Bess Winter
@bess-winter.bsky.social
YYZ->CVG. MACHINES OF ANOTHER ERA is my book. Web and Media Editor of cincinnatireview.bsky.social.
Very happy for my former StoryStudio student Tamar Shapiro on the publication of RESTITUTION
RESTITUTION by Tamar Shapiro (@regalhouse.bsky.social). Reviewed by @emhall47.bsky.social.
Restitution – Necessary Fiction
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November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Very happy for my former StoryStudio student Tamar Shapiro on the publication of RESTITUTION
My little essay on my dad’s song hopped over to The Toronto Star today just in time for game 3. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
My dad wrote the song that defined Canadian baseball. Now, more than ever, it’s the anthem we all need
My dad Tony Kosinec was a folk musician and jingle writer in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s. I loved listening to his catchy jingles on the radio — especially one
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October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My little essay on my dad’s song hopped over to The Toronto Star today just in time for game 3. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
There is still time to sign up for this—such a FUN course, and we start right before Halloween which means it’s also spooky 🎃👻💀
Submitting is scary! But it doesn't have to be. Take this four-session ONLINE class with @bess-winter.bsky.social -- The Last Ten Percent: Revision and Submission Intensive -- and learn how to polish your piece and submit with confidence.
Starts Oct. 30.
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#writersofbluesky
Starts Oct. 30.
buff.ly/RPv3UGe
#writersofbluesky
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
There is still time to sign up for this—such a FUN course, and we start right before Halloween which means it’s also spooky 🎃👻💀
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If your book’s almost done, learn how to revise and where to submit in @bess-winter.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… Four classes, Zoom, starts October 30!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
The Last Ten Percent: Revision and Submission Intensive with Bess Winter - StoryStudio Chicago
This four-week online course, intended for intermediate to advanced fiction writers who are seeking their first publications, focuses on that last ten percent of short story writing: revision and subm...
www.storystudiochicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If your book’s almost done, learn how to revise and where to submit in @bess-winter.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… Four classes, Zoom, starts October 30!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Reposted by Bess Winter
We’re excited to announce APOSTASIES by Holli Carrell: Release date September 15. Available NOW for preorder at a sale price till 9/15 at perugiapress.org/product/apos... and also available at asterismbooks. Check it out in our Linktree! @hollicarrell.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We’re excited to announce APOSTASIES by Holli Carrell: Release date September 15. Available NOW for preorder at a sale price till 9/15 at perugiapress.org/product/apos... and also available at asterismbooks. Check it out in our Linktree! @hollicarrell.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social
Have a story you want to get across the finish line? I’m teaching at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social again: THE LAST TEN PERCENT, a 4-step revision intensive meant for the writer who wants to publish. Register while you can, and pass it on! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
The Last Ten Percent: Revision and Submission Intensive with Bess Winter - StoryStudio Chicago
This four-week online course, intended for intermediate to advanced fiction writers who are seeking their first publications, focuses on that last ten percent of short story writing: revision and subm...
www.storystudiochicago.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Have a story you want to get across the finish line? I’m teaching at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social again: THE LAST TEN PERCENT, a 4-step revision intensive meant for the writer who wants to publish. Register while you can, and pass it on! www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...
Pssst…we really need nonfiction submissions!!!
Only 5 days left to submit your fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction to the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards! Winners receive $1000 and publication in CR---and all entries are considered for publication. Contest closes July 15! Details here: buff.ly/mDOMzaV
July 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Pssst…we really need nonfiction submissions!!!
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New title, same great editor! To better reflect all she does for CR, Assistant Managing Editor @bess-winter.bsky.social is now our Web and Media Editor!
June 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New title, same great editor! To better reflect all she does for CR, Assistant Managing Editor @bess-winter.bsky.social is now our Web and Media Editor!
Every day a good thing or memory. No one can control your mind palace or steal your joy. Here’s day 1:
January 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Every day a good thing or memory. No one can control your mind palace or steal your joy. Here’s day 1:
You know what’s great? Turner Classic Movies, just the channel, with some old guy curating for you. I miss curation. I miss not knowing I what I really wanted was to see Mickey Rooney today
December 6, 2024 at 9:58 PM
You know what’s great? Turner Classic Movies, just the channel, with some old guy curating for you. I miss curation. I miss not knowing I what I really wanted was to see Mickey Rooney today
My ode to the stacks, today at @cincinnatireview.bsky.social
"Libraries are the place where we . . . are in conversation with other thinkers across boundaries of time, space, and language." Today on the site, Assistant Managing Editor @bess-winter.bsky.social talks about POETRY STACKED by UC Libraries and the Elliston Poetry Room.
A Reading Series Straight from the Source: Poetry Stacked at University of Cincinnati’s Langsam Library
Assistant Managing Editor Bess Winter explores the importance of the library stacks via a review of Langsam Library's POETRY STACKED event.
www.cincinnatireview.com
March 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM
My ode to the stacks, today at @cincinnatireview.bsky.social
happy to announce that i have no AWP events on the docket as usual and will be spending my time in KC working at the bookfair and visiting the international federation of doll clubs museum, a lifelong aspiration. i will also not sell even one copy of my old book or sign shit
January 24, 2024 at 1:44 AM
happy to announce that i have no AWP events on the docket as usual and will be spending my time in KC working at the bookfair and visiting the international federation of doll clubs museum, a lifelong aspiration. i will also not sell even one copy of my old book or sign shit
Reposted by Bess Winter
Urban decay and old brick buildings abound in this audio-photo essay in which contributor Jim Palmarini reads his mesmerizing piece from issue 20.2, WELCOME TO THE READING. Direction and editing by Assistant Editor Holli Carrell.
Special Feature: Jim Palmarini's "WELCOME TO THE READING"
A video ode to the places where poetry lives and has lived in Cincinnati, from contributor Jim Palmarini.
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December 14, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Urban decay and old brick buildings abound in this audio-photo essay in which contributor Jim Palmarini reads his mesmerizing piece from issue 20.2, WELCOME TO THE READING. Direction and editing by Assistant Editor Holli Carrell.
when you move back to Cincinnati but this time video doorbell technology exists. the things my neighbors share are like Twin Peaks episodes without the cost of a ShowTime subscription
November 30, 2023 at 11:41 PM
when you move back to Cincinnati but this time video doorbell technology exists. the things my neighbors share are like Twin Peaks episodes without the cost of a ShowTime subscription
Wes Anderson Film Idea: Walter Benjamin unpacking his library
November 28, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Wes Anderson Film Idea: Walter Benjamin unpacking his library
Forget doll stories! The only public writing I'm doing these days is musing on crusty signs.
"To cross the threshold is to make a moral decision from which there is no return. Enter the Cold-N-Quick and you enter the gates of Hell." In this installment of SIGNS I'D PUBLISH, the poetic bliss of the Cold-N-Quick sign is singed by the fires of Hell.
Signs I'd Publish: Cold-N-Quick
In this installment of our new column, the poetic bliss of the Cold-N-Quick sign is singed by the fires of Hell.
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November 28, 2023 at 12:50 AM
Forget doll stories! The only public writing I'm doing these days is musing on crusty signs.