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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social

@michelealouf.bsky.social
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Writer. Co-founder @storystreetwriters.com. Harvard Extension Creative Writing ALM. Writing in: Potomac Review, New World Writing, Vestal Review, Gulf Stream, Bridge Eight, and others. Nominated for 2026 Pushcart Prize #writer

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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 23/09/2026
A writer's review of Ink Honey Blossom by Liza Losada including (as always) a note on craft. #booksky #writingcommunity #review
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"Ink Honey Blossom" by Liza Losada
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 02/10/2026
Submission Opportunities October 2026
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Submission Opportunities October 2026
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 03/10/2026
In this special guest post by Kristina Chilian, learn how to FIRE up your unfinished manuscript. #writers #writing #writingtips #authors #writingcommunity
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FIRE Up Your Unfinished Manuscript
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Another excellent episode of The Epilogue. Thank you, Michael Stubblefield and Jeff VanderMeer. @theepilogue.net @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social @storystreetwriters.com @m.stubblefield.net
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's time for our Third annual Nightmare on Story Street Contest! Don't be scared to enter. It's free, and winners receive cash prizes and publication. Full details and guidelines are available on our website. Deadline: October 2nd.
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So honored that A Lesson Before Writing chose my story, "Big Gertie and Just Walter" (published in the Potomac Review, Issue 78, Spring 2026), for one of their episodes. Thank you, Ted Morrissey, Grant Tracey, and Brady Harrison! @tedmorrissey.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Podcast Episode · A Lesson before Writing · July 20 · 1h 27m
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My friend and Story Street colleague, Michael Stubblefield, just released his latest episode of The Epilogue. Fans of Rhys Bowen don’t want to miss!!
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 16/06/2026
Announcing our upcoming Summer Flash Fiction contest! #writingcontests, #callsforsubmission, #writing, #writingcommunity, #flashfiction
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Summer on Story Street: Flash Fiction Contest!
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
My short story, “Big Gertie and Just Walter,” published in Potomac Review is now posted online. If you would like to read it, click on the link below. mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Honored to have a story in this gorgeous spring issue of Potomac Review!
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
So excited to have a story in the latest issue of Potomac Review and meet Editor Monica Mische! Great day at AWP conference.
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 17/02/2026
Award-winning author Ben Fountain joined The Epilogue podcast to talk about character and voice, fearlessly embracing big themes, and having a book adapted into a movie.
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Ben Fountain: The Epilogue...Interview
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Congratulations to the winners!
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Thrilled to have a Christmas story in Spillwords! @spillwordspress.bsky.social, @storystreetwriters.com
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The Post of Christmas Past by Michele Alouf at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: Christmas at Spillwords - The Post of Christmas Past, flash fiction by Michele Alouf, who lives in Richmond, VA.
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I am so honored to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize by New World Writing Quarterly for my story, "Lani," that appeared in their Fall 2025 issue. Thank you to the editors for believing in me and helping writers thrive! @newworldwriting.bsky.social newworldwriting.net/michele-alou...
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Story Street's Horror Contest Winners! @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 27/10/2025
Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz has a new piece of flash fiction, "Teo," in the latest issue of Sky Island Journal. @skyislandjournal.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social Read it here: www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 23/10/2025
Helping Writers "Keep the Magic Flowing," an Interview with Productivity Coach Kristina Chilian
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Helping Writers "Keep the Magic Flowing," an Interview with Productivity Coach Kristina Chilian
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 19/10/2025
Story Street's Margaret Speck Ogawa will read a piece of her short fiction from the Bamboo Ridge Journal of Hawai’i Literature and Arts (Issue 128, edited by Cathy Song and Naomi Shihab Nye) on October 22, at the Mānoa Public Library. #writercommunity #hawaii @bambooridge.bsky.social
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 17/10/2025
Story Street Writer Elisa Maiz's story, "Joaquin," is in the October issue of The Write Launch! @thewritelaunch.bsky.social
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Joaquín | Short Story by Elisa Maiz in the October 11, 2025 issue of The Write Launch
Tuesday night, a group of sicarios abducted Juan José Juárez, his wife, and two children in Colonia Los Duendes. Drugs and weapons were found in a bunker hidden behind the living room of the suburban ...
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 16/10/2025
A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference 
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A World of Connection Close to Home: My Experience at the 23rd Annual James River Writers Conference 
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 09/10/2025
A Conversation with New York Times Best-selling Author: Jess Walter
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A Conversation with New York Times Best-selling Author: Jess Walter
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 15/09/2025
Something new this year to go with our 100 word horror writing contest. A free 90 minute class in micro-fiction! Sign up with your contest entry. Class will be November 15, 6-7:30pm EST.
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Free 90 Minute Class in Micro-Fiction
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 16/09/2025
Over on The Epilogue podcast...best-selling author Gail Carriger joins to talk about the Heroine's Journey, writing connected series, and the archaeology of writing. Listen and subscribe!
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The Epilogue Interview: Gail Carriger
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 16/09/2025
Open for Submissions! Hundred Word Horror Contest! $100 Prize!
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Open for Submissions: Nightmare on Story Street!
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The Epilogue @theepilogue.net · 17/09/2025
Many thank yous to the lovely @gailcarriger.bsky.social who stopped by The Epilogue... to talk about the Heroine’s Journey, writing series, and the writer as archaeologist. Give a listen and subscribe! Read The Heroine’s Journey! #writers, #writing, #authors, #writingcommunity, #writersky
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Gail Carriger: The Heroine’s Journey
Explore the unique storytelling journey of legendary quests and the heroine's path in fiction with bestselling author Gail Carriger.
