Middle West Press
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Middle West Press is an Iowa-based editor and publisher of non-fiction, fiction, journalism, and poetry books. Our projects are often inspired by the people, places, and history of the American Midwest. Also #veterans. Visit: http://www.middlewestpress.com
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From "Line of Advance" & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards: The best new and established voices from modern wars & eras! NOW IN TWO VOLUMES !!
Series link here:
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Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
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“Just as farm boys yearn to go to New York, so do New York editors yearn to know what’s on the farm boy’s mind. Sometimes they sounded almost anxious.”
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The Magazine and the Writer: Harper's and John Bartlow Martin
While living in the Hubbard Woods neighborhood in Winnetka, Illinoi in the early 1940s with his young wife Fran, freelance writer John Bartl...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Just as farm boys yearn to go to New York, so do New York editors yearn to know what’s on the farm boy’s mind. Sometimes they sounded almost anxious.”
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GREAT JOB ALERT!
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
GREAT JOB ALERT!
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
Check out these new books from Middle West Press LLC and other members of @clmporg.bsky.social—the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)! Full list here:
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Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
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Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Check out these new books from Middle West Press LLC and other members of @clmporg.bsky.social—the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)! Full list here:
www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
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While proofreading for something just now, I learned that a symbol denoting a scene or section break in a manuscript is called a “dinkus.” I think that’s lovely.
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
While proofreading for something just now, I learned that a symbol denoting a scene or section break in a manuscript is called a “dinkus.” I think that’s lovely.
"Proud to Be" is a Veterans Lit annual anthology published by Missouri Humanities and Northwest Missouri State University’s GreenTower Press!
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
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Purchase on-line via Submittable:
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Proud to have new stuff in this year's "Proud to Be" anthology! One is a poem involving a military retirement and a urinal. The other is a micro-essay about recovering my old 12-inch G.I. Joe action figure!
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
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Purchase on-line via Submittable:
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November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Proud to Be" is a Veterans Lit annual anthology published by Missouri Humanities and Northwest Missouri State University’s GreenTower Press!
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
Congratulations to U.S. Army veteran, war poet, and Twin Cities psychiatric nurse practitioner Jessi M. Atherton on her Veterans Day reading at Iowa’s University of Dubuque!
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
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- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
- Kindle: amzn.to/3E4pUfI
- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Congratulations to U.S. Army veteran, war poet, and Twin Cities psychiatric nurse practitioner Jessi M. Atherton on her Veterans Day reading at Iowa’s University of Dubuque!
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
- Kindle: amzn.to/3E4pUfI
- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
- Kindle: amzn.to/3E4pUfI
- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
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Reminder: CfP active for next year's Midwestern History Conference hosted by Miami University of Ohio from April 30-May 1. Deadline for submissions is December 8. This thread contains more information that may help those who are thinking of but have not yet submitted a proposal. 1/x
2026 Conference — Midwestern History Association
www.midwesternhistory.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reminder: CfP active for next year's Midwestern History Conference hosted by Miami University of Ohio from April 30-May 1. Deadline for submissions is December 8. This thread contains more information that may help those who are thinking of but have not yet submitted a proposal. 1/x
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Learn more of the story at: www.notesoniowa.com/post/armisti...
Armistice Day Blizzard: Iowa Time Machine November 11, 1940
Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On November 11, 1940, the infamous Armistice Day Blizzard rocked the upper Midwest. Snowfall totals in excess of 2’ created up to 20’ deep drifts as winds ripped between 50 and 80...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The Battlefield Design colouring book is now available to order! 30 detailed drawings of aircraft, armoured vehicles and patterns. £12.95 + postage. Please note this is UK ONLY for now - international shipping option coming soon!
Order here: square.link/u/eYCAExic
Order here: square.link/u/eYCAExic
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Battlefield Design colouring book is now available to order! 30 detailed drawings of aircraft, armoured vehicles and patterns. £12.95 + postage. Please note this is UK ONLY for now - international shipping option coming soon!
Order here: square.link/u/eYCAExic
Order here: square.link/u/eYCAExic
From "Line of Advance" & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards: The best new and established voices from modern wars & eras! NOW IN TWO VOLUMES !!
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
From "Line of Advance" & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards: The best new and established voices from modern wars & eras! NOW IN TWO VOLUMES !!
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
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“Do you like bananas? Because we are going to fight a war for it”
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Do you like bananas? Because we are going to fight a war for it”
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Today in the New York Times: How federal funding cuts are hurting rural library budgets. "The financial margins were tight even before Mr. Trump tried to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services." More: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/rural-libraries.html #ForOurLibraries
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
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November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today in the New York Times: How federal funding cuts are hurting rural library budgets. "The financial margins were tight even before Mr. Trump tried to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services." More: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/rural-libraries.html #ForOurLibraries
“It’s not the Deer XING that’ll get ya!”
The book "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" collects more than 70 short poems and 300-word narratives of mythic beasts that illuminate, celebrate, or challenge stereotypes of Midwestern identity.
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The book "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" collects more than 70 short poems and 300-word narratives of mythic beasts that illuminate, celebrate, or challenge stereotypes of Midwestern identity.
Buy it here:
- Print: amzn.to/47buzvn
- Kindle: amzn.to/3ZSvQn0
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“It’s not the Deer XING that’ll get ya!”
The book "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" collects more than 70 short poems and 300-word narratives of mythic beasts that illuminate, celebrate, or challenge stereotypes of Midwestern identity.
Buy it here:
- Print: amzn.to/47buzvn
- Kindle: amzn.to/3ZSvQn0
The book "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" collects more than 70 short poems and 300-word narratives of mythic beasts that illuminate, celebrate, or challenge stereotypes of Midwestern identity.
