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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

phoebe journal’s fee-free week for marginalized writers starts tomorrow, September 27th to October 3rd!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Meet phoebe’s nonfiction team: David and Kelsey! Do you have anything in common with our nonfiction editors? ✍️

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This weekend, submissions to phoebe will be free!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Meet phoebe’s fiction team: Griffin, Austin, and Ezra! Do you have any shared common interests? 🤔

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Meet phoebe’s poetry team: McKinley and Rowan! Do you have anything in common with our wonderful poetry editors? ✍️

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Meet phoebe’s editor-in-chief and managing editor: Lee and Noa! Do you have anything in common with them? ✨

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Submissions open for issue 56.1! Head to our Submittable to submit today 🐟

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“my grandmother says no man ever lived there. ghosts aren’t real.” Read Port Angeles, Summer, 2009 by Carson Sandell in phoebe’s 55.2 online issue! This piece was a nonfiction runner-up in the spring 2026 contest. The link is in our bio to read both this piece and the rest of the issue!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Issue 55.2 is now LIVE online! 🎉 Read it on phoebe’s website - the link is in our bio. Our contributors did a wonderful job, go check it out! #PhoebeJournal #LiteraryJournal

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

phoebe journal’s 2026 SPRING CONTEST winners! 🎉

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Check out the publication from our former contributor Chanlee Luu, who was in phoebe Issue 53.2! Congrats on the publication! ✨ chanleeluu.weebly.com

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Check out our former contributor Sneha Subramanian Kanta’s pamphlet! Sneha was featured in Issue 50.1 of phoebe. Congrats on the publication! 🎉 @snehaskanta.bsky.social www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Are you a former phoebe contributor? Have you published a book, poetry collection, memoir, etc. recently? Head to our Linktree in our bio to submit to the Google Form & fill out the info! Your work will be shared on our socials. ✨ We would love to support our contributors!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Come visit phoebe on the last day of AWP for: - 20% off all issues - a LIMITED EDITION tote bag if you purchase an issue - free bookmarks! By visiting us, you can: - sign up for our newsletter - chat with an editor! - learn about the INCARCERATED WRITERS PROJECT (IWP)

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🗣️🗣️ Calling all fiction writers! If you were planning on submitting, NOW is your time! Submit TODAY for fiction, before our fiction subs close!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Come say hi at TABLE 1055 at AWP! So To Speak will be offering free subs with an issue purchase, and we will be selling some fun merch! 🫶

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

phoebe wants your VISUAL ART! 🧑‍🎨 Submit to phoebe through Submittable today through March 8th!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Issue 55.1 is now LIVE online! Go check out this wonderful issue by going to phoebe’s website. 🥳

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day from phoebe to you! We’re doing fee-free today and tomorrow for our fee-free weekend. 🫶 #CallForSubmissions #LiteraryJournal #FeeFree

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

For more details about Open-Mic Night, check out our post on Instagram!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

To make space for voices that publishing too often overlooks, phoebe journal is offering free submissions for BIPOC and underrepresented writers starting today, January 22nd, until January 29th.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Diane Seuss, the poetry judge for phoebe’s 2026 Spring Contest! Learn more in the post below ⬇️

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Jeannie Vanasco, the nonfiction judge for phoebe’s 2026 Spring Contest! Learn more in the post below ⬇️

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Alex Espinoza, the fiction judge for phoebe’s 2026 Spring Contest! Learn more in the post below ⬇️

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

phoebe’s submissions are OPEN today, January 15th! Head to the link in our bio for more information. 🎉

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Calling all writers 🗣️ mark your calendars 🗓️ with these important submission dates! phoebe’s submissions open in 10 days from now on January 15th 🎉

