mine

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Watching my 7 year old is wild. One minute he’s telling me I’m brave and that it’s ok to make mistakes. The next minute he’s speaking Italian brain rot and his teeth fall out.

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I'm usually very hype-averse and suspicious when things become trendy... but I watched Heated Rivalry and holy moly. Sometimes the hype is truly worthy.

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Maddie knew who she was from a very early age

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My hot take is that every picture book should be 3-5 (or more) pages shorter.

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Lost Balloon @lostballoon.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

We are happy to announce our nominees for this year’s Best Microfiction anthology!!!! Vic Nogay: @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social, Carol M. Quinn, Titi Kusumandari, Michael Nickels-Wisdom, and Nicole Desjardins Gowdy!

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

9th times the charm! Finally got my 💀 today from @havehashad.com after submitting since 2021!!

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I dunno maybe I have no sense of humor but I hate the videos of kids being legit terrified by a Grinch running into their houses and dragging kids by their feet and stealing their trees. SORRY!!

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My face when someone tells me to enjoy every second of motherhood bc it goes by too fast

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A residency where someone takes my kids for a month and I sleep for 30 days straight

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I love that @lostballoon.bsky.social was # 4 on "Where to publish that piece you wrote crying in your car" on @chillsubs.bsky.social because tbh that's where I'm reading your submissions, too! (and sometimes while crying!!) www.chillsubs.com/lists/crying...

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Friends, remember that two things can be true at once. Awards season is exciting and hard. You can be bummed to not be nominated for anything and also be genuinely thrilled for other people. You can be disappointed and overjoyed. It's a weird time. It's ok to feel weird!

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Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 19/11/2025

This week's story, chosen by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social, is "Vixen" by @madelineanthes.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/vixen/

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Other writers: Wow I just got nominated for an award! I'm so honored! Me: I ate a plate of mashed potatoes for lunch.

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Nicholas Claro @nicholas-claro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This piece by @madelineanthes.bsky.social is so, so good.

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I have a story out today!! So thrilled it is out with Necessary Fiction :) Huge thank you to @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for accepting this story!

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I am so excited to have gotten an acceptance from Sunlight Press! Slowwwlyyyy getting back into publishing after my last baby. Feels like stretching after a long nap.

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Only thing worse than watching the Browns lose to the jets was seeing it in person along with all 130 jets fans in the stadium

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Saw this on Netflix and not sure it translates as a finger puppet book idk I could be wrong

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Surprised my 7yo with a library trip after school. He found a coveted Beverly Cleary book and we played chess. He can’t stop talking about how fun it was. Never would have thought this baby with reflux who never slept would become my best friend. (If you’re in the newborn trenches, it gets better)

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Time to redo my website -- writer friends, what's the best free website builder to make my site look good and easy to navigate?

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Madeline Anthes @madelineanthes.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Everything feels kinda awful today but I got an acceptance from @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social so that helped a lot ❤️❤️

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