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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Ready for an ANNOUNCEMENT? 💡☀️ We are OPEN for Chandelier Submissions! The theme? BLAZING If you're unfamiliar, Chandelier is BCC's e-zine! A curation of previously published writing centered around a single theme. We're looking for writing that BLAZES. Think: HEAT, LIGHT, SEAR, BURN.

Bulb Culture Collective's newest call for Chandelier Submissions! The theme? Blazing! "Summer 2025" is written in an orange type, and against a white field, orbs of yellow light emanate from an ivory chandelier. A bigger yellow orb, sun-like, is centered at the bottom of the image beneath the chandelier.

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The light is on for Wendy BooydeGraaff! 💡 @onlybooyskies.bsky.social “Full Moon” is a spectacularly eerie micro that demands to be read and reread! Check it out!

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Full Moon - Wendy BooydeGraaff — Bulb Culture Collective

She sat beneath the trees because she needed the darkness first.

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

In My Next Queer Life, I want to Be is an expression of the haunting realities of living queer today, told through the hopeful lens of possibilities for a better future. Audrey's poems are witty, mournful, and joyful—often all at once. @audreytcarroll.bsky.social

Audrey Carroll
In My Next Queer Life I Want To Be
cover: a line drawing of a wreath.of flora and critters in black with the title overlaid in pale lilac brush script on a background of green

"a cactus knows how to draw boundaries. You can go exactly this far and that's enough and if that's not respected? Blood is drawn"

available in print and eBook

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

It's true. Send us the poetry! Send us the essays! JAKE wants your weird.

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Poets! Essayists! We want your work!

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I'm talking to my 20-year-old crochet maestro about a 2025 Stanchion Book Club crocheted goodie. So far, she's made a ghost & a slew of adorable sock ornaments. Buy a book club membership for yourself or your favorite reader to get books & so much more! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Vic Nogay @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

so grateful this piece has found a new home!! thank you @jaredpovanda.bsky.social and @scoops.bsky.social 💞

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A reminder that we are very much open for your previously published fiction, poetry, and CNF! Full guidelines here: www.bulbculturecollective.com/submission-g...

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Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Alright, y'all. I'm making the switch. It's a relief, almost, to be able to say goodbye to the other place, even though I've been there for over a decade.

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

O.k. Time for the next bit of big news. JAKE is proud to announce that he's bringing in the venerable @scoops.bsky.social as the new Managing Editor for Poetry!🧵

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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

So ready to read the killer work that @scoops.bsky.social is going to bring to JAKE

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My Bad Poetry @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

What makes a bad poem bad? The structure? The subject? The essence? Listen to @scoops.bsky.social guest on the show and hear a sorted batch of bad poems from the drafts folder! Thanks L.M. for coming on the show! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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‎My Bad Poetry: Pumpkin King ... Decreasing Functionality (w/ L.M. Cole) on Apple Podcasts

‎Show My Bad Poetry, Ep Pumpkin King ... Decreasing Functionality (w/ L.M. Cole) - Feb 26, 2024

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

The light is on for Cheryl Skory Suma! @cherylskorysumal.bsky.social Today's story is a heartfelt paring down of a relationship, a look at the way a fire can reduce to smolder and still burn. Check it out: www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/back-to...

Back to the Start by Cheryl Skory Suma

An old fashioned wooden door, an illustration of a cabin in the woods, sparks from a fire.

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

The light is on for Dan Brotzel! Come read up on some new definitions in this touching and humorous piece from return writer, Dan Brotzel! "Mug Shots" is another piece of excellence and we're so excited to share it!

Multi colored teacups on a white background. Text: Mug Shots Dan Brotzel

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

This was so fun to do! I recommend working with the JAKE team!

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 15/10/2023

#WriterBeware: Another fake agency doing the solicitation thing: Collins Literary Guild. Web domain just 54 days old, multiple ludicrously false claims of repped books, and a roster of AI "literary agents" w/ bios cribbed from Sanford Greenburger Associates collinslitguild.com

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Collins Literary Guild

The Collins Literary Guild functions as a specialized firm, providing a comprehensive array of representation services to authors who are at various stages of their publishing journey.

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Writers’ HQ @writershq.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

The faster we find our followers here, the faster we can leave the dying bird site (we still rely on it a lot for site traffic!) so do a smol business a favour and share the shit out of us so we can find our gang. Pretty pretty please 🙏 🙏 🙏

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

The light is on for Dan Brotzel!! He's back again! "Blown Away" is a witty, humorous piece of fiction that all writers can relate to. It's a rage-inducing riot that hits just right. Check it out! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/blown-a...

Blown Away - Dan Brotzel

Background is a red knit sweater with horn buttons. Grey swaths of book cover overlaid. On left: a shiny yet broken trophy

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I'm trying to make the break from the garbage site, but it's tough. Anyone else struggling?

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tommy wyatt blake (they/he) @tommywyattblake.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

we had a book release today! you can find it here: ko-fi.com/s/d7f1b9965e please tip if you are able!! thank you so much to Querencia Press &@nakedcatlitmag.bsky.social for homing a few of these poems (see nxt tweet for more) & thank you @carriganak.bsky.social and @scoops.bsky.social for blurbs!

cover for “yes, it’s 2023 and i still burn CDs for you” by yara wyatt blake

wyatt's "yes, it's 2023 and i still burn CDs for you" is a clever exploration of sexuality and toxic relationships through cento poems made from music of the new millennium. By collaging lyrics from artists like Kim Petras and Charli XCX and TV movies like the High School Musical series, this chapbook sings of youthful romantic idealism mixed with adult sexual longing in a way that speaks of how desire is a constant, evolving part of life. -Alex Carrigan, author of "Now Let's Get Brunch: A Collection of RuPaul's Drag Race Twitter Poetry" (Querencia Press, 2023)

wyatt's "yes, it’s 2023 and i still burn CDs for you" is a brilliantly burning contradiction of romantics and regret in a cohesive, cacophonous collection. The music inspired poetry will drag you along for the ride with its nostalgic feel and sexual sad boy vibes. This book will swallow you whole, and you're going to like it. -L.M. Cole, author of "Eat Me(at) Your Earliest Convenience" (Kith Books)

excerpt from "live fast, die young":

pick me up late, want to ride the night
until we're blurry, waste my name

a thousand times. baby, are you really
into me, into us?

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

I am rich in invite codes, so if you know someone in need, let me know.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

I just watched Eric Johnson play Cliffs of Dover live from 20 feet away from him, so what I'm saying is that I can retire from concert-going. It's not going to get better than tonight.

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

I just finished reading Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield and I'm a mess of emotions and I blame and thank @helsbowie.bsky.social for this 😭

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

The light is on for J.D. Hosemann! "File, Edit, View, History" by J.D. Hosemann is a clever, grounded story with a twist you won't see coming. Read it now! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/file-ed...

Text in yellow over black : "File, Edit, View, History" by J.D. Hosemann

Black and white image of an old fashioned camera lens, reflecting an outline of a Coyote.

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

If you got an acceptance, share it. If you were paid for your writing, share that news & thank the publication. If you were published in print, share the link to buy the issue. If you buy small press books & indie lit magazines, share photos of all that. Word of mouth is HUGE and VITAL!

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

The light is on for Mukund Gnanadesikan! Today, we have a stunning poem that raises deep and meaningful questions about our consciousness. "Cold Cloth of Sentience" is gripping and cerebral. We recommend it! www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/cold-cl...

Background of two different colors of cloth stitched together. Text reads: Cold Cloth of Sentience- Mukund Gnanadesikan

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

I wrecked my back in an anxiety fueled binge cleaning session and now I can barely move, so I'm going to lay here and stare at the ceiling fan and today this counts as writing.

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

BCC is proud to Shine A Light on Ken Pobo! Come read about the inspiration behind Pobo's piece "Knoxville Drag Show," and find where you can read more of his work! www.bulbculturecollective.com/shine-a-ligh...

Split white and orange-yellow background with black text: Bulb Culture Collective Shine A Light

An illustration of a hand holding an old fashioned lightbulb as a microphone.

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Melissa Nunez @melissaknunez.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Hi! Happy to be here to connect with the writing community! Thanks to @scoops.bsky.social for the invite!

A close up front view of a black Labrador Retriever’s friendly face. He is on his back and his black nose and tiny bottom teeth are most prominent.

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

The light is on for MJ Lu! Today's poem is a lovely examination of aching, longing, relationships gone down in the waves. Bring a life raft. This one is deep and drowning. www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/the-anc...