Important Submission Dates for the 55.2 Edition!
January 15th: Submissions Open.
January 22nd-29th: Marginalized Writers Fee-Free Week.
February 14th-15th: Fee-Free Weekend.
March 8th: Submissions Close.
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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Meet our Incarcerated Writers Project team: Co-Coordinators Maya and Katey, and Assistants McKenan and Sydney (not pictured). Find out a little more about their favorite books and hobbies below!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Meet our web and social media editors: Elena (they/she) & Meg (they/them)! Elena is an alum of the Mason MFA program and loves cooking! Meg is a 1st year MA literature student and loves concerts and bullet journaling.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Meet our nonfiction editors: Austin and David! Austin is our nonfiction editor and enjoys studying architecture and urban design! David is our assistant nonfiction editor and enjoys watching football and playing retro video games.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Meet our fiction editors: Scott, fiction editor, and Griffin, assistant fiction editor! Scott loves photography and The Year of Magical Thinking. Griffin (he/him) loves D&D, Things Fall Apart, and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Both are getting their MFA in fiction!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Check out below to see phoebe’s Pushcart nominations ✨

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Meet our poetry editors: Taylor, poetry editor, & McKinley, assistant poetry editor! Taylor (she/her) is a 3rd year MFA poetry student. She loves cross-stitch, basketball, and contains multitudes. McKinley (he/him) is a 2nd year MFA poetry student. He enjoys spending time outdoors and art museums!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Meet our editor-in-chief: Jacob! Jacob (3rd year, MFA fiction) loves bird watching, baking, and antiquing! Jacob’s favorite books are Orlando by Virginia Woolf and Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Take a look at phoebe’s Best of Net nominations! 🙂‍↕️

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Submittable will show all fee-waived submission portals. Head to our Submittable link to submit! To make space for voices that publishing too often overlooks, phoebe journal is offering free submissions for BIPOC and underrepresented writers starting today until our submissions close on Oct 8.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Imagine if we did a fee-free weekend… oh wait, we are! It’s this weekend! Go submit your pieces now 😌 It ends on Sunday the 21st. #WritingCommunity #CallForSubmissions #FeeFreeWeekend

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Hi everyone: There’s a new submission deadline for phoebe, on October 8! Thank you for understanding and make sure to make note of the new date so that you can get your submissions in on time 🙂

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

📣📣📣 phoebe’s submissions are open now for the winter edition, 55.1! Find the Submittable link in our bio!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Our Spring issue, 54.2, is live! Please give it a read; we're really proud of this one. All of our contributors did an amazing job. The link to check it out is in our bio!!!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Happy to announce the winners of our Spring 2025 Contest for issue 54.2. Jumaana Abdu for Fiction, Esther Ra for Nonfiction, and @sethpeterson.bsky.social for Poetry. Stay tuned for the launch of 54.2 in May, where you can read these lovely pieces and the other finalists.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Now up are two reviews of our Spring 2025 Poetry Contest Judge Corey Van Landingham's book Reader, I. Reviews written by our Poetry Editor, Victoria Jean Reynolds, and Assistant Poetry Editor, @taylorfthiel.bsky.social . Link in bio!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Our fiction editor, Connor, interviewed our fiction judge for the spring 2025 contest, Halle Hill. Give it a read!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Live now is our interview with Spring 2025 contest Judge, @aaronburch.bsky.social and our nonfiction editor, Faith Palermo! Give it a read, and go ahead and purchase Aaron's latest book as well!!!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Announcement! Due to an unprecedented amount of submissions, phoebe has decided to close fiction submissions early. Other genres will remain open, fee-free, until March 20th @ 11:59pm EST or until the submission limit for that genre is reached. Thank you for your submissions!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Huge announcment! Phoebe has decided to extend our Spring 2025 contest deadline to March 20th. Not only are we extending the deadline, but we're also making the last two days (19th and 20th) of this extension fee-free!!!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It's that time folks! The last day to submit to our Spring 2025 Contest.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A reminder that our Spring 2025 Contest ends in just a little over a week, on the 15th of March. The submission fee is $7 and winners receive $500!!! If you need a fee waiver or have any questions, feel free to send us an email.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Phoebe's Incarcerated Writers Project (IWP) is looking for George Mason Alumni to join the team as readers. Check out the QR code for more information on our website. Please share if you know any alumni who might be interested!

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This! Weekend! Only! Phoebe is holding a fee free weekend for our Spring 2025 Contest. Submit away!

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