Bethany Marcel
bethanymarcel.bsky.social
Bethany Marcel
@bethanymarcel.bsky.social
Writer! Mom! Working on a novel. Work in The Sun, Literary Hub, The Normal School, Creative Nonfiction, etc.

www.bethanymarcel.com
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The walk to the marathon starting line with my daughter. She knew I was nervous and was whispering her best advice to me, which I took. She was very patient over many months of training where I wasn’t as fun sometimes because I was out running for hours on a Saturday, or tired from all the running…
June 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The walk to the marathon starting line with my daughter. She knew I was nervous and was whispering her best advice to me, which I took. She was very patient over many months of training where I wasn’t as fun sometimes because I was out running for hours on a Saturday, or tired from all the running…
June 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I ran a marathon. 26.2 miles. 💪 I felt strong, never hit the wall, and enjoyed the whole experience. My plan was to stay conservative with my pace, steady, and nail the last tough 6 mile. I did it. Finished in 4:28:36. Happy with it and also know there’s room to improve. I’m so happy. And so so sore
June 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I ran a marathon. 26.2 miles. 💪 I felt strong, never hit the wall, and enjoyed the whole experience. My plan was to stay conservative with my pace, steady, and nail the last tough 6 mile. I did it. Finished in 4:28:36. Happy with it and also know there’s room to improve. I’m so happy. And so so sore
June 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Rumpus Prize! Polish up your best stuff and submit to us by March 2nd. 💃
📣 Announcing the inaugural Rumpus Prize for Poetry, Fiction, & Creative Nonfiction! Submissions open TODAY to Mar. 2, 2025.

Final judges Kaveh Akbar (Poetry), Rachel Khong (Fiction), & Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social (Creative Nonfiction).

Learn more ➡ therumpus.net/the-rumpus-p...
December 5, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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A dream come true. I’m thrilled, honored, and still stunned that my short story “Animal Moments” is featured in the November issue of The Sun. Huge thank you to everyone at The Sun!

Please read and share!

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/575/animal-moments
November 3, 2023 at 4:06 PM
A dream come true. I’m thrilled, honored, and still stunned that my short story “Animal Moments” is featured in the November issue of The Sun. Huge thank you to everyone at The Sun!

Please read and share!

https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/575/animal-moments
November 3, 2023 at 4:06 PM
My 5-year-old just looked at me and said, "Okay, but does the book you're writing at least have 75 words?"
October 11, 2023 at 4:26 PM
My daughter made a friend in kindergarten. I asked what his name was and she said “The Flying Toe” and then refused to elaborate
September 14, 2023 at 9:52 PM
“It’s a queen alicorn just starting to fly over the ocean” 💅
August 16, 2023 at 12:43 AM
I'm pretty sure I'm not even going to AWP next year, so explain to me why I had an AWP nightmare last night??? And now I see ppl posting their panel acceptances/rejections!
August 15, 2023 at 7:40 PM
two days ago I told a group of ppl about how a bug flew into my eye when I was a kid & the following night I was with the same ppl and a bug…flew into my eye.

Like it heard where its ancestor had been and wanted to know
August 13, 2023 at 8:52 PM
A great week at the Oregon coast, full of adventure. Now I start a three-month contract as a managing editor and attempt to balance that with freelancing and my own writing (plus, you know, being a mom, etc) Here we go!
August 7, 2023 at 3:38 PM