Background of varying sea wave images, a hand reaching from the water.

the anchor speaks to the wreck MJ Lu

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 01/09/2023

hello. friends THE DEADLANDS is once again open to submissions. fiction | poetry | nonfiction send us your deathy works. ALL the info you need is on the guidelines page: **if you 🖤 please repost/quote post to help spread the word across these vast Alivelands...

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Guidelines - The Deadlands

This is the dead landThis is cactus landHere the stone imagesAre raised, here they receiveThe supplication of a dead man's handUnder the twinkle of a fading

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Kakistocracy of TERROR! 💀 @crankypacifist.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

Smut! Get ya Smut here! Five dolla Smut! Right here! HORNS issue 3 is live! $5 download. 35 pages of smut by 29 different artists, writers, and poets. Some of it's really hot. Some of it's a little goofy (that one's mine). Some is downright weird. Support indie publishing! You know you want it!

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HORNS ISSUE 3 —PDF | BULLSHIT LIT

DIGITAL VERSION OF ISSUE THREE OF OUR SEXY, SMUTTY MAG

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Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelahandley.com · 24/08/2023

My weird little SFF flash fiction magazine about crabs @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social has enough funding to pay our writers 3 cents per word, but we still need funding to commission art and to fund Issue 2. If you can help out, I and the crabs, will love you forever. ko-fi.com/crabtalesmag...

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Crab Tales Magazine @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

We have funding for Issue 1, enough to pay our writers 3 cents a word, but not enough to commission art. We have no funding for Issue 2. Anything you could give would go directly towards the writers and artists featured in the magazine. Anything you could donate would be super appreciated!

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Support Crab Tales Magazine on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/crabtalesmagazine

Support Crab Tales Magazine On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...

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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

If you’re a poet coming in from Twitter reply here and tag the poets who’ve also joined, let’s rebuild!

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Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

It's Bulb Culture Collective's 1st birthday, and that means we have launched our new website! Come check us out! www.bulbculturecollective.com

Black background, yellow illustration of a lightbulb with flowers growing inside. Text in yellow reads "we've moved."

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

ALERT ‼️ Eat Me(at) Your Earliest Convenience is available NOW‼️ Print Listing: www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/cole Digital Listing: www.kithbooks.com/digital/p/cole

COVER

A grainy, aged image of a woman in a green semi formal dress holding a platter on which lies an uncooked roast of red meat. Her smile is placid and her eyes are hooded and glazed.

MEAT ME

The word MEAT is repeated over and over in black ink in seven lines across the page just slightly above center. In alternating columns the 'ME' of the word is rendered in red.

the nature of parting

sometimes losses
are negligible
various conditions
such as the opening
and closing of doors or cracks about the door
[warm drafts]
hot sun over city streets
close
dripping
during the summer months
in spite of
the conditions which exist

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L.M. Cole × scoops @scoops.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

If you're reading new poetry chapbooks for the #SealeyChallenge in August, I have one that's fresh from the publisher and available in print or pdf. www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/cole #poetry #writing

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Getting some really cool apps on our editor applications, but haven't seen too many subs yet for Halloween From Thebes! Send us your poetry/flash re: The Mountain Goats, Mythology, Horror, or the fall season in general! oleada.io/publication/jake

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Oleada - A Submission Platform

A submission platform for small presses and magazines.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Huge thanks to Shome Dasgupta for posting this on the other site: "Here are some literary journals opening up for submissions at some point in September! Genres vary—please note that some of these journals have fees & that these are all tentative dates."

Open to submissions: New England Review, Southern Review, Crab Creek Review, Bayou Magazine, Foglifter, A Public Space, Harupur Palate, Apricity Magazine, Juniper, Cincinnati Review, American Short Fiction, Kweli Journal, Passages North, Hunger Mountain, Aboreal Literary Magazine, Brevity, Gettysburg Review, Cortland Review, Waxwing, Rougarou, Willow Springs, The Journal, LIT, River Teeth, Glassworks Magazine, Rust & Moth, Booth, Grain Magazine, Wigleaf, Kenyon Review, The MacGuffin, Southhampton Review, Roanoke Review, AGNI

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Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

don't forget to use alt, friends! this means you too authors with your gorgeous book covers! lets make that awesomeness accessible for all

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