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Literary magazine about chronic illnesses, mental health, & disabilities written by disabled & chronically ill creatives
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EIC: @kellyesparza.bsky.social
Special issue 2 subs open 10/1/25!
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 5d
It's that time again. FLARE gets to participate for the 1st time! If you like what FLARE does, vote for us for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards (@chillsubs.bsky.social)! Let's spread more awareness about what we're trying to accomplish! Vote: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
red background: FLARE Magazine logo with heart flame and matches: It's time to vote! Now through December 7th, you can vote for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! FLARE gets to participate for the first time! Vote for FLARE, and bring awareness to all we do here!
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Artist Spotlight #2: Sushmita Mamillapalli and her painting, "Into the Unknown."
See her art here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/into-the-unk...
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#litmags #art #artistspotlight #healthscares
fall background with mushrooms, acorns, and leaves: Artist Spotlight: "Into the Unknown" by Sushmita Mamillapalli, Art
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Artist Spotlight #1: Sara Jorgensen and her paintings, "Of the Barb-Wire or Verbal" and "Fusion."
See her art here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/of-the-barb-...
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#litmags #artistspotlight #healthscares #art
Leaves background: Artist Spotlight: "Of the Barb-Wire or Verbal" and "Fusion" by Sara Jorgensen, Art
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Author Spotlight #20: A. Riel Regan (riwritesatnight.bsky.social) and their experimental piece, “[the hospital room that i’m not in]."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/the-hospital...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #healthscares #experimental
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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kellyesparza.bsky.social
I'm running my 1st book giveaway! Follow @kellyesparza.bsky.social, tag someone, quote reblog and tag me!

A random winner on 11/30/25 receives 1 FREE copy of my poetry chapbook published by #BottlecapPress & a bookmark!

BONUS entry: add my book to Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
blue and white background: Giveaway: smiley icons, Follow These Steps: Follow @kellyesparza.bsky.social, tag a friend in the comments (counts as another entry), quote reblog and tag me. Randomly selected winner on 11/30/25 receives 1 FREE copy of my poetry chapbook published by Bottlecap Press! yellow background with asterisks: A Spoonie's Guide to Self-Acceptance by Kelly Esparza, purple cover with spoon and fire
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Author Spotlight #19: Linnea Peterson (@lpetersonwrites.bsky.social) and their CNF piece, "No Leads."
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#litmags #authorspotlight #healthscares #creativenonfiction
leaves background: Author Spotlight: "No Leads" by Linnea Peterson, CNF
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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kancollan.bsky.social
I'm so blessed to be nominated by @flaremagazine.bsky.social for this award. ❤️ Such an amazing platform for disability and chronic illness!
flaremagazine.bsky.social FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 4d
Announcing FLARE's Best Small Fictions nominees! The criterion is a piece must be within 1000 words! 🎉 🔥 🏆

Nominees: @kancollan.bsky.social, Raiya Shaw, @litsadremousis.bsky.social, Robin Bissett, Marie-Eve Bernier
Read the work via our nominations page: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/nominations/
green and gold border: FLARE's Best Small Fictions Nominees 2026: "Perception" by Katie Collan, issue 2, "At a Crossroads" by Raiya Shaw, issue 2, "Slipping Through the Membrane" by Litsa Dremousis, issue 3, "Landlocked" by Robin Bissett, issue 4, and "The Visitor" by Marie-Eve Bernier, special issue 2 with trophy pic
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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litsadremousis.bsky.social
It is, indeed, an honor to be nominated🎉

Flare Lit Mag @flaremagazine.bsky.social launched this year and it's an incredible lit mag focusing on #disability and #chronicillness.

Definitely recommend submitting when they're open again.

#BookSky #WriterSky #DisabilitySky #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
flaremagazine.bsky.social FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 4d
Announcing FLARE's Best Small Fictions nominees! The criterion is a piece must be within 1000 words! 🎉 🔥 🏆

Nominees: @kancollan.bsky.social, Raiya Shaw, @litsadremousis.bsky.social, Robin Bissett, Marie-Eve Bernier
Read the work via our nominations page: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/nominations/
green and gold border: FLARE's Best Small Fictions Nominees 2026: "Perception" by Katie Collan, issue 2, "At a Crossroads" by Raiya Shaw, issue 2, "Slipping Through the Membrane" by Litsa Dremousis, issue 3, "Landlocked" by Robin Bissett, issue 4, and "The Visitor" by Marie-Eve Bernier, special issue 2 with trophy pic
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Announcing FLARE's Best Small Fictions nominees! The criterion is a piece must be within 1000 words! 🎉 🔥 🏆

Nominees: @kancollan.bsky.social, Raiya Shaw, @litsadremousis.bsky.social, Robin Bissett, Marie-Eve Bernier
Read the work via our nominations page: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/nominations/
green and gold border: FLARE's Best Small Fictions Nominees 2026: "Perception" by Katie Collan, issue 2, "At a Crossroads" by Raiya Shaw, issue 2, "Slipping Through the Membrane" by Litsa Dremousis, issue 3, "Landlocked" by Robin Bissett, issue 4, and "The Visitor" by Marie-Eve Bernier, special issue 2 with trophy pic
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Author Spotlight #18: Isobel Bradshaw (@girlprometheus.bsky.social) and their CNF piece, “Five Emergency Room Visits, November 2024-August 2025."
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#litmags #authorspotlight #healthscares #creativenonfiction
fall background with acorns, mushrooms, and leaves: Author Spotlight: "Five Emergency Room Visits, November 2024-August 2025" by Isobel Bradshaw, CNF
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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chillsubs.bsky.social
It’s back 😏

