Flight: A Literary Sampler
@flightlit.bsky.social
A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social
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Welcome to Flight: a Literary Sampler!
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
We’re a literary journal, publishing four interconnected pieces in each edition.
You can learn more about us at our website: flight-literary.ghost.io
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i wrote a collection with my bestie and it’s gonna be out in the world soooooon. like, actually.
Coming March 6th, 2026, LOVE THAT FOR US by Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social) and Sam Herschel Wein (@samforbreakfast.bsky.social) is now available for pre-order!!
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February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
i wrote a collection with my bestie and it’s gonna be out in the world soooooon. like, actually.
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The longer I sit with this piece, the more it gets me.
For creative nonfiction, we have work from Dominik Slusarczyk, with his essay “An analysis of Transfiguration”
“Nowadays, we do the Heimlich maneuver. I doubt they had that when Jesus was around but there must have been something else they did.”
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“Nowadays, we do the Heimlich maneuver. I doubt they had that when Jesus was around but there must have been something else they did.”
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Dominik Slusarczyk- Creative Nonfiction
An Analysis of Transfiguration
In this painting Jesus is floating near the top, He is surrounded by brightly lit clouds. I think this is a depiction of Jesus rising into Heaven. After he died he wa...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The longer I sit with this piece, the more it gets me.
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Multiple former contributors of ours in this issue, woohoo! Now it’s EXTRA worth reading!
Flight 3 is here with four works all related to the theme of art!
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Multiple former contributors of ours in this issue, woohoo! Now it’s EXTRA worth reading!
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Flight 3 is here with four works all related to the theme of art!
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
February 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Flight 3 is here with four works all related to the theme of art!
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
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“I am not the heart of anything but lists, chores, errands. You, you are the heart of a storm. The only still point in turbulence.”
We Rename Mondays and Rainstorms by @kathrynreese.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/kathryn-rees...
We Rename Mondays and Rainstorms by @kathrynreese.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/kathryn-rees...
Kathryn Reese & Sumitra Singam- Brewer's Choice
Editor's Note: as part of the Brewer's Choice feature for Flight 3, we asked authors Kathryn Reese and Sumitra Singam to respond to interview questions about their collaborative process. This intervie...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
“I am not the heart of anything but lists, chores, errands. You, you are the heart of a storm. The only still point in turbulence.”
We Rename Mondays and Rainstorms by @kathrynreese.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/kathryn-rees...
We Rename Mondays and Rainstorms by @kathrynreese.bsky.social & @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/kathryn-rees...
Flight 3 is here with four works all related to the theme of art!
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
February 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Flight 3 is here with four works all related to the theme of art!
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
Let’s take a walking tour through this issue:
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"I want to give up this affinity for air, this habit of making myself light, this repeated way of disappearing and returning: sea, mountain, sea." Gorgeous collaboration in @flightlit.bsky.social b/w@pleomorphic2.bsky.social & @kathrynreese.bsky.social
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Kathryn Reese & Sumitra Singam- Brewer's Choice
Editor's Note: as part of the Brewer's Choice feature for Flight 3, we asked authors Kathryn Reese and Sumitra Singam to respond to interview questions about their collaborative process. This intervie...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:04 AM
"I want to give up this affinity for air, this habit of making myself light, this repeated way of disappearing and returning: sea, mountain, sea." Gorgeous collaboration in @flightlit.bsky.social b/w@pleomorphic2.bsky.social & @kathrynreese.bsky.social
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So chuffed to have a collab with @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social featuring names and storms, and also a super awkward neurodiverse interview in which I (cringe) say “more clearer or firmer” and that will now haunt me forever 😁 . flight-literary.ghost.io/kathryn-rees...
February 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
So chuffed to have a collab with @kathrynreese.bsky.social in @flightlit.bsky.social featuring names and storms, and also a super awkward neurodiverse interview in which I (cringe) say “more clearer or firmer” and that will now haunt me forever 😁 . flight-literary.ghost.io/kathryn-rees...
When you only publish one poem per issue it HAS to be a banger, and @carriganak.bsky.social really delivers
The new issue of @flightlit.bsky.social is live! My poem "Ars Poetica: Tulips" is the poetry selection, so check it and the rest of the pieces here:
Flight 3 is out today! This issue is all about...art!
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
January 31, 2026 at 9:27 PM
When you only publish one poem per issue it HAS to be a banger, and @carriganak.bsky.social really delivers
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I love @carriganak.bsky.social’s work & the poem in Flight 3 is an absolute stunner.
Flight 3 is out today! This issue is all about...art!
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
Flight 3 Now Live!
Editor's Intro
Where Flight 2 reflected the anxieties of the ongoing horrors, Flight 3 turns inward with pieces that focus on art and artistic processes. In Flight 2, we looked at all the submitted w...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I love @carriganak.bsky.social’s work & the poem in Flight 3 is an absolute stunner.
Flight 3 is out today! This issue is all about...art!
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
Flight 3 Now Live!
Editor's Intro
Where Flight 2 reflected the anxieties of the ongoing horrors, Flight 3 turns inward with pieces that focus on art and artistic processes. In Flight 2, we looked at all the submitted w...
flight-literary.ghost.io
January 31, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Flight 3 is out today! This issue is all about...art!
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
We have pieces by @carriganak.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @paulluikart.bsky.social and Dominik Slusarczyk
Read our editor's note here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-3-now...
