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@pacificalit.bsky.social
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Lit mag based in the great Northwest. Publishing fiction, poetry, and CNF since 2012. 100% indie. In full effect at all times.

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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Issue now 22.3 LIVE & SPECTACULAR, feat. Didem Arslanoglu, Tim Donahue, Aliza Haskal, Lisa Hockstein, Donald Iannone, Rebecca Keith, Emily Van Kley, Dylan Majano-Carroll, Nancy B. Miller, James Keith Smith & @creakyvoice.bsky.social Read & be wowied www.pacificareview.com/issue-22-3/
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Issue 22.3 - Pacifica Literary Review
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Once again OPEN for poetry, fiction, CNF. Send it to us for we are HUNGRY for ur words
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Selections for 22.3 have been made, meaning subs will open again on Monday 9/7 for Issue 23.1. Big thank you to everyone who sent us work, and honored to read your blood/sweat/tears. Let's do it again ❤️❤️❤️
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Last day for subs last day for subs last day for subs
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Carmela Soprano Banging Pots
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Subs for the September issue will close on 8/21, so shine ur goodies & send em to the goodie shack (it's us, we're the goodie shack). Ye hath been notified, mwah ❤️
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Results are in & will drop in the September issue! Congrats to the winners, and big love to all who submitted <3 <3 <3
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"He was a completely ordinary man, with a dark secret"
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"what radicalized you?" "when i was 7 i watched a chicken sing a sad protest song in jail, a mother rabbit sacrifice her own food to feed her children, and a badger cleric get arrested for standing up to injustice."
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WSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov · 15/06/2026
WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, SOCCER FANS. Get acquainted with our state via this highly accurate and mostly-to-scale map.
A hot mess of colorful scribbles all over a map of Washington, featuring doodles of iconic Washington features like mountains, orcas, ferries, cherries, onions, and other produce. The map emphasizes the busyness of the Seattle area, I-5, I-90, US 2, and the U.S./Canada border during the World Cup games.
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Poetry Contest closes Friday. Shine ur similes, finger-count ur meter, perform the Wiggle of Inspiration (u know the one). Show us what u got u beautiful misfits ❤️❤️❤️
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
2026 Poetry Contest closes Friday, judged by the inimitable Emily Van Kley! 1st Prize is $500, publication, & VENGEANCE on naysayers of ur choice. Get ur money & satisfaction while the getting's good
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🚨22.2 NOW LIVE 🚨 feat. Kate Brennan, Jackson Burgess, Rick Bursky, Sarah Carson, John Leh, Shem Lim, @alimorrettawrites.bsky.social, Peter Munro, Carl Page, Simone Reid & Isabela Sanderson Girlhood, Godhood, gossip, graveyards. Get thee hence
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New issue drops on Friday. As the poet wrote, Hold on to ur butts
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
You now have officially just a smidge more than 1.5 hours to get your work in! Closing at midnight ET! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Selections for the May issue are in the can & seem to thematically diverge as follows: Prose: Girlhood Poetry: I HATE GOD Poets as usual not beating the allegations
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Subs for the May issue close FRIDAY, & if u miss us this time around that is OK and we forgive u, but it will 100% impact our parasocial relationship w/u & landfills are not ready for the number of body pillows we're gonna throw out in our grief. Do it for Mother Earth 🌍🌎🌏
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Hello, good morning, *enthusiastic hand gestures*. Subs for the May issue will close 4/24 so: if u have general POETRY + FICTION + CNF u want us to publish & pay for, become SPEED & get it in to us real real soon. Poetry Contest subs will remain open! Love y'all mwah 👍🫵🤌👏
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Reminder to all u beautiful goblins that the sub deadline for our May ed. is coming up fast. What we want: ur best poems, fiction, & CNF. What we offer: publication, money, & glory. Link in the comments, holla at ya boys girls & none of the aboves
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Love seeing everyone's pics from AWP, you're all rock stars & it warms our hearts seeing so many ppl who still believe in words
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 20/02/2026
The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Fiction feat. @pacificalit.bsky.social @salvationsouth.com et al. duotrope.com...
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Fiction feat. @pacificalit.bsky.social @salvationsouth.com et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/general-fiction-5q51l3u2
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ope, just wanted to scooch by ya there, and oh hey, we're havin a poetry contest dontcha know. Judge Emily Van Kley, author of The Cold and the Rust + Arrhythmia, can you believe it? Winner gets five hundred smackers so keep ur stick on the ice and send us somethin nice whydontcha
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Ahem OUR DONUTS ARE BETTER OUR COFFEE IS BETTER OUR OCEAN IS BETTER OUR LIT SCENE IS BETTER OUR FOOTBALL IS BETTER
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
2026 Poetry Contest, judged by Emily Van Kley, now live for subs! Winner gets $500, publication, & bragging rights forever over the teachers, lovers, & fam who doubted you. Know who never doubted you? Us. www.pacificareview.com
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Seattle currently
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
💥Issue 22.1 is HERE💥 Fiction/CNF world tour: El Salvador, Gainesville, the Palouse, the betweens, & the past. Richard Breyer, Michael Fitzer, Jesse Jing, Yolanda Kwadey, Emily Lewandowski, Rho Weber Mack, & Jefferson Navicky will be ur captains speaking ✈️ www.pacificareview.com/issue-22-1/
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Issue 22.1 - Pacifica Literary Review
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
News-type substance, delivered by orphan in pageboy cap: Issue 22.1 will be out this week, feat. our first ever OOPS! ALL PROSE collection. Killer fiction & CNF, 110% RDA protein Submissions are open again for 22.2 so if ur a big hoss biscuit eater who loves palindromes this is your moment
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We'll be accepting subs til 11:59 PM Tupac Standard Time tonight, & then it's see y'all in 2026. Much love to everyone who grew as an artist this year, & everyone who became one for the first time. Keep the faith, hold the line, burn your local data center <3 <3 <3
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Subs will close on 12/15 & believe it or not we really really wanna publish ur writing but Step 1 of that process is u gotta send us ur writing. Pretty please 🍒 on top mwah
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Oh shit it's giving Tuesday? Why don't u give uhhhhh DEEZ NUTS lmao gottem
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Announcing our noms for 2026 Pushcarts w/questionable graphic from our MS Paint dept. In no particular order, congratulations to: Edidiong Uzoma Essien David Borofka Tara Labovich Lillian Emerick Valentine J.P. Kemmick Aliza Haskal We remain proud & awed, & thank you for trusting us w/ur work ❤️🍾🔥🫅
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Thankful for all your poems, stories, and CNF, especially now. It's awesome to be in possession of so much evidence that art and artists will lead us through this bullshit. Our gratitude is immeasurable, and our day is un-ruined
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Timeline: fucked since 2016 Cause: Chicago Cubs winning World Series Theory: fight poison with poison Antidote: Seattle Mariners win World Series Do the right thing, America
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
It's true, we are! So, uh....send us stuff? 👉🥵👈
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Eben E. B. Bein (they) @ebenbein.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We carry versions of our people in us. How tricky it can be to sort our version of them from the real thing. Thank you @pacificalit.bsky.social, my therapist, and Internal Family Systems. #ifs www.pacificareview.com/issue-21-2/
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
⏰ISSUE 21.3 IS LIVE⏰ feat. Jason Allen, David Borofka, Gary Duehr, Edidiong Uzoma Essien, @hggilham.bsky.social, Aliza Haskal, Joi Haskins, @taralabovich.bsky.social, Patrick Meeds, John A. Nieves, Joey Wańczyk, & @severinwiggenhorn.bsky.social. Behold & be held: www.pacificareview.com
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Pacifica Literary Review
Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Subs for January issue will open tomorrow. Subs we're after: poetry, cheese steaks, fiction, CNF, chicken parm, & those 6 foot party subs. Extra oil & vinegar b/c we don't fukk w/dry things over here
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Currently working thru the subs for the September issue, if u sent work & haven't heard back from us yet it's either 1) a good sign, or 2) we're slacking. Stay tuned to find out which
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Last day to send us ur writing for the Sept issue. So do it. That's it, end marketing
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Subs for the Sept edition close in 5 days, so this is excellent timing
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Resisting the urge to continually fill ur feed with marketing, but we're still here and still taking submissions for the September edition. Details & all that at www.pacificareview.com This concludes our contribution to ur advertising caloric intake
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Pacifica Literary Review
Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We'll be at the Chuckanut Writer's Conference in Bellingham this weekend, so if ur going stop by and say hi! If ur not going, WHY NOT? Don't u deserve some enjoyment, community, inspiration? Of course u do chuckanutwritersconference.com
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Chuckanut Writers Conference | A Pacific Northwest Conference for Writers
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Taking a shot every time Submittable adds another click to access the subs
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New Folio today, feat. Josh Bettinger! "Oneirophobia" explores the confluence/collision of the intensely personal with the aggressively impersonal, memory told through water, and the struggle to preserve the quiet intimacies we create to defend ourselves: www.pacificareview.com/oneirophobia/
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Oneirophobia - Pacifica Literary Review
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
New issue is LIVE and IN FULL EFFECT. Feat. Miriam Akervall, @daynabateman.bsky.social, @ebenbein.bsky.social , @danielbrennanreads.bsky.social, Karan Kapoor, JP Kemmick, @poetryphone.bsky.social, Megan Snyder-Camp, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, & Virginia Watts Be astonished: www.pacificareview.com
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Pacifica Literary Review
Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Issue 21.2 will drop in next couple days, feat. the full unmitigated power of: Jory Mickelson Eben Bein Megan Snyder-Camp JP Kemmick Miriam Akervall Daniel Brennan Dayna Bateman Karan Kapoor Virginia Watts Sarp Sozdinler Visual representation of everything in issue below
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
New issue drops this week & until then subs are OPEN once again. P/F/CNF is our A/S/L
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Subs will reopen on 5/5, so if u missed us last time around: viola, ur opportunity re-presents itself, evergreen & seductive. If u did not miss us last time around, but instead withheld ur work of immense power & beauty: dick move, bro. Remedy this oversight & we'll let bygones begones
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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Happy #PubDay to Alina Stefanescu’s MY HERESIES!! In these poems, @alinaetc.bsky.social probes the boundaries the sacred and the profane—a hauntological mapping of life, love, family, and womanhood. Get your copy at the link in our bio!
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pacificalit.bsky.social @pacificalit.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Currently making the calls for the new issue & gotta say y'all are making it real difficult. Shout out to all u rock stars out there, even if u don't make this one know that ur doing absolutely astonishing work <3
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