Nominate Your Favorite Lit Mags of 2025 through this form ⬇️

www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

Let’s love on some editors, folks. They freakin’ deserve it!
Writers! Who are the best litmags of 2025? CHILL SUBS®
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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It's that time again. FLARE gets to participate for the 1st time! If you like what FLARE does, vote for us for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards (@chillsubs.bsky.social)! Let's spread more awareness about what we're trying to accomplish! Vote: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
red background: FLARE Magazine logo with heart flame and matches: It's time to vote! Now through December 7th, you can vote for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! FLARE gets to participate for the first time! Vote for FLARE, and bring awareness to all we do here!
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Author Spotlight #17: Dawn Levitt (@2heartcore4u.bsky.social) and her CNF piece, "Jump Scare My Heart."
Read her piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/jump-scare-m...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #healthscares
leaves background: Author Spotlight: "Jump Scare My Heart" by Dawn Levitt, CNF
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Two of my visual pieces, “Daydreamer” and “Untethered,” are featured in Heimat Review’s Issue 10.

Grateful to the editors at @heimatreview.bsky.social , and a nod to @flaremagazine.bsky.social for first publishing “Untethered.” 💫
heimatreview.bsky.social Heimat Review @heimatreview.bsky.social · 7d
We’ve been quiet for a bit, but now we’re back — with Issue 10 of Heimat: Palimpsest. Layers of memory, lineage, and becoming wait inside. Come look through with us. www.heimatreview.com/issue-10-pal...
#Palimpsest #LiteraryJournal #Poetry #VisualArt
Cover of Heimat Issue 10, featuring Kale Hensley’s artwork ‘Family Trees.’ A layered visual composition suggesting branches, ancestry, and connection, with textured lines and subtle, overlapping shapes evoking growth and memory.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Author Spotlight #16: Raymond Brunell (@raymondbrunell.bsky.social) and his flash fiction piece, "Bruise-Dark Cursive."
Read his piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/bruise-dark-...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #flashfiction #healthscares
fall background with mushrooms, acorns, and leaves: Author Spotlight: "Bruise-Dark Cursive" by Raymond Brunell, Flash Fiction
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Author Spotlight #15: Tiff Bartel (@tiffbartel.com) and their microfiction piece, "Perspective," which is also a Best Microfiction nomination.
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/perspective-...
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leaves background: Author Spotlight: "Perspective" by Tiff Bartel, Microfiction, Best Microfiction Nominee
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Author Spotlight #14: N.V. Morris and their flash fiction story, "The Candy Problem."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/the-candy-pr...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #flashfiction #healthscares
fall background with acorns, leaves, and mushrooms: Author Spotlight: "The Candy Problem" by N.V. Morris, Flash Fiction
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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sarahmchen.bsky.social
Yay the one thing I wrote this year is a @genrepunkmag.bsky.social finalist. Thank you @flaremagazine.bsky.social for publishing my piece about chronic migraine! 💜
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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nicolezelniker.bsky.social
WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING TODAY I'M !?!? 😭😭😭
genrepunkmag.bsky.social Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social · 9d
Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives 2025
"Sliding Scale" by Nicole Zelniker (@nicolezelniker.bsky.social), FLARE (@flaremagazine.bsky.social)
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November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Here are the winners and finalists for Genrepunk's first awards! 🏆

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Genrepunk Awards 2025
Winners Genrepunk Wildcard Award 2025 “Practice Test No. 1” by Court Ludwick, Quarterly West Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives 2025 “Sliding Scale” by Nicole Zelniker, …
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November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives 2025
"Sliding Scale" by Nicole Zelniker (@nicolezelniker.bsky.social), FLARE (@flaremagazine.bsky.social)
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November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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kellyesparza.bsky.social
My lit mag isn’t even a year old yet and it’s already getting recognized🥹
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Announcing the results of the @genrepunkmag.bsky.social Awards! Congratulations!

Winner: @nicolezelniker.bsky.social
Finalists: Brady Alexander, @sarahmchen.bsky.social, & @2heartcore4u.bsky.social

Read their pieces here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/nominations/
green background: WINNER: Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives 2025: "Sliding Scale" CNF, issue 2 by Nicole Zelniker with pic of trophy and arrow green background: FINALIST: Genrepunk Wildcard Award 2025, "Iterations" issue 1, experimental poem by Brady Alexander with pic of trophy and arrow green background: Genrepunk's Editors' Choice Award 2025: "Taking Space" issue 1, CNF by Sarah M. Chen with pic of trophy and arrow green background: FINALIST: Genrepunk's Haunting Award 2025, "Asking the Body" special issue 1, poem by Dawn Levitt with pic of trophy
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Author Spotlight #13: Marie-Eve Bernier and her flash fiction story, "The Visitor."
Read her piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/the-visitor-...
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leaves background: Author Spotlight: "The Visitor" by Marie-Eve Bernier, Flash Fiction
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Author Spotlight #12: Leta Iris and their poem, "My Body Is Not a Temple, But a Circus."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/my-body-is-n...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #healthscares
leaves, mushrooms, acorns: Author Spotlight: Author Spotlight: "My Body Is Not Temple, But a Circus" by Leta Iris, Poetry
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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epistemiclit.bsky.social
Do too many of us wait way too long to use disability aids? Yes.

A shirt but powerful reflection on this very thing. (Ps. I love my shower chair. But I will be upgrading to one with a backrest. - k)
flaremagazine.bsky.social FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · Sep 9
Author Spotlight #12: Lillian Hochwender (ligerlillie.bsky.social) and their poem, "On a Shower Chair."
Read their piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/on-a-shower-...
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#litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #chronicillness
blue background: Author Spotlight: "On a Shower Chair" by Lillian Hochwender, Poetry
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM