Matt Jakubowski (he/him)
@mattjakubowski.bsky.social
Multi-genre writer & sk8r dad in Philly.
Flash & micros in Boudin, Scaffold, Gone Lawn, YIV, Variant Lit, JAKE, Milk Candy, JMWW, Bending Genres, Best Microfiction 2024.
Forthcoming from Temple in a City & Doric Literary.
www.mattjakubowski.com/fiction
Flash & micros in Boudin, Scaffold, Gone Lawn, YIV, Variant Lit, JAKE, Milk Candy, JMWW, Bending Genres, Best Microfiction 2024.
Forthcoming from Temple in a City & Doric Literary.
www.mattjakubowski.com/fiction
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“I still don’t know which taste better, the tears from crying or from laughing.”
“I’m on my ass naked in three inches of bathwater in my divorce apartment.”
Thrilled to have my first story of 2026 in the Mardi Gras microfiction issue of Boudin/McNeese Review! A tiny tale about tears and the particular sadness of watermelon shampoo.
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Thrilled to have my first story of 2026 in the Mardi Gras microfiction issue of Boudin/McNeese Review! A tiny tale about tears and the particular sadness of watermelon shampoo.
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
Bathtub Divorce-Tears Gin – The McNeese Review
www.mcneese.edu
February 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“I still don’t know which taste better, the tears from crying or from laughing.”
“I’m on my ass naked in three inches of bathwater in my divorce apartment.”
Thrilled to have my first story of 2026 in the Mardi Gras microfiction issue of Boudin/McNeese Review! A tiny tale about tears and the particular sadness of watermelon shampoo.
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
Thrilled to have my first story of 2026 in the Mardi Gras microfiction issue of Boudin/McNeese Review! A tiny tale about tears and the particular sadness of watermelon shampoo.
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
Bathtub Divorce-Tears Gin – The McNeese Review
www.mcneese.edu
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“I’m on my ass naked in three inches of bathwater in my divorce apartment.”
Thrilled to have my first story of 2026 in the Mardi Gras microfiction issue of Boudin/McNeese Review! A tiny tale about tears and the particular sadness of watermelon shampoo.
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
Thrilled to have my first story of 2026 in the Mardi Gras microfiction issue of Boudin/McNeese Review! A tiny tale about tears and the particular sadness of watermelon shampoo.
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
the sky last night
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
the sky last night
So excited my new micro — “Bathtub Divorce-Tears Gin” — is in the Mardi Gras Microfiction issue of Boudin Journal!
Huge thanks to editor @vallielynnwatson.bsky.social for including me in this issue, which is chock-full of amazing writers
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
Huge thanks to editor @vallielynnwatson.bsky.social for including me in this issue, which is chock-full of amazing writers
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
So excited my new micro — “Bathtub Divorce-Tears Gin” — is in the Mardi Gras Microfiction issue of Boudin Journal!
Huge thanks to editor @vallielynnwatson.bsky.social for including me in this issue, which is chock-full of amazing writers
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
Huge thanks to editor @vallielynnwatson.bsky.social for including me in this issue, which is chock-full of amazing writers
www.mcneese.edu/thereview/ba...
When I lived in Iowa in the mid-‘80s, me and my 6th grade friends had a breakdancing group and did demos for the whole school. Good times, even better fashion 🙂
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
When I lived in Iowa in the mid-‘80s, me and my 6th grade friends had a breakdancing group and did demos for the whole school. Good times, even better fashion 🙂
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New call for submissions from @barrelhouse.bsky.social: The Aftermath. We're looking for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art about what happens AFTER the big story is over and life goes back to "normal" (or whatever counts as "normal"). More details here:
Barrelhouse - Online Issue: The Aftermath
The Aftermath
Stories often focus on the climactic events in one’s life, but after these points of intensity, the world goes on. What happens when the adventure is over? How do you live your daily lif...
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February 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
New call for submissions from @barrelhouse.bsky.social: The Aftermath. We're looking for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art about what happens AFTER the big story is over and life goes back to "normal" (or whatever counts as "normal"). More details here:
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You have a full hour before the Friends at the Table marathon stream begins to LUXURIATE IN ALL NEW QUEER WRITING ABOUT PLANTS
Go read the new issue @sarahclark.bsky.social just dropped and tell your friends!
Go read the new issue @sarahclark.bsky.social just dropped and tell your friends!
