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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 14h

I gave my “everyone struggles with their mental health mid-semester, here are some resources, check on your friends, there’s no shame in getting help” speech in my classes today and one of my students stayed after to thank me 🥹 I always wonder if I’m just being cringe or if it’s useful.

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AWP @awpwriter.org · 14/10/2026

The 15th Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards Competition will award $1,000 prizes to winning works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The deadline to submit is October 31, so don’t wait! AWP members can learn more on the Contests & Calls directory now.

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The 15th Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards

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Daniel Verastiqui @danielverastiqui.com · 06/10/2026

/r/KDP be like "How long did it take to make your first million?"

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"men fucked up. Are women to blame?"

An article titled "twice as many men are single than married today. Are women to blame?"

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

there are only three narratives in fiction: 1) the hero's journey 2) a stranger comes to town 3) a greedy developer is going to tear down our beloved community center...UNLESS we put on the greatest breakdance show this town's ever seen

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For someone who doesn’t make a terrible salary, I constantly have money problems. There are SO many bills. (student loans, car payment, mortgage, condo fees, insurances, etc etc etc etc) I feel like it shouldn’t be this expensive to live a basic middle-class life in the “richest” country on earth

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 20/09/2026

We banned rental junk fees! Starting July 1st, 2027, the price you see is the price you pay — no pet rent, no admin fees, no lease renewal fees. Step by step, we’re building an affordable Seattle. Thanks to City Attorney Evans and Councilmember Foster, and to the Stay Housed, Stay Healthy Coalition!

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s a good day to put together a panel proposal with Author Meg Becker!

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Imagine being this beautiful and having hollow bones and a deadly bifurcated spike on your face. Goals.

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thanks so much for hosting with these great #HorrorWritersChat questions Eryn!! 👻 Promoting something new now: I’m honored to have been interviewed by @sophiestern.bsky.social for her rad “Write Something Weird” series, and I talk about “Aromantic Frankenstein” a bit! bsky.app/profile/noct...

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Kathy Steinemann, Writer, Author, Poet @kathyswriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"… seven dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, every genre, style, and form is wanted, from short stories to poetry to essays." publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2026/08/79-c... #WritingCommunity #KathySWriter

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84 Calls for Submissions in September 2026 - Paying markets

This September there are seven dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As always, eve...

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

nobody should be paying anybody's fuckass submission fees

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dr. kimberly ann @kimannjosouth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I know it doesn't count because it's no longer operational, and part of that is finances though the much bigger reason was because I just didn't have the time to do all the things anymore, but I ran a FEE-FREE *PRINT* literary journal for 16 years.

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🪦 Ghoulian Grave 🪦 @julianday.ca · 02/09/2026

I do that right now, and I pay contributors. Not as much as I'd like, since it's basically a money loser, but I hate submission fees, and I hate that lit mags (at least, mainly US ones) have normalized the practice. It's shit. Writers shouldn't have to pay for what will in all likeliness be "no".

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

American Psycho the Musical is playing in Olathe! Go see it!

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wonderful night seeing Punkd KC 💗

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thanks so much Mary!! Glad to stop by #HorrorWritersChat again. Saw many ppl expressing catharsis and self-(s)care in their responses and thought, “you know what, yeah I could use that rn.” Sharing this latest interview! @sophiestern.bsky.social runs a delightful series! bsky.app/profile/noct...

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Sierra Amaz Author @sierraamazauthor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Kidnapped by a vampire to be his pet? Obviously this is a romance 😅 #bookreview

Book review for “You’re My Favorite” by Sophie Stern. Check your trigger warnings. It’s a toxic love story.

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Andrea Marie Johnson @authorandimarie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Pride Month is coming to an end but that doesn't mean we have to stop reading queer books. I've got a bunch of FFM+ book recs for you to add to your TBR so you can read queer all year ^_^

Rainbow background. Happy Pride! It may be the last day of Pride Month but that doesn't mean we can't read queer all year. Here's some FFM+ books to add to your TBR.

Rainbow background. Books I've read: The Boy in the Painting by G.B. Bancroft, Menage a Claws by Amelia Lascaux, Wine-Dark Days by Van D Vicioux, Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D. Hornedo, Rotting in Vain by Lady Kilroy, The Vampire's Melody by Sophie Stern

Rainbow background. Books I've read: Born of Flame & Fury by Hannah Danielle, Desire by Jenn Bullard, Academy of Protectors by Gray Holborn, The Price of Silence by Elle Mae, The Daughters of Nyx by Audrey Moore, A Sea of Pearls & Leaves by Rosalyn Briar

Rainbow background. Books on my TBR: Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha, The Companion by EE Ottoman, Witch's Night by Evelyn Silver, Disastrous Desires by Darby Quinn, Forged of Immortal Blood by V.M. Nelson, Moon Bound by Autumn Hawthorne

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ben peek @nosubstance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nothing turns me off submitting to and reading a mag/antho quicker than the membership levels that dictate payment and other various nonsense. It's just submission fees and other scams dressed up in a pretty hat.

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In this delightful interview with @sophiestern.bsky.social, I have the pleasure of talking about writing “Aromantic Frankenstein,” an a-spec lens on Gothic lit and poetry, and more! youtu.be/C5e3ELq476I?...

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Write Something Weird | 37: Frankenstein, queer lit, and writing it all with Ell Huang

YouTube video by Sophie Stern | Romance Books

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I think “spooky fiction maven” is the nicest thing anyone’s ever called me! 😎

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Neal Romanek @nromanek.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I had a fabulous time talking with spooky fiction maven @sophiestern.bsky.social about creative community, writing movies vs writing comics, building a story for an audience you love, and using structure & technique to test when things are working. Check it out!

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette

Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

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Scott Bleeds Blue @democracy1112.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Not so long ago, our food was safe to eat.

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m starting to think that move-in week is an annual horror fest 😂

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I’ll be one of those parents but I promise not to be confused! 😂 😎

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

There are a TON of crazy bean recipes on TikTok right now that look great.

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve noticed this in coverage of the Lindsay Clancy case. I’m like, are we watching the same trial? That’s not what was said at all.

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Josh Dale @joshdale.co · 14/08/2026

Pity Party LLC just got a table at AWP

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Are we eating lettuce yet or…?

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Malevolent Mirn 💀🖤🗡️ @mirandamichaela.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

okay but Patrick is looking REAL sus

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Pumpkin Spice Matte @preflop.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

true crime heads tap in, ive been in massachusetts for 36 hours and have been made aware of the lindsay clancy trial, is this not the most obvious dad did it of all time

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Carly @nautiluscarly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I haven't heard this Sheryl Crow song in years and years but it came on the radio and somehow I still know every word and note. 24 years old and the sentiment still applies...🎶❤️ youtu.be/KIYiGA_rIls?...

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Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I've just signed my first book. I am not being chill about it at all.

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Mistbored 🌙💜 @mistbored.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The funniest thing about writing a nearly 125k word fic is I can’t whine and be like “I’m not a writer idk what I’m doing 😩” cause obviously I thought I was one when I sat down and wrote that shit every night. Now if I think my writing is shit I’ll have nothing to hide behind lmao

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Sophie Stern @sophiestern.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Obsessed with this reader who showed me her list of owned Sophie Stern books.

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