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Zach Powers

@zachpowers.bsky.social
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Author: THE MIGRAINE DIARIES (2026), FIRST COSMIC VELOCITY & GRAVITY CHANGES. Book on writing fiction, CHOMP (2028). Exec & Artistic Director at The Writer’s Center & Poet Lore. zachpowers.com

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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy #BestOfTheNet nomination season to all who celebrate. Here are the nominees for @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Congratulations, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @graycious.bsky.social , @mariannelchan.bsky.social, @chriscottom.bsky.social, and Fran Levin!
Blue background, old fashioned computer in the foreground with "BARRELHOUSE BEST OF THE NET 2026" on the screen, and the list on the left: Fiction:
When We’re Ready We’ll Start Over by Opening a Bakeshop by Chris Cottom 

Non-Fiction:
20 Episodes of Wiping Your Own Bottom Lying Down by Fran Levin

Poetry:
Entropy by Zach Powers
Café du Monde by Zach Powers
Self Esteem by Grace Alvino
On Eroticism at Sixteen by Marianne Chan
Ode to Jesus Christ Superstar by Marianne Chan
Voice Memo by Marianne Chan
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Updating the website, so guess it’s time to share this news: my craft book Chomp on the way in 2028!
Photo of a computer screen, showing the publications page on my website, featuring my forthcoming craft book, CHOMP: 72 BITE-SIZED ESSAYS ON NEW WAYS TO WRITE FICTION, due in 2028.
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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
See you in Chicago next year! @poeticmoni.bsky.social @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @zachpowers.bsky.social
Beyond the Big Five: Practical Visibility for the Independent Author

Most university and independent presses don't have the marketing budgets to land major reviews or retail placement, but that doesn’t mean you can’t sell your book! This panel brings together a National Book Award judge, an artistic director, an activist writer, and two indie bestsellers to discuss building a readership through library circuits, bookstore partnerships, grassroots touring, and more. Attendees will leave with specific, effective strategies for self-promotion.
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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
absolutely not (featuring shycat and @zachpowers.bsky.social)
screenshot of famous Shycat being lifted to pose with a piece of art that is identical to her as my autocorrect suggests that ART IS HETEROSEXUAL
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Steven Gellman 🌈 📚🎼 🐾 @hiddenpoetmusic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Our book club Tea & Peril that my husband & I started over ten years ago hosted author @zachpowers.bsky.social today for his new novel The Migraine Diaries. Zach did a reading for us from the book, we had an inspiring Q&A, & we finished up with a book signing. Life is good. 📚🫖☕️
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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Donna is the summer of our discotheques
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DC Writers Room @dcwritersroom.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
June is almost here! ☀️ Which means the next Writerly Happy Hour is just around the corner. Get ready to enjoy chill vibes, drinks, and meeting fellow writers. 🍻✍️ Reserve your spot here: www.eventbrite.com/e/writerly-h...
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Huge thanks to Monday's phenomenal Franklin Park Reading Series stars, Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell, and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience! 📆Next event is June 8!
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DC Writers Room @dcwritersroom.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Want to explore tons of interviews with members of the local literary community? Signing up for our Lit Life newsletter gives you access to our full interview archive, featuring Zach Powers, Manil Suri, Elliot Williams, and many more. Visit dcwritersroom.substack.com to subscribe for free!
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
TONIGHT, 8PM: The Franklin Park Reading Series hosts acclaimed authors Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social, and Kevin Sampsell for a night of fresh fiction and poetry! www.facebook.com/share/18KcUw... #Free #crownheights
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DC Writers Room @dcwritersroom.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This month, DCWR Lit Life presents an interview with Zach Powers, author of The Migraine Diaries. Subscribe to our Lit Life newsletter to receive the latest news and interviews from the DC-area literary community in your inbox. Subscribe at dcwritersroom.substack.com ✨ @zachpowers.bsky.social
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Chloe Yelena Miller @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I can't wait to be on & moderate the panel How to Organize a Short Collection w/ Teri Ellen Cross Davis, @hiramlarew.bsky.social & @zachpowers.bsky.social at The Washington Writers Conference tomorrow! See you there? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/the-202...
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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
⭐Monday, May 11, 8pm⭐:Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series to hear fresh fiction & poetry from Xochitl Gonzalez, @emilynemens.bsky.social, Monika Ostrowska, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @kimsamek.bsky.social and Kevin Sampsell! #Free www.facebook.com/share/1Ajm3H... 618 St. Johns Pl #crownheights
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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Folks - Last call to sign up for the best writing conference in the DMV! Pitch three agents your fiction manuscript or nonfiction proposal, learn from publishing pros, & chat up some of your favorite local authors. @dcwriterscon.bsky.social www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/the-202...
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The 2026 Washington Writers Conference | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Got to celebrate a wonderful book from wonderful @zachpowers.bsky.social last night! Read this book, friends! And give my bud all his 🌸🌺🌼!
Zach and I, sitting in two chairs in a bookstore. Zach is wearing an orange graphic t and yellow long sleeve over it, with jeans and sneakers. He is holding a mic. I am wearing a brown sweater and jeans, also holding a mic, mid-question.The cover of Zach Powers’ novel The Migraine Diaries. A dark blue-gray background with a brain made up of a thousand small objects related to regular life.
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
For about a year now I've been fantasizing about an entirely new kind of literary event: exciting, theatrical, and a little bit combative. Yesterday at the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference, @writesloud.bsky.social, @poeticmoni.bsky.social, and @zachpowers.bsky.social and I pulled it off.
Four improbably good-looking authors, one wearing a Strunk & White crown of ill-deserved triumph, and one wearing a PULPED sign of ignominyA roomful of people holding up signs with the author's face, with stars in his eyes like nipples on instagramcards used by the audience to vote for the winner of each round, on top of a handmade RAPID FIRE round poster
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Tomorrow @writesloud.bsky.social, @zachpowers.bsky.social, and @poeticmoni.bsky.social and I are trying something new at this conference: a "panel" entirely driven by audience questions, on-stage arguments, props, and a scoreboard. It's going to get rowdy. You want to be there.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We're 4 days out from the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on Saturday and we still have some spots left if you'd like to join us for a fun day talking craft & publishing & literary community. We're all in this together. Hope to see all you good weirdos there! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It’s launch week for THE MIGRAINE DIARIES! Here’s where I’ll be in the near future >>>
Zach Powers Book Tour for THE MIGRAINE DIARIES

Washington DC
Conversations & Connections Conf.
Sat | 4/19 | All Day

Washington DC
Politics & Prose, Conn. Ave.
Sun | 4/19 | 5pm

Savannah GA
Seersucker Live!
Thu | 4/23 | 7pm

Virtual
The Writer’s Center
Thu | 4/30 | 7pm

North Bethesda MD
Washington Writers Conf.
Sat | 5/2 | All Day
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I interviewed @writesloud.bsky.social about her session at the upcoming @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on April 18 (still spots left!) with @samuelashworth.bsky.social, @poeticmoni.bsky.social, and @zachpowers.bsky.social, WRITERS WRESTLING LIVE! www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/sowhat-...
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Barrelhousing with Hannah Grieco About Writers Wrestling Live, Coming to the Barrelhouse Conference on 4/18/26 — Barrelhouse
We emailed with our friend Hannah Grieco about her session Writing Wrestling Live, coming to the Barrelhouse conference at American University in DC on April 18, 2026.
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Nerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Issue One is live and full of nerve! Featuring work by @emmabolden.bsky.social, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social, @williamfargason.bsky.social, @sonyahuber.bsky.social @mattkendrick.bsky.social, @gabemontesanti.bsky.social, @zachpowers.bsky.social and more! www.nervetowrite.com/issue-1
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Issue 1 | Nerve to Write
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Jenny Yacovissi @jbywrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Jonquils are pushing up thru the leaves, the weather is warming (between snowstorms & tornadoes), & birds are singing--so it must be time for @wirobooks.bsky.social's spring preview! We've got large, small, & university presses on our list. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/sne...
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Sneak Preview: Spring 2026 | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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Chloe Yelena Miller @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Already missing AWP? Register for the @dcwriterscon.bsky.social in May (hosted by @wirobooks.bsky.social). I look forward to being on a panel with Teri Ellen Cross Davis, @hiramlarew.bsky.social and @zachpowers.bsky.social!
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Steven Gellman 🌈 📚🎼 🐾 @hiddenpoetmusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Surreal moments week four: getting blurbs from my favorite authors for my debut novel, Somewhere in Nowhere. Huge thanks to @zachpowers.bsky.social! His book First Cosmic Velocity was a favorite of mine. #booksky #books #blurbs
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Cover reveal time! My novel THE MIGRAINE DIARIES comes out in 3 months! zachpowers.com/the-migraine...
Image of a book cover featuring a crumbling brain-like shape at the top in blue and purple on a black background. The test reads THE MIGRAINE DIARIES, A NOVEL, ZACH POWERS
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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
For my DC friends, the new SpotLIT is up! I got to interview @zachpowers.bsky.social about his fancy new role at @thewriterscenter.bsky.social! washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7679...
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Spot LIT: Zach Powers Takes Over at the Writer’s Center
The local author's goal is to make writers sit up, take notice, and say, “Now, I haven’t seen that before!” Plus July releases and events.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
How many craft books went into writing my own, THE UNRULY WRITER? At least this many. And now my book is in the process of finding a home, so stay tuned! Bonus: tiny cat head.
a heap of about 100 books on a reddish couch with a blue blanket (from Ireland!) over the back. You can just see Kirby the cat’s head in the corner.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I got some coffee to "only have a little" and actually managed to not drink the whole thing. Today I am an adult.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
He was, and will forever be, our Huckleberry.
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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
With just 4 DAYS until the release of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY by @samuelashworth.bsky.social, there's still to preorder a copy if you haven't already done so! buff.ly/4bm81sr @zachpowers.bsky.social
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Why is this chair so uncomfortable today, he asks of the six shirts draped one on top of the other over the back.
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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It was my immense pleasure to talk with @zachpowers.bsky.social at the Writer's Center about writing, dead bodies, and why "what's your process?" is the most futile question in the world!
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Dissecting the Craft of Writing - The Writer's Center
A Conversation with Novelist Samuel Ashworth By Zach Powers
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Gonna write a character so rad all his dialogue tags are gonna be “he said radly.”
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
