Autumn Boy by Carmella T. Penny He looks like trees in wintertime; cold and tall, slim— and hard. He smells like leaves and winter pine, spicy, crisp-clean backyard. He sounds like caves at twilight time, rumbli...

Happy Monday! Here's "Autumn Boy," by Carmella T. Penny. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Thirteen 13-Syllable American Sentences for Allen Ginsberg by Christopher Stolle We’re too constrained already,but we’ll do what we can.We sing this hymn to praise you,but we’ve forgotten words.We sit at your chinin this sweet lotus position.Drop your wisdom ...

Happy Friday! Here's "Thirteen 13-Syllable American Sentences for Allen Ginsberg," by Christopher Stolle. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Tonight! Be there or be square!

My Baby by Zach Jones My baby’s favorite book is television.  Cheap porn is the best thing she’s ever read. Like me, she was raised on the best diet:  Bullshit, booze, and Wonder Bread. Her hair is supernatur...

Happy Wednesday! Here's "My Baby," by Zach Jones. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Tonight!

The Map of Elsewhere by Mohit Saini We wander in the margins of a book, where footnotes bloom like untamed vines, each asterisk a door left slightly ajar— a breath of elsewhere.  The spine cracks, and the chapters rebel, ...

Happy Monday! Here's "The Map of Elsewhere," by Mohit Saini. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Love this poem by Matt Zambito in today's Penmen Review!

SNHU Wireside Chat, Monday, 4/13, 8-9 pm ET, Featuring Savannah Stephens. With a photo of the author, a black woman with long hair in a braided loc style against a fiery orange background.

Coming up on Monday, 4/13, 8-9 pm ET, Wireside Chat proudly welcomes Online MFA alum Savannah Stephens, whose debut novel, Witch Queen Rising, pubs on 4/21. Tune in as Savannah reads, recounts her publication journey, and shares what lies ahead!

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Part II of the edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Publishing Panel with @janefriedman.com and @laurastanfill.bsky.social is up for your viewing pleasure! #litmag #publishing
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Word for Word Welcomes Courtney Milan, Wednesday, 4.15, 8pm EST. With a picture of Ms. Milan, a dark-haired woman in a jean jacket outside under a cloudy sky, and a picture of the cover of her novel The Duke Who Didn't.

Join us next Wednesday, 4/15, from 8-9 pm EST, as @snhu.edu's online literary series, Word for Word, welcomes bestselling author @courtneymilan.com!

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Passport Control, Heathrow by Christopher Stolle Everyone here is in the middle of something. We’ve come from different places and we’re headed somewhere after this. People talk incessantly, voices blending into hummingbird mur...

Happy Wednesday! Here's "Passport Control, Heathrow," by Christopher Stolle. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Ghost by Te'Mera Bell There are times when I still set the table for two. Perhaps it’s because of habit, or maybe it’s because of false hope. The mornings come with a heaviness that settles within me. It’s ...

Happy Monday! Here's "Ghost," by Te'Mera Bell. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory
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Wax by Zach Jones I hold up the roof of my home  Flowers spring up at the base of my feet   I keep my TV volume at only odd numbers   And line my yard with pavement   I walk on wood and gasoline products ...

Happy Friday! Here's "Wax," by Zach Jones. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Word for Word Publishing Panel With Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill, Part I A highlight of each year’s Word for Word literary series is the publishing panel, in which we leading voices in the publishing industry come to speak about the latest trends and information that write...

Happy Thursday! Part I of the (lightly) edited transcript of last month's Word for Word Publishing Panel, featuring @janefriedman.com and @laurastanfill.bsky.social is now available. Enjoy! #litmag #interview #publishing
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Grocery List for the World Ending by Megan Hodges Bring milk, powdered now, rationed through a glitching app that thanks you for your patriotism.   Eggs, if you can find them, each stamped with a barcode and a warning: “May induce mem...

