So cool to see! Congrats on this, Debbie!

There are a lot of writers I would like to read more of, but the moment I see "Substack" I'm like, er, well that's too bad.

If you are on Substack and wondering why, here's a primer, with some options for other platforms.
leavesubstack.com

YES, thank you for saying this, this has been the exact reference in my head all week!

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On press today www.etsy.com/listing/9524...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency Daily humor almost every day since 1998.

The Believer/McSweeney's is now accepting applications for paid, part-time editorial interns. Our application window will end on April 24. For more details:

www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/mcswee...

Here's a quick and handy tool to let your reps know that this federal book banning bill is absolute trash.
action.everylibrary.org/callhr7661

The text is mostly writing encircling an old-fashioned polaroid camera. The background is beige. The text: The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction, Feb 1-May10 2026, 1000 words, 1st prize $2500.

You have exactly something like 42 days to enter. That feels like a portentous number, so we hope it's correct. It probably isn't. Deadline May 10th. You tell us. The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction in its sixth year. Nearly $5k in the prize pot.
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

b. Quickstart Guide - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish This is a bare-bones guide for those who just want to get started, and would rather just jump in and try stuff out before learning more details, though I STRONGLY encourage you check out moderation o…

Happy to chime in that Bluesky is NOT algorithm based-- it's totally chronological (like both those platforms used to be originally)! @debbieohi.com created this great new user guide, sharing in case helpful publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu... 🤓

❤️Submissions open until April 15: INCH --our little journal with a big heart-- is accepting manuscript submissions; read all about it: buff.ly/jGeTkNA

Apply! Apply! Apply!

turns out I... am ineligible for this? so I'm paying it forward: apply for a public space writing fellowship! as long as you haven't published a book OR chapbook yet! FREE to apply, open til 3/31 💫
apublicspace.org/about/fellow...

Belltower House Artist Residency Belltower House Artist Residency is a gift of creative sanctuary in southern New Mexico.

I couldn't be more excited to announce something I've been working on for a long time -

Please welcome Belltower House Artist Residency, a multidisciplinary gift of time in my erstwhile home in southern New Mexico, now accepting applications for 2026.

belltowerhouse.org

@anniezaleski.bsky.social is great! 🎶

Lol different vices but same idea🫠

LAST CALL for the free revision workshop with our very own Fiction Editor Steve Chang and former Guernica editor Autumn Watts. Revise with us on Saturday, March 28, at 1 pm ET! Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Last Quiet Thing Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.

This is an absolutely beautiful, glorious description of the products in our lives. The things that once were simple tools that met needs, now demand relationships, have opinions, and occupy cycles of our lives.

Do yourself a favor, scroll down and read this page
www.terrygodier.com/the-last-qui...

Ahh if only!!

Congrats!! I love love🤗💗

What a cool effort! Fellow notebook hoarders, check this out: www.fearnolit.com/notebooked
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Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!

Send us your flash fiction under 1000 words with your name removed from the document and all your loves and fears pressed inside! We're reading until 3/15 or we reach our cap.

XRAY Submissions XRAY Literary Magazine submissions are open for fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7500 words. Pitch interviews & essays.

we're gonna open 4 subs tomorrow at 12 noon, texas time

xraylitmag.com/submissions/

I had a GREAT experience attending @onestorymag.bsky.social's 2023 conference-- so thoughtfully structured & facilitated by sharp, kind fiction folks. I highly rec applying if you're considering doing so! 🤓

SATURDAY is the FINAL DAY to submit your full-length prose manuscripts in all genres including short fiction, novellas, essays, memoir, hybrid work, and more! Submissions are free for writers of color and those who purchase a book! http://www.sundresspublications.com/submit#prose

A gray cat sits on the edge of a bed, looking forlorn as she turns away from a nearby window that is covered in snow

Gretel has complaints about this storm's effect on her window visibility ❄️😾

HELD Magazine HELD is a journal that features both visual art and literature. Our goal is to explore how systems evolve.

Please share: There's a new lit mag on the block accepting flash! HELD, run by MFA students at the University of Guelph, has reopened and we're accepting flash, poetry, fiction, and CNF!

Our Issue 4 theme is Transit. We pay! heldmagazine.ca

Subs are open until March 16.

🚨Journalism Job🚨 (on my team!) @propublica.org is looking for a creative, empathetic and ambitious Visuals Editor. This role will work closely with the art director and the rest of the visuals team to find compassionate, incisive and original approaches to story presentations. grnh.se/v3pi5tuq6us

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