Moon City Press
@mooncitypress.bsky.social
Small independent press sponsored by the Department of English at Missouri State University in Springfield. Publisher of books and Moon City Review.
Congratulations to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees: @kelliborges2.bsky.social, @courtneyb77.bsky.social, Julia Coursey, @amymarques.bsky.social, and @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social. Good luck!
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Congratulations to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees: @kelliborges2.bsky.social, @courtneyb77.bsky.social, Julia Coursey, @amymarques.bsky.social, and @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social. Good luck!
Congrats to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees: Mikaela Hagen, @gabrielwelsch.bsky.social, @jstewartmiller.bsky.social, @duffusmatthew.bsky.social, Claire Hero, and @kellypedro.bsky.social.
Good luck!
Good luck!
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Congrats to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees: Mikaela Hagen, @gabrielwelsch.bsky.social, @jstewartmiller.bsky.social, @duffusmatthew.bsky.social, Claire Hero, and @kellypedro.bsky.social.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Cover reveal! Presenting The Last Day by @kimmagowan.bsky.social, part of the Moon City Press Editors Choice Series! The Last Day is coming on March 3, 2026—preorder link up soon!
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Cover reveal! Presenting The Last Day by @kimmagowan.bsky.social, part of the Moon City Press Editors Choice Series! The Last Day is coming on March 3, 2026—preorder link up soon!
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!
September 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.
May 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.
The @mooncitypress.bsky.social reading tonight at 6 has a door access code! Hope to see you there!
March 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The @mooncitypress.bsky.social reading tonight at 6 has a door access code! Hope to see you there!
New @mooncityreview.bsky.social
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
March 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New @mooncityreview.bsky.social
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
glued, drying, ready to be cut for LA!
@mooncitypress.bsky.social's AWP reading will feature @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, Clayton Clark, @sfreligh.bsky.social, Jeannine Hall Gailey, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @artichokeheart.bsky.social, Michelle Ross, and @tms2072.bsky.social! Details on the attached flier!
March 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social's AWP reading will feature @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, Clayton Clark, @sfreligh.bsky.social, Jeannine Hall Gailey, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @artichokeheart.bsky.social, Michelle Ross, and @tms2072.bsky.social! Details on the attached flier!
@mooncityreview.bsky.social is cohosting a reading with @laurelreview.bsky.social, Puerto del Sol, and Bear Review at AWP! The MCR reps are @kelliborges2.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social. The reading is Thursday, March 27 at Bar Henry at 8 p.m. Come out and hear all these fab readers!
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@mooncityreview.bsky.social is cohosting a reading with @laurelreview.bsky.social, Puerto del Sol, and Bear Review at AWP! The MCR reps are @kelliborges2.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social. The reading is Thursday, March 27 at Bar Henry at 8 p.m. Come out and hear all these fab readers!
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @avitusbcarle.bsky.social is reading at Missouri State University tonight at 7 p.m. in 0001 Hill Hall! Free and open to the public. Thanks to the Missouri State University English Department and the Springfield Regional Arts Council for supporting this event!
February 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @avitusbcarle.bsky.social is reading at Missouri State University tonight at 7 p.m. in 0001 Hill Hall! Free and open to the public. Thanks to the Missouri State University English Department and the Springfield Regional Arts Council for supporting this event!
Presenting the cover for Other Emergencies: Stories by @sfreligh.bsky.social, forthcoming this March from @mooncitypress.bsky.social!
Cover art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Preorder link coming soon.
Cover art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Preorder link coming soon.
February 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Presenting the cover for Other Emergencies: Stories by @sfreligh.bsky.social, forthcoming this March from @mooncitypress.bsky.social!
Cover art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Preorder link coming soon.
Cover art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Preorder link coming soon.
Presenting the cover of @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2025, due out at AWP at the end of March! Featuring a dope painting by @courtneyb77.bsky.social and this sharp design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Complete author list and pre-order link coming soon!
Complete author list and pre-order link coming soon!
February 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Presenting the cover of @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2025, due out at AWP at the end of March! Featuring a dope painting by @courtneyb77.bsky.social and this sharp design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Complete author list and pre-order link coming soon!
Complete author list and pre-order link coming soon!
The editors of @mooncityreview.bsky.social wish these authors congratulations and good luck in their nomination for Best Small Fictions!
@jennystalter.bsky.social @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
@jennystalter.bsky.social @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The editors of @mooncityreview.bsky.social wish these authors congratulations and good luck in their nomination for Best Small Fictions!
@jennystalter.bsky.social @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
@jennystalter.bsky.social @audrakerrbrown.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
Just picked up the first copies of Boneyard Heresies by @tms2072.bsky.social and they look fantastic! Pre-order this amazing collection, winner of Moon City Press's 2023 Moon City Poetry Award, with the link in the Comments!
January 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just picked up the first copies of Boneyard Heresies by @tms2072.bsky.social and they look fantastic! Pre-order this amazing collection, winner of Moon City Press's 2023 Moon City Poetry Award, with the link in the Comments!
Cover reveal! Presenting Boneyard Heresies by Tina Schumann, winner of the @mooncitypress.bsky.social
2023 Moon City Poetry Award, due December 1.
Cover art by MJ Cullinane and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Watch for a pre-order link soon!
2023 Moon City Poetry Award, due December 1.
Cover art by MJ Cullinane and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Watch for a pre-order link soon!
July 29, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Cover reveal! Presenting Boneyard Heresies by Tina Schumann, winner of the @mooncitypress.bsky.social
2023 Moon City Poetry Award, due December 1.
Cover art by MJ Cullinane and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Watch for a pre-order link soon!
2023 Moon City Poetry Award, due December 1.
Cover art by MJ Cullinane and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Watch for a pre-order link soon!
Cover reveal! Presenting the face of These Worn Bodies, the forthcoming flash fiction collection from @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, winner of the 2023 Moon City Press Moon City Short Fiction Award!
Release date November 1; pre-order link up soon.
Cover art and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Release date November 1; pre-order link up soon.
Cover art and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
May 3, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Cover reveal! Presenting the face of These Worn Bodies, the forthcoming flash fiction collection from @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, winner of the 2023 Moon City Press Moon City Short Fiction Award!
Release date November 1; pre-order link up soon.
Cover art and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Release date November 1; pre-order link up soon.
Cover art and design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
The editors of Moon City Press are thrilled to announce @avitusbcarle.bsky.social as the winner of the 2023 Moon City Short Fiction Award! Avitus' collection, These Worn Bodies, will appear this fall from Moon City Press. She will also receive the $1000 first prize.
March 4, 2024 at 8:20 PM
The editors of Moon City Press are thrilled to announce @avitusbcarle.bsky.social as the winner of the 2023 Moon City Short Fiction Award! Avitus' collection, These Worn Bodies, will appear this fall from Moon City Press. She will also receive the $1000 first prize.
@juliaannamorrison.bsky.social will be signing copies of Long Exposure at the @mooncitypress.bsky.social booth, #s 837-839, today, Saturday, 9-11 a.m.!
February 10, 2024 at 1:45 PM
@juliaannamorrison.bsky.social will be signing copies of Long Exposure at the @mooncitypress.bsky.social booth, #s 837-839, today, Saturday, 9-11 a.m.!
The new @mooncityreview.bsky.social has arrived! We have a great lineup of writers and a gorgeous cover. Copies will be available at AWP next week and then ship to contributors and online orderers the week after. Purchase with the link in the Comments.
January 31, 2024 at 3:11 PM
The new @mooncityreview.bsky.social has arrived! We have a great lineup of writers and a gorgeous cover. Copies will be available at AWP next week and then ship to contributors and online orderers the week after. Purchase with the link in the Comments.
The @mooncitypress.bsky.social reading for AWP 2024, featuring @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, Clayton Clark, @sfreligh.bsky.social, Trudy Lewis, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, Amanda Marbais, @juliaannamorrison.bsky.social, Phong Nguyen, @artichokeheart.bsky.social, Michelle Ross, and Bret Shepard.
January 8, 2024 at 7:26 PM
The @mooncitypress.bsky.social reading for AWP 2024, featuring @andrewbertaina.bsky.social, Clayton Clark, @sfreligh.bsky.social, Trudy Lewis, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, Amanda Marbais, @juliaannamorrison.bsky.social, Phong Nguyen, @artichokeheart.bsky.social, Michelle Ross, and Bret Shepard.
Cover reveal! Here's the cover of @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2024! Art by Andrea Hellman, design by Shen Chen Hsieh!
December 13, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Cover reveal! Here's the cover of @mooncityreview.bsky.social 2024! Art by Andrea Hellman, design by Shen Chen Hsieh!
Congrats to @ohheyrebecca.bsky.social, Zoa Coudret, @stateofkate.bsky.social, @dieddisappointed.bsky.social, and Bryan D. Price for earning @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2024 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominations. Congrats to them and good luck!
December 11, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Congrats to @ohheyrebecca.bsky.social, Zoa Coudret, @stateofkate.bsky.social, @dieddisappointed.bsky.social, and Bryan D. Price for earning @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2024 @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominations. Congrats to them and good luck!
Congrats to Janelle Drumwright, Susan Holcomb, Sara Henning, @saramoorewagner.bsky.social, Robert P. Kaye, and Skyler Melnick for snagging the 2023 @mooncityreview.bsky.social Pushcart Prize nominations!
December 4, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Congrats to Janelle Drumwright, Susan Holcomb, Sara Henning, @saramoorewagner.bsky.social, Robert P. Kaye, and Skyler Melnick for snagging the 2023 @mooncityreview.bsky.social Pushcart Prize nominations!