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@therebis.com

The Devil anthology is now available for preorder!

120 pages, 38 writers + artists exploring power, rebellion, desire, shadow work & more.

Ships in early Oct.

Profits support social justice orgs.

Get your copy: www.therebis.com/products/devil

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September 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

I am late to this party, but I’ve just finished Monstrilio and haven’t been this charmed and delighted by novel dialogue in I don’t know how long. Bravx and thank you @samanito.bsky.social! “Did that thing just call me Papi?” 😭😭😭

Highlighted text from a hard copy of the novel Monstrilio.

August 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM

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Psaltery & Lyre

@psalteryandlyre.bsky.social

FIVE DAYS left to submit! Free submissions for all genres ❤️

psalteryandlyre.org/submissions/

Submissions

Welcome! We are open for submissions We are open for submission in all genres during our two annual reading periods: Jan 1-Feb 15 and June 1-July 15. We do not consider submissions outside of our r…

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February 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM

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Avitus B. Carle

@avitusbcarle.bsky.social

Valentine’s FBOMB reading?

YES PLEASE!

Hosted by @francinewitte.bsky.social

Register here:

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February 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM

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C.J. Subko

@cjsubko.bsky.social

Short story submission call! Opening June 1!

From the minds of me and @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social comes ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals. It's an adult SFFH speculative anthology celebrating marginalized authors. More info on our website!

#writing #WritingCommunity

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Enter Here Anthology

Enter Here Anthology – Submission Guidelines GENRE: Speculative Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror TITLE: Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals For untold years, the door has been …

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February 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM

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Gabino Iglesias

@gabino.bsky.social

Your monthly reminder:

Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

February 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

Uff. Big mood 🧡

Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · Feb 1

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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Madeline Anthes

@madelineanthes.bsky.social

It's time to submit to @lostballoon.bsky.social! We're open through Feb 7! lost-balloon.com/submit/

Submit

See our submission guidelines here.

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February 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM

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Carole Cadwalladr

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

This is brilliant. A declassified World War II guide for citizen saboteurs on how to fight fascism is going viral

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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

www.404media.co

January 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

Im really glad I read this today 🧡 Sharing so you can, too

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jan 31

It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....

February 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine

@therebis.com

Today is the last day to submit work to our Devil themed print anthology! We take art, fiction, non-fiction, poetry + more.

Submit here: www.therebis.com/pages/submis...

#SubmissionCall #TarotSky #Tarot #WritingCommunity #CallforArtists #CallforWriters #LitMag

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Tarot card titled "The Devil" featuring a surreal and unsettling figure. The central figure is covered in a tangled mass of thick, curling hair, with multiple human faces emerging from within. The creature has goat-like horns and wears a grotesque mask over its head. Its legs are bare and appear human, with clawed feet planted on the ground. In one hand, it holds a bundle of sticks or twigs. The background is barren, with broken stone and sparse vegetation, evoking a desolate landscape. The illustration style is detailed and eerie, reinforcing themes of entrapment, illusion, and chaos.

January 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

I love @okaydonkey.bsky.social and you should too! Proud to have a story published with them (4 yrs ago now??) 🧡 Free subs open back up tomorrow!

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Jan 31

"Oh the 12-month sweet spot between 3-8% acceptance rates. Not too hot, not too cold. Mmmm soup."

Free subs refresh tomorrow, and what's better than free soup? 🍲 okaydonkeymag.com/submissions/

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Jan 31

Here are some well-respected lit mags where your chances are better than impossible!

Not too competitive, but not exactly easy either. 3-8% acceptance rates based on 100+ subs tracked on the website  

Find them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/sweet-...

January 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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Sarah Arantza Amador

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No surrender 🔥

Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · Jan 31

Nine of Wands: hold fast.
Joyfully refuse to surrender.

A cartoonish, amateurish drawing of the Tarot card "9 of Wands." A bearded, ragged wildman holds a club, and is surrounded by 8 wooden spikes, including one on which a skull has been mounted.

January 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

No surrender 🔥

Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · Jan 31

Nine of Wands: hold fast.
Joyfully refuse to surrender.

January 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM

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Split Lip Magazine

@splitlipthemag.bsky.social

Tomorrow FREE SUBS close as January comes to an end. We're so grateful for all who submit and we're reading as quickly as we can! 💕

We'll open FREE SUBS again in March, so keep your calendars marked 📆

January 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine

@therebis.com

"The Devil as activist knows what they want out of the world they help build, and they choose to do the work accordingly. They confront their darkest truths, the ways they perpetuate oppression through the practices they can’t seem to release."

— @feminnis.bsky.social, "Tarot for the Hard Work"

January 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

Oh wow what an incredible opportunity 🧡 I’m due for a re-read. @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social want to join me?

Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · Jan 29

I haven’t read Beloved since I was a teenager in a survey of American Lit class! I’m so excited and nervous to read it with you all and @marcusluther.bsky.social. Join us here to discuss, laugh, cry, wonder, and share!

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Read Toni Morrison’s masterpiece with @heymrsbond.com & @marcusluther.bsky.social

ONE CHAPTER A DAY EVERY DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025 USE & FOLLOW #BELOVEDFEBRUARY ON BLUESKY TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY!

January 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

There are so many delightful layers to this flash piece — and that ending! The descriptions! Breathtaking 😍 @emilymroth.bsky.social @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/wha...

What You'll Do After I Leave You by Emily Roth

You’ll tell everyone it was mutual. You’ll tell everyone it was the best thing that ever happened to you. You’ll tell Greg and Brian you’re not sad; actually, you’re ecstatic. How can you be sad when ...

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January 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM

Sarah Arantza Amador

@arantzasarah.bsky.social

“There’s an awkward silence during which you glare at Amir, sitting next to you with his bland husband smile, no help at all. When Katie comes back she’s got a baby. She’s like, God DAMN it. I knew this was gonna happen.” @sashabrown.bsky.social Woosh! Another winner for @splitlipthemag.bsky.social

Catching Babies — Split Lip Magazine

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January 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM

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The Rebis 〰️ Literary Magazine

@therebis.com

👀 submissions close on 1/31 for our Devil themed print anthology!

#tarot #callforsubmissions #submissionscall #tarotsky

Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Jan 28

Ah shit.... you forgot to submit.

Don't worry, there's still time 💙

Go find these fantastic mags on our database and send them your stuffff
www.chillsubs.com/browse

20 Lit mags that Pay Writers & Don't Charge Fees have deadlines on January 31

• Ecotone
Pay $200+
• Mud Season Review
Pay $50

• After Happy Hour Review
Pay $15 - $50
• Southword Journal
Pay per piece: €40

• Nashville Review
Pay: $100
• Propel Magazine
Pay £20

• Heartlines Spec
Pay per word: CA$O.08
• +doc-
Pay: CA$50

• Notch
Pay $20 - $200
• Inner Worlds
Pay per piece: £0.02

• The Rebis
Pay $200
• ellipsis...
Pay per page: $3

• ONLY POEMS
Pay $77
• Reforestation Magazine

• Brink Literary Journal
Pay $25
Pay $30
• Lesbian Historic Motif

• The Paris Review
Pays Writers
Podcast
Pay per word: $0.08

January 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM

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Rebecca Makkai

@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social

Sunday, I'm doing a FREE online overview of publishing--everything writers need to know--and you should be there! It's also an intro to our monthlong Pub Crawl program (publishing education online all Feb), but you don't have to be doing Pub Crawl to come to this! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...