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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Cat's Eye Chapbook Contest Finalists Emmaline Bennett Hayli May Cox Estep Marcos Damián León Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera Bobby Sorensen Sharelle Moranville Mozen Abdulgadir Nina Barufaldi Alysia Gilman Jaime Gill Congratulations to these wonderful writers! #CatsEyeChapbook #ChapbookContest

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Congratulations to our Beloved Chapbook Finalists:  Laura Andrea  Maria Camilo  Shivani Gupta  Dahlia Aguilar  Hajer Requiq Dayna Hodge Lynch  Yasmine Bolden Their work really stood out to our writers and readers! #ChapbookFinalists #PoetryCommunity #IndieLitPress #EmergingWriters

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Leticia Urieta @leticiaasu.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Looking forward to celebrating Heidi Kasas' new book, The Beginners, tomorrow! I'll be reading some poetry from my new book, Offerings to a Tumbled Temple, out now from @purpleinkpress.bsky.social. Hope to see you there! us02web.zoom.us/j/8597132795...

A white graphic with purple, brown and blue lines swirling in the background. Photos of five authors and their names in purple lettering, including David Gaffney, Leticia Urieta, Barbara Black, Britta Jensen and Heidi Kasas are on the graphic. In bold blue text it says Virtual Book Launch, and in smaller black text it days Saturday, December 13th 11am Central and a Zoom meeting ID at the bottom.

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Happy Publication Day for Leticia Urieta’s Offerings to a Tumbled Temple @leticiaasu.bsky.social When I saw this manuscript come in, it was an instant yes. This is a special book and exactly what we are looking for. Leticia Urieta’s Offerings to a Tumbled Temple is simply stunning. bit.ly/4qZuL9a

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Leticia Urieta @leticiaasu.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Cover reveal of my poetry chapbook, Offerings to a Tumbled Temple, out soon from @purpleinkpress.bsky.social!

A white graphic with black text at the top that says Cover Reveal. Below is a book cover with a painting of a brown body in the shape of landscape. Above in a blue sky is a brown hummingbird. Around the hummingbird is the title of the book in bold black ink, Offerings to a Tumbled Temple, and lower in lavender text, the authors name, Leticia Urieta. In the bottom left corner is the a purple octopus with Purple Ink Press in purple text below.

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Congratulations to the 10 finalists for our chapbook contest. which one(s) will Chen Chen pick. Congratulations finalists! Megan Alyse KM Bezner David Eileen An Ting Koh Kat Lehmann Elijah Ramli Barbara Ellen Sorensen Nur Turkmani Leticia Urieta Li Zhuang @songsofkat.bsky.social

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Join us in congratulating the 18 semifinals for our chapbook contest. Their manuscripts stood out to our readers and editors! Congratulations poets! @csandell.bsky.social @beecordera.bsky.social @brendapoet.bsky.social @colourfulpoet.bsky.social

A graphic with a circle announcing the semifinalists of the Purple Ink Chapbook Contest.

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

We are still seeking entries for our chapbook contest. All entries considered for publicaton and there will be up tp three winners, beacuse we don’t believe in binaries. #callforsubmissions #callforpoetry #callforfiction #callforart purpleinkpress.com/call-for-sub...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Open Submissions: an online project, Tender Masculinities, edited by Jude Marr and our Chapbook contest Judged by Chen Chen We love seeing your creativity, so send over your gems. purpleinkpress.com/call-for-sub...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

OPEN: call for submissions for online folio Tender Masculinities  edited by Jude Marr We seek poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, and visual arts for an online project around the theme Tender Masculinities. purpleinkpress.com/tender-mascu... #callforsubmissions

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Last week, to submit to our Hip-hop anthology! Details in the bio! #callforsubmissions #callforpoetry #callforfiction #callforart purpleinkpress.com/call-for-sub...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 22/05/2024

Our inaugural chapbook contest is open for submissions with the amazing Chen Chen(@chenchenwrites) judging. Send in your quirky beauties. Hybrid art and poetry manuscripts welcome. The prize is $500 and publication. purpleinkpress.com/call-for-sub...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 08/05/2024

Our chapbook contest is official open with the amazing Chen Chen judging. purpleinkpress.com/chapbook-con... #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

A poem excerpt from Chameleon Chimera: an Anthology of Florida Poets dropping in May, going on presale soon! The Florida Keys by Terin Weinberg #FloridaPoetry #poetrycommunity #wrtiningcommunity

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

Our Chapbook contest is open for submissions. Chen Chen, @chenchenwrites is our judge. Come Chapbook and Chen Chen with us! Send in your quirky beauties. The prize is $500 and publication. We can’t wait to read them. #WriterCommunity #poetrycontest bit.ly/3JD3wfQ

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

Our first Chapbook Contest is here with Judge Chen Chen The prize is $500 and publication. And the best news is that there will be up to three winners! #chapbookcontest #PoetryContest #PoetryCompetition #CreativeWritingContest #PoetChallenge #PoetryPrize #poetrycommunityofinstagram

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Call for Florida images for our Florida Poetry Book Project. We are particularly looking for images from The Panhandle, Gulf Coast, The Everglades, Central Florida, and The Florida Keys. Closing on March 30th. #callforsubmissions #callforart purpleinkpress.com/call-for-sub...

