@lkrichardson.bsky.social
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62 Writing Contests in April 2025 - No entry fees. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/03/62-w...
62 Writing Contests in April 2025 - No entry fees
This April there are more than five dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes range ...
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
62 Writing Contests in April 2025 - No entry fees. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/03/62-w...
Don't forget that you can donate directly to Ukraine! u24.gov.ua/about #ukraine
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
United24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
u24.gov.ua
March 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Don't forget that you can donate directly to Ukraine! u24.gov.ua/about #ukraine
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
“You’re not wrong, you were lied to.” Thoughtful, intelligent message to US farmers. I feel like this is the sort of messaging that could help us get through to rural communities.
www.reddit.com/r/missouri/s...
www.reddit.com/r/missouri/s...
From the missouri community on Reddit: Missouri Farmers on Trump and P2025
Explore this post and more from the missouri community
www.reddit.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“You’re not wrong, you were lied to.” Thoughtful, intelligent message to US farmers. I feel like this is the sort of messaging that could help us get through to rural communities.
www.reddit.com/r/missouri/s...
www.reddit.com/r/missouri/s...
Someone just called me from the “Harris County Sheriff’s Office” to tell me I was in big trouble for not responding to a jury duty summons. Said if I hung up on him, he’d dispatch police right to my home.
I LOVE jury duty. There’s no way I missed a summons to perform my civic duty.
Beware #scams!
I LOVE jury duty. There’s no way I missed a summons to perform my civic duty.
Beware #scams!
January 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Someone just called me from the “Harris County Sheriff’s Office” to tell me I was in big trouble for not responding to a jury duty summons. Said if I hung up on him, he’d dispatch police right to my home.
I LOVE jury duty. There’s no way I missed a summons to perform my civic duty.
Beware #scams!
I LOVE jury duty. There’s no way I missed a summons to perform my civic duty.
Beware #scams!
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Be kind to possums
January 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Be kind to possums
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We've reopened for submissions in all genres! Send us work to warm us up and give us chills! ☕️🌨️
January 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We've reopened for submissions in all genres! Send us work to warm us up and give us chills! ☕️🌨️
January 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
They know they're breaking the law - they're making billions of dollars doing it.
And the authors whose work they're using? No payment and no consent.
#zuckerberg #copyright #writing #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And the authors whose work they're using? No payment and no consent.
#zuckerberg #copyright #writing #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of ‘pirated’ books to train AI models, authors claim
Sarah Silverman and others file court case claiming CEO approved use of dataset despite warnings
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
They know they're breaking the law - they're making billions of dollars doing it.
And the authors whose work they're using? No payment and no consent.
#zuckerberg #copyright #writing #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And the authors whose work they're using? No payment and no consent.
#zuckerberg #copyright #writing #meta
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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"Writing a little bit each day is akin to leaving the faucets dripping on a cold January night; while the ideas are flowing the creative pipes won’t freeze." ~ @marthasilano.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Writing a little bit each day is akin to leaving the faucets dripping on a cold January night; while the ideas are flowing the creative pipes won’t freeze." ~ @marthasilano.bsky.social
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I like how the white-eared opossums in South America look like the ones around here but with more pronounced goth makeup.
January 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I like how the white-eared opossums in South America look like the ones around here but with more pronounced goth makeup.
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as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder:
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
January 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder:
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
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Can't wait for y'all to see the gorgeous work in this issue!
January 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can't wait for y'all to see the gorgeous work in this issue!
@beckyltuch.bsky.social Do you know what's going on with Joyland Magazine? They say they're open to submissions year-round but have been closed for a few months.
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@beckyltuch.bsky.social Do you know what's going on with Joyland Magazine? They say they're open to submissions year-round but have been closed for a few months.
Someone finally fact-checked that 80/20% book-reading statistic... Thanks @constancegrady.bsky.social ! www.vox.com/culture/3929...
Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis?
