Tracie Renee (she/her)
@tracierenee.bsky.social
Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Pinned
Thanks for sharing this @havehashad.com - a ☠️ for all the 4-legged friends we still miss.
P.S. If this isn't enough 💔 for your day, torture yourself more with this other thing I wrote: "Deadlines" (issue 28, Black Fox Lit Mag, free download @ blackfoxlitmag.com).
P.S. If this isn't enough 💔 for your day, torture yourself more with this other thing I wrote: "Deadlines" (issue 28, Black Fox Lit Mag, free download @ blackfoxlitmag.com).
Heads up, #MG writers!
New FREE contest for writers of Middle Grade Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
New FREE contest for writers of Middle Grade Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
First Page Contest #4: Middle Grade Fiction -- Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary
FREE CONTEST FOR WRITERS! Welcome to First Page Contest . Contest #4 -- for writers of Middle Grade Fiction (all types) . If you write in this age category, keep reading and submit your work!...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Heads up, #MG writers!
New FREE contest for writers of Middle Grade Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
New FREE contest for writers of Middle Grade Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
Reposted by Tracie Renee (she/her)
You know what? Not everything scales. And that’s okay. Better than okay.
Write poems that reach a few people, maybe. Then write some more poems.
Write poems that reach a few people, maybe. Then write some more poems.
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
You know what? Not everything scales. And that’s okay. Better than okay.
Write poems that reach a few people, maybe. Then write some more poems.
Write poems that reach a few people, maybe. Then write some more poems.
I'm just a random internet stranger but so happy to chip in a ko-fi for @mattkendrick.bsky.social
My writing's grown from the insights Matt has generously shared & the Welkin Mini tops my list of Favorite Comps due to the care & kindness with which it's run--& that's all thanks to Matt.
My writing's grown from the insights Matt has generously shared & the Welkin Mini tops my list of Favorite Comps due to the care & kindness with which it's run--& that's all thanks to Matt.
Friends, if you have the means to, please do support @mattkendrick.bsky.social by using his (amazing) editing, mentoring or teaching skills or by tipping his kofi. He’s a gem, and he needs our support at the moment prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com?utm_campaign...
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January 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I'm just a random internet stranger but so happy to chip in a ko-fi for @mattkendrick.bsky.social
My writing's grown from the insights Matt has generously shared & the Welkin Mini tops my list of Favorite Comps due to the care & kindness with which it's run--& that's all thanks to Matt.
My writing's grown from the insights Matt has generously shared & the Welkin Mini tops my list of Favorite Comps due to the care & kindness with which it's run--& that's all thanks to Matt.
"Your wish is granted" on January 11th.
I'm ready to be frazzled. Are you?
I'm ready to be frazzled. Are you?
Front cover of Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social. We'll be launching the issue in nine days time, on the morning of January 11th, and boy, is it going to be a great issue!
Back cover coming tomorrow!
Back cover coming tomorrow!
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"Your wish is granted" on January 11th.
I'm ready to be frazzled. Are you?
I'm ready to be frazzled. Are you?
a couple beautiful constellations this morn from Tracie Renee!
"and even though the new house
is the same square footage
as the old house,
the new rooms are shaped
differently, hold
the couch
the chairs
the tables
in a different constellation"
https://www.havehashad.com/vc8gq
"and even though the new house
is the same square footage
as the old house,
the new rooms are shaped
differently, hold
the couch
the chairs
the tables
in a different constellation"
https://www.havehashad.com/vc8gq
constellations (revised) by Tracie Renee
1: ad lucem when we move, we take the battered couch with us the matching chairs and the end tables to punctuate them and even though the new house is the same square footage as the old house, t
www.havehashad.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by Tracie Renee (she/her)
⚠️ DASHBOARD AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️
#writingcommunity unite!
We wanna give out 3 awards to poetic pieces published in 2025 in OTHER online litmags!
Deadline: 1/31/26.
Writing Peers, Readers, & Editors can ALL nominate via Google Form: buff.ly/FMfhtG5
Rules & Details: buff.ly/vdm5FlB
⬇️ ⬇️
#writingcommunity unite!
We wanna give out 3 awards to poetic pieces published in 2025 in OTHER online litmags!
Deadline: 1/31/26.
Writing Peers, Readers, & Editors can ALL nominate via Google Form: buff.ly/FMfhtG5
Rules & Details: buff.ly/vdm5FlB
⬇️ ⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
⚠️ DASHBOARD AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️
#writingcommunity unite!
We wanna give out 3 awards to poetic pieces published in 2025 in OTHER online litmags!
Deadline: 1/31/26.
Writing Peers, Readers, & Editors can ALL nominate via Google Form: buff.ly/FMfhtG5
Rules & Details: buff.ly/vdm5FlB
⬇️ ⬇️
#writingcommunity unite!
We wanna give out 3 awards to poetic pieces published in 2025 in OTHER online litmags!
Deadline: 1/31/26.
Writing Peers, Readers, & Editors can ALL nominate via Google Form: buff.ly/FMfhtG5
Rules & Details: buff.ly/vdm5FlB
⬇️ ⬇️
I'm reflecting on my 2nd full year of writing/subbing regularly--2025 was busy & blessed! I'm grateful to all the folx who gave me feedback or homed my words & all the friends who encouraged me to keep going.
Most of all, I'm grateful to still be here, writing & subbing.
Here's to 2026.
🧵1/6
Most of all, I'm grateful to still be here, writing & subbing.
Here's to 2026.
🧵1/6
December 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm reflecting on my 2nd full year of writing/subbing regularly--2025 was busy & blessed! I'm grateful to all the folx who gave me feedback or homed my words & all the friends who encouraged me to keep going.
Most of all, I'm grateful to still be here, writing & subbing.
Here's to 2026.
🧵1/6
Most of all, I'm grateful to still be here, writing & subbing.
Here's to 2026.
🧵1/6
My second ☠️ won't make you cry as hard as the first one did!
Probably.
Probably.
a couple beautiful constellations this morn from Tracie Renee!
"and even though the new house
is the same square footage
as the old house,
the new rooms are shaped
differently, hold
the couch
the chairs
the tables
in a different constellation"
https://www.havehashad.com/vc8gq
"and even though the new house
is the same square footage
as the old house,
the new rooms are shaped
differently, hold
the couch
the chairs
the tables
in a different constellation"
https://www.havehashad.com/vc8gq
constellations (revised) by Tracie Renee
1: ad lucem when we move, we take the battered couch with us the matching chairs and the end tables to punctuate them and even though the new house is the same square footage as the old house, t
www.havehashad.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My second ☠️ won't make you cry as hard as the first one did!
Probably.
Probably.
Thanks for keeping my cup half-full, @templeinacity.bsky.social !
A warm sip of joy here from @tracierenee.bsky.social to enjoy on this solstice. The latest addition to our growing joy issue. templeinacity.com/poetry-traci...
Published in Temple in a City literary journal
Poem february date by poet/writer Tracie Renee. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.
templeinacity.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thanks for keeping my cup half-full, @templeinacity.bsky.social !
Grateful to have this #HaikuSaturday #haiku in the November issue of Sense & Sensibility.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Grateful to have this #HaikuSaturday #haiku in the November issue of Sense & Sensibility.
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All of these are stunners and I'm thrilled to be part of the line up!
Thank you @passionfruitlit.bsky.social and judge Amlanjyoti Goswami for choosing my #poem PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS as the 2nd place winner in the 2025 Passionfruit Poetry competition.
Thank you @passionfruitlit.bsky.social and judge Amlanjyoti Goswami for choosing my #poem PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS as the 2nd place winner in the 2025 Passionfruit Poetry competition.
Check out last month's special issue: Passionfruit Poetry 2025!
The issue features cover art by Gerburg Garmann and 15 wonderful new love poems selected by guest editor Amlanjyoti Goswami.
Find it on our website - link in bio.
@tracierenee.bsky.social
@aileensheedy.bsky.social
The issue features cover art by Gerburg Garmann and 15 wonderful new love poems selected by guest editor Amlanjyoti Goswami.
Find it on our website - link in bio.
@tracierenee.bsky.social
@aileensheedy.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
All of these are stunners and I'm thrilled to be part of the line up!
Thank you @passionfruitlit.bsky.social and judge Amlanjyoti Goswami for choosing my #poem PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS as the 2nd place winner in the 2025 Passionfruit Poetry competition.
Thank you @passionfruitlit.bsky.social and judge Amlanjyoti Goswami for choosing my #poem PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS as the 2nd place winner in the 2025 Passionfruit Poetry competition.
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A highly recommended anthology. Not your average festive fiction, absolutely brilliant. A human, honest take on the season. Well worth a read!
Editing Soot & Boots reminded me how short fiction can cut straight to the bone. #SootAndBoots
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A highly recommended anthology. Not your average festive fiction, absolutely brilliant. A human, honest take on the season. Well worth a read!
Thank you @frazzledlit.bsky.social for welcoming 3 (what!) of my pieces (short story, flash fiction, poetry) into your fourth issue.
I'm really grateful for your kind, transparent approach to publishing. Cheers to your continued success!
I'm really grateful for your kind, transparent approach to publishing. Cheers to your continued success!
All correspondence has now been sent. Please check your inboxes.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Thank you @frazzledlit.bsky.social for welcoming 3 (what!) of my pieces (short story, flash fiction, poetry) into your fourth issue.
I'm really grateful for your kind, transparent approach to publishing. Cheers to your continued success!
I'm really grateful for your kind, transparent approach to publishing. Cheers to your continued success!
Reposted by Tracie Renee (she/her)
This is now just TWO DAYS!
Can we get a last minute flurry of subs? 😍
Can we get a last minute flurry of subs? 😍
Subs close in less than a week!
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is now just TWO DAYS!
Can we get a last minute flurry of subs? 😍
Can we get a last minute flurry of subs? 😍
Dreamed I was at a writing retreat that was basically just me snuggling a wombat and a giant kangaroo
but now I am awake
and very disappointed to realize that this is not an actual thing.
but now I am awake
and very disappointed to realize that this is not an actual thing.
a cartoon cat with a pink bow is looking out of a window and says `` oh '' .
Alt: a cartoon cat with a pink bow is looking out of a window and says `` oh '' .
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Dreamed I was at a writing retreat that was basically just me snuggling a wombat and a giant kangaroo
but now I am awake
and very disappointed to realize that this is not an actual thing.
but now I am awake
and very disappointed to realize that this is not an actual thing.
The pleasure was all mine, @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social!
Can't wait for your manuscripts to become books 🤞
Can't wait for your manuscripts to become books 🤞
Just an appreciation post for @tracierenee.bsky.social , because she just gave me feedback on my MS and WOW! She knows her stuff and her suggestions are like opening an early Christmas gift!
a group of people are celebrating christmas with the words merry early christmas everyone on the bottom
ALT: a group of people are celebrating christmas with the words merry early christmas everyone on the bottom
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November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The pleasure was all mine, @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social!
Can't wait for your manuscripts to become books 🤞
Can't wait for your manuscripts to become books 🤞
Get this on your radar, #poets!
More info on @melruthwrites.bsky.social Poetry for Pets Project and how to get involved!
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Get this on your radar, #poets!
I've got a story in here about:
-hospital NICU life,
-post-partum guilt &
-babies with heart conditions.
Break out the cocoa & the tissues.
#SootAndBoots
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
-hospital NICU life,
-post-partum guilt &
-babies with heart conditions.
Break out the cocoa & the tissues.
#SootAndBoots
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
Our festive & wintry short-fiction anthology Soot & Boots lands later this month. Hardback + paperback. Sharp stories for dark nights. More soon. #SootAndBoots
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've got a story in here about:
-hospital NICU life,
-post-partum guilt &
-babies with heart conditions.
Break out the cocoa & the tissues.
#SootAndBoots
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
-hospital NICU life,
-post-partum guilt &
-babies with heart conditions.
Break out the cocoa & the tissues.
#SootAndBoots
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
HUGE thanks to the incredible poets who entered our From Trash to Treasure contest, and to @tracierenee.bsky.social for serving as this year's judge!
Check out Tracie's selections for Winner and Honorable Mentions, as well our Kid Choice winner here:
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/winners...
Check out Tracie's selections for Winner and Honorable Mentions, as well our Kid Choice winner here:
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/winners...
Winners of the 2025 From Trash to Treasure Kidlit Poetry Contest!
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's “From Trash to Treasure” Kidlit Poetry Contest!After reading through the many humorous, lyrical, wonderfully creative entries we received, here's ...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reposted by Tracie Renee (she/her)
Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social
Thanks for including my #haiku, @haikucrush.bsky.social!
#Haiku is alive!
The three judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce that a haiku by Tracie Renee @tracierenee.bsky.social, #Illinois U.S., is in The Best Haiku 2025 #anthology, now at tinyurl.com/TheBestHaiku/
"Haiku is the art of the reveal... "
#haikusunday #poetry #micropoetry
The three judges @haikucrush.bsky.social are pleased to announce that a haiku by Tracie Renee @tracierenee.bsky.social, #Illinois U.S., is in The Best Haiku 2025 #anthology, now at tinyurl.com/TheBestHaiku/
"Haiku is the art of the reveal... "
#haikusunday #poetry #micropoetry
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Thanks for including my #haiku, @haikucrush.bsky.social!
Still time to submit, #kidlit writers!
Today is the last day to enter our #kidlit #poetrycontest!
Our 3rd annual From Trash to Treasure #kidlit poetry contest opens on Thursday, November 13th!
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Still time to submit, #kidlit writers!
Thanks @havehashad.com for reminding me that I've been meaning to make a donation to poemsnotbombs.org.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thanks @havehashad.com for reminding me that I've been meaning to make a donation to poemsnotbombs.org.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
Here's to rhymes, not raids.
Earning Honorable Mention and a gift card in WOW's summer flash fiction contest: APPRECIATED.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Earning Honorable Mention and a gift card in WOW's summer flash fiction contest: APPRECIATED.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
This thoughtful personalized feedback from the contest coordinators regarding my story about sisters-over-age-40 navigating pregnancy loss with tattoos: PRICELESS.
Reposted by Tracie Renee (she/her)
Our 3rd annual From Trash to Treasure #kidlit poetry contest opens on Thursday, November 13th!
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
Our 3rd Annual "From Trash to Treasure" Kidlit Poetry Contest!
Little Thoughts Press and the Revision Raccoon are excited to announce the return of our “From Trash to Treasure” Kidlit Poetry Contest!
www.littlethoughtspress.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our 3rd annual From Trash to Treasure #kidlit poetry contest opens on Thursday, November 13th!
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...
This year's special guest judge is last year's winner @tracierenee.bsky.social!
Check out all the contest details and polish up those discarded darlings!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/our-3rd...