Siân Griffiths
@sbgriffiths.bsky.social
Creative Writing Professor at Weber State University (opinions here are my own). Passionate about horses, dogs, dressage, and tennis.
Books: Borrowed Horses, Scrapple, The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, & The Sum of Her Parts.
http://www.sbgriffiths.com
Books: Borrowed Horses, Scrapple, The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, & The Sum of Her Parts.
http://www.sbgriffiths.com
I don't want to discourage anyone, but it is possible to go big *and* go home.
August 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I don't want to discourage anyone, but it is possible to go big *and* go home.
July 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Top tip: If you want to delight your grad students, refer to Aristotle as "that mo fo."
June 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Top tip: If you want to delight your grad students, refer to Aristotle as "that mo fo."
My new neighbor, a 20-something young mother, is the absolute sweetest, but the first time we met, she asked if I was retired and when we were chatting today, she asked if I had grandkids, and man oh man, I know she's not meaning anything by it, but my vanity is taking a *hit*.
June 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My new neighbor, a 20-something young mother, is the absolute sweetest, but the first time we met, she asked if I was retired and when we were chatting today, she asked if I had grandkids, and man oh man, I know she's not meaning anything by it, but my vanity is taking a *hit*.
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Chapbook submissions close this Sunday June 15. buff.ly/N5KHIWt
June 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Chapbook submissions close this Sunday June 15. buff.ly/N5KHIWt
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so far, we're at about 150 fiction subs (capped at 500) and only 12 nonfiction (also capped at 500). Presumably the essayists are just being dramatic and waiting to make a splash right at the close of the window
June 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
so far, we're at about 150 fiction subs (capped at 500) and only 12 nonfiction (also capped at 500). Presumably the essayists are just being dramatic and waiting to make a splash right at the close of the window
Happy 5th birthday to my pandemic book baby, Scrapple. You may have gone under the radar, but I'm still proud of you. ❤
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Scrapple
Scrapple [Siân Griffiths] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Scrapple
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June 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Happy 5th birthday to my pandemic book baby, Scrapple. You may have gone under the radar, but I'm still proud of you. ❤
www.amazon.com/Scrapple-Si%...
www.amazon.com/Scrapple-Si%...
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Check out this fun interview Jess Bowers did with @sbgriffiths.bsky.social over on Horse Nation! buff.ly/3WtnRMc
Then afterwards, get HORSE SHOW here: buff.ly/3WtnSje
Then afterwards, get HORSE SHOW here: buff.ly/3WtnSje
Barn Aisle Chats: ‘Horse Show’ with Jess Bowers
Siân Griffiths talks to Jess Bowers about her new story collection, Horse Show. Horse Show combines real-life and fictional accounts of horses throughout t...
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July 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Check out this fun interview Jess Bowers did with @sbgriffiths.bsky.social over on Horse Nation! buff.ly/3WtnRMc
Then afterwards, get HORSE SHOW here: buff.ly/3WtnSje
Then afterwards, get HORSE SHOW here: buff.ly/3WtnSje
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Not surprisingly, we hit our cap on fiction submissions, but we are still open for 10 more days for nonfiction and poetry
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Barrelhouse
Thanks for submitting your work to Barrelhouse! Before you proceed, a note about open and closed categories. If you don't see the category that fits your work, we're not open for that thing. We keep ...
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May 22, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Not surprisingly, we hit our cap on fiction submissions, but we are still open for 10 more days for nonfiction and poetry
barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit
barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit
Happy 2nd birthday to my first essay collection, The Sum of Her Parts, and thank you to everyone who's read the book and/or left a review! The love that has been given to my little book is really heart warming. ❤️
www.amazon.com/Sum-Her-Part...
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May 1, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Happy 2nd birthday to my first essay collection, The Sum of Her Parts, and thank you to everyone who's read the book and/or left a review! The love that has been given to my little book is really heart warming. ❤️
www.amazon.com/Sum-Her-Part...
www.amazon.com/Sum-Her-Part...
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🚨🚨🚨WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS🚨🚨🚨
April 26, 2024 at 9:54 PM
🚨🚨🚨WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS🚨🚨🚨
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I knew this one was going to be a keeper from the first paragraph! Thanks to @sbgriffiths.bsky.social for sending it our way!
We're opening to submissions tomorrow! Send us your best! #flash #flashfiction
We're opening to submissions tomorrow! Send us your best! #flash #flashfiction
Look at this killer opening by the amazing @sbgriffiths.bsky.social from our latest issue! #flash #flashfiction
April 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I knew this one was going to be a keeper from the first paragraph! Thanks to @sbgriffiths.bsky.social for sending it our way!
We're opening to submissions tomorrow! Send us your best! #flash #flashfiction
We're opening to submissions tomorrow! Send us your best! #flash #flashfiction
Yesterday was the 4th birthday of The Heart Keeps Faulty Time. I’ve always been proud of this little book, and I am so happy to be a part of the @bullcitypress.bsky.social family. I’ve bought so many books from them, and every one is a banger.
April 8, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Yesterday was the 4th birthday of The Heart Keeps Faulty Time. I’ve always been proud of this little book, and I am so happy to be a part of the @bullcitypress.bsky.social family. I’ve bought so many books from them, and every one is a banger.
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“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” Margaret Atwood #StartWriting
April 8, 2024 at 10:00 AM
“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” Margaret Atwood #StartWriting
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SPD shutting down abruptly (and in the shittiest, least communicative way possible) has put many of your favorite presses in danger of closing up shop, so this is a good week to order some books directly from small presses you love and support
April 2, 2024 at 1:34 PM
SPD shutting down abruptly (and in the shittiest, least communicative way possible) has put many of your favorite presses in danger of closing up shop, so this is a good week to order some books directly from small presses you love and support
On Thursday, I have the honor of interviewing Colum McCann during Weber State's National Undergraduate Literature Conference. To say I am nervous about this is beyond understatement. How do you talk to someone who is a profoundly great human being, let alone genius writer?
March 25, 2024 at 3:43 PM
On Thursday, I have the honor of interviewing Colum McCann during Weber State's National Undergraduate Literature Conference. To say I am nervous about this is beyond understatement. How do you talk to someone who is a profoundly great human being, let alone genius writer?
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This craft essay by @sbgriffiths.bsky.social in Waxwing Mag is one of the best resources I’ve seen, covering the amazing versatility of the 2nd-person:
#sffh #shortfiction
#sffh #shortfiction
Oh You!: A Taxonomy of the Second Person | Siân Griffiths
I’ve heard it called experimental. I’ve heard it called a gimmick. I’ve heard it called bossy and obtrusive. Distracting. Annoying. ❡
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March 18, 2024 at 10:54 PM
This craft essay by @sbgriffiths.bsky.social in Waxwing Mag is one of the best resources I’ve seen, covering the amazing versatility of the 2nd-person:
#sffh #shortfiction
#sffh #shortfiction
Resonated with this morning's Book Fight! on ambition. The writing career I have is not, perhaps, the one I imagined, and I'm certainly not on anyone's radar or making even the long lists for major awards, but I'm content, and that's not nothing.
March 18, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Resonated with this morning's Book Fight! on ambition. The writing career I have is not, perhaps, the one I imagined, and I'm certainly not on anyone's radar or making even the long lists for major awards, but I'm content, and that's not nothing.
Once again, spell check is trolling me.
March 7, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Once again, spell check is trolling me.
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Holy hell, the Katy Perry March Danceness essay by Megan Galbraith should maybe win it all. Definitely worth your time. marchxness.com/1strd-perryv...
3/5, 1st Round: (4) Katy Perry vs (13) Electric 6 — March Danceness
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March 5, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Holy hell, the Katy Perry March Danceness essay by Megan Galbraith should maybe win it all. Definitely worth your time. marchxness.com/1strd-perryv...
March 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
If you need a break from writing discourse with some equestrian discourse, the big controversy lately is that an eventer wore a mankini to a fancy dress thing and was chastised for being inappropriate.
February 24, 2024 at 9:32 PM
If you need a break from writing discourse with some equestrian discourse, the big controversy lately is that an eventer wore a mankini to a fancy dress thing and was chastised for being inappropriate.
that flicker of self doubt when Word tries to tell you that "copse" is not a word
February 21, 2024 at 8:07 PM
that flicker of self doubt when Word tries to tell you that "copse" is not a word
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How long would a Martian have to live on Earth before we could call her an Earthling?
January 21, 2024 at 4:25 PM
How long would a Martian have to live on Earth before we could call her an Earthling?
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A convicted rapist under multiple indictments for crimes including theft of top secret documents, campaign bribery, and dozens of charges related to a failed coup d’état, has just won the Iowa Caucus due to the support of people who love that he openly hates the same folks they hate.
January 16, 2024 at 2:58 AM
A convicted rapist under multiple indictments for crimes including theft of top secret documents, campaign bribery, and dozens of charges related to a failed coup d’état, has just won the Iowa Caucus due to the support of people who love that he openly hates the same folks they hate.