Dawn Miller 🇨🇦
@dawnwriter.bsky.social
2024 Winner Toronto Star SS contest| @SmokeLong Fellow 2024|Best Microfiction 2024 2025|words:The Forge,The Cincinnati Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Room Magazine, Fractured Lit+| Pushcart, Best SF noms| rep:Joanna Rasheed, Ultra Literary
✨“I’ve always felt a sisterhood with my hens, though my lifetime of monthly bleeding and a mere three babies never compared to their daily need to squat and squeeze the equivalent of a watermelon from their poultry vaginas.”
-from “Dottie & Coco & Me,” this week’s essay by Dawn Tasaka Steffler
-from “Dottie & Coco & Me,” this week’s essay by Dawn Tasaka Steffler
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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This is tomorrow! Hope to see you!
I'm offering a Narrative Poetry Workshop through @smokelong.bsky.social on January 24th! We'll explore prose poetry that calls dreams, clouds, and gods down to earth, before crafting our own.✨⛅
Narrative Poetry with Erin Vachon - SmokeLong Quarterly
Does your narrative seem to lean poetic? Don’t fight the feeling and force a flash. As we bring in the New Year, we’re setting the intention to slow down and explore the narrative poem, line by line. ...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is tomorrow! Hope to see you!
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In need of a village. Our has all the flash writers. Request a link to join The Village by DMing us here.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
In need of a village. Our has all the flash writers. Request a link to join The Village by DMing us here.
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Excited to dig into this CanLit flash fiction collection I received for Christmas. 🇨🇦 📖 And just spotted @smokelong.bsky.social workshop mate @dawnwriter.bsky.social in the list of contributors.
December 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Excited to dig into this CanLit flash fiction collection I received for Christmas. 🇨🇦 📖 And just spotted @smokelong.bsky.social workshop mate @dawnwriter.bsky.social in the list of contributors.
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“He knows all about the colour blue, all about its folds and shadows, and He hums Blue Velvet in my ear while Mom hisses through the line you’re married now, goddamit.”
Blues by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in NUNUM online.fliphtml5.com/kmmwt/drrt/#...
Blues by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in NUNUM online.fliphtml5.com/kmmwt/drrt/#...
NUNUM Winter 2025 Volume 8, Issue 4
David Sydney, Dawn Miller, Jacqueline Doyle, Kelly Ronayne, Kristen Reece, Owen Brown, Pia Quintano, Steven Ostrowski and Angel Dionne have come together to give us NUNUM’s Winter 2025 issue.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“He knows all about the colour blue, all about its folds and shadows, and He hums Blue Velvet in my ear while Mom hisses through the line you’re married now, goddamit.”
Blues by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in NUNUM online.fliphtml5.com/kmmwt/drrt/#...
Blues by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in NUNUM online.fliphtml5.com/kmmwt/drrt/#...
Thrilled to have my story “Blues” nominated for Best Microfiction 2026! Thank you NUNUM Journal 🇨🇦 #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #canlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
December 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Thrilled to have my story “Blues” nominated for Best Microfiction 2026! Thank you NUNUM Journal 🇨🇦 #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #canlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
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Well worth the flip through.
Excited to have my story in”Blues” in NUNUM! Gorgeous blending of flash fiction with visual arts.
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Thank you to Editor Geoffrey Miller!
#flash #canlit #flashfiction #visualart #writing #shortstory #flashlit
www.nunum.ca
Thank you to Editor Geoffrey Miller!
#flash #canlit #flashfiction #visualart #writing #shortstory #flashlit
NUNUM
NUNUM - Blending Flash Fiction & Art - A Canadian literary journal dedicated to blending flash fiction and art.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Well worth the flip through.
Excited to have my story in”Blues” in NUNUM! Gorgeous blending of flash fiction with visual arts.
www.nunum.ca
Thank you to Editor Geoffrey Miller!
#flash #canlit #flashfiction #visualart #writing #shortstory #flashlit
www.nunum.ca
Thank you to Editor Geoffrey Miller!
#flash #canlit #flashfiction #visualart #writing #shortstory #flashlit
NUNUM
NUNUM - Blending Flash Fiction & Art - A Canadian literary journal dedicated to blending flash fiction and art.
www.nunum.ca
December 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Excited to have my story in”Blues” in NUNUM! Gorgeous blending of flash fiction with visual arts.
www.nunum.ca
Thank you to Editor Geoffrey Miller!
#flash #canlit #flashfiction #visualart #writing #shortstory #flashlit
www.nunum.ca
Thank you to Editor Geoffrey Miller!
