Molly Akin
@mollyakin.bsky.social
Kansas transplant to coastal MA. Library director, poet and occasional essayist. HOSPICE now available. | she/her | mollyakin.com
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We're thrilled to announce the panel of authors who will select the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Nicola Griffith
Mat Johnson
Fonda Lee
Darcie Little Badger
Peter Rock
Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
Nicola Griffith
Mat Johnson
Fonda Lee
Darcie Little Badger
Peter Rock
Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
February 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
We're thrilled to announce the panel of authors who will select the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Nicola Griffith
Mat Johnson
Fonda Lee
Darcie Little Badger
Peter Rock
Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
Nicola Griffith
Mat Johnson
Fonda Lee
Darcie Little Badger
Peter Rock
Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
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My newsletter’s back up & running after a little break! This month features a fantastic @susanpoet.bsky.social poem, the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social, a video poem, & more.
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February 2026
a great poem, announcements, & a prompt
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February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
My newsletter’s back up & running after a little break! This month features a fantastic @susanpoet.bsky.social poem, the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social, a video poem, & more.
jeremymichaelreed.beehiiv.com/p/february-2...
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Thrilled to have two pieces in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social!
Cannot be more excited for Issue One to be out for everyone to read! Incredible, incredible work here from @mollyakin.bsky.social @jackbedell.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @djvorreyer.bsky.social & more!
Our first issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @mollyakin.bsky.social, Lindsey D. Alexander, @jackbedell.bsky.social, @amorak.bsky.social, Brynn Martin, & @djvorreyer.bsky.social:
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January 28, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Thrilled to have two pieces in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social!
Excited for this debut!
Neurocabin (Spuyten Duyvil, Dec. 2025) is my debut poetry collection. I used the words I could remember and had to make a few up. It's on Bookshop-dot-org and other sites along with some blurbs: bookshop.org/p/books/neur...
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Excited for this debut!
Excited to kick off 2026 with a reading at Broadside Bookshop! Join me in person on Tuesday, January 20th at 7pm. I'll be reading from my recently published chapbook Hospice and my full-length manuscript.
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Excited to kick off 2026 with a reading at Broadside Bookshop! Join me in person on Tuesday, January 20th at 7pm. I'll be reading from my recently published chapbook Hospice and my full-length manuscript.
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Sharing this elegy for Renee Nicole Good, from Minneapolis poet Danez Smith:
“The role of us poets is to witness the world…With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us, to our own lives, and to our countries.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
“The role of us poets is to witness the world…With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us, to our own lives, and to our countries.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
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January 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Sharing this elegy for Renee Nicole Good, from Minneapolis poet Danez Smith:
“The role of us poets is to witness the world…With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us, to our own lives, and to our countries.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
“The role of us poets is to witness the world…With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us, to our own lives, and to our countries.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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POETS: If you're not exactly a spring chicken (I consider myself a mid-to-late-summer bird) I highly recommend taking a gander (sorry, not trying to pun, it just happened) at The Stern Prize. What a lovely framework for a prize: 50 & over. I mean, it takes a half-century to unlearn some things, yes?
American Poetry Review Submission Manager
Thank you for your interest in The American Poetry Review! Please find submission guidelines under the categories below.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
POETS: If you're not exactly a spring chicken (I consider myself a mid-to-late-summer bird) I highly recommend taking a gander (sorry, not trying to pun, it just happened) at The Stern Prize. What a lovely framework for a prize: 50 & over. I mean, it takes a half-century to unlearn some things, yes?
So excited to hear today that I'll have some work in the first issue!!
We are officially open to submissions for Issue 1 to be published in early 2026! Send us some work to consider!
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
So excited to hear today that I'll have some work in the first issue!!
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Don’t buy anything today. ✊
Read a book. Rest as much as you can.
(Write a list of things to buy later.)
#nobuy #blackfriday 📚💙
Read a book. Rest as much as you can.
(Write a list of things to buy later.)
#nobuy #blackfriday 📚💙
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Don’t buy anything today. ✊
Read a book. Rest as much as you can.
(Write a list of things to buy later.)
#nobuy #blackfriday 📚💙
Read a book. Rest as much as you can.
(Write a list of things to buy later.)
#nobuy #blackfriday 📚💙
New journal accepting submissions
We are officially open to submissions for Issue 1 to be published in early 2026! Send us some work to consider!
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New journal accepting submissions
Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for picking up the first of a series of med side effect poems.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for picking up the first of a series of med side effect poems.
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what a piece today, from Molly Akin!!
"One time I lost words. They slipped out and were buried under sand, finely ground, collected, disbursed."
https://www.havehashad.com/mf5jn
"One time I lost words. They slipped out and were buried under sand, finely ground, collected, disbursed."
https://www.havehashad.com/mf5jn
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
what a piece today, from Molly Akin!!
"One time I lost words. They slipped out and were buried under sand, finely ground, collected, disbursed."
https://www.havehashad.com/mf5jn
"One time I lost words. They slipped out and were buried under sand, finely ground, collected, disbursed."
https://www.havehashad.com/mf5jn
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Very much looking forward to reading with @janehuffman.bsky.social and Patrick Donnelly virtually on 11/20, 7pm EST. Hosted by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social: bit.ly/HospiceBookL...
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Very much looking forward to reading with @janehuffman.bsky.social and Patrick Donnelly virtually on 11/20, 7pm EST. Hosted by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social: bit.ly/HospiceBookL...
My first Pushcart nomination! Thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for nominating "Tail" from my chapbook.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My first Pushcart nomination! Thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for nominating "Tail" from my chapbook.
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an extra hour this morning! what if I fill it with a 30-60 minute spontaneous submission call??
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
an extra hour this morning! what if I fill it with a 30-60 minute spontaneous submission call??
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
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A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years. n.pr/3WYkn3o
A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years. n.pr/3WYkn3o
Signed copies are off!
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Signed copies are off!
She's here! Holding my first book is both overwhelming and wonderful. Huge thanks to @janehuffman.bsky.social, @josehernandezdz.bsky.social, and Tatiana Johnson-Boria for the generous blurbs and support. Forever grateful for Jane's guidance and editor's eye.
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
She's here! Holding my first book is both overwhelming and wonderful. Huge thanks to @janehuffman.bsky.social, @josehernandezdz.bsky.social, and Tatiana Johnson-Boria for the generous blurbs and support. Forever grateful for Jane's guidance and editor's eye.
Started off 42 by sharing a stage w/ @janehuffman.bsky.social, @chloemartinez.bsky.social, Ellen Kombiyil, and Minal Hajratwala at Lit Youngstown. It was a soul filling birthday weekend!
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Started off 42 by sharing a stage w/ @janehuffman.bsky.social, @chloemartinez.bsky.social, Ellen Kombiyil, and Minal Hajratwala at Lit Youngstown. It was a soul filling birthday weekend!