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Nerve to Write
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A Magazine for Disabled, Chronically Ill, and Neurodivergent Writers.
Editor-in-Chief @sfmontgomery.bsky.social.
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We are open for art submissions from disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers until April 1st! Submission guidelines on the N2W site!
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February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Our grad students held the first staff meeting of the semester last night to talk about our inaugural issue and what they are looking for in submissions! Plus, they’ve got interviews, book reviews, and more lined up for this spring. If you haven’t sent in your work, what are you waiting for?
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January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Spend your snow day reading Emily Lapomardo's book review of @travisclau.bsky.social's @smallharborpub.bsky.social What’s Left is Tender!

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A Review of Travis Chi Wing Lau's What's Left Is Tender
In his new book of poetry, What’s Left is Tender, Travis Chi Wing Lau documents the numerous faces of tenderness as it intersects with disability, queerness, and culture. Lau traces the experiences of...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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We are currently reading poetry submissions from disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers! Submission guidelines on the N2W site!
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January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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New on the N2W site—editor Mialise Carney reviews Susanne Paola Antonetta’s The Devil’s Castle!

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A Review of The Devil’s Castle by Susanne Paola Antonetta
In her latest book, The Devil’s Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today, Susanne Paola Antonetta traces over 200 years of history through Germany’s ...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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We are currently open for fiction submissions from disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers! We are reading flash fiction, full-length stories, and more until April 1st!
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January 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Celebrating late into the night hasn't stopped people from submitting on the first day of our spring submission window! We are officially open for submissions, so disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers, we hope you send work our way!
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January 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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We're counting down to a new year and a new submission window! We reopen for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid, and art submissions on January 1st. Visit our website for more submission information.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Editor Mialise Carney kicks off our interview series with an interview with @travisclau.bsky.social about his latest @smallharborpub.bsky.social poetry collection What’s Left is Tender!

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An Interview with Travis Chi Wing Lau
Travis Chi Wing Lau’s latest poetry collection, What’s Left is Tender, examines tenderness in all its form—a gentle touch, a state of softness after violence, a youthfulness, an exchange, a bodily ach...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The first installment of our book review series is live! Read Jackie Martin’s review of @livmammone.bsky.social's @gameoverbooks.bsky.social Fire in the Waiting Room!

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A Review of Liv Mammone's Fire in the Waiting Room
With a voice that is at once lyrical, intimate, and unapologetically confrontational, Liv Mammone explores the intersections of disability, queerness, and identity in her new book Fire in the Waiting ...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Sending out Monday morning acceptances to make things merry and bright!
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December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Our fall submission period is officially closed. Many thanks to everyone who submitted work to our inaugural issue. We’ll reopen January 1st!
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November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Spooky season is the perfect time to submit! We’re open for submissions from disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers until tomorrow!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Our fall submission window has gone so fast it’s scary! This is our last week open for submissions until next year, so get your nonfiction, fiction, poetry hybrid work, and art in by November 1st!
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October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Nerve to Write is open for poetry submissions until November 1st!
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October 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Nerve to Write is open for art submissions until November 1st!
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October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Nerve to Write is open for hybrid submissions until November 1st! Send us your graphic poetry and narrative, comics, erasures, speculative work, and more!
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October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The only thing scarier than spooky season is everyday ableism! Here’s to carving out an inclusive space for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers!
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October 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Nerve to Write is open for fiction submissions until November 1st! Send us your flash fiction, full-length stories, and more!
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October 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Nerve to Write is open for nonfiction submissions until November 1st! Send us your flash nonfiction, lyric essays, memoir, and more!
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October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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We’re halfway through our submission window! You have until November 1st to submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid writing, and artwork.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Last in our meet the editors series is @froid.bsky.social!
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September 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Are you a disabled, chronically ill, or neurodivergent writer with a recent or forthcoming book? If so, query us about our new book review and interview series. We'd love to celebrate your work!
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September 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Next up in our meet the editors series is Mialise Carney!
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September 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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We’re spending the morning reading submissions! Have you sent work in yet?
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September 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM