Swetha Amit
@swethaamit.bsky.social
Author of 3 chapbooks- Fiction @thirtywest @havehad @doorisajar @MaudlinHouse @Flashficmag & others https://swethaamit.com/ member of writers grotto
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We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Thank you so much for this nomination! @delgeo14.bsky.social 🙏
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you so much for this nomination! @delgeo14.bsky.social 🙏
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
New flash titled The Photograph up in @soflopojo.bsky.social thank you editors 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-39-nov...
Flash #39 Nov '25
SoFloPoJo Contents: Essays * Interviews * Reviews * Special * Video * Visual Arts * Archives * Calendar ...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New flash titled The Photograph up in @soflopojo.bsky.social thank you editors 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-39-nov...
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This 3-session workshop prepares you to write a 6-minute true story for a final stage performance.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This 3-session workshop prepares you to write a 6-minute true story for a final stage performance.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
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This three-session workshop prepares you to write & perform a 6-minute true story.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This three-session workshop prepares you to write & perform a 6-minute true story.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Have a flash up in @brightflash1500.bsky.social titles The Squirrel brightflash1000.com/2025/10/03/t...
The Squirrel
By Swetha Amit The dead brown squirrel has been in my garden for two days. I should have placed her in a box and buried her, but it has been raining incessantly. Every time I open the door, a blast…
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October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Have a flash up in @brightflash1500.bsky.social titles The Squirrel brightflash1000.com/2025/10/03/t...
My interview with @tdorabji.bsky.social on her book Call her freedom up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/f...
Finding Her Voice: A Conversation with Tara Dorabji by Swetha Amit
Literature has a role not only in understanding the past, reflecting the present and shaping the future.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My interview with @tdorabji.bsky.social on her book Call her freedom up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/f...
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This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting.
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting.
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
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"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
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Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking
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October 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
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My interview with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking
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October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My interview with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
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Thank you, @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @swethaamit.bsky.social! It was fun being interviewed.
Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
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Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking
bendinggenres.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank you, @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @swethaamit.bsky.social! It was fun being interviewed.
Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
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SAVE THE DATE: It’s October in the Bay Area and that means it’s @litquake.org season!!! My amazing AAPI writers collective 17 Syllables is back this year to do a reading and collaborative poem on Between Borders & Belonging—come join us at Red Poppy Art House on Sat, Oct. 25, 5-6pm. See you there!
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
SAVE THE DATE: It’s October in the Bay Area and that means it’s @litquake.org season!!! My amazing AAPI writers collective 17 Syllables is back this year to do a reading and collaborative poem on Between Borders & Belonging—come join us at Red Poppy Art House on Sat, Oct. 25, 5-6pm. See you there!
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Congratulations to Grotto member @vanessahua.bsky.social!
🎉Thrilled to publish debut nonfiction UPROOTED: A CHINESE AMERICAN STORY OF SURVIVAL AND RESISTANCE by @vanessahua.bsky.social — Spring 2027!
October 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Congratulations to Grotto member @vanessahua.bsky.social!
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Take some time for your writing this fall with our Write-In series.
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#writing #writingcommunity #writein
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#writing #writingcommunity #writein
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Take some time for your writing this fall with our Write-In series.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity #writein
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity #writein
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Thanks, I Hate It: The Art of Writing a Bad Review is a crash course in how to write a well-justified bad review of a movie, television show, or book you hated for all right reasons.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Thanks, I Hate It: The Art of Writing a Bad Review is a crash course in how to write a well-justified bad review of a movie, television show, or book you hated for all right reasons.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
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Read "The Flight" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
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"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
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The Flight — Ghost Parachute
The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house. The mirror reflected my once-flowing cascade of dark curls, merging into ...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Read "The Flight" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
tinyurl.com/3y9bny3f
"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
tinyurl.com/3y9bny3f
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Big thanks to Brandy Collins, Nate Olivarez-Giles, Lauren Markham, and Janine Kovak for an outstanding discussion at last night’s Grotto Nights at the SF Public Library! Stay tuned for more installments, moderated by Janine!
#WritersGrotto #GrottoNights #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #FutureOfJournalism
#WritersGrotto #GrottoNights #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #FutureOfJournalism
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Big thanks to Brandy Collins, Nate Olivarez-Giles, Lauren Markham, and Janine Kovak for an outstanding discussion at last night’s Grotto Nights at the SF Public Library! Stay tuned for more installments, moderated by Janine!
#WritersGrotto #GrottoNights #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #FutureOfJournalism
#WritersGrotto #GrottoNights #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #FutureOfJournalism
Humbling to have a story out in the ninth anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute along with big authors and writers I admire. Thank you so much @brettpribble.bsky.social 🙏 link to my story titled The Flight ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
The Flight — Ghost Parachute
The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house. The mirror reflected my once-flowing cascade of dark curls, merging into ...
ghostparachute.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Humbling to have a story out in the ninth anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute along with big authors and writers I admire. Thank you so much @brettpribble.bsky.social 🙏 link to my story titled The Flight ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Thank you for this nomination @soflopojo.bsky.social and editors! You can read my story shooting star here www.southfloridapoetryjournal.
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Thank you for this nomination @soflopojo.bsky.social and editors! You can read my story shooting star here www.southfloridapoetryjournal.
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September's Grotto Night at the San Francisco Main Library on September 30, 6:00 pm:
Unchecked: The Future of Journalism in a Factless World.
Join Brandy Collins, Lauren Markham, Nate Olivarez-Giles, moderated by Janine Kovac.
Unchecked: The Future of Journalism in a Factless World.
Join Brandy Collins, Lauren Markham, Nate Olivarez-Giles, moderated by Janine Kovac.
September 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
September's Grotto Night at the San Francisco Main Library on September 30, 6:00 pm:
Unchecked: The Future of Journalism in a Factless World.
Join Brandy Collins, Lauren Markham, Nate Olivarez-Giles, moderated by Janine Kovac.
Unchecked: The Future of Journalism in a Factless World.
Join Brandy Collins, Lauren Markham, Nate Olivarez-Giles, moderated by Janine Kovac.
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September's Reading & Meeting features Yeva Johnson, Brandy Collins, Audrey Ferber and Nate Olivarez-Giles reading from their works in progress. Emcee Christl Rikka-Perkins will lead a Q&A about their work and writing process.
September 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
September's Reading & Meeting features Yeva Johnson, Brandy Collins, Audrey Ferber and Nate Olivarez-Giles reading from their works in progress. Emcee Christl Rikka-Perkins will lead a Q&A about their work and writing process.
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I'm thrilled that my novel/short story collection, In This Ravishing World, has won the 2025 PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Literary Award! Immensely grateful!
It's a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature!
It's a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature!
September 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm thrilled that my novel/short story collection, In This Ravishing World, has won the 2025 PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Literary Award! Immensely grateful!
It's a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature!
It's a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature!