@saraschansarkar.bsky.social
Writer: Morsels of Purple (2021), Skin Over Milk (2022)
ELJ Micro Prize, Larry Brown Short Story Award, NFFd Micro Prize
ELJ Micro Prize, Larry Brown Short Story Award, NFFd Micro Prize
Can't wait for this event tonight! Hope to see you all there!
It's today! 🌰🥳
Prose Chapbook Night & Q&A with Chestnut Review Press featuring Sue Mell, Mario Aliberto III, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, and Maya Cheav is coming up next month!
This event takes place Thursday, 11/20/2025 at 4:30 pm PST/7:30 pm ET.
Sign up for this free event. Link in bio.
This event takes place Thursday, 11/20/2025 at 4:30 pm PST/7:30 pm ET.
Sign up for this free event. Link in bio.
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Can't wait for this event tonight! Hope to see you all there!
Thanks for doing this for my book, @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social! Thanks @danbillyc.bsky.social for sharing the love here.
Yay! I love this collection by @saraschansarkar.bsky.social! A perfect review by the amazing @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social 💙💙💙
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Morsels of Purple by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar. Such moving and vivid stories of migration, change and discovery. @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Thanks for doing this for my book, @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social! Thanks @danbillyc.bsky.social for sharing the love here.
I have a new story "Biryani Fridays" in the lovely @fictivedream.bsky.social Would love for you all to read it.
#fiction #shortstory #writingcommunity
#fiction #shortstory #writingcommunity
"Two Fridays ago, her husband brought handsome Tahir along unannounced." Biryani Fridays by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar saraschansarkar.bsky.social #shortstory #fiction #writingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/03/b...
August 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I have a new story "Biryani Fridays" in the lovely @fictivedream.bsky.social Would love for you all to read it.
#fiction #shortstory #writingcommunity
#fiction #shortstory #writingcommunity
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#PoetryMoment
"An Octopus Has Three Whole Hearts"
by Joy Sullivan
from Instructions for Traveling West
Dial Press, 2024
"An Octopus Has Three Whole Hearts"
by Joy Sullivan
from Instructions for Traveling West
Dial Press, 2024
July 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#PoetryMoment
"An Octopus Has Three Whole Hearts"
by Joy Sullivan
from Instructions for Traveling West
Dial Press, 2024
"An Octopus Has Three Whole Hearts"
by Joy Sullivan
from Instructions for Traveling West
Dial Press, 2024
My story "Between Chamisa and Rengyō" is out!
Thank you to the @smokelong.bsky.social judges for selecting it as the winner of The Smokey award. I am so moved by the recognition 🙏🏻
I hope you enjoy this story:
www.smokelong.com/stories/betw...
Thank you to the @smokelong.bsky.social judges for selecting it as the winner of The Smokey award. I am so moved by the recognition 🙏🏻
I hope you enjoy this story:
www.smokelong.com/stories/betw...
Between Chamisa and Rengyō - SmokeLong Quarterly
I. The rain doesn’t smell the same here, and neither do I. Warm, resinous, alive: piñons and junipers, greasewood and ponderosa, the ghost bloom of Apache plume snagged on old barbed wire, claret cup ...
www.smokelong.com
June 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A poem I wrote a few years ago. Those who can call or be with their dads, please make every effort to do so.
June 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A poem I wrote a few years ago. Those who can call or be with their dads, please make every effort to do so.
"My porch stood inundated with carnations and casseroles I left to rot, the stench seeping into the foyer."
My micro "Fortune Cookie" published in @centaurlit.bsky.social:
centaurlit.com/fortune-cook...
My micro "Fortune Cookie" published in @centaurlit.bsky.social:
centaurlit.com/fortune-cook...
Fortune Cookie by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar | Centaur
centaurlit.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"My porch stood inundated with carnations and casseroles I left to rot, the stench seeping into the foyer."
