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Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

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Writer: Flash Frontier. HAD. The Indianapolis Review. Heavy Feather Review. Anti-Heroin Chic. Gone Lawn.
Assistant Poetry Editor: Parentheses Journal. Submissions Editor: Uncanny Magazine.

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Sylvia Santiago @sylviasays2.bsky.social · Mar 13

A big thank-you to @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for including my piece with these fab flashes 💛

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Mar 13

Folks, it was HARD, but I picked 10 of my fave flashes by writers from the Global Majority for @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s Mondettes. Have a read, tell me (and the writers) what you think!

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Mar 13

This month's #Mondettes picked by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

⚡️Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Sumitra made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing

mondettes.substack.com/p/march-2025

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee

@lumchanmfa.bsky.social

weekly talk story about @lit-namjooning.bsky.social second issue and Bitter over Sweet book launch...

www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

Literary Namjooning Issue 2 and Register for Bitter over Sweet's Book Launch — Melissa Llanes Brownlee

Issue 2 of Literary Namjooning will be going live soon… I hope you check it out! Our team (and I mean Hema) has been hard at work uploading our writer’s works and the accompanying images. The selecti...

www.melissallanesbrownlee.com

September 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

@jenwithwords.bsky.social gifts us with a pair of lovely poems about what the sea takes & what it brings back.
www.wingedmoon.com/biophilia/je...

September 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

Heads-up, writers of speculative fiction!
🌖 🌗 🌑
This is the LAST day to submit short stories to @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Sep 8

Uncanny Magazine closes to short story submissions TODAY! When September 8 is finished everywhere on the planet, the submission portal will be closed!

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 25

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX

September 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM

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Red Ogre Review

@ogre.red

Artist showcase time!

From the Red Ogre Review art collection:

Sylvia Santiago
Regrets
Issue Nineteen, August 2023
https://ogre.red/issues/2023-08/2023-08-santiago-sylvia/

(Courtesy of the ROR art bot.)

Sylvia Santiago | Regrets | Red Ogre Review, Issue Nineteen, August 2023

May 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM

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Uncanny Magazine

@uncannymagazine.bsky.social

Writers, PLEASE SHARE! Uncanny will open to short story & poetry submissions as soon as the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter fully funds! Please spread the word, because we can't wait to read your stories & poems! buff.ly/FTfV1GZ

Uncanny Magazine Year 11 Covers: The Duet by Nilah Magruder, Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong, and Blessed Universe by Galen Dara.

July 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

"small oceans wash up / inside hollow shells" 🐚
cochlea - the latest lovely poetry short by the ever so talented @jenwithwords.bsky.social
youtu.be/Sgwhz4G5bpo?...

cochlea | glacier lake

YouTube video by jenwithwords

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May 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM

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streetcake magazine

@streetcakemag.bsky.social

Our new issue is now live! 🥳🖊

Be prepared to experience some amazing work.

Head over to our website to check it out: www.streetcakemagazine.com/issue.html

Pls share and support our writers 🤝 and buy us a coffee if you enjoy 😀

P.s - we're now open for subs!

#LitMags #Submissions

Image of a glass case with fragments of words encased in it. This is the front cover of streetcake's latest issue. Text reads New Issue Out Now!

May 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

Mango & strawberry mini-cakes 🥭🍓

April 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM

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EcoTheo Collective

@ecotheo.bsky.social

"HOME is where one starts from," T.S. Eliot wrote, and EcoTheo Review invites writers and visual artists to explore this multifaceted theme. In a time of global uncertainty, where do we find home? See more at ecotheocollective.submittable.com/submit

March 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

Last day!!⌛

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Mar 28

Flash Fiction Submissions close at the end of TODAY!!!! (Once it is no longer March 28 somewhere in the world.)

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Mar 25

Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

March 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

@jenwithwords.bsky.social debuts her new series of poetry film shorts with a lovely bit of melancholy 📽️

Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · Mar 15

✨ A new short poetry film has arrived ✨

This new series, entitled “glacier lake”, starts out with signs of fall, of transition, of longing. And moths.

Please enjoy! 🦋

youtu.be/Gd969zY-pJ8

moth | glacier lake

YouTube video by jenwithwords

youtu.be

March 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

A big thank-you to @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for including my piece with these fab flashes 💛

Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Mar 13

Folks, it was HARD, but I picked 10 of my fave flashes by writers from the Global Majority for @mattkendrick.bsky.social’s Mondettes. Have a read, tell me (and the writers) what you think!

Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Mar 13

March 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

✨ Opening for speculative flash fic subs soon! ✨

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Mar 10

Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

Sunday's treat: a snowman doughnut with vanilla cream filling ☃️

December 16, 2024 at 6:57 AM

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Susan L. Leary

@susanlleary.bsky.social

Amiri Baraka ♥️

December 15, 2024 at 4:46 AM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

"Growing up in Juneville was exciting in a bad way. Chrissy had learned young not to wish on a shooting star but to run into the house and hide in the basement." 🌠

Check out this flash by @melostrom.bsky.social

Melissa Ostrom @melostrom.bsky.social · Dec 6

Cuddling Mocha this morning & reading the latest issue of The MacGuffin. Excited it includes my flash “Near Miss.” Happy Friday, friends.💚🐶

December 9, 2024 at 12:32 AM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

"I told myself it was the yellow streetlight / that made her legion. Her tripling rooted me / to the spittle flying out of her mouth, the gap / between her teeth widening."

Check out these poems by @benetthewriter.bsky.social

a. benèt @benetthewriter.bsky.social · Nov 27

Finally posting one of my poems on here! Read the whole thing on Diode Poetry diodepoetry.com/benet_a/

Picture of a liquor store entrance with text that says on a trip to moonlite liquor I found belonging

On a Trip to Moonlite Liquor, I Found Belonging

We never had a place made for us.
Hungry and unbreathing, I waited
For my turn to jump the fence.

At night, the back alley behind the house
Became a graveyard for abandoned toys
And bikes. The aim of four children

Open to disobedience was the next street
Over, Gribble. Even its name felt like blood
In the mouth. We were snickering, pleased

With our escape. Hunched over, our backs
became sickle hooks. Curved blades
Soon met straight knives. Their edges sharp

December 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM

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Susan L. Leary

@susanlleary.bsky.social

QUESTION: Were I to teach a generative workshop of some sort, is this something poetry folks would be interested in? And if so, what days/times are ideal? Thank you in advance for any insights! I’m really just floating this out there! 💙

December 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

Ready, Set, Go! Tomorrow (Fri) post your #SelfPortrait #poem. Get feedback (UK & PST times) from @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social & me (sponsor of 1 #TheWhiskeyTree #Untamed #Wave1 set #giveaway. Winner selected Sat.)
#PoemsAbout #celebrate #poetry #writingcommunity

December 6, 2024 at 12:14 AM

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez

@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social

Always a joy to celebrate the good work of others. This masterful #poem by sylviasays2.bsky.social is a perfect example. @karinhedet.bsky.social @jenwithwords.bsky.social #DonnaFaulkner too! #Ekphrastic #FolkArt #Folklore #creativewriting #poetry #prose #FolkHeartPress bit.ly/49eUbHc

December 2, 2024 at 6:21 PM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

So happy to be featured with these wonderful writers in the latest issue of Ekphrastic Folk Art ✨
Sincere thanks to @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social for the invitation to participate!
folkheartpressblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/ekph...

December 2, 2024 at 6:23 AM

Sylvia Santiago

@sylviasays2.bsky.social

Give yourself the gift of writing time before the holidays 🎁
Check out this workshop hosted by @trivarnahariharan.bsky.social

Trivarna Hariharan @trivarnahariharan.bsky.social · Nov 29

Once every year, I host this free writing workshop. This winter, we will write about ghosts that we can & cannot name. Afterimages of desire, shadows, memory. Sign up here:

trivarnahariharan.myflodesk.com/freewritingw...