Screen Door Review
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
Literary voices for the Queer South. Alabama-based. Always reading!
Issue 21 is live; reading for Issue 22 now!
Edited by @emmabolden.bsky.social, rachelnix.bsky.social, and Alesha Dawson
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Issue 21 is live; reading for Issue 22 now!
Edited by @emmabolden.bsky.social, rachelnix.bsky.social, and Alesha Dawson
screendoorreview.com
our writers are the best.
read 'em here.
find everything they've published.
they'll blow your noggins.
read 'em here.
find everything they've published.
they'll blow your noggins.
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
our writers are the best.
read 'em here.
find everything they've published.
they'll blow your noggins.
read 'em here.
find everything they've published.
they'll blow your noggins.
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Thrilled to have “Letter to Emily Dickinson” and “Letter to William Blake,” two poems, in @screendoorreview.bsky.social
#poem #poetry #literature #emilydickinson #williamblake
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#poem #poetry #literature #emilydickinson #williamblake
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-21/
Issue 21
Cover Art by Verena RabanVerena Raban is a Series-LXXXVII Replicant from the storm-swarmed planet Saturn09. She writes & draws poems & punks & flowers.Her poetry and prose can be read i…
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October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Thrilled to have “Letter to Emily Dickinson” and “Letter to William Blake,” two poems, in @screendoorreview.bsky.social
#poem #poetry #literature #emilydickinson #williamblake
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-21/
#poem #poetry #literature #emilydickinson #williamblake
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-21/
We're reading. 📚
And y'all can read what we've been reading soon.
Issue 21 is coming in October so get those submissions in!
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
And y'all can read what we've been reading soon.
Issue 21 is coming in October so get those submissions in!
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
Screen Door Review Submission Manager
Screen Door Review is a triannual literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction authored by individuals belonging to the southern queer (lgbtq) community of the United States.
The purpose ...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're reading. 📚
And y'all can read what we've been reading soon.
Issue 21 is coming in October so get those submissions in!
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
And y'all can read what we've been reading soon.
Issue 21 is coming in October so get those submissions in!
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
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Thrilled that @screendoorreview.bsky.social has accepted my #poems "When I Say I Love You This Much, I Mean" and "Aubade with Hound"!
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry
a cat laying on a person 's lap with the words yes i am written above it
ALT: a cat laying on a person 's lap with the words yes i am written above it
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August 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Thrilled that @screendoorreview.bsky.social has accepted my #poems "When I Say I Love You This Much, I Mean" and "Aubade with Hound"!
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry
Not to brag, but Emma is one of our editors. ✨
(We recommend reading this poem at least 8 times & sending it to everyone who can read.)
(We recommend reading this poem at least 8 times & sending it to everyone who can read.)
i'm way behind on posting this, but i've got a poem about god and mythology and othering in the latest issue of the Potomac Review, which you can see here: mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
July 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Not to brag, but Emma is one of our editors. ✨
(We recommend reading this poem at least 8 times & sending it to everyone who can read.)
(We recommend reading this poem at least 8 times & sending it to everyone who can read.)
People are like: "It's the end of Pride month."
Lol, nah-uh. July's ready for us.
Lol, nah-uh. July's ready for us.
two drag queens are sitting next to each other on a couch in a pink room .
ALT: two drag queens are sitting next to each other on a couch in a pink room .
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June 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
People are like: "It's the end of Pride month."
Lol, nah-uh. July's ready for us.
Lol, nah-uh. July's ready for us.
re-posting because...it's queerly relatable. 🍑
June 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
re-posting because...it's queerly relatable. 🍑
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I've got 3 new poems in this sparkling issue ✨️
Thanks so much to the editors for including my work 😊 You are a bright spot in a dark world.
Thanks so much to the editors for including my work 😊 You are a bright spot in a dark world.
June 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I've got 3 new poems in this sparkling issue ✨️
Thanks so much to the editors for including my work 😊 You are a bright spot in a dark world.
Thanks so much to the editors for including my work 😊 You are a bright spot in a dark world.
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Excited to have work in this issue! Thank you @rachelnix.bsky.social for your encouragement
Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
June 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Excited to have work in this issue! Thank you @rachelnix.bsky.social for your encouragement
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Y’ALL the pride issue of @screendoorreview.bsky.social is out and I’m so excited to share it with you. it’s an absolute beauty. happy pride, and please support our trans and nonbinary family!
Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
June 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Y’ALL the pride issue of @screendoorreview.bsky.social is out and I’m so excited to share it with you. it’s an absolute beauty. happy pride, and please support our trans and nonbinary family!
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Y'allllll I've been so excited about this issue and it's insanely good and you can all finally read the poems and stories I've been loving on for a while. And I said and a lot and I don't care. :)
Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
June 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Y'allllll I've been so excited about this issue and it's insanely good and you can all finally read the poems and stories I've been loving on for a while. And I said and a lot and I don't care. :)
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whoa, i'm in here too! honestly kinda sorta hyped about it bc these are three new poems i thought no one would love, but these nice queer southern folks did. they're my favorite, give them some love? 🏳️🌈 💕 🌈 (thank u screen door i love y'all)
Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
June 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
whoa, i'm in here too! honestly kinda sorta hyped about it bc these are three new poems i thought no one would love, but these nice queer southern folks did. they're my favorite, give them some love? 🏳️🌈 💕 🌈 (thank u screen door i love y'all)
Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
June 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
We're not in the business of promoting apps but Everywhere Is Queer is pretty neat. It makes it much easier to find queer-owned businesses anywhere in the world.
♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Find it wherever you find your apps. 😘
♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Find it wherever you find your apps. 😘
June 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We're not in the business of promoting apps but Everywhere Is Queer is pretty neat. It makes it much easier to find queer-owned businesses anywhere in the world.
♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Find it wherever you find your apps. 😘
♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Find it wherever you find your apps. 😘
Psssstt...tomorrow's the day. Issue 20, our Pride issue, is coming. It's not a secret despite the psssstt thing. Tell anyone. Tell everyone. Also let them know all of our issues are Pride issues. 🌈
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Psssstt...tomorrow's the day. Issue 20, our Pride issue, is coming. It's not a secret despite the psssstt thing. Tell anyone. Tell everyone. Also let them know all of our issues are Pride issues. 🌈
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I’m offering an online, generative writing workshop twice in July, with the proceeds going to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Suggested donation of $100, but please take the workshop regardless/ feel free to reach out with Qs.
Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - July 5 & 19
Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - July 5 & 19
Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - Two Online, Generative Writing Workshops, July 5 & 19
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June 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’m offering an online, generative writing workshop twice in July, with the proceeds going to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Suggested donation of $100, but please take the workshop regardless/ feel free to reach out with Qs.
Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - July 5 & 19
Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - July 5 & 19
this is true information and you can tell everyone:
QUEER + SOUTHERN WRITERS ARE MAGIC ✨
QUEER + SOUTHERN WRITERS ARE MAGIC ✨
not to brag, except totally to brag, we get the best cover letters annnnd responses to acceptances over at @screendoorreview.bsky.social. it's serotonin city being an editor there.
queer + southern writers are magic. ✨
queer + southern writers are magic. ✨
May 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
this is true information and you can tell everyone:
QUEER + SOUTHERN WRITERS ARE MAGIC ✨
QUEER + SOUTHERN WRITERS ARE MAGIC ✨
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calling all queer southern artists! @screendoorreview.bsky.social is looking for cover art for our pride issue! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :)
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
Screen Door Review Submission Manager
Screen Door Review is a triannual literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction authored by individuals belonging to the southern queer (lgbtq) community of the United States.
The purpose ...
screendoorreview.submittable.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
calling all queer southern artists! @screendoorreview.bsky.social is looking for cover art for our pride issue! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :)
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
Screen Door Review Submission Manager
Screen Door Review is a triannual literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction authored by individuals belonging to the southern queer (lgbtq) community of the United States.
The purpose ...
screendoorreview.submittable.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :)
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
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#FF It’s Sock Monkey Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “S” and “M”:
@sentinelcreatives.bsky.social
@mgenderedmums.bsky.social
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
@mgliterary.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
@sentinelcreatives.bsky.social
@mgenderedmums.bsky.social
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
@mgliterary.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
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March 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#FF It’s Sock Monkey Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “S” and “M”:
@sentinelcreatives.bsky.social
@mgenderedmums.bsky.social
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
@mgliterary.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
@sentinelcreatives.bsky.social
@mgenderedmums.bsky.social
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
@mgliterary.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️
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Issue 19 is live & it's full of Queer Southern voices!
Let it be a balm for your sadness, a podium for your pride, & a middle finger to those trying to silence queer folx. We won't hush. 🏳️🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/
Let it be a balm for your sadness, a podium for your pride, & a middle finger to those trying to silence queer folx. We won't hush. 🏳️🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/
Issue 19
Cover Art by Mathew Yates Han VanderHart- Poem for Split Home and Pleasure- Brief Catalog of Blue- Animal Boundaries Faune Vita- Salt Dustin Brookshire- Poem In Which I Never Had Low Self-Esteem- D…
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February 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Issue 19 is live & it's full of Queer Southern voices!
Let it be a balm for your sadness, a podium for your pride, & a middle finger to those trying to silence queer folx. We won't hush. 🏳️🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/
Let it be a balm for your sadness, a podium for your pride, & a middle finger to those trying to silence queer folx. We won't hush. 🏳️🌈
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/
that's our Emma.
you'll wanna hear her poems.
we have & it's one of 926 reasons we love her.
you'll wanna hear her poems.
we have & it's one of 926 reasons we love her.
heyyyyy bluesky friends, i’m reading in the @soflopojo.bsky.social reading series along with @dwainerieves.bsky.social on March 20th at 6 pm cst and if you would like to hear me read poems you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
that's our Emma.
you'll wanna hear her poems.
we have & it's one of 926 reasons we love her.
you'll wanna hear her poems.
we have & it's one of 926 reasons we love her.
not to brag but issue 20 is looking so dang good. like, y'all may not be able to handle it. seriously.
get in on it: send us your queer southern magic! 🌈📚
www.screendoorreview.com
get in on it: send us your queer southern magic! 🌈📚
www.screendoorreview.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
not to brag but issue 20 is looking so dang good. like, y'all may not be able to handle it. seriously.
get in on it: send us your queer southern magic! 🌈📚
www.screendoorreview.com
get in on it: send us your queer southern magic! 🌈📚
www.screendoorreview.com
The South is lovely but Massachusetts, we're making heart hands at you. 🫶
On Tuesday night Worcester City Council voted in favor of becoming a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse people.
Worcester passes sanctuary city resolution for transgender community
On Tuesday night the city council voted in favor of becoming a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse people.
www.wbur.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The South is lovely but Massachusetts, we're making heart hands at you. 🫶