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Leia Butler
@leiabutler.bsky.social
Writer from London. Studying MA at Royal Holloway. Tear and Share (brokensleep) - Thoughts I lost in the Laundry (stanchionzine) - make up my mind (steelincisors) other work in Streetcake magazine - she/her
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I am so excited about this. The collection is super visual and incorporates scans of swatches of different make up materials.
ANNOUNCEMENT! Our first book of 2025 will be MAKE UP MY MIND by @leiabutler.bsky.social, out 22 March.
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I am very excited that one of my poems will be included in this next issue🙏🥰🙏
All issue submissions have now been responded to! If you haven't got a reply when you should have, please check your spam and then get in touch!

Wow, what a bunch of submissions. Excellent work, and everyone should be so proud of themselves. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted ✨
January 25, 2026 at 10:35 PM
What a joy it has been to read these pieces! So thankful to everyone who sent in work, the quality was so high and so special❤️
All issue submissions have now been responded to! If you haven't got a reply when you should have, please check your spam and then get in touch!

Wow, what a bunch of submissions. Excellent work, and everyone should be so proud of themselves. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted ✨
January 25, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Huge huge congrats to Zach Keali’i Murphy 👏

Read Zach’s amazing piece ‘Alas!’ here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2025...
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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RITES & PASSAGES, a project inspired by choose-your-own-adventure game books, Doom and the novels of Alain Robbe-Grilet, was published by @salopress.bsky.social in 2021. Now out-of-print, it is available as a free PDF from my website. Lose yourself in the labyrinth! thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/
Free PDFs
On this page you will find free PDFs of some of my major projects. Just click on the cover image to download! Lavish paperback version available here.
thebirdking.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Open again!
Submissions are officially open again! Please read the guidelines in full, and I can't wait to read your work.

Any questions, just let me know! x

fullhouseliterary.com/submissions
January 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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A little poem befitting the season ☕❄️ @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social

www.fullhouseliterary.com/the-games-ro...
Snow falling into our lattes by Marisca Pichette — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A new little poem in the @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Games Room series. Head over to their website to read/listen.

Thank you, @leiabutler.bsky.social , for your thoughtful curation, and congratulations to all the other writers. I am delighted to be a part of this feature!
❄ The Games Room ❄

9 pieces, frosty fun, wrap up warm!

Thanks to @ella-b-winters.bsky.social @amythfromassam.bsky.social
Lisa Perkins
@marisca.bsky.social
Mark Valentine
Simon Ravenscroft
Johanna E. Hall
@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social
Ilias Tsagas

www.fullhouseliterary.com/the-games-ro...
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fun fun FUN! I loved putting this together! ⬇️❄️
❄ The Games Room ❄

9 pieces, frosty fun, wrap up warm!

Thanks to @ella-b-winters.bsky.social @amythfromassam.bsky.social
Lisa Perkins
@marisca.bsky.social
Mark Valentine
Simon Ravenscroft
Johanna E. Hall
@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social
Ilias Tsagas

www.fullhouseliterary.com/the-games-ro...
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Listen/watch my interview w/ @beckyltuch.bsky.social. We talked all things Stanchion, from what I like in a pitch email to what I hope to find in the writing being submitted & a bit of the history behind my magazine and the community that grew up around it.

litmagnews.substack.com/p/i-love-new...
"I Love New Writers." A Chat with Jeff Bogle, Editor of Stanchion
"Like a record label from the late 90s."
litmagnews.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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It means a great deal to me to be in one of my dream publications, the wonderful @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social

www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/gatew...?

Huge thanks to Leia, JP Seabright, Kinneson and everyone involved

#poetry #poetrycommunity
Gateway To Another Life by Peter Devonald — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Woohoo my copy of @aswirl.bsky.social arrived today. Such a stunning issue, delighted to be a part of it. Huge thank you, Robin! ❄️
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Thank you so much @leiabutler.bsky.social for your appreciation of 'Let Go' among so many brilliant pieces, and for giving it a place in @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social again – it feels like home
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Another fantastic Streetcake issue ⬇️
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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It's streetcake day!

New issue now live: www.streetcakemagazine.com/issue.html

As always, we have some amazing work for you. Please read and share!

#LitMags #Submissions #WritingCommunity
issue
The most current issue of our exciting and innovative writing magazine, including biographies for our talented writers.
www.streetcakemagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Who's gonna send me something on January 5?
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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It's December 1st. First off, how have we got here in the blink of a month. Time flies faster every day.

The arrival of a new month brings a new Poetic Voice to the Book Bag.

This month we have a poetry superstar sharing pieces from her debut collection which is profound and quite brilliant....
The Book Bag: Poetic Voices – December 2025
And here we are. The final month of a year, that has gone by far too fast. It feels like only yesterday, I was taking decorations down in January, however only yesterday I was putting the decorations back up for the festive season. As we're in a new month, a new Poetic Voice has arrived. And I am ecstatic that this month in The Book Bag, I am featuring the work of a poetry superstar... Sophie Dumont. I first found Sophie's poetry through the excellent Chris Campbell and became a fan instantly.
paulwritespoems.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Thanks so much to @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for publishing the first poem I’ve written in about 3 years ♥️♥️♥️
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Wrap up your year with a submission to Fahmidan. We’re reading, always.
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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This week in The Book Bag, Make Up My Mind by Leia Butler brings all the colour in this hybrid visual poetry collection.

A marvel of a book with wit, humour and an exploration of self and society.

Also news, opps, the playlist, plus Mrs S picks a bonus favourite piece.

Take 5 minutes out...
The Book Bag: Make Up My Mind by Leia Butler
Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. Well, what an exciting week. The Christmas Gift List went live last Sunday. If you haven’t read it yet, you can here. Feedback has been highly positive, and it could return in 2026. Let me know what you think. I was so happy to welcome December’s Poetic Voice, Sophie Dumont, who is kindly sharing work from her profound collection Sculling. Read the first part of the feature here. Also, Sculling is one of my picks in the Christmas Gift List.
paulwritespoems.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Honoured to have my collection ‘Make Up My Mind’ (published with @steelincisors.bsky.social featured in this week’s The Book Bag! Huge thanks Paul for including it and for pulling together a wonderful playlist! The Book Bag is fantastic ✨
December 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Very excited to have a piece in this beautiful issue ❄️
Winter is here! ❄️🌀 With poems by Alec Finlay, Mark Rutter, Mark Valentine, Leia Butler, Ryan Hooper and more. This is a fantastic issue – on sale now!
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Start the new year with an open mic!

Tickets 🎟️ available on the link:

5 mins per reader in a suppprtive and encouraging environment🎙️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975125745...
The Book Bag Open Mic Poetry Sessions: Session 2
Following Session 1's success, The Book Bag Open Mic Sessions Return - Share Roughcut Coals & Uncut Gems - in a supportive environment
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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《 NEWS 》

Stanchion Magazine will open for submissions on January 5, 2026, for one day only, one month from today.

And for the first time, there's a theme: MUSIC.

All the pertinent info can be read here:
www.stanchionzine.com/submissions

Thank you for your interest in Stanchion. 🖤🤍
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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🚨Submission Deadline Extended

✍️ Full Details here: shorturl.at/VrljC

📩 Submit Your Poetry

#poetry #poets
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Wow what a wonderful list this is! So many fantastic books on there that I’ve added to my list to check out! Huge thanks Paul for pulling this amazing list together, well done! 👏

Also delighted to see some of my work on there also! @stanchion.bsky.social @steelincisors.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM