I wake
to a soft murmuring—
rainfall

#haiku #NationalPoetryMonth #InsomniaWriting

Sunday Poem + Prompt | Benjamin Niespodziany | Substack sharing a poem with an accompanying writing prompt every Sunday. Click to read Sunday Poem + Prompt, by Benjamin Niespodziany, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

even if you don't care about the accompanying writing prompt, I share one unreleased poem here every Sunday morning

Recent writers include: Johannes Göransson, Claire Hopple, Tom Snarsky, Vi Khi Nao, Jay Besemer, Zan de Parry, Joanna Ruocco, Todd Dillard, Michael Bazzett

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very rude of my brain to only think of things to write when I’m sleepy in bed & to go silent when I’m wide awake at a desk

I didn't write today. But I read.

Tune in tomorrow Thursday 4/16 at 7 pm CDT for a HAD call for longer flash. Only 100 spots available so you gotta be quick! -Hannah Smart

Broken Hearts Gallery Literary We’ve all been there. Somewhere along your path in life someone or something has broken your heart.

Tomorrow we will have our first post of 2026 up at @brokenheartslit.bsky.social. Always open for submissions because heart breaks don't take a break:

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Send something my way.

Sharing a story in honor of @willmusgrove.bsky.social birthday! 🍰🎈 Happy Birthday!

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Late notice, but we’re open for subs til midnight 4/15. (Our last sub window of the season)

"I told the doctor it wasn't about a boy."

Read @lmbayley.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social .

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you’re only as old as you feel, she whispers to herself as she eats dinner at 4:45 & slips into pajamas and swaddles herself in a cozy blanket

Today's #writingprompt: Use an album’s track listing as chapter titles.

Daily Writing Prompts: www.toasted-cheese.com/calendar/

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#amwriting #writingprompts #TCPrompts #writesky

Congratulations!

That story you love? Don't give up on it! #amwriting

Such a great story!

When you haven't written a new story in a while and then one sneaks up on you. #amwriting #flashfiction

Explaining to Our Dog Why We Decided to have Children Matt Barrett   Two months after we had our first child, our dog asked if he could speak to us. Upstairs, our daughter slept in her bassinet, our dog’s ears rising every time she stirred. They’…

"We seemed more tired, disorganized, too easily annoyed. But wasn't that what love looked like sometimes? The baggy eyes, the cloudy minds."

Read @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social

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Spent all my writing time today on two paragraphs. #amwriting

Wonderful story, Tracie!

The Bear Who Loved Me It takes exactly nine minutes for his padded paws to lumber from the pines at the edge of our property to our bedroom window. He taps three times.

"I choose the joy night after night. I sit in his recliner, finish reading the novel he left on his nightstand. I drink a shot of his whiskey, smoke one of his cigars."

Read @tracieadams.bsky.social in @doricliterary.bsky.social

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Starts tomorrow! Reply to the prompt post and tag us to make sure we see your entry

MicroMonday #50 Sober House by Kathryn Kulpa The sober house. How he spells it in his mind: Somber. How he pictures it: heavy black door painted glossy black. A brass Victorian knocker, some scowling bipartite ani…

"He would stand and wait for his sister under the portico. He's not even sure what a portico is but he knows the house should have one. A buffer zone, a bridge from inside to out."

Read @writesofkathryn.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social

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Editing Tips
blind trust=trust
blind faith=faith
turning a blind eye=willfully ignorant
blind spot=knowledge gap

Oh! And we’re open through the 31st! You have seven more days, including today!

Submitted a teeny-tiny story tonight. #amwriting #microfiction

Submission Guidelines Flight is a literary magazine that features four pieces in each issue: one poem, one story, one essay, and a “Brewer’s Choice” category, offbeat submissions, which will rotate genre by issue. Please s...

It’s *still* snowing in Alaska, and the Flight crew needs submissions of essays and stories to read while we’re cooped up inside!

Share this with your writer friends who are finally down off their AWP high and ready to submit again!

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He spent fifty years perfecting nothing.

Now he’s stuck with it.

Our flash feature “Just Hanging Out” by Jim Harrington is up—short, quiet, and heavier than it looks.

At the Garage:
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That last line. If I could just get that last line right. #amwriting

my very reliable method for writing a new short story for my collection is to try working on my novel first

The submission period for our June issue closes March 31.

Submissions received starting April 1 will be considered for the September issue.

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