ALOCASIA #17 is here w/ queer planty writing as winter writhes into spring!
w/ Christopher Phelps, Shui-yin Sharon Yam, Adrian Dallas Frandle, Erin Mizrahi, Nikki Wallschlaeger, wallamide, Zoe Adrien Lapa, Tara Labovich, oleg olizev, & Aaron El Sabrout
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w/ Christopher Phelps, Shui-yin Sharon Yam, Adrian Dallas Frandle, Erin Mizrahi, Nikki Wallschlaeger, wallamide, Zoe Adrien Lapa, Tara Labovich, oleg olizev, & Aaron El Sabrout
alocasia.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
You have a full hour before the Friends at the Table marathon stream begins to LUXURIATE IN ALL NEW QUEER WRITING ABOUT PLANTS
Go read the new issue @sarahclark.bsky.social just dropped and tell your friends!
Go read the new issue @sarahclark.bsky.social just dropped and tell your friends!
such a good one
February 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
such a good one
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Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between February 1 and March 15 for our Spring 2026 issue and beyond. Submissions welcome from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/call-for-spr...
#callforsubmissions
#callforsubmissions
Call for Spring Poetry Submissions
PCR is calling for submissions of original poetry from February 1 and March 15 for our Summer 2026 issue and beyond. Read this post for details!
phillychapbookreview.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Philly Chapbook Review is calling for #submissions of original #poetry between February 1 and March 15 for our Spring 2026 issue and beyond. Submissions welcome from #poets everywhere. Full details can be found at the link: phillychapbookreview.org/call-for-spr...
#callforsubmissions
#callforsubmissions
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Based on what I know it’s likely I’ll have 4 short stories published in the next few weeks, which is an awesome and rare coincidence for me. So I’m going to apologize in advance for the equally likely uptick in my social posts as the stories become available online!
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Based on what I know it’s likely I’ll have 4 short stories published in the next few weeks, which is an awesome and rare coincidence for me. So I’m going to apologize in advance for the equally likely uptick in my social posts as the stories become available online!
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Issue 22 is officially here!
We'll share highlights from these prose pieces and poems in the coming days. Check out the whole issue here: variantlit.com/issue-twenty...
We'll share highlights from these prose pieces and poems in the coming days. Check out the whole issue here: variantlit.com/issue-twenty...
ISSUE TWENTY-TWO
Variant Literature Issue 22 (Winter 2026) features poetry from T. De Los Reyes, Kathy Jiang, Arielle Kaplan, Grace H. Zhou, and Jeff Whitney, and more. The issue also includes prose by Joey Hedger,…
variantlit.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Issue 22 is officially here!
We'll share highlights from these prose pieces and poems in the coming days. Check out the whole issue here: variantlit.com/issue-twenty...
We'll share highlights from these prose pieces and poems in the coming days. Check out the whole issue here: variantlit.com/issue-twenty...
Based on what I know it’s likely I’ll have 4 short stories published in the next few weeks, which is an awesome and rare coincidence for me. So I’m going to apologize in advance for the equally likely uptick in my social posts as the stories become available online!
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Based on what I know it’s likely I’ll have 4 short stories published in the next few weeks, which is an awesome and rare coincidence for me. So I’m going to apologize in advance for the equally likely uptick in my social posts as the stories become available online!
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
West Philly sunset, first day above freezing in quite a while
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
West Philly sunset, first day above freezing in quite a while
Being in a country illegally isn’t a huge crime, it’s a paperwork issue. That’s it. Paperwork. If you don’t like immigrants being here illegally get up and go help people with their paperwork. Help them get lawyers. Keep them safe until their paperwork is ready. Otherwise stfu.
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Being in a country illegally isn’t a huge crime, it’s a paperwork issue. That’s it. Paperwork. If you don’t like immigrants being here illegally get up and go help people with their paperwork. Help them get lawyers. Keep them safe until their paperwork is ready. Otherwise stfu.
I’m really not a fan of the new Bluesky update because now when I open the app, there’s my avatar at the top of my feed asking me what’s up
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I’m really not a fan of the new Bluesky update because now when I open the app, there’s my avatar at the top of my feed asking me what’s up
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This is the disastrous impact of the Republican health care crisis.
Because of Trump and congressional Republicans’ inaction, insurance premiums are skyrocketing and tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians are being forced to go without health insurance.
Because of Trump and congressional Republicans’ inaction, insurance premiums are skyrocketing and tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians are being forced to go without health insurance.
