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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 18/09/2026

Tonight! Join Laleh Khadivi, Eirinie Carson, aracelis girmay, and Kerry Donoghue at the Sausalito Public Library!

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Lexi Pandell @lpandell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A wave of AI accusations swept the literary world this year. One small startup was behind them. None of it was an accident. I wrote about it for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/pangra...

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 31/08/2026

Bay Area readers, writers, and art appreciators! The next BAIT reading is September 18 at 6 pm at @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social, with an all-star group of Eirinie Carson, Laleh Khadivi, aracelis girmay, and Kerry Donoghue. Free to attend, with a Q&A after the readings. More info at baitreading.com.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 24/08/2026

Sei Shōnagon would have had a specific and scathing list for the person who marked up the library’s copy of The Pillow Book.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 30/06/2026

Let your (pit) hair down and read this new story by @lpandell.bsky.social!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 30/06/2026

Normalize writing not being healing

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 14/06/2026

This week I talked to friend and poet T.S. Leonard about lyrical revision, re-instituted novel writing deadlines, and found new submission opportunities from @conjunctions.bsky.social, @cincinnatireview.bsky.social, Loghaven, Short Story, Long, and more: tanyazilinskas.substack.com/p/finding-th...

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Finding the music

On arbitrary deadlines, ugly first drafts, and revising for lyricism

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 01/06/2026

This week I talked to @ajaraden.bsky.social about "fake" diamonds and imposter syndrome and writers, plus a round up of new submission opportunities from @pshares.bsky.social, @grantamag.bsky.social , @parisreview.bsky.social, Prairie Schooner, and more: tanyazilinskas.substack.com/p/faking-it-...

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Faking it until you make it

On imposter syndrome, diamonds, and the construction of desire

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 08/05/2026

Tonight! Bay Area readers and writers, come on down!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 05/05/2026

Bay Area writers, readers & friends! The next BAIT reading is THIS Friday, May 8 at 6 pm at @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. Readers are Carvell Wallace, Chia-Chia Lin, Sarah Stone, and Dāshaun Washington. 😍 Free to attend and reading followed by a Q&A. Details and RSVP at baitreading.com

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 01/05/2026

This week I talked to my beloved Christina Wolfgram about quitting social media (IRONY) and protecting your writerly mental health. Also submission opportunities, including deadlines from @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social, @northamerreview.bsky.social, & more: tanyazilinskas.substack.com/p/sweating-a...

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

and you may find yourself logging on to post your little thoughts on your five social media platforms and you may ask yourself well how did I get here

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 09/04/2026

For this week's Substack, I talked about writing place with Kunle Ologunro and rounded up the juiciest submission opportunities, including contests and residencies galore, and @therumpus.net's amazing new fellowship and microgrant initiatives: tanyazilinskas.substack.com/p/writing-pl...

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Writing place from afar

On setting and character, environmental nostalgia, and an embarrassment of submission riches

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Lexi Pandell @lpandell.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

How many "nos" does it take to get a "yes"? The answer might surprise you! This post will get you fired up. Thank you to @isleofanalia.bsky.social, @simonestolzoff.bsky.social, @josephbienkahn.com, @tanyazilinskas.com, and Kim Henderson for sharing: lexipandell.substack.com/p/on-rejecti...

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 03/04/2026

I am verrrryyyy excited for our upcoming BAIT reading @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social, featuring Carvell Wallace, Chia-Chia Lin, Sarah Stone, and Dāshaun Washington. Join us and listen to these amazing artists read their work! More info/RSVP here: www.baitreading.com

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 31/03/2026

I am very now and have a Substack. This week I talked to writer, journalist, & friend extraordinaire @lpandell.bsky.social on how to research; also a round up of places to submit to now, like @cincinnatireview.bsky.social & @newenglandreview.bsky.social tanyazilinskas.substack.com/p/maybe-the-...

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Shane Hawk @shanehawk.com · 18/03/2026

Lots of folks missed the contributor list for NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, PART II: BACK FOR BLOOD we posted last June. Sharing it again here for all who are curious. Our lineup is crazy, and you aren’t ready for this.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 18/03/2026

Maybe the Stegner was the friends we made along the way

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 05/03/2026

Vibes for next week's generative writing class at the library (we're talking about characterization and I'm having them read "Pearl, Upward" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?")

