Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
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Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
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· Oct 13
This one’s for anyone seeking softness, kindness in a world that grows more scary each day.
In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary.
Who dared to create new worlds.
In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary.
Who dared to create new worlds.
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Happy to share that my poem, a finalist in the @luckyjefferson.com Poetry & Prose Contest, is now published in the 365 collection. Grateful to the readers and editors who brought it to life.
#poetry
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#poetry
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to Tim in lieu of flowers -
tragedy strikes the exhausted soul who stops to rest
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January 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Happy to share that my poem, a finalist in the @luckyjefferson.com Poetry & Prose Contest, is now published in the 365 collection. Grateful to the readers and editors who brought it to life.
#poetry
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#poetry
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New poem, which was a finalist in @luckyjefferson.com’s contest was released today in their 365 Collection. Thank you Lucky Jefferson! #poetrycommunity #poetry
January 25, 2026 at 4:38 PM
New poem, which was a finalist in @luckyjefferson.com’s contest was released today in their 365 Collection. Thank you Lucky Jefferson! #poetrycommunity #poetry
HAPPY RELEASE DAY! #Homecoming is here 🏠 !
This 7th issue of Awake is all about finding your way back—back to self, back to community, back to what feels like home. Celebrate the places that leave the light on for us and say, come on in 🫂
Cover Art: Jordyn Flood
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This 7th issue of Awake is all about finding your way back—back to self, back to community, back to what feels like home. Celebrate the places that leave the light on for us and say, come on in 🫂
Cover Art: Jordyn Flood
luckyjefferson.com/awake-issue-7
January 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
HAPPY RELEASE DAY! #Homecoming is here 🏠 !
This 7th issue of Awake is all about finding your way back—back to self, back to community, back to what feels like home. Celebrate the places that leave the light on for us and say, come on in 🫂
Cover Art: Jordyn Flood
luckyjefferson.com/awake-issue-7
This 7th issue of Awake is all about finding your way back—back to self, back to community, back to what feels like home. Celebrate the places that leave the light on for us and say, come on in 🫂
Cover Art: Jordyn Flood
luckyjefferson.com/awake-issue-7
Get a sneak peek of the theme by reading our Q&A with the issue’s Guest Editor:
www.instagram.com/p/DTak8Q9Ebr...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Get a sneak peek of the theme by reading our Q&A with the issue’s Guest Editor:
www.instagram.com/p/DTak8Q9Ebr...
www.instagram.com/p/DTak8Q9Ebr...
We’ve got a publication coming out this weekend! About a year in the making.
a dog is holding a piece of paper in its mouth .
Alt: a dog is holding a piece of paper to its face to cool off .
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January 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
We’ve got a publication coming out this weekend! About a year in the making.
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Honored to have my poem named a finalist in the 2025 Lucky Jefferson Poetry & Prose Contest! It’ll appear in the 365 Collection this January. Thank you to @luckyjefferson.com for believing in my work.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Honored to have my poem named a finalist in the 2025 Lucky Jefferson Poetry & Prose Contest! It’ll appear in the 365 Collection this January. Thank you to @luckyjefferson.com for believing in my work.
And HUGE shout out to everyone who found the courage to submit to Bond; and to everyone fighting for better conditions in jails and prisons, for a more humane prison system.
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And HUGE shout out to everyone who found the courage to submit to Bond; and to everyone fighting for better conditions in jails and prisons, for a more humane prison system.
We’d also like to thank our funders of this project (The Awesome Foundation). We wouldn’t have our first mailing address or the capacity to do this work without you 🥹!
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We’d also like to thank our funders of this project (The Awesome Foundation). We wouldn’t have our first mailing address or the capacity to do this work without you 🥹!
❓Did you know that if you are a currently incarcerated individual or an organization working with currently and previously incarcerated people that you can mail in your work to us?
Email us at submissions@luckyjefferson.com for more details and our address.
Email us at submissions@luckyjefferson.com for more details and our address.
a purple mailbox with a red flag on a purple background .
Alt: a purple mailbox with a red flag on a purple background .
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November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
❓Did you know that if you are a currently incarcerated individual or an organization working with currently and previously incarcerated people that you can mail in your work to us?
Email us at submissions@luckyjefferson.com for more details and our address.
Email us at submissions@luckyjefferson.com for more details and our address.
Eeeeee! Nothing and we mean nothing could have prepared us for a mailbox OVERFLOWING with submissions for our forthcoming book #Bond — a publication that highlights the relationships of those currently and previously navigating our criminal justice system.
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Eeeeee! Nothing and we mean nothing could have prepared us for a mailbox OVERFLOWING with submissions for our forthcoming book #Bond — a publication that highlights the relationships of those currently and previously navigating our criminal justice system.
The latest story from our newsroom @15west.org!
Accessibility, at whose expense?
Riders have navigated a detour stemming from @chicagocta.bsky.social’s closure of the Austin station.
The updates are long overdue, but commuters relying on the Green Line have experienced lengthened daily trips since June.
Swipe ⬆️ for the TLDR.
Riders have navigated a detour stemming from @chicagocta.bsky.social’s closure of the Austin station.
The updates are long overdue, but commuters relying on the Green Line have experienced lengthened daily trips since June.
Swipe ⬆️ for the TLDR.
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The latest story from our newsroom @15west.org!
We’re so honored that students words’ can find a home at #LittleJefferson.
Head here, filter for 826NYC, and enjoy selected works and the publication: luckyjefferson.com/little-jeffe...
Head here, filter for 826NYC, and enjoy selected works and the publication: luckyjefferson.com/little-jeffe...
Little Jefferson Collection -
Read Little Jefferson × Read Little Jefferson Explore the worlds our young people create through writing. Featured Student Works Filter by Source All 826NYC Chicago Poetry Center School Partner Family...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We’re so honored that students words’ can find a home at #LittleJefferson.
Head here, filter for 826NYC, and enjoy selected works and the publication: luckyjefferson.com/little-jeffe...
Head here, filter for 826NYC, and enjoy selected works and the publication: luckyjefferson.com/little-jeffe...
“Fantasy writing is not just fiction, it’s fiction of an entirely different universe. You don’t have to be a human being, you can be a martian or a cyclops. From kingdoms to castles, you find a lot of detailed worlds.” - Jenna Barkan, age 10,
Foreword Writer
Foreword Writer
October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Fantasy writing is not just fiction, it’s fiction of an entirely different universe. You don’t have to be a human being, you can be a martian or a cyclops. From kingdoms to castles, you find a lot of detailed worlds.” - Jenna Barkan, age 10,
Foreword Writer
Foreword Writer
This one’s for anyone seeking softness, kindness in a world that grows more scary each day.
In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary.
Who dared to create new worlds.
In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary.
Who dared to create new worlds.
October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This one’s for anyone seeking softness, kindness in a world that grows more scary each day.
In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary.
Who dared to create new worlds.
In collaboration with #826NYC, #MakingtheWorldSoft is an otherworldly fantasy anthology shaped by the minds of 9 young writers who dared to dream beyond the ordinary.
Who dared to create new worlds.
Reposted by Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
At La Cocina de Irma in Little Village, “Grandma Irma” feeds everyone—no matter what language they speak or how much money they have.
⬇️ Swipe for the TLDR or head here to read more: www.15west.org/grandma-irma...
⬇️ Swipe for the TLDR or head here to read more: www.15west.org/grandma-irma...
Grandma Irma's Cocina Feeds Everyone
After 36 years as a waitress, Irma Ceballos opened her own Mexican restaurant in Little Village, where family recipes and unconditional hospitality have made her a neighborhood pillar.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
At La Cocina de Irma in Little Village, “Grandma Irma” feeds everyone—no matter what language they speak or how much money they have.
⬇️ Swipe for the TLDR or head here to read more: www.15west.org/grandma-irma...
⬇️ Swipe for the TLDR or head here to read more: www.15west.org/grandma-irma...
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It has been a pleasure working with Lucky Jefferson again for Estallido! I hope everyone takes some time to check out this issue full of inspirational pieces.
Starting off Sunday with the release of our second Latine issue, #Estallido!
#Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work.
luckyjefferson.com/estallido
#Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work.
luckyjefferson.com/estallido
August 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It has been a pleasure working with Lucky Jefferson again for Estallido! I hope everyone takes some time to check out this issue full of inspirational pieces.
Reposted by Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
#poetryoftheday is my brilliant friend Disha Trivedi's "be here to mother me at the end of the world" in the latest issue of @luckyjefferson.com
"Weather-green, that book, the cover, like chutney, or the slick mint sari for a wedding I won’t have."
luckyjefferson.com/fissure/
#poetry
"Weather-green, that book, the cover, like chutney, or the slick mint sari for a wedding I won’t have."
luckyjefferson.com/fissure/
#poetry
Fissure -
Fissure celebrates 14 writers and artists who dare to examine the cracks in our world, and within ourselves. Each contributor in this issue confronts the question: how do we find […]
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September 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#poetryoftheday is my brilliant friend Disha Trivedi's "be here to mother me at the end of the world" in the latest issue of @luckyjefferson.com
"Weather-green, that book, the cover, like chutney, or the slick mint sari for a wedding I won’t have."
luckyjefferson.com/fissure/
#poetry
"Weather-green, that book, the cover, like chutney, or the slick mint sari for a wedding I won’t have."
luckyjefferson.com/fissure/
#poetry
FREE WORKSHOP ALERT!
Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes on Saturday, September 6th, for a free 1.5-hour virtual writing workshop designed for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections to others. ✍️📝💌
Register here: events.humanitix.com/letters-to-o...
jasbarnes.com
Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes on Saturday, September 6th, for a free 1.5-hour virtual writing workshop designed for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections to others. ✍️📝💌
Register here: events.humanitix.com/letters-to-o...
jasbarnes.com
Letters to Our Ancestors: Epistle Poems as Connection
Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes for a free 1.5 hr virtual writing workshop for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections.
events.humanitix.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
FREE WORKSHOP ALERT!
Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes on Saturday, September 6th, for a free 1.5-hour virtual writing workshop designed for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections to others. ✍️📝💌
Register here: events.humanitix.com/letters-to-o...
jasbarnes.com
Join Lucky Jefferson and Jasmine Barnes on Saturday, September 6th, for a free 1.5-hour virtual writing workshop designed for writers interested in using poetry to explore our connections to others. ✍️📝💌
Register here: events.humanitix.com/letters-to-o...
jasbarnes.com
Celebrate each of the issue’s six writers with us:
Madari Pendas
Ciara Alfaro
Marie Anne
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés
Catalina Garza Onofre
Vic Xochitl Chavez
Enjoy the issue now by heading to luckyjefferson.com/estallido
Madari Pendas
Ciara Alfaro
Marie Anne
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés
Catalina Garza Onofre
Vic Xochitl Chavez
Enjoy the issue now by heading to luckyjefferson.com/estallido
Estallido -
Foráneo is Lucky Jefferson's first Halloween-themed issue that celebrates 9 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting strangeness and fear of the unknown ...
luckyjefferson.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Celebrate each of the issue’s six writers with us:
Madari Pendas
Ciara Alfaro
Marie Anne
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés
Catalina Garza Onofre
Vic Xochitl Chavez
Enjoy the issue now by heading to luckyjefferson.com/estallido
Madari Pendas
Ciara Alfaro
Marie Anne
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés
Catalina Garza Onofre
Vic Xochitl Chavez
Enjoy the issue now by heading to luckyjefferson.com/estallido
“Estallido aims to show that there is another option. There is more than helplessness.
Estallido tiene como objetivo mostrar que existe otra opción. Hay algo más allá del la amargura.”
— Keila Gallardo Cubas(@keilagc_), Editor
Estallido tiene como objetivo mostrar que existe otra opción. Hay algo más allá del la amargura.”
— Keila Gallardo Cubas(@keilagc_), Editor
August 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“Estallido aims to show that there is another option. There is more than helplessness.
