Lori Cramer
@loricramerwriter.bsky.social
Writer of flash, micro, prose poetry. Longlisted for Wigleaf Top 50. Nominated for Best Microfiction, Best of the Net. Copy Editor. Baseball fan. She/her.
https://loricramerfiction.wordpress.com
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Lori Cramer
@loricramerwriter.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Thrilled and honored to have my micro, "Yard Sale," selected for the 2025 @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 longlist! Grateful to @laughingyeti.bsky.social and his team and to Hannah Cole Orsag and @heimatreview.bsky.social for publishing my story!
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Deadline!!!!! Midnight ET tonight! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Deadline!!!!! Midnight ET tonight! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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We are very excited to reveal our guest editor & theme for our 2026 anthology! Submissions open on 1 Dec & close on 15 Feb 2026. Our microfiction comp judges will be announced next week! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are very excited to reveal our guest editor & theme for our 2026 anthology! Submissions open on 1 Dec & close on 15 Feb 2026. Our microfiction comp judges will be announced next week! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...
Finally figured out that last line...I think? #amwriting #flashfiction
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Finally figured out that last line...I think? #amwriting #flashfiction
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I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things:
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things:
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
Don't give up on those old stories you've set aside. Take another look at them every once in a while. You never know what might happen. #amwriting #flashfiction
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Don't give up on those old stories you've set aside. Take another look at them every once in a while. You never know what might happen. #amwriting #flashfiction
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Haven’t submitted yet? You’ve still got time! Our current reading period ends November 30. Full guidelines here:
www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
#microfiction #shortfiction #shortpoetry #haiku #submissions #writersofbsky #poetsofbsky #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #dribbles #drabbles ✍️🦉📩
www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
#microfiction #shortfiction #shortpoetry #haiku #submissions #writersofbsky #poetsofbsky #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #dribbles #drabbles ✍️🦉📩
Submissions
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November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Haven’t submitted yet? You’ve still got time! Our current reading period ends November 30. Full guidelines here:
www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
#microfiction #shortfiction #shortpoetry #haiku #submissions #writersofbsky #poetsofbsky #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #dribbles #drabbles ✍️🦉📩
www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
#microfiction #shortfiction #shortpoetry #haiku #submissions #writersofbsky #poetsofbsky #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #dribbles #drabbles ✍️🦉📩
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i would like to save daylight and nightdark and all the hours really, i would like to save them all
November 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
i would like to save daylight and nightdark and all the hours really, i would like to save them all
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From Naomi Shihab Nye's book, Everything Comes Next: bookshop.org/a/862/9780063013452
#poem #books #writing
#poem #books #writing
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From Naomi Shihab Nye's book, Everything Comes Next: bookshop.org/a/862/9780063013452
#poem #books #writing
#poem #books #writing
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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This message brought to you by a pumpkin.
With a brand new category. templeinacity.com/submit-writi...
October 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This message brought to you by a pumpkin.
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I hope that today you’re able to share a laugh with someone you love. No greater feeling.
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I hope that today you’re able to share a laugh with someone you love. No greater feeling.
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What advice would you offer to your younger self?
We'll be publishing a handful of our favourite comments in Issue 108 of Mslexia ✍️
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#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
We'll be publishing a handful of our favourite comments in Issue 108 of Mslexia ✍️
mslexia.co.uk
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
Mslexia: the UK's bestselling magazine for women who write
Craft advice, career tips and community. Take your writing practice to the next level.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What advice would you offer to your younger self?
We'll be publishing a handful of our favourite comments in Issue 108 of Mslexia ✍️
mslexia.co.uk
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
We'll be publishing a handful of our favourite comments in Issue 108 of Mslexia ✍️
mslexia.co.uk
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers
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Just under 20 days to get your micros (-250 words) in! Fiction, CNF, hybrid, published, unpublished, translations. We're so easy. What about that killer micro you published 20 years ago? It's eligible. We're searching for the best. Deadline Nov 15th. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just under 20 days to get your micros (-250 words) in! Fiction, CNF, hybrid, published, unpublished, translations. We're so easy. What about that killer micro you published 20 years ago? It's eligible. We're searching for the best. Deadline Nov 15th. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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once I learn how to fall asleep when I’m tired I will be unstoppable
October 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
once I learn how to fall asleep when I’m tired I will be unstoppable
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Love to see those Saturday subs coming in! Remember, this is the LAST WEEKEND of our sub period — we close end of day Oct 31, which is Friday. Get to it!
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Love to see those Saturday subs coming in! Remember, this is the LAST WEEKEND of our sub period — we close end of day Oct 31, which is Friday. Get to it!
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When a great line comes to you at 3 a.m. and you repeat it over and over to yourself for the next hour and a half before finally falling asleep only to wake with no memory of it.
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When a great line comes to you at 3 a.m. and you repeat it over and over to yourself for the next hour and a half before finally falling asleep only to wake with no memory of it.
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I have a tiny poem in the new print issue of @chicagoqreview.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I have a tiny poem in the new print issue of @chicagoqreview.bsky.social
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Submissions are open for Issue 8 until the 30th day of October in the year 2025!
Deal us some literary gold & other precious metals! Full guidelines right here 👇🏻🙂↕️
www.themerseyreview.com/submit
Deal us some literary gold & other precious metals! Full guidelines right here 👇🏻🙂↕️
www.themerseyreview.com/submit
Submit to The Mersey Review — The Mersey Review
Submit to The Mersey Review!
www.themerseyreview.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Submissions are open for Issue 8 until the 30th day of October in the year 2025!
Deal us some literary gold & other precious metals! Full guidelines right here 👇🏻🙂↕️
www.themerseyreview.com/submit
Deal us some literary gold & other precious metals! Full guidelines right here 👇🏻🙂↕️
www.themerseyreview.com/submit
Sometimes a good writing week is just a week in which you had some time to write and you wrote some sentences you really like. #amwriting
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Sometimes a good writing week is just a week in which you had some time to write and you wrote some sentences you really like. #amwriting
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If you have links to audio of your stories being read (preferably by you) please share them with me. I’d love to listen to some friends to pass the time.
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you have links to audio of your stories being read (preferably by you) please share them with me. I’d love to listen to some friends to pass the time.
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listening to heavy rain on the roof and windows while reading a book from the giant stack beside your bed counts as writing this morning
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
listening to heavy rain on the roof and windows while reading a book from the giant stack beside your bed counts as writing this morning