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Submissions for Issue Seven open February 15, 2026!
Submissions for Issue Seven open February 15, 2026!
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@s2fjournal.bsky.social
· Dec 14
We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
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TADA!!!!! your #AWP26 thursday plans have landed
please note: the venue is (unfortunately) up a steep flight of stairs
please note: the venue is (unfortunately) up a steep flight of stairs
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Our social media promotion of Issue Six ended yesterday. So proud of this issue, and cannot wait for submissions to open for Issue Seven (!!!) in February.
#writingcommunity #poetry
#writingcommunity #poetry
We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
January 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Our social media promotion of Issue Six ended yesterday. So proud of this issue, and cannot wait for submissions to open for Issue Seven (!!!) in February.
#writingcommunity #poetry
#writingcommunity #poetry
The last poem from Issue Six is "Liminal Light," by Duma Lupe Davila and Renee Alexander. I love the precision and gentleness of the poem. It closes our issue so, so beautifully.
Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
January 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The last poem from Issue Six is "Liminal Light," by Duma Lupe Davila and Renee Alexander. I love the precision and gentleness of the poem. It closes our issue so, so beautifully.
Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Next up from Issue Six is "Ganymede" by @louisehurrell.bsky.social (Flame) and Sam Kerbel (Spark). “You’d call me a moon, say I’m barren / that I simply cannot sustain life..." and it also introduced me to Pàdraig MacAoidh.
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#writingcommunity #poetry
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#writingcommunity #poetry
January 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Next up from Issue Six is "Ganymede" by @louisehurrell.bsky.social (Flame) and Sam Kerbel (Spark). “You’d call me a moon, say I’m barren / that I simply cannot sustain life..." and it also introduced me to Pàdraig MacAoidh.
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#writingcommunity #poetry
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#writingcommunity #poetry
Today we are highlighting "Brood XXII" by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke (Flame) and Joey Price (Spark). "We have waited so long / in the cold, hard, silent ground / let now be our time / to scream, scream, scream."
Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Today we are highlighting "Brood XXII" by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke (Flame) and Joey Price (Spark). "We have waited so long / in the cold, hard, silent ground / let now be our time / to scream, scream, scream."
Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Next up from Issue Six is "Ecdysis" by J.D. (flame) and Paige Groome (Spark). "Human nature is an insatiable itch / straitjacket perfection cannot scratch."
Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
January 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Next up from Issue Six is "Ecdysis" by J.D. (flame) and Paige Groome (Spark). "Human nature is an insatiable itch / straitjacket perfection cannot scratch."
Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
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happy new year! submissions to both GARLAND and our blog are open starting today
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
happy new year! submissions to both GARLAND and our blog are open starting today
Happy New Year! Here’s to more poetry, more collaboration, more art. More. more. more.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Happy New Year! Here’s to more poetry, more collaboration, more art. More. more. more.
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Next up from Issue Six is "Retrocausality" by @mithalanis.bsky.social (Flame) and J.D. (Spark). It brings us through the liminal, the ache, the solace of change and growth.
Check it out, page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
December 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Next up from Issue Six is "Retrocausality" by @mithalanis.bsky.social (Flame) and J.D. (Spark). It brings us through the liminal, the ache, the solace of change and growth.
Check it out, page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
This looks so cool! Check it out!
We haven’t gotten any collaborative submissions yet and would LOVE to see some!!
e(i 8: Collage wants YOU to remix our archive!
Let's make a crazy quilt!
See Guidelines for details: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP
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Let's make a crazy quilt!
See Guidelines for details: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP
#poetry #poetrycommunity #indielit #indiemag #litmag #writingcommunity #artistcommunity #art #collage
December 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This looks so cool! Check it out!
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I'm delighted with how Sam Kerbel took a little thought I had that didn't fit anywhere and built so much around it. Definitely give it a read when you have a moment!
Next up from Issue Six is "2020 Vision" by Sam Kerbel (Flame) and @mithalanis.bsky.social (Spark). I love "I say we'd shine despite the fire / The heavy knowledge of knowing..."
Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm delighted with how Sam Kerbel took a little thought I had that didn't fit anywhere and built so much around it. Definitely give it a read when you have a moment!