The questionable statistic at the heart of the “men don’t read fiction” discourse.
www.vox.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Someone finally fact-checked that 80/20% book-reading statistic... Thanks @constancegrady.bsky.social ! www.vox.com/culture/3929...
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great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
3/3 (whoops) "whose story she’s selected from the online submission form. She does name unagented/unsolicited authors published, but ... likely all of those stories were submitted through connections. When she’s asked how to get a story into the New Yorker, she basically says, 'Through your agent.'"
December 17, 2024 at 2:19 AM
3/3 (whoops) "whose story she’s selected from the online submission form. She does name unagented/unsolicited authors published, but ... likely all of those stories were submitted through connections. When she’s asked how to get a story into the New Yorker, she basically says, 'Through your agent.'"
2/2 "The previous fiction editor of the New Yorker, Bill Buford, never bought a single story from the open slush during his eight-year tenure. The current editor, Deborah Treisman, is a bit more cagey, but, in interviews, she has never named a single person" ...
December 17, 2024 at 2:18 AM
2/2 "The previous fiction editor of the New Yorker, Bill Buford, never bought a single story from the open slush during his eight-year tenure. The current editor, Deborah Treisman, is a bit more cagey, but, in interviews, she has never named a single person" ...
1/2 @beckyltuch.bsky.social (via @rossbarkan.bsky.social) confirming what we always suspected - nothing in that New Yorker slush pile ever stood a chance. 😭 "[T]here is…substantial evidence that it is completely impossible to sell to the New Yorker through the submissions form" ...
All the latest news in lit mags!
With a ton of great links on essay craft, the realities of lit mag submissions, switching from academic publishing to literary journals, revision advice, and more.
#writingcommunity
litmagnews.substack.com/p/its-beginn...
With a ton of great links on essay craft, the realities of lit mag submissions, switching from academic publishing to literary journals, revision advice, and more.
#writingcommunity
litmagnews.substack.com/p/its-beginn...
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Lit Mags!
Jacobin reviews Granta; submissions woes; New Yorker publication realities; essay submission advice; revision advice; editor interviews; transitioning from academia to lit mags; and more
litmagnews.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:16 AM
1/2 @beckyltuch.bsky.social (via @rossbarkan.bsky.social) confirming what we always suspected - nothing in that New Yorker slush pile ever stood a chance. 😭 "[T]here is…substantial evidence that it is completely impossible to sell to the New Yorker through the submissions form" ...
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Chill Subs is hosting a competition to choose your favorite literary journals, and flash has its own category! You can go here to vote: tally.so/r/mKPJ4A
Chill Subs Community Favorites: Best Lit Mag of 2024
tally.so
December 7, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Chill Subs is hosting a competition to choose your favorite literary journals, and flash has its own category! You can go here to vote: tally.so/r/mKPJ4A
Funny, accurate, horrifying…
“I pursued outside funding for my research for my next book ... However, I am still awaiting the final word, as the grant is contingent upon whether the incoming presidential administration declares the National Endowment for the Humanities a terrorist organization.”
“I pursued outside funding for my research for my next book ... However, I am still awaiting the final word, as the grant is contingent upon whether the incoming presidential administration declares the National Endowment for the Humanities a terrorist organization.”
A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester
Dear Committee Members,
As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Funny, accurate, horrifying…
“I pursued outside funding for my research for my next book ... However, I am still awaiting the final word, as the grant is contingent upon whether the incoming presidential administration declares the National Endowment for the Humanities a terrorist organization.”
“I pursued outside funding for my research for my next book ... However, I am still awaiting the final word, as the grant is contingent upon whether the incoming presidential administration declares the National Endowment for the Humanities a terrorist organization.”
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Last day to send us your work before we close for a little break! Excited to see your flash, stories, essays, poems, artwork!
a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a door .
ALT: a cat is standing on its hind legs in front of a door .
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Last day to send us your work before we close for a little break! Excited to see your flash, stories, essays, poems, artwork!