New perspective just dropped: Turd-person point of view - from the perspective of a pile of shit.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Sad to cut this story's best part: The Fiero used to be the grand prize on Name That Tune. In the 80s, of course. Before the 80s the car didn’t exist. After the 80s the show didn’t exist. There must have been another prize on older seasons. There must have been other ways to win cars in the 90s.
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Lauren Francis-Sharma @laurenfsharma.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
It’s a literary novel with elements of suspense. It’s a legal drama. It’s a family drama. It’s revenge. But let me tell you what it is not—the same ole story. Here’s another amazing blurb from @xochitltheg. So so grateful to her because this woman is BUSY doing the work!
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
A toast to Jimmy! One of my favorite Savannah landmarks is this plaque in the bar at Pinkie Masters where Jimmy Carter once stood to deliver a toast. I was luckily there last week.
A brass plaque featuring President Jimmy Carter in profile with the text “Here stood the president. St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1978, in tribute to Pinkie Masters.
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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
It's official! I have a chap book of short stories coming out in 2025 with Stanchion! A tiny collection, under 100 pages, all weird and itchy and me. Excited to work with an amazing editor on my first book!
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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
'Strange and Wondrous Immortal Turtles' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1850 (single panel detail). #WyrdWednesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
A group of turtles with human heads.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Oh hey I’m teaching a short Zoom workshop this Thursday based on some of the essays in the craft book I’ve been writing for the last 3 years! writer.org/event/40-pop...
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$40 Pop-Up! 7 New Ways to Visualize Plot - The Writer's Center
The story arc is ubiquitous—and often useful—in analyses of plot, but it's only one way we might look at forward progress and the growth/release of tension within a narrative. In fact, the ubiquity of...
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
High on dramamine after a flight and I always do the Nic Cage “I’d like to take his face off” gesture.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Lighting design by BlackCat. Tiny cat hat by Kirby.
A black cat named Nushka tinted blue from the TV. Behind him Kirby the Siamese mix cat peeks over Nushka’s head.
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Hannah Comerford @hannahcomer4d.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Doing the Lord's work here.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT… IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!! apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
How’re y’all traveling without your own soap, smellin like whatever the hotel wants you to smell like?
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Oh hi this is 90% a cat account
Kirby, a siamese mix cat with a white chin, peeks around the edge of a doorframe. A black cat, usually called BlackCat, sits on the counter behind Kirby. Kirby is fucken adorable.
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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
TODAY at 2pm EDT, @kesemmel.bsky.social will be reading from and discussing his debut novel THE BOOK OF LOSMAN, with Art Taylor at The Writer's Center, hosted by Wonderland Books! Register here: buff.ly/4gxJp27 Get THE BOOK OF LOSMAN here: buff.ly/3ZBrZf4
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Novelist K.E. Semmel Book Launch Celebration with Art Taylor - The Writer's Center
The Writer’s Center welcomes back K.E. Semmel (who was TWC's Publications and Communications Manager about a decade ago!) for a reading and discussion of his debut novel, The Book of Losman, plus…
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Zach Powers @zachpowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
I like that when a banjo is out of tune it sounds like it’s supposed to be out of tune.
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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 27/09/2024
if you haven't been carrying around thoughts of revenge against a company that no longer exists, what are you even DOING with your life qwantz.com/index.php?co...
T-Rex: People - smart people, like PHILOSOPHER people - say that hate will eat you up and ruin your life!

T-Rex: And yet... I totally love it??Dromiceiomimus: You love to hate people, T-Rex?
T-Rex: Not PEOPLE, no, but like - corporations? SYSTEMS! Oh, I can hate a system like you wouldn't believe. And I've got a whole bunch of corporations on my REVENGE LIST and it's SO SATISFYING to never ever ever consume their goods and services!Utahraptor: This feels like a different thing than hate.
T-Rex: You're right. It's JUSTICE.

T-Rex: And every time I hate these companies so much that I never use them, I bring a little more JUSTICE into the world. And since justice is an intrinsic good, me carrying a grudge against a formless being for my entire life is ALSO intrinsically good!Off panel: It's just - maybe you'd benefit from a SLIGHTLY deeper read of philosophy?
T-Rex: Nah, I'm good. I'm actually WAY more self-realized than I need to be and I think I'ma call it here
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