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 28/02/2026

Writing this unhinged and personal body horror story healed a little something in me. Very grateful to @epochliterary.com and especially @jrobertlennon.com for embracing the weirdness and editing with such kindness. Print and online copies now available at epochliterary.com.

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge. We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 12/01/2026

New year, new BAIT at @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social! Our January 30 event features the superlatively talented readers @jonvhickey.bsky.social, @tomasmmoniz.bsky.social, @lpandell.bsky.social, and Sommer Schafer. Free to attend; more information at baitreading.com. #WritingCommunity #BayAreaWriters

Poster for BAIT Reading on January 30 at 6 pm at the Sausalito Public Library (420 Litho Street in Sausalito). Images of authors Jon Hickey, Lexi Pandell, Sommer Schafer, and Tomas Moniz.

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BeatGhoul @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Christmas cards designed by Salvador Dalí, 1950s-1970s

Surreal Christmas tree featuring butterflies by Salvador Dalí

Surreal Christmas tree featuring butterflies with a rose on top by Salvador Dalí

Surreal Christmas tree featuring bird wings by Salvador Dalí

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

HUGE congrats to our former StoryBoard and PJ Seminar instructor Patricia Smith on winning the National Book Award last night for her poetry collection "The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems". buff.ly/9C9wCGu

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The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems - National Book Foundation

The Intentions of Thunder gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smith’s career. Here, Smith’s poems, affixed with her remarkable gift of insight, present a rapturous…

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 04/11/2025

This Friday! Join us for a free reading event @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. Full details at baitreading.com.

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Sensible zombies start the day with a brain muffin

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 23/10/2025

This piece does so much in so little space.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 23/10/2025

I laughed out loud when I read this story by @efghannon.bsky.social in the submission pile, because what else can you do when you encounter something this stunning?

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 21/10/2025

Loved the thin line between humor and disaster in these two pieces by Sophie Klar:

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 18/10/2025

This flash by Christian Fuller had me at “bird shit.” Now live @havehashad.com!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 16/10/2025

I loved the loneliness underlying the scamminess of this fantastic piece by @jamieyouwere.bsky.social. Give it a read!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 14/10/2025

The BAIT reading series launches November 7 at 6 pm, featuring @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social, Jaime Cortez, Susanna Kwan, Lisa Teasley, and Armen Davoudian @sausalitolibrary.bsky.social. More info/RSVP here: www.baitreading.com #Authors #WritingCommunity #BookSky #reading #BayAreaWriters

BAIT (Bay Area in) inaugural reading event on November 7 at 6 pm at the Sausalito Library, featuring Sasha Vasilyuk, Lisa Teasley, Susanna Kwan, Armen Davoudian, and Jaime Cortez.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 08/10/2025

And scene. Thank you to everyone who shared their work!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 08/10/2025

I think I maybe should have added an addendum not to hex me @havehashad.com @jlyocum.com

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 07/10/2025

Tonight! 4 pm PST/7 pm EST. Send me your stellar, weird, inexplicable work (just make sure it’s 500 words or less).

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 06/10/2025

This Tuesday! May the odds be ever in your favor:

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 05/10/2025

Obligatory quote repost so I can tag @havehashad.com and @tanyazilinskas.com This is going to be about the most fun anyone might legally have on any given Tuesday!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 05/10/2025

This is what we call foreshadowing

Two crystal skulls, one large and clear and one small and made of tiger’s eye, sit atop a marigold colored notebook next to a computer keyboard.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 27/09/2025

Please join me at Stories on Stage Davis for a performance of my story "Overview Effect" (originally published in @yourimpossiblevoice.com) on October 12. Full event info here: storiesonstagedavis.com/authors/10-1...

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 02/09/2025

Bay Area friends! I am teaching a *free* generative workshop starting this month at the beautiful Mill Valley Library, Mondays from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome--let's write together! More information and register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/151191...

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From Draft to Craft: POV and Perspective

Each week we’ll focus on a particular craft point (setting, POV, dialogue, tension, etc.), using an illustrative novel, story, essay, or memoir excerpt. After discussing the...

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