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Shana Ross

@shanaross.bsky.social
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Writer of poetry and more; facilitator/coach of leadership learning; recent transplant to Edmonton/Treaty Six lands. Yale Theater Studies and <checks notes> MBA?

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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 16h
I hate when my most cynical dystopian imagination remains relevant. From @smallwondersmag.com , last year: smallwondersmag.com/piece/inters...
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Interstellar Catalog: Death Penalty - Small Wonders
On this world they still have the death penalty. / If found guilty of certain crimes, you / are sent into space, alone in a capsule.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 16h
If you are in Alberta- this is an amazing opportunity!!!
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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
COMING OCTOBER 1: 🌏🦠⚗️📺 More author reveals for Radon #14!!!! Featuring works from @olusegunajayi.bsky.social, @bchase9.bsky.social, @mynachang.bsky.social, and @shanaross.bsky.social
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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In Augur Issue 9.1, you'll find: ✒️"Prayer Song" by @snehaskanta.bsky.social ✒️"Interstellar Catalogue: No Bridges" by @shanaross.bsky.social ✒️"Horse Trailer, Ash, Pumpjack" by EC Dorgan ✒️"Dance As A Response Mechanism For Fear And An Act Of Survival" by Gospel Chinedu 🧵 buff.ly/bBotj6s
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions for the last time this year in about a month (October 18-24). Will you be ready? Will any of us? kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/
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Siap-siap, Gadis Cilik!
Alt: Get ready!
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 14/09/2026
Also yes hello this is TOMORROW Sept 15 at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social ! 7 pm! Be there or be a rectangular thing and get a small amount of swag! :D (You will be expected to dress as a spy BUT you can be undercover if you like.)
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"Wickhills" Book Launch with Premee Mohamed | Audreys Books
Edmonton's Oldest Independent Bookstore selling new books for adults and children
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Alexis Ames @alexisames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Announcing: my next book! THE LAST INFINITY is a time travel novel full of queer characters, wonky timelines, and cute robots. Check it out here! alexisamesbooks.com/2026/05/18/a.... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #SFF
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Announcing: THE LAST INFINITY
If you are subscribed to my newsletter, you have already heard the news, but: my next book is coming out in August! (This is a fake book cover made in Canva and not the real cover. Stay tuned!) The…
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
OMG I cannot wait for this one...
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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations to Deadlands 2025 poets continued!! Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi, Belle Biscotti, @shanaross.bsky.social, and last but not even a little be least: Ellen Romano. These writers are astounding, powerhouse craftspeople. I'm so thankful to be entrusted with bringing their work to the world.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 09/04/2026
"War in the dust, in the glass pitcher / of water with the sun flooding through. / Today my people are grieving / and I am in a city far away" From "Poem in the City with Maryam, ya Maryam," one of two new poems by Philipe AbiYouness for National Poetry Month. ➡️ buff.ly/29LV40o
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Hoooooo-wheeeee this is a dense and toothsome story
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Putting this bug in your ear, @nicoledubuc.bsky.social (will vouch for it being a hell of a novella)
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
poets.ca/incomplete-r... Thanks to the LCP for showcasing this one - it's particularly tender for me, still.
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"Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Incomplete Rendering" by Shana Ross, part of the League's Fresh Voices program.
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SFCanada.org @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
It's that time of the year: time to nominate your favourite Canadian spec fic! Nominations close on April 4, 2026.
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H. Marin @hanmarin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
friends, please share ❤️👹: everyone who follows my bsky account between now (1:08PM EST) and when i’ve crashed into bed with my yasso bar (8PM EST) will be entered into a raffle for a free full edit of 3k words or less i’m tired of being unpopular lfg
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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
You’ll find lots of fantastic work here, including “Flighty” by @ianli.bsky.social (Spring ‘25) and “I have been to the market” by @shanaross.bsky.social (Autumn ‘25), both in the Best Poem/Song category!
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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Many years ago I wrote a recipe fairytale :) silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/j...
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Journeybread Recipe, poem by Lawrence Schimel (Mythic Poetry Series)
Journeybread Recipe by Lawrence Schimel “Even in the electric kitchen there was the smell of a journey.” –Anne Sexton, “Little Red Riding Hood” 1. In a tupperware wood…
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Oh, this is a fun challenge: Sarah Pinsker Lydia Davis Ted Chiang Emma Burnett Yiyun Li Etgar Keret (although I feel most of my experience with him is dancing at the 10 year cutoff)
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
In case you are nominating/voting on things...
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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
@mynachang.bsky.social says I’m harrowing, and I couldn’t be more flattered 😍
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Peine forte et dure - the news feels like stone after stone being added, and I'm still trying to stand.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
And all backers now get a copy of my gingerbread recipe, which...is actually that good. You'll never bother with another.