My micro "Fortune Cookie" published in @centaurlit.bsky.social:
centaurlit.com/fortune-cook...
My micro "Fortune Cookie" published in @centaurlit.bsky.social:
centaurlit.com/fortune-cook...
"The pockets of her dress grew heavy with skeletons, darkened with wet."
@jadjosey.bsky.social @soflopojo.bsky.social:
@jadjosey.bsky.social @soflopojo.bsky.social:
I’m excited to have a flash piece in the newest issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social and I’d be honored to have you read it. 💙
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-37-may...
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-37-may...
May 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"The pockets of her dress grew heavy with skeletons, darkened with wet."
@jadjosey.bsky.social @soflopojo.bsky.social:
@jadjosey.bsky.social @soflopojo.bsky.social:
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It’s Wednesday. The Smokey deadline is midnight, NYC, Saturday. It’s time to step away from that comma, now. That’s right. Eaaaasy does it. No, I don’t know if it should “maybe be an em-dash”. Did you drink water today? You seem to have an olive in your hair. C’mon. That story is DONE. Send it.
You know us and numbers. But we do know today is Monday (we checked). So here's a helpful writer countdown calendar for getting your entry in for the SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025 before Saturday's deadline of midnight, NYC time. You're welcome. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
May 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It’s Wednesday. The Smokey deadline is midnight, NYC, Saturday. It’s time to step away from that comma, now. That’s right. Eaaaasy does it. No, I don’t know if it should “maybe be an em-dash”. Did you drink water today? You seem to have an olive in your hair. C’mon. That story is DONE. Send it.
“He knows her story…. has vowed never to comment, never to leave her exposed. It’s how the marriage works.”
Love this one by @karenschauber.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
Love this one by @karenschauber.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
Thrilled to be back in Ghost Parachute again with another #flashfiction, “Chynoweth”. Many thanks to Editor, @brettpribble.bsky.social and @brettjb.bsky.social for the on the nose illustration.
ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...
#flashlit #flash&shortfiction
ghostparachute.com/issue/may-20...
#flashlit #flash&shortfiction
Chynoweth — Ghost Parachute
Chynoweth gobbles marzipan over the bathroom sink then promptly regurgitates like an egret, her long neck rolling and buckling like corrugated cardboard, until every morsel has been extruded. She then...
ghostparachute.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“He knows her story…. has vowed never to comment, never to leave her exposed. It’s how the marriage works.”
Love this one by @karenschauber.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
Love this one by @karenschauber.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
Thanks for publishing my story, Brett!
I’ll appreciate you all reading “Binary Stars” in Ghost Parachute:
I’ll appreciate you all reading “Binary Stars” in Ghost Parachute:
Read "Binary Stars" written by @saraschansarkar.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"My son’s words spiral in my head. Detached binary stars. Evolving separately. Detached. Separate. That’s my marriage explained in the parlance of space."
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"My son’s words spiral in my head. Detached binary stars. Evolving separately. Detached. Separate. That’s my marriage explained in the parlance of space."
tinyurl.com/mw9dk74h
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Binary Stars — Ghost Parachute
My son Vivek and I are visiting the Lowell Observatory for his spring break. We’re in a queue to observe the night sky through a giant telescope. After my son, it’s my turn. “Ma, do you see the binary...
tinyurl.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thanks for publishing my story, Brett!
I’ll appreciate you all reading “Binary Stars” in Ghost Parachute:
I’ll appreciate you all reading “Binary Stars” in Ghost Parachute:
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Many thanks to our FlashFlood editors: @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @saraschansarkar.bsky.social @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social @judiwalsh.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @amygcb.bsky.social & Cassandra Parkin
April 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Many thanks to our FlashFlood editors: @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @saraschansarkar.bsky.social @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social @judiwalsh.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @amygcb.bsky.social & Cassandra Parkin
Congratulations @sfreligh.bsky.social!
FIRST PLACE in the Welkin Mini 2025. "Nine One One" by
@sfreligh.bsky.social. Congratulations, Sarah. A micro that exists on the periphery of the real and the dream, all of it building in such a way that spoke to me on a deeply personal level:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
@sfreligh.bsky.social. Congratulations, Sarah. A micro that exists on the periphery of the real and the dream, all of it building in such a way that spoke to me on a deeply personal level:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
The Welkin Writing Prize | Nine One One
"Nine One One" by Sarah Freligh
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Congratulations @sfreligh.bsky.social!
The best news for this weekend! BSF 2025 nomination by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social for my story “Know Another Culture.”
Presentating our nominations for Best Small Fictions 2025!
Congratulations and all the best to the nominees! 💚🤘
Congratulations and all the best to the nominees! 💚🤘
January 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The best news for this weekend! BSF 2025 nomination by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social for my story “Know Another Culture.”
“And it never mattered that you said you were holding the bike steady, even though I knew you weren’t. “
Love this, Sumitra! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social:
Love this, Sumitra! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social:
Honoured to have @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social pick my @theforge.bsky.social piece for @mattkendrick.bsky.social's Mondettes this month. This one is a heart story for me, Would love you to read it, and my interview 🙏.
Thank you Finn, you're lovely!
forgelitmag.com/2024/06/03/i...
Thank you Finn, you're lovely!
forgelitmag.com/2024/06/03/i...
January 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“And it never mattered that you said you were holding the bike steady, even though I knew you weren’t. “
Love this, Sumitra! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social:
Love this, Sumitra! @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social:
Loving it, @tarazambrano.bsky.social!
January 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Loving it, @tarazambrano.bsky.social!
Thanks for including my story “The Caged Budgerigars” in your list @ashvalewrites.bsky.social:
WHEW I compiled some of my favourite short stories and poems from 2024 into one big list and I'd love if you checked it out, maybe for awards eligibility, or maybe just because you're a lil freak like me!!
authors I mentioned who I could find on bsky are tagged below!
authors I mentioned who I could find on bsky are tagged below!
Big Motherfuckin List of Recs 2024
ashvale.beehiiv.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Thanks for including my story “The Caged Budgerigars” in your list @ashvalewrites.bsky.social:
“Was my mother as tired before I arrived? Was my father still brave then”
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social:
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social:
ICYMI
Night owls and friends across the sea:
“The Man Under the Blanket”
2 minute read
Thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social!
www.cincinnatireview.com/micro/micro-...
Night owls and friends across the sea:
“The Man Under the Blanket”
2 minute read
Thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social!
www.cincinnatireview.com/micro/micro-...
miCRo: "The Man Under the Blanket" by Lisa Thornton
A story that examines the nature of belonging to a family, with an undercurrent of imagined violence.
www.cincinnatireview.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:42 AM
“Was my mother as tired before I arrived? Was my father still brave then”
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social:
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social:
"They unnest me, remake me, wake me alive & crow whole. Then they send me back home on two stumbling feet"
@robinturnerpoet.bsky.social @pitheadchapel.bsky.social:
@robinturnerpoet.bsky.social @pitheadchapel.bsky.social:
Three prose poems in Pithead Chapel's new issue. My thanks to the editors!
Our December issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2024/12/01/v...
Words:
MICHELLE ROSS
JAMES KEITH SMITH
ANNE LOUISE PEPPER
ANDREW ROE
JOSHUA VIGIL
@lucywilde.bksy.social
JEFFREY HERMANN
@ccrussell.bsky.social
@robinturnerpoet.bsky.social
Cover: LAURIE HOLLMAN
Words:
MICHELLE ROSS
JAMES KEITH SMITH
ANNE LOUISE PEPPER
ANDREW ROE
JOSHUA VIGIL
@lucywilde.bksy.social
JEFFREY HERMANN
@ccrussell.bsky.social
@robinturnerpoet.bsky.social
Cover: LAURIE HOLLMAN
December 10, 2024 at 1:13 PM
"They unnest me, remake me, wake me alive & crow whole. Then they send me back home on two stumbling feet"
@robinturnerpoet.bsky.social @pitheadchapel.bsky.social:
@robinturnerpoet.bsky.social @pitheadchapel.bsky.social:
Thanks @danbillyc.bsky.social!