85,000 Pennie customers dropped health plans as tax credits shrank and costs spiked
The number of people dropping coverage is expected to increase in the next few months, Pennie warned.
www.inquirer.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
This is the disastrous impact of the Republican health care crisis.
Because of Trump and congressional Republicans’ inaction, insurance premiums are skyrocketing and tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians are being forced to go without health insurance.
Because of Trump and congressional Republicans’ inaction, insurance premiums are skyrocketing and tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians are being forced to go without health insurance.
“There once was a young couple deeply in love. Then they were not. The man fell in love with a tree, a river birch, whose beauty inspired in him something he could no longer see in people.”
Need a quick, quirky story for your Sunday? Here’s my micro in Scaffold
www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...
Need a quick, quirky story for your Sunday? Here’s my micro in Scaffold
www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...
the river birch by matthew jakubowski — scaffold literary magazine
micro fiction
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February 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
“There once was a young couple deeply in love. Then they were not. The man fell in love with a tree, a river birch, whose beauty inspired in him something he could no longer see in people.”
Need a quick, quirky story for your Sunday? Here’s my micro in Scaffold
www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...
Need a quick, quirky story for your Sunday? Here’s my micro in Scaffold
www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s always a fantastic feeling to get edits on a story from an editor who really cares and loves the story. Never gets old ✨
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s always a fantastic feeling to get edits on a story from an editor who really cares and loves the story. Never gets old ✨
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Reminder: Hot Flash Literary is open for subs for just two more weeks (!) for Issue 3: Fire and Ice. Subs open to women-identifying writers. #flashfiction #flashCNF #prosepoetry hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
Submissions - Hot Flash Literary
Submissions Guidelines From January 5 through February 20, 2026, we will be open for submissions for Issue 3. The theme: Fire and ice. Creative interpretations of the theme are encouraged. To get a fe...
hotflashliterary.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Reminder: Hot Flash Literary is open for subs for just two more weeks (!) for Issue 3: Fire and Ice. Subs open to women-identifying writers. #flashfiction #flashCNF #prosepoetry hotflashliterary.com/submissions/
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who called it watership down and not warren peace
February 7, 2026 at 1:47 AM
who called it watership down and not warren peace
That’s my rep @repdwightevans.bsky.social telling it like it is in the Inquirer
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
That’s my rep @repdwightevans.bsky.social telling it like it is in the Inquirer
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Art Omi: Writers Translation Lab 2026 is open for submissions! The Translation Lab is a 12-day special, intensive residency for five collaborating writer-translator teams in the fall of 2026. More info and how to apply here: buff.ly/prFjCZR
Art Omi: Writers Translation Lab 2026 Open Call - Art Omi
Art Omi: Writers Translation Lab is a 12-day special, intensive residency for five collaborating writer-translator teams in the fall of 2026.
artomi.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Art Omi: Writers Translation Lab 2026 is open for submissions! The Translation Lab is a 12-day special, intensive residency for five collaborating writer-translator teams in the fall of 2026. More info and how to apply here: buff.ly/prFjCZR
Oh and today he had time to post racist videos about the Obamas, and is still not answering questions about Epstein. Such a hard worker! Such a down-to-earth guy!
February 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Oh and today he had time to post racist videos about the Obamas, and is still not answering questions about Epstein. Such a hard worker! Such a down-to-earth guy!
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So grateful to English PEN for their support, and for everything they do to champion international literature 🙏
My translation of Rania Mamoun’s UNDER THE NEEM TREE is coming to you next year from @commapress.bsky.social in the UK & @thenewpress.bsky.social in the US!
My translation of Rania Mamoun’s UNDER THE NEEM TREE is coming to you next year from @commapress.bsky.social in the UK & @thenewpress.bsky.social in the US!
We’re delighted to announce that 18 titles from 14 publishers, 12 languages and 16 regions have won #PENTranslates awards.
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PEN Translates winners announced - News & Events - English PEN
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February 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
So grateful to English PEN for their support, and for everything they do to champion international literature 🙏
My translation of Rania Mamoun’s UNDER THE NEEM TREE is coming to you next year from @commapress.bsky.social in the UK & @thenewpress.bsky.social in the US!
My translation of Rania Mamoun’s UNDER THE NEEM TREE is coming to you next year from @commapress.bsky.social in the UK & @thenewpress.bsky.social in the US!