Next up from Issue Six is "2020 Vision" by Sam Kerbel (Flame) and @mithalanis.bsky.social (Spark). I love "I say we'd shine despite the fire / The heavy knowledge of knowing..."
Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Next up from Issue Six is "2020 Vision" by Sam Kerbel (Flame) and @mithalanis.bsky.social (Spark). I love "I say we'd shine despite the fire / The heavy knowledge of knowing..."
Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
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Today we are highlighting "Aurora" by Sarah Watkins (Flame) and @louisehurrell.bsky.social (Spark). I love the interplay between the internal and external in this piece.
Check it out-page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out-page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
December 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Today we are highlighting "Aurora" by Sarah Watkins (Flame) and @louisehurrell.bsky.social (Spark). I love the interplay between the internal and external in this piece.
Check it out-page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Check it out-page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
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Really appreciate the care that @s2fjournal.bsky.social put into cultivating such a unique mag and the love they've given Neal and I.
Neal sent me a line and a concept and together we kept drafting and adding more til we had this where we wanted. Our most collaborative yet, hope youll read the work
Neal sent me a line and a concept and together we kept drafting and adding more til we had this where we wanted. Our most collaborative yet, hope youll read the work
First up from Issue Six is the collaboratively written poem, "We Write What We Know" by @nathanthegreathan.bsky.social and Neal Allen Shipley. I love how it grapples with knowing and non-knowing, tension, shame, and identity.
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#writingcommunity #poetry
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#writingcommunity #poetry
December 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Really appreciate the care that @s2fjournal.bsky.social put into cultivating such a unique mag and the love they've given Neal and I.
Neal sent me a line and a concept and together we kept drafting and adding more til we had this where we wanted. Our most collaborative yet, hope youll read the work
Neal sent me a line and a concept and together we kept drafting and adding more til we had this where we wanted. Our most collaborative yet, hope youll read the work
First up from Issue Six is the collaboratively written poem, "We Write What We Know" by @nathanthegreathan.bsky.social and Neal Allen Shipley. I love how it grapples with knowing and non-knowing, tension, shame, and identity.
Page 5: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
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#writingcommunity #poetry
December 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
First up from Issue Six is the collaboratively written poem, "We Write What We Know" by @nathanthegreathan.bsky.social and Neal Allen Shipley. I love how it grapples with knowing and non-knowing, tension, shame, and identity.
Page 5: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
Page 5: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
#writingcommunity #poetry
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I had so much fun creating a poem based on Sam’s spark and now I can’t wait to dive in and read everyone else’s work
We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I had so much fun creating a poem based on Sam’s spark and now I can’t wait to dive in and read everyone else’s work
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My friend Neal and I were looking for a home for our collaborative poems - imagine our delight when we found a magazine that specialized specifically in that?? Thanks so much to @s2fjournal.bsky.social, excited to dig through the rest of the issue
We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My friend Neal and I were looking for a home for our collaborative poems - imagine our delight when we found a magazine that specialized specifically in that?? Thanks so much to @s2fjournal.bsky.social, excited to dig through the rest of the issue
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It's always a pleasure being part of @s2fjournal.bsky.social - I'm happy they're not tired of me sending them stuff yet 😆
Each issue is always full of good and interesting poems - definitely worth having a look!
Each issue is always full of good and interesting poems - definitely worth having a look!
We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's always a pleasure being part of @s2fjournal.bsky.social - I'm happy they're not tired of me sending them stuff yet 😆
Each issue is always full of good and interesting poems - definitely worth having a look!
Each issue is always full of good and interesting poems - definitely worth having a look!
We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
December 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process.
Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.
Tomorrow is release day for Issue Six, and we are so excited! In advance, we want to shout out the cover artist, Sophia May, who created the cover for the issue! sophiamay.carrd.co
Sophia May
Artwork of cute and whimsy
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December 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tomorrow is release day for Issue Six, and we are so excited! In advance, we want to shout out the cover artist, Sophia May, who created the cover for the issue! sophiamay.carrd.co
i love our contributors so much- deeply grateful for this community which continues to invite me to learn learn learn and grow grow grow 💕
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
i love our contributors so much- deeply grateful for this community which continues to invite me to learn learn learn and grow grow grow 💕
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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