Jonathan Danielson
@jonathanin2k.bsky.social
College edumakator. Regular idiot. PhD (ASU) in AZ Literary Regionalism, MFA (USFCA) in Fiction. THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (Cowboy Jamboree, 2025). Longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Fiction.
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Some incredible and crazy and incredibly crazy news: My story collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES (@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) has been longlisted for the PEN/Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Short Fiction.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
This is such an incredible honor and I seriously don’t know what to say.
So, what are you plans for 2026?
Me: Uhhhhhhh…
Me: Uhhhhhhh…
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December 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So, what are you plans for 2026?
Me: Uhhhhhhh…
Me: Uhhhhhhh…
It took 17 hours, a missed connection, me making a scene at the customer service desk, getting stranded in the Jackson airport because there were no rental cars, and a McDonald’s drive-through that gave us a bag of random items we didn’t order, but we made it to Mississippi for Christmas 2.0
December 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It took 17 hours, a missed connection, me making a scene at the customer service desk, getting stranded in the Jackson airport because there were no rental cars, and a McDonald’s drive-through that gave us a bag of random items we didn’t order, but we made it to Mississippi for Christmas 2.0
It’s one of the best collections I’ve ever read. The world better watch out for this one.
So I'm reading @sabrinahicks.bsky.social forthcoming short story collection Coyote Girl and just read a piece that made me exhale, "oh my God," as in, omg, that's one of the most stunning and beautiful stories I've ever read.
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s one of the best collections I’ve ever read. The world better watch out for this one.
Less impressed with the guy nursing his 7 AM airport beer than I am with the guy absolutely going to town on his 7 AM airport Pad Thai
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Less impressed with the guy nursing his 7 AM airport beer than I am with the guy absolutely going to town on his 7 AM airport Pad Thai
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
Last night, the weather was nice so my wife and I kept the windows open while we wrapped presents. Closed them up when we went to bed. Woke up this morning to the cat asleep under the tree. We don’t own a cat.
December 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last night, the weather was nice so my wife and I kept the windows open while we wrapped presents. Closed them up when we went to bed. Woke up this morning to the cat asleep under the tree. We don’t own a cat.
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So grateful to be mentioned by one of our favorite writers 🖤
"With vivid, biting images and telling details, Bidar gestures at the deeper currents guiding her characters' lives." Lovely article @pw.org Literary MagNet about terrific writer @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & 5 lit mags she's in. Can't wait to receive my copy of her book Pardon Me For Moonwalking.
December 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
So grateful to be mentioned by one of our favorite writers 🖤
I’ve said this before and I’m gonna say it again: @mdbell79.bsky.social’s REFUSE TO BE DONE, specifically his second draft rewriting and weasel words, changed my life!
(And I say this because I just got done cutting a disgusting amount of justs, verys, looks, and sees from this new story)
(And I say this because I just got done cutting a disgusting amount of justs, verys, looks, and sees from this new story)
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’ve said this before and I’m gonna say it again: @mdbell79.bsky.social’s REFUSE TO BE DONE, specifically his second draft rewriting and weasel words, changed my life!
(And I say this because I just got done cutting a disgusting amount of justs, verys, looks, and sees from this new story)
(And I say this because I just got done cutting a disgusting amount of justs, verys, looks, and sees from this new story)
Hell yes! Big congrats!
NEWS! My story collection I'm Glad You Didn't Drown Yourself will be published with BOA Editions in 2027.
December 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hell yes! Big congrats!
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I love @stephanieaustin.bsky.social's writing, and I can't wait to read her story collection. Congrats, Stephanie! So glad we've got another great Arizona book coming next year.
NEWS! My story collection I'm Glad You Didn't Drown Yourself will be published with BOA Editions in 2027.
December 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I love @stephanieaustin.bsky.social's writing, and I can't wait to read her story collection. Congrats, Stephanie! So glad we've got another great Arizona book coming next year.
Happy Day After National Short Story Day to all who want to keep celebrating!
Happy National Short Story Day to all who celebrate!
December 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Happy Day After National Short Story Day to all who want to keep celebrating!
Crazy to be part of this! Please take a moment and check out all the longlists!
Spanning fiction, poetry, essay, translation, and more, the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning authors, editors, translators, and critics.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Crazy to be part of this! Please take a moment and check out all the longlists!
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I walked out of Fry's today between a fireworks and a Coors Light display while "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" played overhead, and it's 80 degrees in December in Phoenix.
December 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I walked out of Fry's today between a fireworks and a Coors Light display while "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" played overhead, and it's 80 degrees in December in Phoenix.
