Announcing the Cherry Tree & Lit House Press post-AWP sale!
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TODAY at 6pm ET, the Lit House sponsors a visit by @johnjharwood.bsky.social to Washington College to deliver the Richard L. Harwood Lecture in American Journalism. Harwood's talk will center on "truth in unsettling times." A livestream is available here: www.youtube.com/live/BlBI3TX...

Wishing everyone happy holidays from Cherry Tree!

Erica Dawson's "Sonnet from thin to thicc" is our fifth Pulitzer Prize nomination! Check out an excerpt below, and subscribe to Cherry Tree!

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We're thrilled to reveal our next two Pushcart nominations this morning: @alvinlu.bsky.social for "Style" and @infullvelvet.bsky.social for "Daddy Scene." Because can you really have a Daddy Scene without Style?

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Cherry Tree is delighted to reveal our second Pushcart Prize nomination: Julie Marie Wade's "From the Jeopardy! Category, THE SUBJUNCTIVE:" which appeared in Issue 11. We know we can always turn to Julie's work for the exact right questions!

We're revealing our Pushcart Prize nominations this week. Follow along and help us to celebrate these terrific writers!

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Last call before closing time! And yes, we still have room for your poems, essays, and stories up.

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I was lucky to have three pieces come out in last issue. @cherrytreelit.bsky.social publishes some great pieces.
Submit soon! ♥️

Two weeks left to submit to Cherry Tree! Check out our guidelines at

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What Senior Fiction Reader @nicanstett.bsky.social is enjoying when not reading submissions: fabulous books by @riggstah.bsky.social and @tonytula.com

Cherry Tree is open for submissions until October 1!
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Listing of the Day Today's listing of the day is: Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College @cherrytreelit.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

Today's listing of the day is: Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College @cherrytreelit.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

When she's not reading submissions, CNF Editor Sufiya Abdur-Rahman is reading recent books by Rachel L. Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social and by CT 9 contributor Kristin Keane.

Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

We asked our editors to name 2 books they're reading (when they're not reading Cherry Tree submissions). Fiction Editor extraordinaire @sarahblackman.bsky.social recommends books by former CT contributor @alvinlu.bsky.social and by Thalia Field.

We're open til Oct 1!
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Cherry Tree logo joined by book covers for Blas Falconer's Rara Avis (poems) and Anelise Chen's Clam Down: A Metamorphosis. Other text says "what we're reading when we're not reading your work" that these picks are by Alyse Bensel, Cherry Tree poetry editor.

We asked our editors: what are 2 books you're reading when you're not reading Cherry Tree submissions?

Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down.

Cherry Tree is open til October 1
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This week's episode takes place, places place, and plants poetry in your [placeholder]. Poets mentioned include @tracibrimhall.bsky.social @joseolivarez.bsky.social & @adrianmatejka.bsky.social among others!

Listen wherever you get your poetry podcasts, or online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com

Cherry Tree is open for submissions through October 1. Send us your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All accepted pieces are considered for our special section of Literary Shade!

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A ginger and white cat in loaf pose beside a hardcover book “SUPER GAY POEMS LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewall” by Stephanie Burt

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At long last my copy of @notquitehydepark.bsky.social’s Super Gay Poems has arrived!

(I bought this book after hearing about it on @breakingformpod.bsky.social so I know it’s 🔥)

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AWP’s 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry

Congratulations to the ten finalists for AWP’s 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry! One winner will receive a cash prize of $5,500 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Judge @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social’s selection will be announced in September!

Cherry Tree opens for submissions at midnight tonight! Please check out our guidelines and submit here: cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

The 10th Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference is in the books. Thanks to everyone for making last week so incredible & inspiring!

Next week! Cherry Tree opens for submissions for Issue 12! Please send us your poetry, fiction, and essays -- particularly if they fit our literary shade section!

And thanks to @cherrytreelit.bsky.social for publishing the title story last year! It gave me the confidence to keep at this project. Thanks especially to @jamesallenhall.bsky.social and @nicanstett.bsky.social

Today is the last day to apply for a scholarship to attend the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference (July 15-18 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus).

More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

An info graphic features the Faculty for Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference which takes place July 15-18: fiction writer Bushra Rehman, nonfiction writer Matt Davis, fiction writer Raul Palma, and poet Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello. Deadline to register is June 25; scholarship deadline is June 17. The conference is a literary extravaganza for high school writers and it takes place on the campus of Washington College in Chestertown, MD. More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc.

The 10th annual Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference deadlines are approaching!

Registration closes June 25.

Scholarship application deadline is June 17.

More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus.
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Scholarships available!

Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus.

More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

FAQ: What's a literature discussion like at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference?
A: Here's Dr. Courtney Rydel, Chair of Washington College's English Dept., leading a discussion about what medieval stories can teach us about modern craft.

More info can be found online at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

If you'll be in Los Angeles for AWP, please stop visit Cherry Tree at Booth 432 in the Bookfair to say hi,

buy an issue,

browse our famous letterpress broadsides,

grab a free pin, tattoo, or mini notebook

and bask in our LA Winter Wonderland vibe!

Congratulations to the Thom Gunn Award finalists, including three Cherry Tree Journal contributors: @blasfalconer.bsky.social Jubi Arreola-Headley, and Kevin McLellan (in our current issue!). 🌈