Estallido tiene como objetivo mostrar que existe otra opción. Hay algo más allá del la amargura.”
— Keila Gallardo Cubas(@keilagc_), Editor
Estallido tiene como objetivo mostrar que existe otra opción. Hay algo más allá del la amargura.”
— Keila Gallardo Cubas(@keilagc_), Editor
Starting off Sunday with the release of our second Latine issue, #Estallido!
#Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work.
luckyjefferson.com/estallido
#Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work.
luckyjefferson.com/estallido
August 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Starting off Sunday with the release of our second Latine issue, #Estallido!
#Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work.
luckyjefferson.com/estallido
#Estallido centers 6 Latin-American and Latin-identifying writers, poets, and artists, each of them inviting the radical act of protest into their work.
luckyjefferson.com/estallido
Reposted by Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
Read WILDFLOWER from @luckyjefferson.com for #DisabilityPrideMonth! This digital issue celebrating eight autistic BIPOC writers features writing by J. D. Harlock, Shel Moring, Greta McGee, and more: luckyjefferson.com/wildflower/
Wildflower -
Wildflower celebrates 8 BIPOC writers from across the country, each of them opening a window into our lives and journeys on and across the spectrum.
luckyjefferson.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Read WILDFLOWER from @luckyjefferson.com for #DisabilityPrideMonth! This digital issue celebrating eight autistic BIPOC writers features writing by J. D. Harlock, Shel Moring, Greta McGee, and more: luckyjefferson.com/wildflower/
Reposted by Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
👋🏽 We’re hosting media literacy workshops for anyone curious about misinformation and community journalism.
Over 3 weeks you’ll learn to:
• decode misinformation
• critically engage with media
• write your own narratives through hands-on training in digital publishing and community journalism
Over 3 weeks you’ll learn to:
• decode misinformation
• critically engage with media
• write your own narratives through hands-on training in digital publishing and community journalism
Learn
News for everyone
15west.org
July 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
👋🏽 We’re hosting media literacy workshops for anyone curious about misinformation and community journalism.
Over 3 weeks you’ll learn to:
• decode misinformation
• critically engage with media
• write your own narratives through hands-on training in digital publishing and community journalism
Over 3 weeks you’ll learn to:
• decode misinformation
• critically engage with media
• write your own narratives through hands-on training in digital publishing and community journalism
Still so grateful for IFF’s support! 🥹
This is our largest gift to date. And with everything going on in the world, it feels surreal to be included among this list of organizations fighting for the arts.
Learn more about our plans at the link below
This is our largest gift to date. And with everything going on in the world, it feels surreal to be included among this list of organizations fighting for the arts.
Learn more about our plans at the link below
July 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Still so grateful for IFF’s support! 🥹
This is our largest gift to date. And with everything going on in the world, it feels surreal to be included among this list of organizations fighting for the arts.
Learn more about our plans at the link below
This is our largest gift to date. And with everything going on in the world, it feels surreal to be included among this list of organizations fighting for the arts.
Learn more about our plans at the link below
Reposted by Lucky Jefferson (LJ)
Man self-promo is tuff but here goes.
If you’re seeing this, I’ve started a newsroom called 15 West (@15West.org)!
This wouldn’t be possible without a grant from Cook County and @citybureau.bsky.social.
If you’re seeing this, I’ve started a newsroom called 15 West (@15West.org)!
This wouldn’t be possible without a grant from Cook County and @citybureau.bsky.social.
Writing for 15 West
15 West is short for 15 miles west. Berwyn and Cicero, where we're based, are located less than 15 miles west of downtown Chicago.
When reaching out to us with story ideas, consider neighborhoods wes...
15west.org
June 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Man self-promo is tuff but here goes.
If you’re seeing this, I’ve started a newsroom called 15 West (@15West.org)!
This wouldn’t be possible without a grant from Cook County and @citybureau.bsky.social.
If you’re seeing this, I’ve started a newsroom called 15 West (@15West.org)!
This wouldn’t be possible without a grant from Cook County and @citybureau.bsky.social.