Anna Gates Ha
@annagatesha.bsky.social
Writer. Words in Barrelhouse, Longleaf, Fractured Lit, Emerge, JMWW, Citron Review, Milk Candy, Literary Mama, and others.
https://annagatesha.wixsite.com/annagatesha/writing
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This weekend we are offering free editorial feedback on a handful of entries. This is normally a paid service.
If you're interested, submit in our open call category for free and just put a quick note in your cover letter that you're interested in editorial feedback.
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If you're interested, submit in our open call category for free and just put a quick note in your cover letter that you're interested in editorial feedback.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This weekend we are offering free editorial feedback on a handful of entries. This is normally a paid service.
If you're interested, submit in our open call category for free and just put a quick note in your cover letter that you're interested in editorial feedback.
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
If you're interested, submit in our open call category for free and just put a quick note in your cover letter that you're interested in editorial feedback.
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PSA! We're reading for The Smokey 2025. Grand Prize: $2500. Total Prize pot: At least $4700--guaranteed to be awarded! All entries read anonymously. Long list and shortlist announced. Share the love. We're rooting for you! Deadline May 10! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction (The Smokey) is now an annual competition that celebrates and compensates excellence in flash. Our first grand prize winner in 2018 was “Whale Fall” by ...
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March 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
PSA! We're reading for The Smokey 2025. Grand Prize: $2500. Total Prize pot: At least $4700--guaranteed to be awarded! All entries read anonymously. Long list and shortlist announced. Share the love. We're rooting for you! Deadline May 10! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with @roseclifflit.bsky.social and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to @jessicaberg.bsky.social for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!
February 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with @roseclifflit.bsky.social and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to @jessicaberg.bsky.social for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!
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Love gets us through life 💕 And we're so in love with this new FEBRUARY ISSUE 💕: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
February 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Love gets us through life 💕 And we're so in love with this new FEBRUARY ISSUE 💕: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
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PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT
@writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others.
Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
@writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others.
Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
February 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT
@writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others.
Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
@writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others.
Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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ICYMI: I edited an online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social and it's a flash of weird, magical light in an otherwise horrible and dark 2025.
Iconic music celebs. Weird parenting chaos. 🔥
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Iconic music celebs. Weird parenting chaos. 🔥
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Baby, One More Time — Barrelhouse
A themed online issue that explores what happens when parenting intersects with famous musicians. Entirely fictional, of course.
www.barrelhousemag.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
ICYMI: I edited an online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social and it's a flash of weird, magical light in an otherwise horrible and dark 2025.
Iconic music celebs. Weird parenting chaos. 🔥
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Iconic music celebs. Weird parenting chaos. 🔥
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
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"When they were younger, she was something to chase; a ticket ripped from his hand by the wind, feet from the entrance to the show."
Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social 's new flash "Already Echoing" is up now in @soflopojo.bsky.social ! Read it here: https://buff.ly/42C5nMV
Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social 's new flash "Already Echoing" is up now in @soflopojo.bsky.social ! Read it here: https://buff.ly/42C5nMV
February 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"When they were younger, she was something to chase; a ticket ripped from his hand by the wind, feet from the entrance to the show."
Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social 's new flash "Already Echoing" is up now in @soflopojo.bsky.social ! Read it here: https://buff.ly/42C5nMV
Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social 's new flash "Already Echoing" is up now in @soflopojo.bsky.social ! Read it here: https://buff.ly/42C5nMV
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thinking of @annagatesha.bsky.social's Shakira inspired beauty over @barrelhouse.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
thinking of @annagatesha.bsky.social's Shakira inspired beauty over @barrelhouse.bsky.social
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I have a story in Barrelhouse! A themed issue, curated by the wonderful @writesloud.bsky.social, called Baby, One More Time "that explores what happens when parenting intersects with famous musicians. Entirely fictional, of course." Check out my story, "Mississippi June"!
Mississippi June, by DeMisty D. Bellinger — Barrelhouse
Regina smoked a borrowed Kool. She was tired, hot, feeling all the weight the Mississippi late June sky gave. Peter was back in jail, so it was just her and the kids, and now as she smoked every bit o...
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January 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I have a story in Barrelhouse! A themed issue, curated by the wonderful @writesloud.bsky.social, called Baby, One More Time "that explores what happens when parenting intersects with famous musicians. Entirely fictional, of course." Check out my story, "Mississippi June"!
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Calling all fiction writers! We are looking for stories between 1000 and 3000 words! Please send them our way! 😘 We can't wait to read you.😘
January 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Calling all fiction writers! We are looking for stories between 1000 and 3000 words! Please send them our way! 😘 We can't wait to read you.😘
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One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
January 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
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Woke up to this wonderful news from my publisher @santafewriter.bsky.social!!
My book made One of Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025 list @msmagazine.com!!
Wooohooooo!!
msmagazine.com/2025/01/21/a...
My book made One of Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025 list @msmagazine.com!!
Wooohooooo!!
msmagazine.com/2025/01/21/a...
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025 - Ms. Magazine
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025—new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
msmagazine.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Woke up to this wonderful news from my publisher @santafewriter.bsky.social!!
My book made One of Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025 list @msmagazine.com!!
Wooohooooo!!
msmagazine.com/2025/01/21/a...
My book made One of Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025 list @msmagazine.com!!
Wooohooooo!!
msmagazine.com/2025/01/21/a...
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"what if she could collect each missing piece of herself like some goddess picking up scattered laundry"
Read the stunning poem, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT DO, by @jillkitchen.bsky.social in our January Issue: https://buff.ly/40FGSNq
Read the stunning poem, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT DO, by @jillkitchen.bsky.social in our January Issue: https://buff.ly/40FGSNq
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"what if she could collect each missing piece of herself like some goddess picking up scattered laundry"
Read the stunning poem, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT DO, by @jillkitchen.bsky.social in our January Issue: https://buff.ly/40FGSNq
Read the stunning poem, IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT DO, by @jillkitchen.bsky.social in our January Issue: https://buff.ly/40FGSNq
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THIS SATURDAY!
I’ll be reading from my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) with the incredible talents of @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social and @anotherintro.bsky.socia!
When: January 25th
5 pm (EST)
Register here:
anovelideaphilly.com/events/
I’ll be reading from my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) with the incredible talents of @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social and @anotherintro.bsky.socia!
When: January 25th
5 pm (EST)
Register here:
anovelideaphilly.com/events/
January 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
THIS SATURDAY!
I’ll be reading from my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) with the incredible talents of @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social and @anotherintro.bsky.socia!
When: January 25th
5 pm (EST)
Register here:
anovelideaphilly.com/events/
I’ll be reading from my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) with the incredible talents of @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social and @anotherintro.bsky.socia!
When: January 25th
5 pm (EST)
Register here:
anovelideaphilly.com/events/
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“Sometimes I try to overlay the man in front of me with the man I met in college. I try to remember the smell of his dorm room. The Phish posters. The menagerie of glass bongs on his windowsill…”
@annagatesha.bsky.social | @barrelhouse.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/c...
@annagatesha.bsky.social | @barrelhouse.bsky.social
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Conjuring 2006, by Anna Gates Ha — Barrelhouse
I know I am approaching burnout because when the crows land in our front yard, it reminds me of what it was like to be young and drunk. To be buried in a mess of limbs, slick with glitter. To be carri...
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January 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Sometimes I try to overlay the man in front of me with the man I met in college. I try to remember the smell of his dorm room. The Phish posters. The menagerie of glass bongs on his windowsill…”
@annagatesha.bsky.social | @barrelhouse.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/c...
@annagatesha.bsky.social | @barrelhouse.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/c...
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Had so much fun doing the cover art for @writesloud.bsky.social’s latest anthology of parenting stories with a musical twist in @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Can you spot the baby crow?? 🐦⬛ Be sure to click through to read all the stunning stories ❤️
Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Baby, One More Time — Barrelhouse
Parenting-related Short Fiction That Somehow Involves Famous Musician Icons. Edited by Hannah Grieco
www.barrelhousemag.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Had so much fun doing the cover art for @writesloud.bsky.social’s latest anthology of parenting stories with a musical twist in @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Can you spot the baby crow?? 🐦⬛ Be sure to click through to read all the stunning stories ❤️
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I share space with some awesome writers! Read my short story "Mississippi June," but read all the others, too!
Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Baby, One More Time — Barrelhouse
Parenting-related Short Fiction That Somehow Involves Famous Musician Icons. Edited by Hannah Grieco
www.barrelhousemag.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I share space with some awesome writers! Read my short story "Mississippi June," but read all the others, too!
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"I’m only married to him, I rationalize silently to the crows, pretty sure they can read my mind. Please don’t judge me."
y'all. this story's hips don't lie ⚡⚡⚡⚡ sharp & biting -- don't miss @annagatesha.bsky.social's latest over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social
y'all. this story's hips don't lie ⚡⚡⚡⚡ sharp & biting -- don't miss @annagatesha.bsky.social's latest over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social
Conjuring 2006, by Anna Gates Ha — Barrelhouse
I know I am approaching burnout because when the crows land in our front yard, it reminds me of what it was like to be young and drunk. To be buried in a mess of limbs, slick with glitter. To be carri...
www.barrelhousemag.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"I’m only married to him, I rationalize silently to the crows, pretty sure they can read my mind. Please don’t judge me."
y'all. this story's hips don't lie ⚡⚡⚡⚡ sharp & biting -- don't miss @annagatesha.bsky.social's latest over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social
y'all. this story's hips don't lie ⚡⚡⚡⚡ sharp & biting -- don't miss @annagatesha.bsky.social's latest over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social
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This opening story is just-
January 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This opening story is just-
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I’m so delighted to share my weirdo new story with you!!!!
“My Pretties” over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, edited by the marvelous @writesloud.bsky.social 🦇⚡️
“My Pretties” over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, edited by the marvelous @writesloud.bsky.social 🦇⚡️
January 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I’m so delighted to share my weirdo new story with you!!!!
“My Pretties” over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, edited by the marvelous @writesloud.bsky.social 🦇⚡️
“My Pretties” over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, edited by the marvelous @writesloud.bsky.social 🦇⚡️
So very excited to be in this issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Thank you @writesloud.bsky.social! And omg that cover art by @jiksuncheung.bsky.social 😍
Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Baby, One More Time — Barrelhouse
Parenting-related Short Fiction That Somehow Involves Famous Musician Icons. Edited by Hannah Grieco
www.barrelhousemag.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So very excited to be in this issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Thank you @writesloud.bsky.social! And omg that cover art by @jiksuncheung.bsky.social 😍
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Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Baby, One More Time — Barrelhouse
Parenting-related Short Fiction That Somehow Involves Famous Musician Icons. Edited by Hannah Grieco
www.barrelhousemag.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
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Almost ready to share this new @barrelhouse.bsky.social issue with the world! 10 stories about parenting that mesh with famous musicians.
Featuring
Featuring
January 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Almost ready to share this new @barrelhouse.bsky.social issue with the world! 10 stories about parenting that mesh with famous musicians.
Featuring
Featuring
I just finished the first draft of a novel I’ve been working on for two years. Might actually end up being a novella. But still. First draft done 🥹
January 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I just finished the first draft of a novel I’ve been working on for two years. Might actually end up being a novella. But still. First draft done 🥹