"I mop the floor, dust the furniture, and scrub the dishes to take my mind off. Yet, the pain overpowers me, flings me on the floor, curled up, my knees touching my elbows."
Wow, I love this phenomenal storytelling by @saraschansarkar.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Wow, I love this phenomenal storytelling by @saraschansarkar.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social 💙💙💙
I have a new story "The Caged Budgerigars" in the latest issue of the amazing @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
It's been ages since I published something. Would appreciate you all reading it. #writerscommunity
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Thanks @danbillyc.bsky.social!
Thanks @melostrom.bsky.social!
“One in grief, they stare into a common nothingness.”
This powerful flash by @saraschansarkar.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social.❤️💔
This powerful flash by @saraschansarkar.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social.❤️💔
I have a new story "The Caged Budgerigars" in the latest issue of the amazing @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
It's been ages since I published something. Would appreciate you all reading it. #writerscommunity
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
December 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Thanks @melostrom.bsky.social!
Don't miss this sci-fi by @mynachang.bsky.social @naturefutures.bsky.social:
Nature Futures is one of my favorite SF publishers - so many creative and cool stories! I'm thrilled for my flash piece to be featured today!
Thanks to @naturefutures.bsky.social!!
Thanks to @naturefutures.bsky.social!!
After years of research and planning, tonight was the night. Tonight was the night he would set things straight. Fix the mistake that had pervaded every corner of his life. The night he would finally get a second chance…
#scifi by @mynachang.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by @mynachang.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 7, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Don't miss this sci-fi by @mynachang.bsky.social @naturefutures.bsky.social:
"We hold our breaths and each other’s hands, tiptoe upstairs into the living room and omigod see mom and dad lying next to the fireplace that’s all glowing, snapping, smoking"
Don't miss @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social in Gooseberry Pie:
Don't miss @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social in Gooseberry Pie:
I have a story up in the first-anniversary-holiday extravaganza issue of Gooseberry Pie amongst many fantastic writers! Thank you and Happy Journalversary, @jhhwriter.bsky.social! PS--I love the illustration for my story. :)) gooseberry-pie.com/issue-24/ gooseberry-pie.com/god-jul/
God Jul! - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Unsplash+ by Kathryn Silver-Hajo Our parents argue about everything—like mom’s a vegetarian, but dad insists on bringing home a brisket or chicken livers from his butcher shop every night and...
gooseberry-pie.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:37 PM
"We hold our breaths and each other’s hands, tiptoe upstairs into the living room and omigod see mom and dad lying next to the fireplace that’s all glowing, snapping, smoking"
Don't miss @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social in Gooseberry Pie:
Don't miss @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social in Gooseberry Pie:
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NEW LITERARY FLASH! Check out “The Caged Budgerigars” by
@saraschansarkar.bsky.social, the opener of our Dec 2024 issue. 🪺 Read here: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
#literary #writingcommunity #flashfiction
@saraschansarkar.bsky.social, the opener of our Dec 2024 issue. 🪺 Read here: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
#literary #writingcommunity #flashfiction
December 6, 2024 at 5:21 PM
NEW LITERARY FLASH! Check out “The Caged Budgerigars” by
@saraschansarkar.bsky.social, the opener of our Dec 2024 issue. 🪺 Read here: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
#literary #writingcommunity #flashfiction
@saraschansarkar.bsky.social, the opener of our Dec 2024 issue. 🪺 Read here: www.flashfictiononline.com/article/the-...
#literary #writingcommunity #flashfiction