Marijean Oldham
@marijean.bsky.social
Writer. Entrepreneur. Baker. www.marijeanoldham.com
woohoo! Can't wait!
Friday Night Writes, our monthly open mic series for emerging songwriters and writers, returns tonight (1/2) in the shop at 7 PM. Tonight's event will be guest hosted by @marijean.bsky.social. Make sure to arrive 15 minutes early if you would like to sign up to perform!
#charlottesville #openmic
#charlottesville #openmic
January 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
woohoo! Can't wait!
It is FRIDAY, and it is the first Friday of the month! That means tonight is FRIDAY NIGHT WRITES, the open mic night for writers of poetry, prose, and song at @ndbookshop.bsky.social I get to GUEST HOST tonight, so come see me and give us 5 min. of your best stuff. Signups at 6:45pm.🔥📖
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It is FRIDAY, and it is the first Friday of the month! That means tonight is FRIDAY NIGHT WRITES, the open mic night for writers of poetry, prose, and song at @ndbookshop.bsky.social I get to GUEST HOST tonight, so come see me and give us 5 min. of your best stuff. Signups at 6:45pm.🔥📖
Congratulations to all the writers on the NiF long list! Overjoyed to see my work listed here 🤞🏻😍👀
Congratulations to all 27 writers on our 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award longlist. And thank you to everyone who entered. So many good and inventive novellas were submitted. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/12/novella-in-flash-2026-longlist/
Novella in flash 2026 Longlist
Congratulations to all the 27 authors who have made our Award long list for the 2026 Award (Final results in January, 2026) and huge thanks to all who entered.Author names are yet to be announced, …
www.bathflashfictionaward.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Congratulations to all the writers on the NiF long list! Overjoyed to see my work listed here 🤞🏻😍👀
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Great article on the improving potential for a grocery co-op in Fifeville. I wanted to donate to help their chances a tiny bit so I found their site: secure.actblue.com/donate/cvill.... Crossing my fingers this actually happens!
www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...
www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...
Fifeville moves one big step closer to having a community-owned grocery store, and it wants the city's help
Plans are moving ahead for a mixed-use development in Fifeville that will include a grocery co-op and low-cost housing, but residents need city funding to get the project to the finish line.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Great article on the improving potential for a grocery co-op in Fifeville. I wanted to donate to help their chances a tiny bit so I found their site: secure.actblue.com/donate/cvill.... Crossing my fingers this actually happens!
www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...
www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...
Fifeville is another step closer to having a grocery store www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...
Fifeville moves one big step closer to having a community-owned grocery store, but it needs the city's help
Plans are moving ahead for a mixed-use development in Fifeville that will include a grocery co-op and low-cost housing, but residents need city funding to get the project to the finish line.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Fifeville is another step closer to having a grocery store www.cvilletomorrow.org/fifeville-mo...
Good news!
I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 5th District because families and workers deserve a fair shot. Costs keep rising while salaries aren’t - and MAGA Republicans are cutting food & health care to fund corporate tax breaks instead of defending Virginia’s families.
youtu.be/C2AQX9_HMK0?...
youtu.be/C2AQX9_HMK0?...
Tom Perriello For Congress Launch Video
YouTube video by Tom Perriello
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December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good news!
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
An honor to be nominated for Best Microfiction for Tomato Season 🍅
www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-...
www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-...
Tomato Season by Marijean Oldham
To avoid canning, we ate the tomatoes as they ripened, in sandwiches, on pasta, in pie. We ate tomatoes until our tongues ached with the acid, and still we reached for more. The August heat was giving...
www.dipitylitmag.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
An honor to be nominated for Best Microfiction for Tomato Season 🍅
www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-...
www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-...
Reposted by Marijean Oldham
ULI Virginia is hosting Solving Homelessness in Charlottesville on November 19 virginia.uli.org/events/detai...
ULI Virginia: Solving Homelessness in Charlottesville | ULI Virginia
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October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
ULI Virginia is hosting Solving Homelessness in Charlottesville on November 19 virginia.uli.org/events/detai...
This is what we mean when we talk about the importance of opening lines in flash. "Emmie, my nine year old daughter, knows how to hotwire a Kia." bendinggenres.com/a-normal-kid/ Read this goodness from James Keith Smith: A Normal Kid. #flashfiction
A Normal Kid
bendinggenres.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is what we mean when we talk about the importance of opening lines in flash. "Emmie, my nine year old daughter, knows how to hotwire a Kia." bendinggenres.com/a-normal-kid/ Read this goodness from James Keith Smith: A Normal Kid. #flashfiction
Writing in Vermont in the fall (I highly recommend!) open.substack.com/pub/marijean...
Writing in Vermont in the Fall
Ochre and vermillion, maple-flavored, and crunchy
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Writing in Vermont in the fall (I highly recommend!) open.substack.com/pub/marijean...
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new new: "Franchise," by Elise Blackwell: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
new new: "Franchise," by Elise Blackwell: wigleaf.com
I'm looking for a flash fiction piece published in a journal -- I don't remember where, or who, or even the title -- but it's about a mother whose daughter has become a vampire or a zombie and the mother is helping the daughter, at great risk to herself -- does this sound familiar to anyone?
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm looking for a flash fiction piece published in a journal -- I don't remember where, or who, or even the title -- but it's about a mother whose daughter has become a vampire or a zombie and the mother is helping the daughter, at great risk to herself -- does this sound familiar to anyone?
Love this by @jekwriter.bsky.social and this whole issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Love this by @jekwriter.bsky.social and this whole issue of @claudineliterary.bsky.social
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Two hours for tweaking! So busy at the club. Running out of badges now — closes Midnight GMT. Thanks for entering. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
a group of stuffed animals are standing on a staircase in a room
ALT: a group of stuffed animals are standing on a staircase in a room
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October 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Two hours for tweaking! So busy at the club. Running out of badges now — closes Midnight GMT. Thanks for entering. Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter
Nothing jolts me out of a writing slump like my 90-year-old dad saying he's finished drafting his Netflix pilot.
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Nothing jolts me out of a writing slump like my 90-year-old dad saying he's finished drafting his Netflix pilot.
I always love work by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social This is wonderful.
Haven't been able to stop thinking about this story by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com since I read it a couple days ago. Funny, bizarre, moving, totally unique. So well done.
13.1 Septillion Pounds by Emily Rinkema
To help her sleep, we give the baby a basketball, a full-size regulation ball that my husband, CT, puts in her crib one night. He writes her name on it with a black Sharpie, bold letters like they …
okaydonkeymag.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I always love work by @emilyrinkema.bsky.social This is wonderful.
Seems to me like restaurants and businesses aren't closing due to a decrease in traffic or unhoused people. It must be something else.
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
Tourism brought in nearly $1 billion to the area in 2024 - Cville Right Now
With dining leading the way, Albemarle and Charlottesville brought in nearly $1 billion in tourism in 2024.
cvillerightnow.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Seems to me like restaurants and businesses aren't closing due to a decrease in traffic or unhoused people. It must be something else.
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
New on @dipitylitmag.bsky.social my flash Tomato Season www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-... Thank you to the editors for the love!💕
Tomato Season by Marijean Oldham
To avoid canning, we ate the tomatoes as they ripened, in sandwiches, on pasta, in pie. We ate tomatoes until our tongues ached with the acid, and still we reached for more. The August heat was giving...
www.dipitylitmag.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New on @dipitylitmag.bsky.social my flash Tomato Season www.dipitylitmag.com/post/tomato-... Thank you to the editors for the love!💕
Downtown? Come to New Dominion Bookshop for the 7pm Friday Night Writes! I’m signing up to read at the open mic. #flashfiction
September 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Downtown? Come to New Dominion Bookshop for the 7pm Friday Night Writes! I’m signing up to read at the open mic. #flashfiction
I made the submission window!
oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇
September 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I made the submission window!
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For anyone who'd like a specific feed of Flash Fiction People, the every wonderful @pleomorphic2.bsky.social has created a really useful list 👇
Hi Diane. I created this list and use it as my main feed. You can use it too - just pin it to your main feed page. It has most of the flashy people on it, and it means you only see their posts. If there’s anyone you want to add just let me know. bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
For anyone who'd like a specific feed of Flash Fiction People, the every wonderful @pleomorphic2.bsky.social has created a really useful list 👇
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The first issue of Hot Flash Literary is live--featuring phenomenal work by Mikki Aronoff, @csquareh.bsky.social Christine H. Chen, @kathyfish.bsky.social, @dianegotauthor.bsky.social, Stella Reed, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and Huina Zheng! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/
Current Issue - Hot Flash Literary
Issue 1 – Summer 2025 My Body, My Choice
hotflashliterary.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The first issue of Hot Flash Literary is live--featuring phenomenal work by Mikki Aronoff, @csquareh.bsky.social Christine H. Chen, @kathyfish.bsky.social, @dianegotauthor.bsky.social, Stella Reed, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and Huina Zheng! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/