Sandy Nietling
@sandynietling.bsky.social
First Runner Up, James Jones First Novel Fellowship. Winner of the First Pages Prize for fiction. Pushcart Prize nominee. Reading for FracturedLit.
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Even in the rain the sassafras look like they're creating light
#autumn #leaves #sassafras #fallcolor
#autumn #leaves #sassafras #fallcolor
October 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Even in the rain the sassafras look like they're creating light
#autumn #leaves #sassafras #fallcolor
#autumn #leaves #sassafras #fallcolor
Watching the rain coming in from a rooftop restaurant in Birmingham
#photography #clouds #sky #nature
#photography #clouds #sky #nature
August 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Watching the rain coming in from a rooftop restaurant in Birmingham
#photography #clouds #sky #nature
#photography #clouds #sky #nature
July 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Volunteer foxgloves behind the house. I couldn't have grown them if I tried.
#foxglove #bloomscrolling #juneblooms
#foxglove #bloomscrolling #juneblooms
June 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Volunteer foxgloves behind the house. I couldn't have grown them if I tried.
#foxglove #bloomscrolling #juneblooms
#foxglove #bloomscrolling #juneblooms
May 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Found a pileated woodpecker's wing feather on my morning walk.
#birds #woodpecker #pileatedwoodpecker ##birdwatching #nature
#birds #woodpecker #pileatedwoodpecker ##birdwatching #nature
May 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Found a pileated woodpecker's wing feather on my morning walk.
#birds #woodpecker #pileatedwoodpecker ##birdwatching #nature
#birds #woodpecker #pileatedwoodpecker ##birdwatching #nature
March 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A female white-breasted nuthatch. Most of my nuthatch pics are a blur, but this one held still just long enough.
#birds #birdwatching #nature
#birds #birdwatching #nature
March 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A female white-breasted nuthatch. Most of my nuthatch pics are a blur, but this one held still just long enough.
#birds #birdwatching #nature
#birds #birdwatching #nature
February 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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January 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
January 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
January 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
December 28, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Thank you to the editors at Blackbird for this Pushcart Prize nomination, and congratulations to my fellow Blackbird nominees!
blackbird.vcu.edu/youre-the-ne...
#PushcartPrize #Pushcart #fiction #writing #writingcommunity
blackbird.vcu.edu/youre-the-ne...
#PushcartPrize #Pushcart #fiction #writing #writingcommunity
December 20, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Thank you to the editors at Blackbird for this Pushcart Prize nomination, and congratulations to my fellow Blackbird nominees!
blackbird.vcu.edu/youre-the-ne...
#PushcartPrize #Pushcart #fiction #writing #writingcommunity
blackbird.vcu.edu/youre-the-ne...
#PushcartPrize #Pushcart #fiction #writing #writingcommunity
December 14, 2024 at 12:21 PM
I love truth in naming. Please meet the red-bellied woodpecker.
#birds #birdwatching #woodpecker #nature
#birds #birdwatching #woodpecker #nature
December 12, 2024 at 10:36 PM
I love truth in naming. Please meet the red-bellied woodpecker.
#birds #birdwatching #woodpecker #nature
#birds #birdwatching #woodpecker #nature
Rewarding myself for wrapping up my novel manuscript by starting a short story. The snow has got me thinking.
#fiction
#writing
#writingcommunity
#authors
#writer
#fiction
#writing
#writingcommunity
#authors
#writer
November 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Rewarding myself for wrapping up my novel manuscript by starting a short story. The snow has got me thinking.
#fiction
#writing
#writingcommunity
#authors
#writer
#fiction
#writing
#writingcommunity
#authors
#writer