Nancy Nguyen
@nancynguyen.bsky.social
Speculative/slipstream writer. PhD candidate and AOP Fellow at UW-Milwaukee. Work in Jellyfish Review, swamp pink, The Rumpus, The Georgia Review. At work on a collection about magic and women who occupy the margins.
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New round of shout-outs is up on our Substack. Click here to check out a bunch of great new lit mag & small press publications: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social @blacksunlit.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social @passagesnorth.bsky.social
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social @blacksunlit.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social @passagesnorth.bsky.social
Saturday Shout-Out ~ April 5, 2025
Share your recently published work with the WRJ community
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April 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New round of shout-outs is up on our Substack. Click here to check out a bunch of great new lit mag & small press publications: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social @blacksunlit.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social @passagesnorth.bsky.social
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social @blacksunlit.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social @passagesnorth.bsky.social
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this is a weird time to market books—and maybe a vitally important time to share stories. RAVISHING💄💉✨ is about things under attack: being brown, disability, trauma, and community. it comes out 11.11.2025 but you can preorder it now for 25% off at b&n 💕
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ravishing-...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ravishing-...
February 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
this is a weird time to market books—and maybe a vitally important time to share stories. RAVISHING💄💉✨ is about things under attack: being brown, disability, trauma, and community. it comes out 11.11.2025 but you can preorder it now for 25% off at b&n 💕
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ravishing-...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ravishing-...
Is anyone else on StoryGraph? I’d like to know what y’all are reading. I only started using it this year, but it’s a solid app that’s not owned by Jeff Bezos. My username is: nancynguyen135
February 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Is anyone else on StoryGraph? I’d like to know what y’all are reading. I only started using it this year, but it’s a solid app that’s not owned by Jeff Bezos. My username is: nancynguyen135
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MONDAY — It’s #2025Pit
Are you an unagented writer who has completed a manuscript?
Are you in search of a literary agent?
Great, on Monday I’m hosting a pitch event here on BlueSky I hope will connect authors & agents who may like to work together.
How does this work? Glad you asked!
Are you an unagented writer who has completed a manuscript?
Are you in search of a literary agent?
Great, on Monday I’m hosting a pitch event here on BlueSky I hope will connect authors & agents who may like to work together.
How does this work? Glad you asked!
January 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
MONDAY — It’s #2025Pit
Are you an unagented writer who has completed a manuscript?
Are you in search of a literary agent?
Great, on Monday I’m hosting a pitch event here on BlueSky I hope will connect authors & agents who may like to work together.
How does this work? Glad you asked!
Are you an unagented writer who has completed a manuscript?
Are you in search of a literary agent?
Great, on Monday I’m hosting a pitch event here on BlueSky I hope will connect authors & agents who may like to work together.
How does this work? Glad you asked!
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"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create
January 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create
So I’ve started this habit where when I get overwhelmed by doomscrolling, I turn to books, and so far, I’ve read 7 books in the month of January. :’)
January 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So I’ve started this habit where when I get overwhelmed by doomscrolling, I turn to books, and so far, I’ve read 7 books in the month of January. :’)
I’m reading stories from the most recent BASS anthology, and “Valley of the Moon” by Paul Yoon absolutely destroyed me. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Valley of the Moon,” by Paul Yoon
“The tinker shook his head. ‘Who wants to live out here? Only you. Not even the soldiers guarding the border, a day’s journey north, want to be there.’ ”
www.newyorker.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’m reading stories from the most recent BASS anthology, and “Valley of the Moon” by Paul Yoon absolutely destroyed me. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I wish more awards considered short fic collections. Not only do I enjoy reading them, but I also think a lot of stories fall under the radar, especially when the author is still unknown. Collections can bring those stories back into the light so they can finally get some recognition.
January 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wish more awards considered short fic collections. Not only do I enjoy reading them, but I also think a lot of stories fall under the radar, especially when the author is still unknown. Collections can bring those stories back into the light so they can finally get some recognition.
Ended 2024 and began 2025 by reading two really good books: The Five Wounds by Kristin Valdez-Quade and The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan.
January 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ended 2024 and began 2025 by reading two really good books: The Five Wounds by Kristin Valdez-Quade and The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan.
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snow wished to write his thoughts
December 27, 2024 at 5:39 PM
snow wished to write his thoughts
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The most effective editing move is still the one I stole from George Saunders: read your draft over and over and over again, out loud, until you have to fix the bad parts because you will literally die if you have to read them more time
December 18, 2024 at 7:05 PM
The most effective editing move is still the one I stole from George Saunders: read your draft over and over and over again, out loud, until you have to fix the bad parts because you will literally die if you have to read them more time
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a horror movie but it’s someone chasing you through the woods saying your short story should be a novel
December 18, 2024 at 12:08 AM
a horror movie but it’s someone chasing you through the woods saying your short story should be a novel
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DID YOU PUBLISH A STORY ABOUT DEATH IN 2024?
