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A balmy 66 in Michigan has our managing editor wanting to hide away from the computer in the great outdoors. Get some light inspiration, dive into new #litmag issues, indie bookstores, & discover 180+ submission opportunities.

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#SUBMISSIONS are still open for our next edition. ‘MIDSUMMER’ full details :
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Send us your best stories of approximately fifty words about Midsummer Magic Submissions are open March 1st -April 15th

Delighted to have my tiny story , Dobbin, My Imaginary Horse, Tells Me About His Lost Civilization, in this gorgeous publication. Thank you so much @blinkink50.bsky.social Fab cover, by the way!

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Thanks once again to Doug, Sally, and Liam at @blinkink50.bsky.social for supporting my work. You can read "Sibling Rivalry" here:
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Our nominations for

The Best Small Fictions Award

A Treehouse Extraction - Carolyn R. Russell

Sleep Mode - Rachel M. Hollis

Sibling Rivalry - Tracy Royce

Seed Company Catalogues -Daryl Scroggins

I Always Wanted a Pony - Rachel Turney

Best of news! Our very own Tracy Royce has been selected for the Best Micro-Fiction award. Her story "Sibling Rivalry" from our June issue will be in their 2026 anthology. We congratulate Tracy Royce and are as proud as can be!

Overwhelmed to be included alongside so many talented writers. Congrats to all, and much gratitude to @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social, @dseuss.bsky.social, and @blinkink50.bsky.social !

Calls for Submissions Archives Announcements of current and upcoming calls for submissions from literary magazines, independent and university presses, anthologies, and more.

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Hoping 2026 is a creative one for you (subs open btw)

Didn't want to end 2025 without giving huge thanks to the editors who published my work in 2025 including: @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @trashcatlit.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social @blinkink50.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social

Magazine Stand :: Blink Ink - #62 Blink-Ink #62 presents micro fiction responding to museums, celebrating preservation, imagination, and marvels in petite format.

Blink-Ink #62 is themed "Museums" and exhibits over two dozen works 'of approximately 50 words' in a handy print format. Subscriptions make great gifts!

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The final NewPages Newsletter of 2025 has been released! Enjoy 120+ submission opportunities + new book releases, new issues of great #litmags, & a writing prompt to help "shake things up"!

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» 30 Magazines Accepting Flash Fiction

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Beyond grateful to the editors at @blinkink50.bsky.social
Thank you so much for the nomination and for your support. And congratulations to the other nominees!

So grateful to the editors at @blinkink50.bsky.social for this nomination. Still in shock!

Our nominations:

My 50 word story, “Long Lines” is now available to read in @blinkink50.bsky.social. Thank you for including work alongside so many great writers.

Thank you @blinkink50.bsky.social for my contributor’s copy. Such a rich and wide variety of stories! Love it!

→ The 2026 FISH List (Finest Indie Story Houses) of lively lit mags • Flash Fiction Magazine - One flash story a day • The Lascaux Review - Beautiful language is meant to be heard • Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Literary adventure lantasy with flair and impact • Consequence - Human realities of war and geopolitical violence • trampset - Work with lost and wandering hearts • The Sunlight Press - Moments that give birth to epiphany • Okay Donkey - Home for the odd, off-kilter, or just plain weird • Pangyrus - Stories connect here • SmokeLong Quarterly - Honesty, emotional resonance, and vulnerability • McSweeney's Internet Tendency - Daily humor since 1998 • BULL lit mag - Rewriting modern masculinity • The Forge - Where literary excellence is the only criteria • Emerge Literary Journal - Growth, change & experimentation • Radar Poetry - Interplay between poetry and visual media • Terrain.org - Work focused on place, climate, and justice Painstakingly scored by Charlie Fish with data provided by Chill Subs and awards data by Brecht de Poortere.

The brilliant @charliefish.bsky.social's second annual FISH list is out! 4,000 magazines, 14 different criteria, all indie lit goodness.

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Send us your best stories of approximately 50 words to do with ‘Lost Civilizations: The Silurian Hypothesis’

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So happy to have two tiny pieces in this gorgeous looking issue...⬇️⬇️⬇️

Happy to have a micro in this incredible issue of @blinkink50.bsky.social — a work of art!

Museum Issue is out now. Great stories from some very fine writers. Copies available. Please subscribe or renew if you haven’t already. Thank you most sincerely for everyone who helped make this issue come to life.

Book: if you stand in the corner of the spare room You can just about see the sea

@ewenglass.bsky.social has a new chapbook out featuring a piece we published in Blink Ink…