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hey folks! Come out to support this fantastic anthology - edited by a Canadian, and published by a Canadian small press with a global group of authors. Next up for stretch goals: interior art www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
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Fascination: Dark Fantasy Anthology
A macabre story collection of nature-fueled magic, witches & dark fae. Creepy cottages, haunted homesteads & bespelled woods.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
There's nothing like getting sick (cough, headache, general bleh) to make me realize how much work it takes to stay open to people, always find a generous interpretation, stop myself from fiery rants about complicity and malignant capitalism, etc. Am tired. Please send soup.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
My friend referred to two of her colleagues as "the minor gods of meh" and yeah, now I'm obsessed with the pantheon of mediocrity.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I'm incredibly finicky about taking classes. I'll be kind about it, but I'm not spending time or money with people who aren't good teachers. I keep coming back for these workshops.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
He flew away before I could get a picture, but I have met the fattest of fat magpies. Anyone know what that portends? (I believe he flipped me off as he flew away, but, like, that's all magpies all the time, right?)
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This one still makes me feel all the feels. So grateful to @thebraag.bsky.social for giving this poem a platform.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
SIGH.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
But I do have hope for humanity. (Cheers to another semester coaching amazing young humans in a course on Interpersonal Dynamics.)
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
This is a truth I am willing to work with. If I start now, I think I can have something coming out of the oven when the kid gets home from school.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The best part of coaching is when you tell someone what you, yourself, need to hear. (In this case, that stability and resilience are absolutely not the same thing.)
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
And what am I doing? I'm reading poems with an open heart, I'm trying to find the clarity to write, I'm sending stupid little gifs to my friends so they know I love them.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
oooooh....this one's gonna be good....
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
In this quiet little moment, as I am drinking a second cup of coffee and trying to muster willpower to do my job and mundane things today, I am suddenly fixated on how often my kid has seen me cry in the past year, the last two days especially.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
It took an extra coffee and a mid-afternoon ice cream sandwich, but I think I'm going to make it through today.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 05/01/2026
"In my village, they bathe a blue, / red-crested rooster with a garden hose. / He struts and spreads his wings / and has no patience for little things like me." From "The Vegetarian," a new poem by @shettyvu.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/56WEUXx
The cited quote and information written in black against a light blue-white background. At the top is the full Rumpus logo in black.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
OK. This is cool. I'm so excited for a chance to celebrate some of the poems I read and loved this past year.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I have just set the alarm for the first time in weeks and I think it would be a) unseemly and b) freak out the cats if I threw an temper tantrum with actual kicking and wailing on the floor...but it might still happen.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I'm both happy to see a new year and wildly unready to come out of my cocoon of liminal time.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Starting the year with a complicated one - featured today on Poetry Pause @canadianpoets.bsky.social : poets.ca/a-bell-is-a-...
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"A bell is a bell" by Shana Ross - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "A bell is a bell" by Shana Ross.
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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
For romance and sci-fi fans, you can now request SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL by @cornellwriter.bsky.social on @netgalley.bsky.social. Details here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #books #scifi #sff #romance #scifiromance
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Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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Astrolabe @astrolabe.ooo · 20/12/2025
Taking a moment to treasure our Best Microfiction nominees! Congratulations to: Devan Murphy @shanaross.bsky.social Carter Lappin Veronica Tucker @susanllin.bsky.social
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Best Microfiction Nominees
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Devan Murphy
"Goatboy"

Shana Ross
"Annual Review"

Carter Lappin
"Sometimes You Can’t Help but Feel Like He Does These Things on Purpose"

Veronica Tucker
"The Waiting Room At The End of the Universe"

Susan L Lin
"She Had Her Head in the Attic"
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I would deeply love to need less time staring into space. I carve out time to write, but the time it takes to re-establish connection with my heart and all the words in my brain...it's increasing. I can hear the digital handshake screaming and failing like it's 1990 and I'm trying to get online.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
So close to entering the liminal time between years...
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
ooooh...👀
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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Happy Hannukkah. (Oh, how very much is packed into that small statement, how uneasily the layers mingle. Let's stop killing each other and make more light in the darkness.)
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
So cool.
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Shana Ross @shanaross.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Say what you will about the complicated social dynamics that produced Cole Porter...but close to 100 years later, damned if those tunes are not still catchy and infectious.
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