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Jonathan Dubow @jonathandubow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm grateful to have three poems in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social And excited to dig into the rest of it!

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Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks for the shout out!

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#ThrowbackThursday for #LitMagWeek is all about on-hiatus magazines that inspire us. For us that includes: Guesthouse ed. by Jane Huffman, The Bind ed. by @rochellehurt.bsky.social, Foundry ed. by @elizabeth-onusko.bsky.social, & Pilot Light ed. by Beth Marzoni & @nattyg.bsky.social!

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Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Putting together this list for @swiftslitmag.bsky.social & #litmagweek was so much fun! And also I’m already thinking of other journals I could have added!

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We at @swiftslitmag.bsky.social are an online magazine, so what other online journals do we read? For #LitMagWeek check out our recs below & go to litmagweek.com to find the other journals participating this week, too!

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Allow us to re-introduce ourselves here @swiftslitmag.bsky.social for #LitMagWeek! And check out all the other participating magazines on litmagweek.com!

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Welcome to #LitMagWeek! We're always free to read, but here's our most recent update to start the week! accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/september-...

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#LitMagWeek is coming! During the last week of September, over 100 lit mags from around the world will offer discounts, share stories, recs, & discuss the history of literary magazines, including us here at @swiftslitmag.bsky.social! Looking forward to next week! Learn more here: LitMagWeek.com

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"The past is a cloud, and like all clouds, / it must descend in the form of rain." "what we forget when we talk about forever" by @caitlint.bsky.social closes out our most recent issue reflecting on all the past can be over the long-term. swiftslitmag.com/caitlin-thom...

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"a small gesture from a strange / hand can redact green horizons" Read Ken Taylor's "it is a fool who looks at a finger that points to the sky" in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/ken-taylor

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Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I haven't been able to stop thinking about Kristina Erny's poems since I first heard them at the Louisville Conference several years ago. So glad that we're able to publish five of them here at @swiftslitmag.bsky.social this year, and that her second collection is set to be published!

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"my love, you are a pinch of sugar turned in a metal drum, passed from my fingers to dissolve, placed delicate on your precious tongue" We're excited to have published five poems by the inimitable Kristina Erny in the most recent issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/kristina-erny

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our nominations for @bestofthenet.bsky.social are here! We couldn't be more thrilled to have published these pieces and support them in this way. Be sure to go to our archive page and read (or reread!) them all: swiftslitmag.com/archive

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"Time only seems to slow down in a collision." "The Bruises on Tabitha's Arm" by Scott Coykendall is one of the great poems we published in our most recent issue. Read the full issue at the link in our bio! swiftslitmag.com/scott-coyken...

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"They should make people anxiety jackets, she says, covering her ears." So proud to publish two fantastic flash pieces by @heyhaylimay.bsky.social in our summer issue. You can read both pieces here: swiftslitmag.com/hayli-may-cox

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This is so very moving, Jared. Beautiful, beautiful writing. 💙 @readinstead.bsky.social @swiftslitmag.bsky.social

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"soon the older men could hear waves / inside the whale’s stomach, the cadences of their mother singing" "What Was Found Inside the Whale" by @readinstead.bsky.social starts off Issue Three of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff

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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I am so happy to see my Marquez homage poem "What Was Found Inside the Whale" published with @swiftslitmag.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff

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Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It’s the hottest week of summer so far and here’s some new work from @swiftslitmag.bsky.social to read in the shade. I’m so grateful to work on this project & publish such great work by @readinstead.bsky.social @heyhaylimay.bsky.social @caitlint.bsky.social & more!

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Hayli May Cox @heyhaylimay.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Just love this mag 😍

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Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

If you haven’t seen, the magazine I edit is the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! The summer issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is coming out very soon, and we’re always open for submissions! swiftslitmag.com

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We’re the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! Our summer issue is coming soon, and we’re always open for submissions - check us out here! swiftslitmag.com

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Thanks to @duotrope.com for interviewing our EiC @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social ahead of our third issue! Check out the full thing but here's a couple helpful answers to get you started - and don't forget we're always open to submissions! duotrope.com/interview/ed...