DO YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A REPRINT ANTHO ABOUT D💀E💀A💀T💀H💀??
CURATED BY SHEREE RENÉE THOMAS???
submissions open until Jan 31st 2025, submit here:
psychopomp.com/afterlives-g...
DO YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A REPRINT ANTHO ABOUT D💀E💀A💀T💀H💀??
CURATED BY SHEREE RENÉE THOMAS???
submissions open until Jan 31st 2025, submit here:
psychopomp.com/afterlives-g...
December 18, 2024 at 4:32 PM
DID YOU PUBLISH A STORY ABOUT DEATH IN 2024?
DO YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A REPRINT ANTHO ABOUT D💀E💀A💀T💀H💀??
CURATED BY SHEREE RENÉE THOMAS???
submissions open until Jan 31st 2025, submit here:
psychopomp.com/afterlives-g...
DO YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A REPRINT ANTHO ABOUT D💀E💀A💀T💀H💀??
CURATED BY SHEREE RENÉE THOMAS???
submissions open until Jan 31st 2025, submit here:
psychopomp.com/afterlives-g...
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I love how their facial expressions are like:
large grump
smol grump
large grump
smol grump
important announcement: there is a new baby capybara at the San Antonio Zoo named Tupi. i would lay down my life for Tupi
December 16, 2024 at 8:25 AM
I love how their facial expressions are like:
large grump
smol grump
large grump
smol grump
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Less than 2 days now to submit your application to The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship. Deadline Dec. 15 at midnight NYC. Anyone on earth 18+ who has not published a book-length work is eligible. Details: www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
For over a decade SmokeLong has supported emerging writers through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship. As we have grown, we’ve decided to offer a program...
www.smokelong.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Less than 2 days now to submit your application to The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellowship. Deadline Dec. 15 at midnight NYC. Anyone on earth 18+ who has not published a book-length work is eligible. Details: www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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yeah it’s in first person but it’s not me. it’s fiction. no you won’t hurt my feelings. oh you don’t like the character? well maybe she doesn’t like you either
December 14, 2024 at 4:48 PM
yeah it’s in first person but it’s not me. it’s fiction. no you won’t hurt my feelings. oh you don’t like the character? well maybe she doesn’t like you either
Rising from the dead to say that I passed my preliminary exam for my PhD!!! I read 100 books about the short story form, Asian American lit, and creative writing pedagogy and took a written/oral exam. I am so, so tired but so proud of myself.
December 15, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Rising from the dead to say that I passed my preliminary exam for my PhD!!! I read 100 books about the short story form, Asian American lit, and creative writing pedagogy and took a written/oral exam. I am so, so tired but so proud of myself.
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don’t be like these assholes at the NYT. disobey, refuse, dissent, resist, defy, reject, do everything in your power to fight this regime and stay alive
We are all witnessing anticipatory obedience in real time.
November 19, 2024 at 5:09 PM
don’t be like these assholes at the NYT. disobey, refuse, dissent, resist, defy, reject, do everything in your power to fight this regime and stay alive
Hello mass-exodus X users!!! 👋👋👋
November 17, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Hello mass-exodus X users!!! 👋👋👋
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The Future Worlds Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour 2024 is open! Please circulate widely.
www.futureworldsprize.co.uk
www.futureworldsprize.co.uk
December 7, 2023 at 2:49 PM
The Future Worlds Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour 2024 is open! Please circulate widely.
www.futureworldsprize.co.uk
www.futureworldsprize.co.uk
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Hello folks! If you’re a writer who applies to, attends, or teaches at writing workshops, can you spare a minute to read, sign, and share this letter asking for better care and accessibility at the Bread Loaf Writers Conferences?
theoffingmag.com/insight/bl_a...
theoffingmag.com/insight/bl_a...
A Request for Accountability in Our Shared Spaces - The Offing
Insight - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
December 2, 2023 at 9:10 PM
Hello folks! If you’re a writer who applies to, attends, or teaches at writing workshops, can you spare a minute to read, sign, and share this letter asking for better care and accessibility at the Bread Loaf Writers Conferences?
theoffingmag.com/insight/bl_a...
theoffingmag.com/insight/bl_a...
Too many synchronicities since i started this moby-dick class 😭
On this day, in 1851, Moby Dick was first published in the US.
November 14, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Too many synchronicities since i started this moby-dick class 😭