#flash #canlit #flashfiction #visualart #writing #shortstory #flashlit
Wow! I’m so honoured and grateful to receive a grant from Ontario Arts Council! I’m incredibly lucky to live in a place that supports and nurtures the arts! #ontarioartscouncil #writing #tylerallsopp #quinte #fiction #ontario
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wow! I’m so honoured and grateful to receive a grant from Ontario Arts Council! I’m incredibly lucky to live in a place that supports and nurtures the arts! #ontarioartscouncil #writing #tylerallsopp #quinte #fiction #ontario
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“… yet isn’t it the ultimate dream to sit with the one who knows you best, who knows the deepest parts of you and stays?”
@dawnwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/housewarming/
@dawnwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/housewarming/
Housewarming - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by James Garcia on Unsplash by Dawn Miller We slip through wall studs, step over chalk outlines of counters, vanities, that over-sized quartz kitchen island we’ve always wanted in this, our firs...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
“… yet isn’t it the ultimate dream to sit with the one who knows you best, who knows the deepest parts of you and stays?”
@dawnwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/housewarming/
@dawnwriter.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/housewarming/
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December 2024 Issue Work by @sfreligh.bsky.social Guy Biederman @amybarnes.bsky.social @ddgwriter.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social @rebeccatiger.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social
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Issue 24 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Shamblen Studios on Unsplash Gooseberry Pie launched in December 2023 with our first issue published January 18, 2024. What started as an idea to publish one six-sentence story per week quick...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
December 2024 Issue Work by @sfreligh.bsky.social Guy Biederman @amybarnes.bsky.social @ddgwriter.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social @rebeccatiger.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social
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Thrilled for this nomination! Thank you @thesunlightpress.bsky.social 🥰 Congratulations to my fellow nominees! #flash #flashlit #flashpack #shortstory #pushcartprize #writing
Congrats to our 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees!
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thrilled for this nomination! Thank you @thesunlightpress.bsky.social 🥰 Congratulations to my fellow nominees! #flash #flashlit #flashpack #shortstory #pushcartprize #writing
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Good news! You are invited to WRR's 10-Year Anniversary Reading!
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Register in advance:
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Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Good news! You are invited to WRR's 10-Year Anniversary Reading!
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Register in advance:
pointloma.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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I was the new girl, the girl with no father, the girl other girls’ mothers pretended not to recognize in the day-old food section at Walmart. I missed my father even though I wasn’t supposed to.
Congratulations on your 2nd place win, Dawn! @dawnwriter.bsky.social @thesunlightpress.bsky.social
Congratulations on your 2nd place win, Dawn! @dawnwriter.bsky.social @thesunlightpress.bsky.social
Thrilled to win Second Prize in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social Flash Fiction Contest! Thank you to the readers and judge @kelliborges2.bsky.social for this honour!❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
Our judge Kelli Borges shares her insights on all the winning stories. Find out our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest second and third place winners.
Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
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Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
bit.ly/47ZNYyG
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I was the new girl, the girl with no father, the girl other girls’ mothers pretended not to recognize in the day-old food section at Walmart. I missed my father even though I wasn’t supposed to.
Congratulations on your 2nd place win, Dawn! @dawnwriter.bsky.social @thesunlightpress.bsky.social
Congratulations on your 2nd place win, Dawn! @dawnwriter.bsky.social @thesunlightpress.bsky.social
Thrilled to win Second Prize in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social Flash Fiction Contest! Thank you to the readers and judge @kelliborges2.bsky.social for this honour!❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
Our judge Kelli Borges shares her insights on all the winning stories. Find out our 2025 Flash Fiction Contest second and third place winners.
Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
bit.ly/47ZNYyG
Special thanks to Kelli and our readers, Susan Pohlman and Elizabeth Spencer!
bit.ly/47ZNYyG
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thrilled to win Second Prize in @thesunlightpress.bsky.social Flash Fiction Contest! Thank you to the readers and judge @kelliborges2.bsky.social for this honour!❤️ #flash #flashfiction #flashlit #litmag #shortstory #writing
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(in case you missed it, my whimsical middle grade witchy series Broomsticklers will be coming from Atheneum/S&S starting 2027!)
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
(in case you missed it, my whimsical middle grade witchy series Broomsticklers will be coming from Atheneum/S&S starting 2027!)
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“Now, he peers inside the shark’s gaping maw, the tongue soft and fuzzy, and pulls out yet another shark, palm-length, and identical.”
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
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Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
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#writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Now, he peers inside the shark’s gaping maw, the tongue soft and fuzzy, and pulls out yet another shark, palm-length, and identical.”
