@pacificalit.bsky.social
Lit mag based in the great Northwest. Publishing fiction, poetry, and CNF since 2012. 100% indie. In full effect at all times.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Seattle currently
💥Issue 22.1 is HERE💥
Fiction/CNF world tour: El Salvador, Gainesville, the Palouse, the betweens, & the past. Richard Breyer, Michael Fitzer, Jesse Jing, Yolanda Kwadey, Emily Lewandowski, Rho Weber Mack, & Jefferson Navicky will be ur captains speaking ✈️
www.pacificareview.com/issue-22-1/
Fiction/CNF world tour: El Salvador, Gainesville, the Palouse, the betweens, & the past. Richard Breyer, Michael Fitzer, Jesse Jing, Yolanda Kwadey, Emily Lewandowski, Rho Weber Mack, & Jefferson Navicky will be ur captains speaking ✈️
www.pacificareview.com/issue-22-1/
Issue 22.1 - Pacifica Literary Review
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January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
💥Issue 22.1 is HERE💥
Fiction/CNF world tour: El Salvador, Gainesville, the Palouse, the betweens, & the past. Richard Breyer, Michael Fitzer, Jesse Jing, Yolanda Kwadey, Emily Lewandowski, Rho Weber Mack, & Jefferson Navicky will be ur captains speaking ✈️
www.pacificareview.com/issue-22-1/
Fiction/CNF world tour: El Salvador, Gainesville, the Palouse, the betweens, & the past. Richard Breyer, Michael Fitzer, Jesse Jing, Yolanda Kwadey, Emily Lewandowski, Rho Weber Mack, & Jefferson Navicky will be ur captains speaking ✈️
www.pacificareview.com/issue-22-1/
News-type substance, delivered by orphan in pageboy cap:
Issue 22.1 will be out this week, feat. our first ever OOPS! ALL PROSE collection. Killer fiction & CNF, 110% RDA protein
Submissions are open again for 22.2 so if ur a big hoss biscuit eater who loves palindromes this is your moment
Issue 22.1 will be out this week, feat. our first ever OOPS! ALL PROSE collection. Killer fiction & CNF, 110% RDA protein
Submissions are open again for 22.2 so if ur a big hoss biscuit eater who loves palindromes this is your moment
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January 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
News-type substance, delivered by orphan in pageboy cap:
Issue 22.1 will be out this week, feat. our first ever OOPS! ALL PROSE collection. Killer fiction & CNF, 110% RDA protein
Submissions are open again for 22.2 so if ur a big hoss biscuit eater who loves palindromes this is your moment
Issue 22.1 will be out this week, feat. our first ever OOPS! ALL PROSE collection. Killer fiction & CNF, 110% RDA protein
Submissions are open again for 22.2 so if ur a big hoss biscuit eater who loves palindromes this is your moment
We'll be accepting subs til 11:59 PM Tupac Standard Time tonight, & then it's see y'all in 2026. Much love to everyone who grew as an artist this year, & everyone who became one for the first time. Keep the faith, hold the line, burn your local data center <3 <3 <3
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We'll be accepting subs til 11:59 PM Tupac Standard Time tonight, & then it's see y'all in 2026. Much love to everyone who grew as an artist this year, & everyone who became one for the first time. Keep the faith, hold the line, burn your local data center <3 <3 <3
Subs will close on 12/15 & believe it or not we really really wanna publish ur writing but Step 1 of that process is u gotta send us ur writing. Pretty please 🍒 on top mwah
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Subs will close on 12/15 & believe it or not we really really wanna publish ur writing but Step 1 of that process is u gotta send us ur writing. Pretty please 🍒 on top mwah
Oh shit it's giving Tuesday? Why don't u give uhhhhh DEEZ NUTS lmao gottem
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh shit it's giving Tuesday? Why don't u give uhhhhh DEEZ NUTS lmao gottem
Announcing our noms for 2026 Pushcarts w/questionable graphic from our MS Paint dept. In no particular order, congratulations to:
Edidiong Uzoma Essien
David Borofka
Tara Labovich
Lillian Emerick Valentine
J.P. Kemmick
Aliza Haskal
We remain proud & awed, & thank you for trusting us w/ur work ❤️🍾🔥🫅
Edidiong Uzoma Essien
David Borofka
Tara Labovich
Lillian Emerick Valentine
J.P. Kemmick
Aliza Haskal
We remain proud & awed, & thank you for trusting us w/ur work ❤️🍾🔥🫅
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Announcing our noms for 2026 Pushcarts w/questionable graphic from our MS Paint dept. In no particular order, congratulations to:
Edidiong Uzoma Essien
David Borofka
Tara Labovich
Lillian Emerick Valentine
J.P. Kemmick
Aliza Haskal
We remain proud & awed, & thank you for trusting us w/ur work ❤️🍾🔥🫅
Edidiong Uzoma Essien
David Borofka
Tara Labovich
Lillian Emerick Valentine
J.P. Kemmick
Aliza Haskal
We remain proud & awed, & thank you for trusting us w/ur work ❤️🍾🔥🫅
Thankful for all your poems, stories, and CNF, especially now. It's awesome to be in possession of so much evidence that art and artists will lead us through this bullshit. Our gratitude is immeasurable, and our day is un-ruined
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thankful for all your poems, stories, and CNF, especially now. It's awesome to be in possession of so much evidence that art and artists will lead us through this bullshit. Our gratitude is immeasurable, and our day is un-ruined