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Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"Six inches of rain / in the past week, and the Harpeth spills // its floodplain, eats into the trails, trebles // like a fever, steady and slow, knocking down / whatever stands in its way." Read "My Daughter Wanted to Go for a Hike, a Real Hike" by Gary McDowell: swiftslitmag.com/gary-mcdowell

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

"but they are determined to exist, with the ancient / cloaks of their furred wings-kings of outlasting;" Read three poems from @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social from an Inger Christensen-inspired series: swiftslitmag.com/kristi-maxwell

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

"the voice did / want the rope to add up to something more / than rope" Read three poems by Lauren Mallett in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/lauren-mallett

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"The water loved you so well, loved you through your whisper-thin topsoil / until you were saturated, birch and cedar and spruce roots / swimming in silt like migrated mangroves, / and you carried that love down / to meet the reaching sea." - @fklein907.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/frances-klein

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"When they asked me why I stole the flute, I said / because it was beautiful..." Read "My Statement" by Paul Hostovsky in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/paul-hostovsky

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

"washing / the leaves & ashes from the street // tender & in a forgotten key that can't / be shaken out" Read two new poems by @cold-eternals.bsky.social in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/ryan-collins

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accumulate/quiet @accumulatequiet.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Check out our most recent newsletter about all things happening here at AQ HQ, including a new issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social & a peek at our next project ...! accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/april-2026...

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swifts issue two and a new venture in the works!

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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thanks to @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social and the swifts folks for taking two poems about Ketchikan’s recent landslides *cue Stevie Nicks*

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Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It’s spring and the second issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is out! Incredible work from @cold-eternals.bsky.social @fklein907.bsky.social @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social & more! You can read it here: www.swiftslitmag.com

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our second issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @cold-eternals.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, @fklein907.bsky.social, Lauren Mallett, @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social, & Gary McDowell here: www.swiftslitmag.com

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

New poem from issue 1 contrib Donna Vorreyer!

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Thanks for including me in your first issue with so many other writers I love to read.

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

“Here in the buzzing dim… the outside world disappears, the timeline slips.” Our final featured writer from our inaugural issue is the fantastic @djvorreyer.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/donna-vorreyer

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

“In the early dark, / I begin the slow work / of stitching something…” Read “Needlework” and two other incredible poems by Brynn Martin in our inaugural issue today: swiftslitmag.com/brynn-martin

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"The patterns / of distance are well established between us. Is an unread poem / a kind of broken promise?" Every time we see a new @amorak.bsky.social poem, we make sure to read it. Be sure to read his newest in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/amorak-huey

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

“The sky purpling over high / cane would be enough” A phenomenal new poem from @jackbedell.bsky.social in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jack-b-bedell

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

“The punctum is the camera - really an iPhone - and me, as I am now. Though my voice punctures the past at times.” Read the full visual essay “Progue” by Lindsey D. Alexander in our first issue here: swiftslitmag.com/lindsey-d-al...

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accumulate/quiet @accumulatequiet.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

If you haven’t signed up for it already, check out the first edition of our newsletter! You can read what we’re about, see a note from our editor @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social, & learn about our first project @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/welcome-to...

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Molly Ferguson Akin @mollyakin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

So delighted to have work in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social alongside poets I admire.

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s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The first writer in our first issue is the phenomenal @mollyakin.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/molly-akin

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Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

My newsletter’s back up & running after a little break! This month features a fantastic @susanpoet.bsky.social poem, the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social, a video poem, & more. jeremymichaelreed.beehiiv.com/p/february-2...

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a great poem, announcements, & a prompt

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Molly Ferguson Akin @mollyakin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Thrilled to have two pieces in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social!

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