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
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#writingcommunity
Excerpt from “Shark Boy” by @dawnwriter.bsky.social . It appeared in the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read below:
buff.ly/8hktzOb
#writingcommunity
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“…and what if his parents were waiting, arms outstretched, instead of the door locked, no lights on except for his sister’s room, and she looked down at him from her window for a moment before dropping the blind like…”
@dawnwriter.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
@dawnwriter.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
An Alternate History of Inmate 2090-54C, Age 20 | MrBullBull
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November 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
“…and what if his parents were waiting, arms outstretched, instead of the door locked, no lights on except for his sister’s room, and she looked down at him from her window for a moment before dropping the blind like…”
@dawnwriter.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
@dawnwriter.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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What a great story @dawnwriter.bsky.social!
Delighted to have a story in BULL Magazine @mrbullbull.bsky.social Thank you to the wonderful editors 🥰#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #flashpack #writer #writing
"What if he didn’t meet the older boys behind the high school or the people under the overpass with their trash-can fires and shouts of buddy, pal, bro, people who handed out belonging like the rainbow of pills they stole and sold." Dawn Miller mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What a great story @dawnwriter.bsky.social!
Delighted to have a story in BULL Magazine @mrbullbull.bsky.social Thank you to the wonderful editors 🥰#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #flashpack #writer #writing
"What if he didn’t meet the older boys behind the high school or the people under the overpass with their trash-can fires and shouts of buddy, pal, bro, people who handed out belonging like the rainbow of pills they stole and sold." Dawn Miller mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Delighted to have a story in BULL Magazine @mrbullbull.bsky.social Thank you to the wonderful editors 🥰#flash #flashfiction #flashlit #shortstory #flashpack #writer #writing
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"Fingertips snag on a ripped seam, and he pushes until stitches release and the shark’s insides fall apart just like the silvery body of the trout his dad cleaned when the three of them camped by the lake before everything changed." Superb work! @dawnwriter.bsky.social @westtradereview.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Fingertips snag on a ripped seam, and he pushes until stitches release and the shark’s insides fall apart just like the silvery body of the trout his dad cleaned when the three of them camped by the lake before everything changed." Superb work! @dawnwriter.bsky.social @westtradereview.bsky.social
Thrilled to have a piece included in @westtradereview.bsky.social Fall 2025 collection!🥰 #flash #flashfiction #flashpack #flashlit #poetry #cnf #writing #litmag #shortstory
We’re excited to present the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by @jrigamonti.bsky.social, Michelle Bitting, and Joseph Byrd among others; fiction by @dawnwriter.bsky.social ; CNF by Candace Kelsey and John Jacobson
Read it below:
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Read it below:
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October 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thrilled to have a piece included in @westtradereview.bsky.social Fall 2025 collection!🥰 #flash #flashfiction #flashpack #flashlit #poetry #cnf #writing #litmag #shortstory
Reposted by Dawn Miller 🇨🇦
We’re excited to present the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by @jrigamonti.bsky.social, Michelle Bitting, and Joseph Byrd among others; fiction by @dawnwriter.bsky.social ; CNF by Candace Kelsey and John Jacobson
Read it below:
buff.ly/CauWXGD
#writingcommunity
Read it below:
buff.ly/CauWXGD
#writingcommunity
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We’re excited to present the Fall 2025 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by @jrigamonti.bsky.social, Michelle Bitting, and Joseph Byrd among others; fiction by @dawnwriter.bsky.social ; CNF by Candace Kelsey and John Jacobson
Read it below:
buff.ly/CauWXGD
#writingcommunity
Read it below:
buff.ly/CauWXGD
#writingcommunity
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Our Fall 2025 Creative Nonfiction celebration continues featuring Motel on the Edge of Everything by Dawn Miller. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/m...
October 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Our Fall 2025 Creative Nonfiction celebration continues featuring Motel on the Edge of Everything by Dawn Miller. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/m...
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"I remember the sharp sizzle of a match, the haze of smoke curling from my mother’s mouth like a sigh."
My lord, I love the use of sensory details in this brilliant piece by @dawnwriter.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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My lord, I love the use of sensory details in this brilliant piece by @dawnwriter.bsky.social 💙💙💙
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/m...
Motel on the Edge of Everything
by Dawn Miller I remember the motel on the outskirts of town—brown-bricked and unexceptional, the neon sign by the highway missing the “L”. I remember the first-floor room I shared with my parents,…
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October 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"I remember the sharp sizzle of a match, the haze of smoke curling from my mother’s mouth like a sigh."
My lord, I love the use of sensory details in this brilliant piece by @dawnwriter.bsky.social 💙💙💙
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/m...
My lord, I love the use of sensory details in this brilliant piece by @dawnwriter.bsky.social 💙💙💙
citronreview.com/2025/10/05/m...