Timeline: fucked since 2016
Cause: Chicago Cubs winning World Series
Theory: fight poison with poison
Antidote: Seattle Mariners win World Series
Do the right thing, America
Cause: Chicago Cubs winning World Series
Theory: fight poison with poison
Antidote: Seattle Mariners win World Series
Do the right thing, America
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September 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Timeline: fucked since 2016
Cause: Chicago Cubs winning World Series
Theory: fight poison with poison
Antidote: Seattle Mariners win World Series
Do the right thing, America
Cause: Chicago Cubs winning World Series
Theory: fight poison with poison
Antidote: Seattle Mariners win World Series
Do the right thing, America
It's true, we are! So, uh....send us stuff? 👉🥵👈
@pacificalit.bsky.social is seeking submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for our upcoming issue. If you haven't heard, PLR is an independent mag based in Seattle. For guidelines on how to submit, check out their submissions page: www.pacificareview.com/submissions/
September 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's true, we are! So, uh....send us stuff? 👉🥵👈
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We carry versions of our people in us. How tricky it can be to sort our version of them from the real thing.
Thank you @pacificalit.bsky.social, my therapist, and Internal Family Systems. #ifs
www.pacificareview.com/issue-21-2/
Thank you @pacificalit.bsky.social, my therapist, and Internal Family Systems. #ifs
www.pacificareview.com/issue-21-2/
September 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We carry versions of our people in us. How tricky it can be to sort our version of them from the real thing.
Thank you @pacificalit.bsky.social, my therapist, and Internal Family Systems. #ifs
www.pacificareview.com/issue-21-2/
Thank you @pacificalit.bsky.social, my therapist, and Internal Family Systems. #ifs
www.pacificareview.com/issue-21-2/
⏰ISSUE 21.3 IS LIVE⏰ feat. Jason Allen, David Borofka, Gary Duehr, Edidiong Uzoma Essien, @hggilham.bsky.social, Aliza Haskal, Joi Haskins, @taralabovich.bsky.social, Patrick Meeds, John A. Nieves, Joey Wańczyk, & @severinwiggenhorn.bsky.social. Behold & be held:
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Pacifica Literary Review
Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.
www.pacificareview.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
⏰ISSUE 21.3 IS LIVE⏰ feat. Jason Allen, David Borofka, Gary Duehr, Edidiong Uzoma Essien, @hggilham.bsky.social, Aliza Haskal, Joi Haskins, @taralabovich.bsky.social, Patrick Meeds, John A. Nieves, Joey Wańczyk, & @severinwiggenhorn.bsky.social. Behold & be held:
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Subs for January issue will open tomorrow. Subs we're after: poetry, cheese steaks, fiction, CNF, chicken parm, & those 6 foot party subs. Extra oil & vinegar b/c we don't fukk w/dry things over here
September 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Subs for January issue will open tomorrow. Subs we're after: poetry, cheese steaks, fiction, CNF, chicken parm, & those 6 foot party subs. Extra oil & vinegar b/c we don't fukk w/dry things over here
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
Currently working thru the subs for the September issue, if u sent work & haven't heard back from us yet it's either 1) a good sign, or 2) we're slacking. Stay tuned to find out which
August 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Currently working thru the subs for the September issue, if u sent work & haven't heard back from us yet it's either 1) a good sign, or 2) we're slacking. Stay tuned to find out which
Last day to send us ur writing for the Sept issue. So do it. That's it, end marketing
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August 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Last day to send us ur writing for the Sept issue. So do it. That's it, end marketing
Subs for the Sept edition close in 5 days, so this is excellent timing
The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Literary Short Stories feat. @pacificalit.bsky.social @reckoningmag.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social @januaryhouselit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Literary Short Stories feat. @pacificalit.bsky.social @reckoningmag.bsky.social @mergansermagazine.bsky.social @januaryhouselit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/general-literary-short-stories-16h6r2Wb
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August 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Subs for the Sept edition close in 5 days, so this is excellent timing
Resisting the urge to continually fill ur feed with marketing, but we're still here and still taking submissions for the September edition. Details & all that at www.pacificareview.com
This concludes our contribution to ur advertising caloric intake
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Pacifica Literary Review
Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.
www.pacificareview.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Resisting the urge to continually fill ur feed with marketing, but we're still here and still taking submissions for the September edition. Details & all that at www.pacificareview.com
This concludes our contribution to ur advertising caloric intake
This concludes our contribution to ur advertising caloric intake
We'll be at the Chuckanut Writer's Conference in Bellingham this weekend, so if ur going stop by and say hi! If ur not going, WHY NOT? Don't u deserve some enjoyment, community, inspiration? Of course u do
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June 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We'll be at the Chuckanut Writer's Conference in Bellingham this weekend, so if ur going stop by and say hi! If ur not going, WHY NOT? Don't u deserve some enjoyment, community, inspiration? Of course u do
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Taking a shot every time Submittable adds another click to access the subs
June 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Taking a shot every time Submittable adds another click to access the subs
New Folio today, feat. Josh Bettinger! "Oneirophobia" explores the confluence/collision of the intensely personal with the aggressively impersonal, memory told through water, and the struggle to preserve the quiet intimacies we create to defend ourselves:
www.pacificareview.com/oneirophobia/
www.pacificareview.com/oneirophobia/
Oneirophobia - Pacifica Literary Review
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June 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New Folio today, feat. Josh Bettinger! "Oneirophobia" explores the confluence/collision of the intensely personal with the aggressively impersonal, memory told through water, and the struggle to preserve the quiet intimacies we create to defend ourselves:
www.pacificareview.com/oneirophobia/
www.pacificareview.com/oneirophobia/
New issue is LIVE and IN FULL EFFECT. Feat. Miriam Akervall, @daynabateman.bsky.social, @ebenbein.bsky.social , @danielbrennanreads.bsky.social, Karan Kapoor, JP Kemmick, @poetryphone.bsky.social, Megan Snyder-Camp, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, & Virginia Watts
Be astonished: www.pacificareview.com
Be astonished: www.pacificareview.com
Pacifica Literary Review
Publishing online and in print since 2012. Based in the great northwest.
www.pacificareview.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
New issue is LIVE and IN FULL EFFECT. Feat. Miriam Akervall, @daynabateman.bsky.social, @ebenbein.bsky.social , @danielbrennanreads.bsky.social, Karan Kapoor, JP Kemmick, @poetryphone.bsky.social, Megan Snyder-Camp, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, & Virginia Watts
Be astonished: www.pacificareview.com
Be astonished: www.pacificareview.com
Issue 21.2 will drop in next couple days, feat. the full unmitigated power of:
Jory Mickelson
Eben Bein
Megan Snyder-Camp
JP Kemmick
Miriam Akervall
Daniel Brennan
Dayna Bateman
Karan Kapoor
Virginia Watts
Sarp Sozdinler
Visual representation of everything in issue below
Jory Mickelson
Eben Bein
Megan Snyder-Camp
JP Kemmick
Miriam Akervall
Daniel Brennan
Dayna Bateman
Karan Kapoor
Virginia Watts
Sarp Sozdinler
Visual representation of everything in issue below
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May 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Issue 21.2 will drop in next couple days, feat. the full unmitigated power of:
Jory Mickelson
Eben Bein
Megan Snyder-Camp
JP Kemmick
Miriam Akervall
Daniel Brennan
Dayna Bateman
Karan Kapoor
Virginia Watts
Sarp Sozdinler
Visual representation of everything in issue below
Jory Mickelson
Eben Bein
Megan Snyder-Camp
JP Kemmick
Miriam Akervall
Daniel Brennan
Dayna Bateman
Karan Kapoor
Virginia Watts
Sarp Sozdinler
Visual representation of everything in issue below
New issue drops this week & until then subs are OPEN once again. P/F/CNF is our A/S/L
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May 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New issue drops this week & until then subs are OPEN once again. P/F/CNF is our A/S/L
Subs will reopen on 5/5, so if u missed us last time around: viola, ur opportunity re-presents itself, evergreen & seductive.
If u did not miss us last time around, but instead withheld ur work of immense power & beauty: dick move, bro. Remedy this oversight & we'll let bygones begones
If u did not miss us last time around, but instead withheld ur work of immense power & beauty: dick move, bro. Remedy this oversight & we'll let bygones begones
May 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Subs will reopen on 5/5, so if u missed us last time around: viola, ur opportunity re-presents itself, evergreen & seductive.
If u did not miss us last time around, but instead withheld ur work of immense power & beauty: dick move, bro. Remedy this oversight & we'll let bygones begones
If u did not miss us last time around, but instead withheld ur work of immense power & beauty: dick move, bro. Remedy this oversight & we'll let bygones begones