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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
"Once I decided to no longer measure success by how many pieces I published, something I had no control over, but by my commitment to the practice of writing, my creative work and world blew open." ~ Diana Friedman brevity.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/f...
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What My Writing Needed Was Failure
By Diana Friedman In 1971, my mother published her first book—a Dell Pocketbook guide to employment for female liberal arts graduates. I spent my childhood watching her hunch over her typewriter, p…
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
So honored to have my story, "Lani," published in New World Writing Quarterly! @newworldwriting.bsky.social, @storystreetwriters.com newworldwriting.net/michele-alou...
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Michele Alouf ~ Lani
The baby girl is called Lani because her mother, Nell, feels the name escape from her mouth like a child’s laugh when she says it aloud. She first saw the name in the issue of Seventeen, which she …
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 12/06/2025
The Epilogue Interview: Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
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The Epilogue Interview: Elisabeth Sharp McKetta
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 13/06/2025
Margaret Speck Ogawa turns the tables and interviews Michael Stubblefield about his new writing podcast, The Epilogue...
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There's a New Podcast in Town...
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 27/06/2025
Reframing Rejection: Giving Your Tired Hang-ups Vibrant New Life
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Reframing Rejection: Giving Your Tired Hang-ups Vibrant New Life
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 26/06/2025
Dying to know how to create a good hook for your book? Read Eileen O'Neill Connors' article, "3 Steps to Hook the Heart of Your Reader: Advice From Brandon Sanderson." @writingcommunity.bsky.social storystreetwriters.com/writing-craf...
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Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
What happens on the ride home after a dance lesson. Read "Begin Again," by Michele Alouf. vestalreview.net/begin-again
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Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Issue 66 of Vestal Review comes out just after the summer solstice, when the days start growing shorter, though as any flash fiction aficionado knows, brevity isn’t always a bad thing. Read now at vestalreview.net/issue-66. +
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Celebrating my birthday with the release of Vestal Review's summer issue! Honored to have a story in this gorgeous collection of flash fiction. Thank you Vestal Review for making my day extra special! @vestalreview.bsky.social
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Issue 66 — Vestal Review
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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Walked into an elevator with my kids. Tom Hanks was in it. “Hello, Tom Hanks.” My kids looking at me like I’m INSANE - why are you talking to a stranger? How do you know his name? TOM HANKS: Close your eyes. (Reluctantly, they do) He goes into full Woody voice. “Andy’s coming!” Smiles. [FIN]
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Episode 2 of The Epilogue is live! Michael Stubblefield interviews Elisabeth McKetta, an exuberant, brilliant author and teacher. Looking for an excellent summer read? Her novel, She Never Told Me About the Ocean, is available on Amazon (link in comments). player.captivate.fm/episode/a26b...
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Elisabeth Sharp McKetta: Myth and Memoir
Quickly and easily listen to The Epilogue... for free!
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The Epilogue @theepilogue.net · 03/06/2025
In this first episode of the Epilogue… I interview author David Slayton. David is the author of White Trash Warlock, award-winning Dark Moon Shallow Sea. And upcoming Redneck Revenant! Thanks to @drslayton.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to me. #writers, #authors, #writingcommunity
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David Slayton: Writing Your Own Story
Explore writing advice from authors David Slayton and Michael Stubblefield, discussing identity, magic, and crafting unique characters.
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 03/06/2025
Story Street is excited to share a new writing podcast by Story Street writer Michael Stubblefield: The Epilogue... Each episode, Michael will interview successful authors about their stories and writing craft. Please check it out and give it a listen:
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New Podcast: The Epilogue...
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 03/06/2025
Congratulations to Story Street's Alex Przybyla, Margaret Speck Ogawa, and Michele Alouf for receiving their Master's degrees in creative writing and literature last week!
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Celebrating my ALM in Creative Writing and Literature! I could not have made it through this journey without all the love, support, and encouragement from my classmates, friends, and family. Love you all so much!
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Proud to have a poem in the first Brattle Street Review Anthology! (My poem is the second entry in the reading sample.) The issue also contains work from my fellow Story Street Writers: Margaret Margie Speck Ogawa, and Jack Morgan. @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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Brattle Street Review: Issue #1 2025
Brattle Street Review: Issue #1 2025 - Kindle edition by Authors, Various. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Brattle Street Review: Issue #1 2025.
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 12/05/2025
Something to do this Summer! 100 words micro flash fiction contest. $100 prize. Submissions open May 16-30.
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Summertime Sadness: Flash Fiction Contest!
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 10/05/2025
28 slightly rude notes on writing www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightl...
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28 slightly rude notes on writing
OR: catapulting myself into a pit of tarantulas
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My essay, “Ghosting,” just posted in Gulf Stream Magazine. Click to read it, and the rest of this gorgeous issue. Thank you to the editors for publishing my work! @writingcommunity.bsky.social, #writers
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Ghosting
by Michele Alouf Sometimes It Seems There Is Only One Answer by Jeni Follman Ghosting As a child, I sang Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” with my mom and brothers as we drove home in her …
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Excited to have a new article out on Story Street!
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Story Street @storystreetwriters.com · 12/04/2025
Prize-winning writer Jack Morgan shares how he's made it through year one of navigating the writing life while living with MS. Read his inspirational story only on Story Street Writers. @writingcommunity.bsky.social storystreetwriters.com/writing-life...
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Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
And delighted to be publishing your piece in our upcoming June issue. Also like the statue of Gyula Krúdy.
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MicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I am so honored to have newly accepted work forthcoming in Gulf Stream Magazine and Vestal Review. @vestalreview.bsky.social
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