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A beautiful, poignant story in letter form by @brechtdp.bsky.social in @stanchion.bsky.social

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This must be a very old news story? He's 84 already...

Amazing - huge congrats!

Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Our poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction doors are now open in Submittable. baltimorereview.org

Horrible delays on the trains today - but it means I managed to finish a good draft of the story I am working on, and I have to say: I'm pretty pleased with this one. As you can see from the title: more hippos coming your way!🦛🙂

Black text on a journal page next to orange flowers: call for submissions The Offing’s Poetry department is seeking new works! Submissions open Thursday January 29th!

The Offing’s Poetry department is open for submissions today! ✨

theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit

My daughter, who recently turned 18, gave a TED talk this morning about diversity in engineering, and I admit I did not keep it dry 🥹

I'll be in volume 1 (on the left) 😊

Claire's Knee is my favourite...

Man, do I love his films...

Thank you so much Timothy!

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Thanks Dave!

Thank you Francois!

Thanks! ☺️

Thank you Dan!!

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Pretty excited to announce that I will have a short piece in this issue! First acceptance of 2026! 🥳

Call for Submissions: Poetry That Remembers, Mourns, and Refuses to Let Go - The Broken Spine Submissions Open Throughout January 2026 | Publication Later That Year

This call is for poems shaped by memory and loss — not spectacle, not sentimentality.

If that sounds like your work, we want to read it.

#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs #SpineEdicts #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionWindow #OpenCall #Poetry

This is happening tonight. Excited about it.

OK, this is not a proper ranking, but just a little fun I had with the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016-2025.
2 pts for every featured story, 1 pt for every notable.
2025 weight = 1, decreasing to 2016 weight = 0.1
Full list (67 journals) available from my website.

Thank you, and same to you!!

Thank you. And here's to 2026 being a good writing year for both of us!

Thank you so much for reading, Elizabeth!

Thank you so much Sarah. And wishing you all the best for 2026!

Thank you so much Michael! 🙏