Happy Wednesday! Here's "Grocery List for the World Ending," by Megan Hodges. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Word for Word Publishing Panel, Featuring Special Guests Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill, 3/18/26 YouTube video by SNHU Creative Writing Programs

Just posted! Our Word for Word Publishing Panel featuring @janefriedman.com and @laurastanfill.bsky.social. Check it out!
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Wireside Chat, Featuring Special Guest Melissa Marr, 3/9/26 YouTube video by SNHU Creative Writing Programs

Just posted! If you missed our March 9 Wireside Chat with Online MFA instructor and bestselling author Melissa Marr, aka @melissamarrwriting.bsky.social, we've got you covered!

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Like Watching Fingernails Grow by Matt Zambito           “One of the biggest revelations is that the Earth and Moon            are slowly drifting apart at the rate that fingernails grow,            or 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) ...

Happy Monday! Here's "Like Watching Fingernails Grow," by Matt Zambito. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Eventually by Erin Harer On good days, we dance. We sing Grace’s favorite songs while I cook a real dinner, with no boxes or frozen things, making our tiny redwood cabin smell like a home. We laugh at stupid jok...

Happy Friday! Here's "Eventually," by Erin Harer. Enjoy! #litmag #flashfiction
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Reupping last month's Word for Word with Malinda Lo! Truly a delight!

Gospel of Ash by Betty Stanton Hands smelled of smoke long before the match was struck. We stacked the wood too high, and it swayed with the weight of grief. The fire took its time choosing which bones to touch. As...

Happy Wednesday! Here's "Gospel of Ash," by Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social. Enjoy! #litmag #prose-poem
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Drugstores by Zach Jones I miss those Marlboro memories,  Smoking, watching silver screens.  Call me from a phone booth late at night. Scratches on my LP helped me sleep.  Beat boys jumping trains, Bumming for a...

Happy Monday! Here's "Drugstores," by Zach Jones. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Orlando by Sarah Carleton We stand outside the iron gates of Universal Studios,talking about how capitalism has gone awryand how lawmakers here are afraid of paper strawsas we peer through the bars like paupe...

Happy Friday! Here's "Orlando," by Sarah Carleton. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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The Vulnerability Pilgrimage: Marketing for the Reluctant (and Digital-Native) Writer Students in Southern New Hampshire University’s online liberal arts programs were invited to participate in the W.R.I.T.E. Challenge, an 8-week experiential learning program, working in groups to rese...

Proud to post the winner of this year's @snhu.edu W.R.I.T.E. Challenge, an 8-week experiential challenge in which student teams research and write a resource article related to writing! #snhu #litmag
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Cutter Bill by Michael Theroux Cutter Bill had all his fingers and was proud of it. Most loggers, especially “cutters” who reached the ripe old age of 60 or so like Bill, had left various body parts scattered amo...

Happy Wednesday! Here's "Cutter Bill," by Michael Theroux. Enjoy! #litmag #shortstory
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Tonight!!

Word for Word, Featuring Malinda Lo On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the Word for Word Literary Series welcomed award-winning writer Malinda Lo! Lo is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including, most recently, A Sc...

Happy Tuesday! Here's the lightly edited transcript of the recent Word for Word event featuring best-selling, award-winning, just-plain-amazing writer @malindalo.bsky.social! Enjoy! #litmag #interview
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Living Room by Sarah Carleton My dad is not walking around the house,his knee making a little ping,   his cane rocking the backbeat,and he isn’t telling the same jokefive times or working his waythrough a story a...

Happy Monday! Here's "Living Room," by Sarah Carleton. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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A Ukrainian Diet (Remembering Holodomor) by Ihor Pidhainy Bread and potatoes, Add a dollop of cream, A cabbage, a beat, a carrot, And the occasional cutlet or chicken, And you have your diet Foolproof for centuries Unless a famine strikes, Y...

For Friday, here's "A Ukrainian Diet (Remembering Holodomor)," by Ihor Pidhainy. #litmag #poetry
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Slide for the Word for Word Publishing Panel, with photos of Jane Friedman and Laura Stanfill, and the date Wednesday, March 18, 8 pm EST

For this year's Publishing Panel, Word for Word is proud to welcome two industry experts, @janefriedman.com and @laurastanfill.bsky.social! Join us on Wednesday, 3/18, at 8 PM EST as we talk with Jane and Laura about the state of publishing!

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