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Kathryn Kulpa
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social
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Will write for coffee. Mostly flash, mostly fiction.
Work in BULL, Centaur, Flash Frog, Ghost Parachute, HAD, Milk Candy, SmokeLong, Wigleaf, YIV.
Chapbooks: A Map of Lost Places; For Every Tower, a Princess; Cooking Tips for the Demon-Haunted.
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He saw his shadow yesterday and he’s not very happy about it.
A tabby cat sits in loaf position on a cat tree near a window.
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Devastating. Please help if you can. ❤️‍🩹
pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 2d
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.

I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
gofund.me
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Minneapolis snowman
A snowman with a straw hat “holds” a sign that reads “Make Good Trouble”
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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And surely there must be a German word for the frustration when you sit at your computer, constantly refreshing the screen, set a timer, and then STILL get timed out for the HAD submission call.
January 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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When you get a rejection for a story… six weeks after it’s been published somewhere else. 🤔
I feel like there should be a German word for this.
January 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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SUBMISSION CALL COMING!

Wednesday, 1/14, 10 AM (MT) / 12 PM (ET) / 6 PM (CET)
Subs will be capped at 150, so be quick.

The nitty-gritty:
750 words for prose (or 2 micro pieces of equal combined length)
1-2 poems & hybrid pieces (each no longer than 2 pages)

guest ed: @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social
Beginnings for HAD Simone de Beauvoir once said beginnings are sheer acts of choice. Eliot believed the end and the beginning are all entangled. Anything that falls in-between is collateral. There must be a reason new beginnings are rarely gentle and often messy. Send me anything that explores why that might be the case. Think in terms of a fresh start, a clean slate, the beginning of a long journey, a reset, whether it be literal, metaphorical, or spiritual. Submissions open Wednesday, 1/14, 10 AM (MT) / 12 PM (ET) / 6 PM (CET). Submissions will be capped at 150, so be quick. The nitty-gritty: 750 words for prose (or 2 micro pieces of equal combined length) 1-2 poems & hybrid pieces (each no longer than 2 pages) All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours. Thanks all for participating. 💀 💀 💀 — Sarp
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Another one of two new stories (my first pubs of 2026) from the always tasty Gooseberry Pie!
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Read 2 micros by @writesofkathryn.bsky.social from our 2nd anniversary issue:

In a Big Country Dreams Stay With You

The Very Short Story of a Man eho Transformed inyo a Bear

(Story links in comments)

gooseberry-pie.com/issue-39-2/
Issue 39 (2nd Anniversary Issue) - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Andrew S on Unsplash This is hard for me to believe but it’s Gooseberry Pie’s 2nd anniversary. I launched in December 2023 with our first issue published on January 18, 2024. I want to thank ...
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January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Man or bear? 🐻
One of two New stories in Gooseberry Pie. (My first of 2026!)
January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Thanks to these lovely editors and congratulations to all these brilliant writers! 🥰
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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2nd Anniversary issue includes work:@megpokrass.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
@jefffriedman.bsky.social
@swethaamit.bsky.social
Guy Biederman

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gooseberry-pie.com/issue-39
Issue 39 (2nd Anniversary Issue) - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Andrew S on Unsplash This is hard for me to believe but it’s Gooseberry Pie’s 2nd anniversary. I launched in December 2023 with our first issue published on January 18, 2024. I want to thank ...
gooseberry-pie.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Also thrilled to make it onto this longlist (on my third try… it’s a tough ‘un.) Congrats & commiserations to all, but mostly congrats, because you are out there writing. Resisting despair and hate and ugliness and making art in spite of everything. 👏🏻💙✨
sagreene1.bsky.social Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social · 26d
Thrilled to see my story on this longlist! Congratulations to everyone on it and hugs to those who missed out this time.❤️
welkinprize.bsky.social The Welkin Writing Prize @welkinprize.bsky.social · 26d
DRUM ROLL!!!! 🥁🥁🥁

It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026.

Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high:

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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I’m so thankful to have two stories chosen for Best Microfiction 2026!

Thank you to Boudin for nominating “Bent Twigs” and to New Flash Fiction Review for nominating “A Few Words About the Weather,” and thanks to the Best Micro team! 🥳
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Looks like I did my end-of-year roundup too early, because I got one more (really disappointing) rejection for a project I’ve been working on for a long time, and one unexpected nomination for Best American Short Stories (!) from the fabulous Flash the Court. Coming into 2026 like …
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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A year of the Rejection Competition, and other notes from a year in writing.

kathrynk.substack.com/p/notes-from...
A list of submissions, rejections, and published writings.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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So thrilled to be nominated along with these STAR writers! 🌟
jekwriter.bsky.social Jessica Klimesh @jekwriter.bsky.social · Dec 22
Hot Flash Literary's Best Small Fictions nominations!! @kathyfish.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social Deepthi Krishnamurthy @writesofkathryn.bsky.social Mikki Aronoff

Congrats and good luck to all!!
December 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Congrats to these fellow @fictivedream.bsky.social writers!
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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If you missed it the first time around (as I did): this painfully good micro from @lumchanmfa.bsky.social .
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Thrilled to be with some of my favorite writers in Hot Flash Literary!
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Oy vey! What a story! 😍
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Who's gonna send me something on January 5?
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“I wondered were they red all on their own, or was she ‘painted,’ as my mother called it. You don’t want to be a painted minx like that Rosemary O’Shea, my mother said.

But sometimes I did.”

@writesofkathryn.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kath...
Kathryn Kulpa — Does It Have Pockets
The Banshee and Me
www.doesithavepockets.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Thanks to Brian Mihok, @marcelleheath.bsky.social, Jeannie Hoag, and everyone at @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social for publishing this new camping story, "Happy Birthday." Psyched to be in this journal!
Happy Birthday | matchbook
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December 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Thank you, @trampset.bsky.social , for giving this new story a home! 💙🎵
trampset.bsky.social trampset @trampset.bsky.social · Dec 5
"We crossed the line on Friendship Street. Didn’t see the stop sign. Failed to yield."

@writesofkathryn.bsky.social's "Keep Your Visions to Yourself"

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Keep Your Visions to Yourself
by Kathryn Kulpa
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December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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"We crossed the line on Friendship Street. Didn’t see the stop sign. Failed to yield."

@writesofkathryn.bsky.social's "Keep Your Visions to Yourself"

trampset.org/keep-your-vi...
Keep Your Visions to Yourself
by Kathryn Kulpa
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December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM