Carsten ten Brink
@carstentenbrink.bsky.social
Wanderer without a country, writer in search of a phrase, visual artist hunting inspiration, geometer encircling polygons, photograph maker-taker. Uncontrolled dancer and struggling blues harmonica player.
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The Red Wheelbarrow by Carsten ten Brink | Issue 83, May 2024
Something was different when Danny closed the wooden picket gate behind him at Aunt June’s. The first thing he noticed was an odd smell, something mixed in with the pines along the path.
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As someone only recently active on Bluesky, myabe I should post the odd link to some of my writing: thewritelaunch.com/2024/05/the-...
I was delighted to win the Latin American Travel Photography #Prize (at a dedicated #LatAm event from the lovely people at Bradt Travel Guides). A week sleeping in a tent in the village of Afukuri (in Brazil's Mato Grosso) gave me the chance to observe the Xingu's daily lives and their rituals
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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We’ve had a record year for submissions this year and will be closing our Regular Reading Period early! Send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and longform works by November 15, 2025 at 12pm EST for the chance to be featured in a future issue of Ploughshares. https://pshares.org/submit
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We’ve had a record year for submissions this year and will be closing our Regular Reading Period early! Send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and longform works by November 15, 2025 at 12pm EST for the chance to be featured in a future issue of Ploughshares. https://pshares.org/submit
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September 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Good morning! We are open to submissions for Issue Six! Please share (& what a good time to call up a friend and co-write a poem!!) 💃🏼
#writingcommunity
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September 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Good morning! We are open to submissions for Issue Six! Please share (& what a good time to call up a friend and co-write a poem!!) 💃🏼
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
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Submission Open
15th September to 15th of October 2025
Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.
15th September to 15th of October 2025
Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Submission Open
15th September to 15th of October 2025
Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.
15th September to 15th of October 2025
Submissions are now open for issue 28 of The Manchester Review. The Editors are looking forward to reading the best of your poetry, fiction, and non fiction.
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Our annual short story contest is open NOW through October 31st. Send us your best!
Find all guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown
Find all guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown
August 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Our annual short story contest is open NOW through October 31st. Send us your best!
Find all guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown
Find all guidelines here: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown
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HFR is open for submissions! ✏️📩🎨 Send us your poems, stories, flash, and creative nonfiction! hfr.submittable.com/submit
June 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
HFR is open for submissions! ✏️📩🎨 Send us your poems, stories, flash, and creative nonfiction! hfr.submittable.com/submit
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ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
ANMLY Submission Manager
**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
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Let the countdown begin! 3 days left in our submission period! Send us your flash, fiction, poetry, and cnf!
And be safe out there, oh fearless makers of a more beautiful world. We love you all.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
And be safe out there, oh fearless makers of a more beautiful world. We love you all.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
Submit – LEON Literary Review
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June 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Let the countdown begin! 3 days left in our submission period! Send us your flash, fiction, poetry, and cnf!
And be safe out there, oh fearless makers of a more beautiful world. We love you all.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
And be safe out there, oh fearless makers of a more beautiful world. We love you all.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
Delighted to have a piece of personal writing, "The Day I Probably Murdered the Dollar" in @heimatreview.bsky.social
Issue 9. This narrative weaves two visits to a small African country, that of an explorer relative, with my more recent visit on his trail. www.heimatreview.com/the-day-i-pr...
Issue 9. This narrative weaves two visits to a small African country, that of an explorer relative, with my more recent visit on his trail. www.heimatreview.com/the-day-i-pr...
The Day I Probably Murdered The Dollar
By Carsten ten Brink May 5, 2025
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June 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Delighted to have a piece of personal writing, "The Day I Probably Murdered the Dollar" in @heimatreview.bsky.social
Issue 9. This narrative weaves two visits to a small African country, that of an explorer relative, with my more recent visit on his trail. www.heimatreview.com/the-day-i-pr...
Issue 9. This narrative weaves two visits to a small African country, that of an explorer relative, with my more recent visit on his trail. www.heimatreview.com/the-day-i-pr...
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Intrepid writers of poetry, fiction, flash, and cnf - send us your daring, dreamy, provocative, poignant, gorgeous work! Show us what could only have come from you!
We are open for submission until June 15th.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
We are open for submission until June 15th.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
Submit – LEON Literary Review
leonliteraryreview.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Intrepid writers of poetry, fiction, flash, and cnf - send us your daring, dreamy, provocative, poignant, gorgeous work! Show us what could only have come from you!
We are open for submission until June 15th.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
We are open for submission until June 15th.
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
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✨OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS✨
Send us your poems, stories, and nonfiction pieces by June 30. Contributors will receive publication in Mississippi Review 53.3, $50*, and two free copies!
Send us your poems, stories, and nonfiction pieces by June 30. Contributors will receive publication in Mississippi Review 53.3, $50*, and two free copies!
May 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
✨OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS✨
Send us your poems, stories, and nonfiction pieces by June 30. Contributors will receive publication in Mississippi Review 53.3, $50*, and two free copies!
Send us your poems, stories, and nonfiction pieces by June 30. Contributors will receive publication in Mississippi Review 53.3, $50*, and two free copies!
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Just saw that ANMLY made this list! And now we're open for new work!!
What’s a "good" acceptance rate for a lit mag?
Depends on your goals and how thick your skin is.
Here’s a big list of mags that fall into the sweet spot:
chillsubs.com/lists/sweet-...
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Depends on your goals and how thick your skin is.
Here’s a big list of mags that fall into the sweet spot:
chillsubs.com/lists/sweet-...
#writingcommunity
May 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just saw that ANMLY made this list! And now we're open for new work!!
Delighted to have my short story 'Polished' in @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social Vol X "In the Company of Strangers" #amwriting static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...
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May 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Delighted to have my short story 'Polished' in @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social Vol X "In the Company of Strangers" #amwriting static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...
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We are open for submissions! Please send us your beautiful, heartbreaking, haunting, hilarious, unexpected, honestly awesome flash, fiction, and, and poetry!
We can’t wait to read what could only have come from you :)
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
We can’t wait to read what could only have come from you :)
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
Submit – LEON Literary Review
leonliteraryreview.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We are open for submissions! Please send us your beautiful, heartbreaking, haunting, hilarious, unexpected, honestly awesome flash, fiction, and, and poetry!
We can’t wait to read what could only have come from you :)
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
We can’t wait to read what could only have come from you :)
leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/
Delighted to have 'The Spring Mare, a Cold War Fable' published by @thin-skin.bsky.social. In Japan, too young to know about the #PragueSpring, I listened to US Armed Forces radio as my only English language station. The #ColdWar was never far away. #amwriting
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The Spring Mare - Thin Skin
I was five years old that spring. The clacks and scratches of twigs landing on and then sliding down the roof tiles woke me, as they did every day, and I listened as the pre-dawn winds flew their last...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Delighted to have 'The Spring Mare, a Cold War Fable' published by @thin-skin.bsky.social. In Japan, too young to know about the #PragueSpring, I listened to US Armed Forces radio as my only English language station. The #ColdWar was never far away. #amwriting
thin-skin.com/shortstory/t...
thin-skin.com/shortstory/t...
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btw we open for new work on may 1 💜
April 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
btw we open for new work on may 1 💜
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We're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #flashfiction #shortstories and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
April 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #flashfiction #shortstories and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Submissions for The Commuter and Personal Narrative open in one week! Get ready to send us your best. buff.ly/5jrE0YZ
April 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Submissions for The Commuter and Personal Narrative open in one week! Get ready to send us your best. buff.ly/5jrE0YZ
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We're open to submissions of microfiction up to 400w so why not check us out #microfiction #translations #writingcommunity. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
April 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We're open to submissions of microfiction up to 400w so why not check us out #microfiction #translations #writingcommunity. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...
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Submissions Open! #comelaydownINK
Send us your weird, obscure, hybrid, or work you're unsure what to do with. We want to take a look. We like different; give us something with a new take!
Submit here:
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Send us your weird, obscure, hybrid, or work you're unsure what to do with. We want to take a look. We like different; give us something with a new take!
Submit here:
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
April 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Submissions Open! #comelaydownINK
Send us your weird, obscure, hybrid, or work you're unsure what to do with. We want to take a look. We like different; give us something with a new take!
Submit here:
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Send us your weird, obscure, hybrid, or work you're unsure what to do with. We want to take a look. We like different; give us something with a new take!
Submit here:
inkinthirds.org/submissions/
Delighted to have two short pieces out this week in #Coalitionworks. The theme: "Joyfully Absurd", so don't expect anything dark or serious. #amwriting coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/2025/03/31/c...
April 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Delighted to have two short pieces out this week in #Coalitionworks. The theme: "Joyfully Absurd", so don't expect anything dark or serious. #amwriting coalitionfordigitalnarratives.org/2025/03/31/c...
Shocked by the earthquake in Myanmar today. The bridge below (see in better days) - the old Ava bridge - has collapsed, while fortunately the New Ava bridge (in background) has remained standing www.flickr.com/photos/77334...
Bridges of the Irrawaddy - Inwa (old Ava) Bridge and the Yadanabon (New Ava) Bridge behind II [bc2371e]
Inwa (Old Ava) Bridge Boat from Mandalay to Bagan On 28 March 2025 a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Mandalay and this - the old Ava Bridge - collapsed while the new Ava bridge (in the background) appe...
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March 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Shocked by the earthquake in Myanmar today. The bridge below (see in better days) - the old Ava bridge - has collapsed, while fortunately the New Ava bridge (in background) has remained standing www.flickr.com/photos/77334...
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Whales compose songs, crows hold grudges, and bees do geometry. If nature’s creativity inspires yours, send us your eco-art.
Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art!
thedodgemag.com/submissions
Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art!
thedodgemag.com/submissions
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Whales compose songs, crows hold grudges, and bees do geometry. If nature’s creativity inspires yours, send us your eco-art.
Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art!
thedodgemag.com/submissions
Now open for Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Translation, and Art!
thedodgemag.com/submissions