@cbwell.bsky.social is a hell of a writer who you should stop and read right now. His collection, NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS IN A FLYOVER STATE, is one of my all-time favorites. Really excited for this story.
"On his way out Dad bent down & told me that I was man of the house now & I would be taking care of Mom. None of the other 12-year-olds on my block had a job to do like this. Maybe, I thought, this would prepare me for 6th grade." - Colin Brightwell mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
December 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@cbwell.bsky.social is a hell of a writer who you should stop and read right now. His collection, NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS IN A FLYOVER STATE, is one of my all-time favorites. Really excited for this story.
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As an Arizonan, I need this.
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Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Novelization of the schlock classic where William Shatner battles a herd of stampeding tarantulas in the wilds of Northern Arizona. Shatner plays country vet Rack Hanson. You're damn right I'm gonna read all of Rack's lines in Shatner's voice. Rack 'em up!!!🎱
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Novelization of the schlock classic where William Shatner battles a herd of stampeding tarantulas in the wilds of Northern Arizona. Shatner plays country vet Rack Hanson. You're damn right I'm gonna read all of Rack's lines in Shatner's voice. Rack 'em up!!!🎱
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As an Arizonan, I need this.
Happy National Short Story Day to all who celebrate!
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happy National Short Story Day to all who celebrate!
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I hear we’re in the holiday season, some of you may have even shopped. Good news, you can preorder my novel, A Question of Family @stanchion.bsky.social from the comfort of home.
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December 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I hear we’re in the holiday season, some of you may have even shopped. Good news, you can preorder my novel, A Question of Family @stanchion.bsky.social from the comfort of home.
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So grateful to @awpwriter.org and @jamestatehill.bsky.social for the review and excerpts! #gettingthewordout @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction
Terrific AWP review of @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social's book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking: "sharp prose, wry humor, and poignant insights... a literary kaleidoscope of modern life." Best of all, excerpts from 9 stunning stories by Patricia are included.
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Pardon Me for Moonwalking
Unsolicited Press
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December 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
So grateful to @awpwriter.org and @jamestatehill.bsky.social for the review and excerpts! #gettingthewordout @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction
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I get myself books every Christmas and this year I went small press all the way with these 2 beauties:
Count the Dust by @vanwinkle.bsky.social published by @leftoverbooks.bsky.social
and @jonathanin2k.bsky.social recently PEN longlisted collection published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Count the Dust by @vanwinkle.bsky.social published by @leftoverbooks.bsky.social
and @jonathanin2k.bsky.social recently PEN longlisted collection published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I get myself books every Christmas and this year I went small press all the way with these 2 beauties:
Count the Dust by @vanwinkle.bsky.social published by @leftoverbooks.bsky.social
and @jonathanin2k.bsky.social recently PEN longlisted collection published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Count the Dust by @vanwinkle.bsky.social published by @leftoverbooks.bsky.social
and @jonathanin2k.bsky.social recently PEN longlisted collection published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Congrats! Just ordered it and looking forward to it!
Delighted my collection is on Pen America ‘s longlist! Short stories, EastOver Press, and rural NM forever!
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congrats! Just ordered it and looking forward to it!
Congrats!
Shocked, thrilled, all the things to find my book of stories on this long list. 😳
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Congrats!
Hell yes!
COVER REVEAL for my 2nd. Yikes. The ARCs for BODIES IN BAGS have arrived.
Illustrated by the great @egallagher.bsky.social. Designed by Cornerstone Press. Blurbed by @jesterholm.bsky.social, @tobyleblancauthor.bsky.social @thedrevlow.bsky.social , with more to come (I hope!). Very excited.
Illustrated by the great @egallagher.bsky.social. Designed by Cornerstone Press. Blurbed by @jesterholm.bsky.social, @tobyleblancauthor.bsky.social @thedrevlow.bsky.social , with more to come (I hope!). Very excited.
December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hell yes!
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Just ordered everyone else’s book on the long list. Whether my book continues on or not, it’s important to support and promote these hard-working writers who, I would imagine, are just as surprised and grateful to be here as I am.
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just ordered everyone else’s book on the long list. Whether my book continues on or not, it’s important to support and promote these hard-working writers who, I would imagine, are just as surprised and grateful to be here as I am.
Congratulations!
beyond pleased to announce my collection has been long listed for the Pen/Robert Bingham Prize. I’m still stunned!! thanks again to @fourwaybooks.bsky.social and @kimbiliofiction.com and the journals that published early versions of these stories. I’m over the moon. 🌕🫂🤎
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Congratulations!