Okay, it's come out in the @barrelhouse.bsky.social newsletter, so it's official:
We're opening for print submissions (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) on May 30
Peruse general submission info here and get ya s#*+ ready, y'all:
www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
Join me next Wednesday night, 23 April at 6:30pm for a poetry reading and open mic at the @arlingtonvalibrary.bsky.social, Columbia Pike branch! I'll be reading from my new collection, Her Dark Everything, and will have books for sale. Come and listen and share one of your own poems!
Danny Caine reading
Olivia Muenz reading
A bunch of people watching a reading
Yusuf Poladin reading
Thanks to everyone who came out tonight! Especially all the young people who made us feel not so old. And thanks to our excellent readers. Issue 25 still available for all to order at barrelhousemag.com/shop
Applications are open for @barrelhouse.bsky.social WRITER CAMP, a laid back, short retreat in Central PA. 6/26-29, and 7/31-8/3. All we do is write & nap & hang out around campfires & watch mostly bad movies. No programming. Just do your thing. Its the best. www.barrelhousemag.com/writer-camp
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference on 4/12/25 by the numbers:
Cost: $85
Tix remaining: 30
You'll give to one of our partner presses: $25
To publisher of your chosen featured book: $20
To the editor/mag for 10 min 1-on-1 workshop: $5
See you there! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
My book doesn't officially come out till May but you can get your hands on some early copies by registering for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/12, where I am one of the featured authors. Also it's a fun & affordable & good day
www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
good god, we used to be so young
Is Kris King already on your list?
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!
Screenshot of an image showing Johns Hopkins University Scholars top book picks of 2024, including EMOTION INDUSTRY by Tracy Dimond and some other books that I presume are fine as well
EMOTION INDUSTRY by Tracy Dimond ( @glitterature.bsky.social ) listed as one of the top books of 2024 by Johns Hopkins! Get your copy here: www.barrelhousemag.com/books/emotio...
It's that time of year when I revisit my 2021 Goals Google Doc to see if I accomplished anything or if I can just continue to use it again for next year.
This one is kind of hard to describe but it's a cool psychedelic kinda painting of a water buffalo staring at a dude who is drawing the water buffalo (art by Roger Doyle)
POETRY Fez Avery Danny Caine Sarah Grace Goolden Jeffrey Hermann Alisha Erin Hillam Emily Hockaday Patrick Kindig Carolene Kurien Karyna McGlynn Matthew Valades FICTION Meiko Ko Olivia Muenz Yusuf Poladin Meg Toth Ray Wise NONFICTION Will Hagle Steve Himmer J. M. Jones Matthue Roth COVER ART Roger Doyle
All pieces have been accepted for issue 25! Finalizing layout and proofing and then we will have another new issue in hand early next year. Preview of cover art and contributors:
Got my copies of @ssnyder1835.bsky.social Presents The Cloakroom feat. my comic with Rossnelly Salazar! Huge thanks to editors @thornycomics.bsky.social and @veronicahowell.bsky.social. This wouldn't be possible without Scott sharing his knowledge and making a way for creators. Thanks, Scott!
Writer types! A limited number (16 left) of early bird/gift tix are available for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/12/25 for $75! Includes a book, a 1-on-1 workshop w an editor, the conference, more lit stuff. All experience levels welcome! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
This is great! Can you add me to the list? Thanks!
Sneak peek of the front cover of @tmcallister.bsky.social's essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE: 42 Years in 42 Essays, releasing in MAY 2025: rosemetalpress.com/sneak-peek-o...
Oh, nice! I'll keep an eye out for that!
Any small press poetry books coming out in 2025 that I should be hyped about? Give me some books to look forward to!
Kris King's chapbook is available for preorder! These flash pieces are so good. I've read or heard Kris read many of them over the years and now you can too. Pick it up. You won't regret it.
Great to see Tracy Dimond's new @barrelhouse.bsky.social book on @baltimorebeat.bsky.social's holiday gift guide along with work by other writers friends (hi, @susanmd.bsky.social!)!
Awesome! I've been looking for this!
Today's AC email edition features new work from @addisonzeller.bsky.social, something from the archives by @danbrady82.bsky.social, updates on @mondomatt.bsky.social/@in8id.bsky.social/Whitney Koo/Glenn Shaheen/Nam Hoang Tran/@andrew-farkas.bsky.social
Get it here:
Nice! I write how long it takes to read each poem at the top of the page. Most are like 30-60 seconds! And then I have to do math 😕 depending on the combo of poems.
Do other writers have dedicated "reading" copies of their books? Mine are all beat up and full of notes.
Getting ready for my reading tomorrow night at 7 at MoCA Arlington.
Happy to see so many new people migrating here. We put together a little starter pack of BH friends and family for those trying to build up their lit community quickly (will keep adding to this later today)
go.bsky.app/2Y8moNK
Hey poetry fans! I'll be reading at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington next Wednesday at 7! Come through! mocaarlington.org/events/2024/...
Barrelhouse Presents, our long-running yet long-on-hiatus reading series, returns on Sunday, October 29th at 3 PM at El Rey VA's Filling Station with readings from Alexa Patrick, Simon Shieh, Hannah Grieco, and Courtney LeBlanc!