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"Sudanese volunteers in the diaspora are collectively organizing mutual aid efforts by fundraising from the diaspora and leading on ground provisions by distributing food, shelter, and life-saving psychosocial services."

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The Crisis in Sudan and the Unseen Resilience of Mutual Aid

As the civil war in Sudan nears the one-year mark, activists in the country and abroad have banded together in mutual aid efforts.

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Let's reflect on the past week and share our achievements! Your victories, big or small, deserve to be celebrated. Remember to stay connected Together, let's uplift each other and revel in the good, mostly good and tomfoolery! #writingcommunity

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

World Poetry Day sometimes poetry says what we cannot Come view the flowers of this painful world Bashō #WorldPoetryDay

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

Less than 24 hours to submit! #callforsubmissions purpleinkpress.com/bimbo-femini...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

We are thrilled to announce that Purple Ink Press will publish a print edition of Chameleon Chimera: an Anthology of Florida Poets, curated initially by Lenny DellaRocca of The South Florida Poetry Journal. The anthology features 100+ Florida poets. Look for the anthology later in 2024 #Bookdeal

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Ninth Letter @ninthletter.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Come visit us at booth 1205! First come, first served! Get a copy of this limited edition broadside of Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “Strong Men, Riding Horses.” This edition is printed by consent of Brooks permissions.

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Last push to get in your Bimbo submissions. We are shocked, but the anthology is almost full. Get those subs in! #callforsubmissions purpleinkpress.com/bimbo-femini...

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

✨Calling all essayists! ✨The inaugural Sarabande Prize in the Essay is accepting manuscript submissions through February 15! Learn more and submit at the link in our bio!

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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

✨ATTENTION FICTION WRITERS!✨ The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction is accepting manuscript submissions through February 15! Lauren Groff will select one winning manuscript for publication by Sarabande Books. Learn more and submit at the link in our bio!

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

Get your bimbo on! All bimbo, himbos, thembos welcome! Not sure are you just a weirdo that believes in equality and justice? Submit! Life’s not always cute but we make art. #callforsubmissions #callforartists purpleinkpress.com/call-for-sub...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

Yeah, we are getting full but, still open for submissions for poetry, nonfiction, art, and hybrid. We could especially use more himbo and thembo energy. We are loving all the sugar and spice coming our way. Keep it coming!!!! #openforsubmissions #callforsubmissions

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Yep! Hip-hop is 50 years old! We are looking for the your best hip-hop inspired work, poems, lyrics, fiction, non-fiction, lyrics. Lil Nas thoughts. Link in the bio #callforsubmissions #hiphop #hip-hop

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Call for Submissions!! Are you a bimbo, himbo, thembo? Not sure are you just a weirdo that believes in equality and justice? Submit! We encourage queer and BIPOC writers and artists to submit. We look forward to all the sugar and spice and the nasty. #callforsubmissions

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

EXCLUSIVE: ADF is providing free legal representation to Idaho in anti-abortion, anti-trans cases. It's a "very bad practice," a former state attorney general tells Law Dork. www.lawdork.com/p/adf-is-pro...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Sammi: bad dog ✅ bad feminist ✅ praticing Bimbo feminist ✅ submit to the Bimbo Feminist Print Anthology #callforsubmissions purpleinkpress.com/bimbo-femini...

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Did you know Hip-hop turned 50 this year? Send us your Hip-hop-inspired art, lyrics, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction purpleinkpress.com/50-years-of-... #callforsubmissions #hiphop

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Call for Submissions!! Are you a bimbo, himbo, thembo? Not sure are you just a weirdo that believes in equality and justice? Submit! We have a particular soft spot for work with a pop culture edge. We encourage queer and BIPOC writers and artists to please submit. #callforsubmissions

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Call for Submissions! Calling all bimbos, himbos, and thembos for a special multi-genre feminist anthology, we are requesting your most revealing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and visual art. We want queer and BIPOC submissions. #callforsubmissions #callforpoetry #callforart

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Yael Valencia Aldana @yaelwrites.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Art makes the world go around! Repost from @notre.arte Subversion by Miriam Sweeney

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Purple Ink Press @purpleinkpress.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

Call for Submissions! Calling all bimbos, himbos, and thembos for a special multi-genre feminist anthology, we want your most revealing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and visual art. We encourage queer and BIPOC writers and artists to please submit. #callforsubmissions

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