Buy it here:
- Print: amzn.to/47buzvn
- Kindle: amzn.to/3ZSvQn0
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This old poem of mine stays relevant every November www.therupturemag.com/the-collagis...
Letters to the Editor — The Rupture
Charles Jensen
Dear November, I am tired of your rain, y...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This old poem of mine stays relevant every November www.therupturemag.com/the-collagis...
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Well. We know today is Monday. We know #TheMikey ends midnight NYC, Saturday Nov 15. We know there're 6, 5, or 4 days left, depending who's counting. We know we once confidently ran a contest countdown that ended two days before the deadline and had to style it out. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Well. We know today is Monday. We know #TheMikey ends midnight NYC, Saturday Nov 15. We know there're 6, 5, or 4 days left, depending who's counting. We know we once confidently ran a contest countdown that ended two days before the deadline and had to style it out. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
"[...] I was minding my own business, safely on the sidewalk across the median from him. But I was wearing this weighted training vest … At a glance, or if you aren’t using all of your common sense—it does make me look like an ICE agent. [...]"
I admit that I find myself thinking this a lot.
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Fascists Don't Get To Claim Whatever Symbols They Want
Particularly these soft, weak men.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"[...] I was minding my own business, safely on the sidewalk across the median from him. But I was wearing this weighted training vest … At a glance, or if you aren’t using all of your common sense—it does make me look like an ICE agent. [...]"
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"My babies needed a savior but I am no Jesus.
I have no resurrection to offer them.
I tried my best to hold them holy
but the bodies keep slipping through the bullet holes in my hands."
—Quin Killin’
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I have no resurrection to offer them.
I tried my best to hold them holy
but the bodies keep slipping through the bullet holes in my hands."
—Quin Killin’
anmly.org/ap41/quin-ki...
Quin Killin’ – ANMLY
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November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"My babies needed a savior but I am no Jesus.
I have no resurrection to offer them.
I tried my best to hold them holy
but the bodies keep slipping through the bullet holes in my hands."
—Quin Killin’
anmly.org/ap41/quin-ki...
I have no resurrection to offer them.
I tried my best to hold them holy
but the bodies keep slipping through the bullet holes in my hands."
—Quin Killin’
anmly.org/ap41/quin-ki...
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Can’t pinpoint time
In #history
Humans
Got so dumb
Now heartless A.i.
Rules the World—
Hunting us
For fun
At 1st
We weren’t worried
Becuz we
Had all the guns,
Forgot
How to fix them, tho
So now
We’re on the run…
Hiding
In the sewers
Eating maggots
On a bun 🤢
#vss365
In #history
Humans
Got so dumb
Now heartless A.i.
Rules the World—
Hunting us
For fun
At 1st
We weren’t worried
Becuz we
Had all the guns,
Forgot
How to fix them, tho
So now
We’re on the run…
Hiding
In the sewers
Eating maggots
On a bun 🤢
#vss365
a robot is standing next to a tank that says xix on the side
ALT: a robot is standing next to a tank that says xix on the side
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November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Working with and taking to @klschroeder.bsky.social has been nothing short of extraordinary. This novella is about the love of life and the ecology of death and also GOTHS IN SPACE. So get hype, folks!
"There really was a very big preserved tapeworm in a jar with ‘YUM’ written on it."
hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
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hey, it's @nicasio.bsky.social interviewing @klschroeder.bsky.social about their forthcoming novella
NO ONE TO HOLD THE DISTANT DEAD
read on (YUM)
and preorder too!
psychopomp.com/no-one-to-ho...
No One to Hold the Distant Dead: A Cover Reveal - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Inga Nyström chose to leave Earth and help the colony of Nordenmark escape a looming ecological disaster.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Working with and taking to @klschroeder.bsky.social has been nothing short of extraordinary. This novella is about the love of life and the ecology of death and also GOTHS IN SPACE. So get hype, folks!
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Thrilled to reveal the cover of THE BIG BAD BOOK OF KAIJU ( @titanbooks.bsky.social ). Stories by @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @cgolden.bsky.social, Steve Alten, @almakatsu.bsky.social, @seananmcguire.bsky.social & others. Co-edited by me & @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thrilled to reveal the cover of THE BIG BAD BOOK OF KAIJU ( @titanbooks.bsky.social ). Stories by @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @cgolden.bsky.social, Steve Alten, @almakatsu.bsky.social, @seananmcguire.bsky.social & others. Co-edited by me & @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social
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For HWA member consideration
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For HWA member consideration
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November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Guess who's back at the the Twin Cities Book Festival this Saturday? We'll be slingin' books, chattin' with y'all, and featuring two of our favorite Twin Cities authors (yes they happen to be SLP authors), @tashacoryell.bsky.social and @jeannineouellette.bsky.social.
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Guess who's back at the the Twin Cities Book Festival this Saturday? We'll be slingin' books, chattin' with y'all, and featuring two of our favorite Twin Cities authors (yes they happen to be SLP authors), @tashacoryell.bsky.social and @jeannineouellette.bsky.social.
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If you see any art in Chicago this fall, put the Elizabeth Catlett exhibition at the Art Institute at the top of your list. A moving and powerful exhibit that we really need right now.
Elizabeth Catlett's Commitment to Art and Activism Powers the Art Institute's Retrospective
In this monumental show, Catlett demonstrates her commitment to art and activism through her choice of subject matter and medium, her artistic collaborations, teaching and action.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If you see any art in Chicago this fall, put the Elizabeth Catlett exhibition at the Art Institute at the top of your list. A moving and powerful exhibit that we really need right now.
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I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."