Flight 3 takes off tomorrow! Right now, our editors are working on preparing a very cool interview with Brewer's Choice feature artists @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social all about their collaborative process
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Flight 3 takes off tomorrow! Right now, our editors are working on preparing a very cool interview with Brewer's Choice feature artists @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and @kathrynreese.bsky.social all about their collaborative process
Hey! We're the featured listing of the day on @duotrope.com
Check us out, and thank you to everyone who has been reporting their submissions!
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Check us out, and thank you to everyone who has been reporting their submissions!
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Flight
The idea for Flight: A Literary Sampler, was born 30,000 feet above Los Angeles. One of the editors was hungover, flying back from AWP, still dreaming about the flight of beers they had at a sketchy b...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Hey! We're the featured listing of the day on @duotrope.com
Check us out, and thank you to everyone who has been reporting their submissions!
duotrope.com/magazine/fli...
Check us out, and thank you to everyone who has been reporting their submissions!
duotrope.com/magazine/fli...
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First acceptance of 2026 yesterday and it's...not for poetry!
Here's to doing old things new while the world burns.
Here's to doing old things new while the world burns.
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
First acceptance of 2026 yesterday and it's...not for poetry!
Here's to doing old things new while the world burns.
Here's to doing old things new while the world burns.
A few stats for the submission nerds out there!
During our quick response call we:
-received 48 subs
-accepted 3 (one fiction, one essay, one brewer’s choice)
This puts our current acceptance rate at 6%
During our quick response call we:
-received 48 subs
-accepted 3 (one fiction, one essay, one brewer’s choice)
This puts our current acceptance rate at 6%
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
A few stats for the submission nerds out there!
During our quick response call we:
-received 48 subs
-accepted 3 (one fiction, one essay, one brewer’s choice)
This puts our current acceptance rate at 6%
During our quick response call we:
-received 48 subs
-accepted 3 (one fiction, one essay, one brewer’s choice)
This puts our current acceptance rate at 6%
And although the Paris Review has been silent on the issue, Flight will tell you if Paris is any good or not
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
And although the Paris Review has been silent on the issue, Flight will tell you if Paris is any good or not
All responses for our quick response window have been sent!
If you submitted and haven’t gotten an email, please reach out to us at our site email, flightliterary@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who submitted! You didn’t make it easy on us!
If you submitted and haven’t gotten an email, please reach out to us at our site email, flightliterary@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who submitted! You didn’t make it easy on us!
January 19, 2026 at 1:51 AM
All responses for our quick response window have been sent!
If you submitted and haven’t gotten an email, please reach out to us at our site email, flightliterary@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who submitted! You didn’t make it easy on us!
If you submitted and haven’t gotten an email, please reach out to us at our site email, flightliterary@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who submitted! You didn’t make it easy on us!
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Now we go live to antifa headquarters in Minnesota
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Now we go live to antifa headquarters in Minnesota
Hi folks! If you submitted to our quick response window and haven’t heard back yet, you’ll have a response by tomorrow
Our goal was to get back to everyone today, but you all are making it hard with the quality of submissions, and the debates have been fierce!
Our goal was to get back to everyone today, but you all are making it hard with the quality of submissions, and the debates have been fierce!
January 18, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Hi folks! If you submitted to our quick response window and haven’t heard back yet, you’ll have a response by tomorrow
Our goal was to get back to everyone today, but you all are making it hard with the quality of submissions, and the debates have been fierce!
Our goal was to get back to everyone today, but you all are making it hard with the quality of submissions, and the debates have been fierce!
After a brief pause while we started working through quick response submissions, our general rolling submissions form is back open for all categories for Issue 5:
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Submission Guidelines
Flight is a literary magazine that features four pieces in each issue: one poem, one story, one essay, and a “Brewer’s Choice” category, offbeat submissions, which will rotate genre by issue. Please s...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
After a brief pause while we started working through quick response submissions, our general rolling submissions form is back open for all categories for Issue 5:
flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...
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That’s all, folks! Thanks to everyone who submitted. If you haven’t already heard back, you’ll get a response by Saturday
Clock’s ticking! You’ve got half an hour (give or take) to slip something in under the wire
8 hours! Send us something!
January 15, 2026 at 5:19 AM
That’s all, folks! Thanks to everyone who submitted. If you haven’t already heard back, you’ll get a response by Saturday
Clock’s ticking! You’ve got half an hour (give or take) to slip something in under the wire
8 hours! Send us something!
Two more days to get in a submission for a response this week!
We’d especially love to see more Brewer’s Choice submissions: send your collages, your photos, your humor pieces, your huddled reviews yearning to breath free
We’d especially love to see more Brewer’s Choice submissions: send your collages, your photos, your humor pieces, your huddled reviews yearning to breath free
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Clock’s ticking! You’ve got half an hour (give or take) to slip something in under the wire
Poets! Don’t make us tap the sign!
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Poets! Don’t make us tap the sign!
8 hours! Send us something!
Two more days to get in a submission for a response this week!
We’d especially love to see more Brewer’s Choice submissions: send your collages, your photos, your humor pieces, your huddled reviews yearning to breath free
We’d especially love to see more Brewer’s Choice submissions: send your collages, your photos, your humor pieces, your huddled reviews yearning to breath free
*Quick Response Submissions*
We need more Fiction, CNF, and Brewer's Choice submissions for Flight 4!
We are opening a quick response submission window: anyone who submits before 8pm AK time on Wednesday, January 14th will receive a response by the afternoon of Saturday, January 17th.
We need more Fiction, CNF, and Brewer's Choice submissions for Flight 4!
We are opening a quick response submission window: anyone who submits before 8pm AK time on Wednesday, January 14th will receive a response by the afternoon of Saturday, January 17th.
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
8 hours! Send us something!