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Stanchion
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Quarterly print literary magazine & small book press in the Philly 'burbs. Founder & EIC Jeff Bogle. linktr.ee/StanchionZine
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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · Jan 21
I no longer believe art can save the world, but I believe still that it can save me. So in the face of chaos, misinformation, hatred & ignorance, I'm going to make more art, experience more, share more, pay for more & publish more. I started this in darkness & it'll continue to be my light. 🖤🤍
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roxanegay.bsky.social
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
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November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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thirtywestph.com
Thirty West chapbook submissions are free. However, some people choose to tip us a few bucks, or even purchase a title. This photo is all of the purchases logged to date. With budgets tight and pennies (RIP) pinched, we can’t thank you enough for supporting a scrappy indie press of 10 years. 📚
A display of 8 Thirty West chapbooks and a novella purchased by writers submitting to our free open manuscript call
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Small press books make great gifts. Pass it on!

Check out beautifully written & well designed books from @thirtywestph.com, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, @malarkeybooks.bsky.social, @sundresspub.bsky.social & Stanchion. Support small businesses & give the readers in your life something new! Win-win.
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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My debut for BBC Travel!

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Cats, obvs 😉😻
Catstanbul: Inside the city where cats rule the streets
From Ottoman "cat sitters" to modern-day street guardians, Istanbul's bond with its cats runs centuries deep.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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garivers.bsky.social
Read this.
Follow through.
Pass it on.
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 14h
Small press books make great gifts. Pass it on!

Check out beautifully written & well designed books from @thirtywestph.com, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, @malarkeybooks.bsky.social, @sundresspub.bsky.social & Stanchion. Support small businesses & give the readers in your life something new! Win-win.
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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saloneurope.bsky.social
Join us for a night of literature and community with our free quarterly Online Open Mic Salon with host @kiklodge.bsky.social.

As usual, it will feature excellent readings and a highly competitive quiz.

Reading spots are limited, so sign up soon!
Black writing on a cream background. Photo of Kik Lodge at an outdoor café in the bottom right corner, EWS logo in the top right. Text: Online Pop-up Salon with Kik Lodge. 28 Jan 2026 7pm CET/6pm GMT
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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epistemiclit.bsky.social
Vote for us! Please!

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Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
stanchion.bsky.social
Small press books make great gifts. Pass it on!

Check out beautifully written & well designed books from @thirtywestph.com, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, @malarkeybooks.bsky.social, @sundresspub.bsky.social & Stanchion. Support small businesses & give the readers in your life something new! Win-win.
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!

Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Christina Tudor "Demarcation" Allison Field Bell "Below Zero Days" Elizabeth Rosen "The Boy on the Chimney" Jo Gatford "Hallelujah Has Too Many Verses for Karaoke" Kate Gehan "Everything According to Plan in the Peaceable Kingdom"
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Last chance to save 15% on my book in the @bookshop.org cozy gift guide and ensure the cat lovers in your life have a Meowy Christmas! Use code GIFT25 today!

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Street Cats & Where to Find Them: The Most Feline-Friendly Cities and Attractions Around the World
The Most Feline-Friendly Cities and Attractions Around the World
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November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Been super productive today (I mean, that's kinda a normal day 'round here) & got all Best Small Fictions & Best Microfiction nominees officially nominated. Announcement of 1 set tomorrow, the other on Friday. So much great writing published in Stanchion magazine & online in '25.
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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fbereaud.bsky.social
Amazing. @jonathanin2k.bsky.social Arizona collection is one of my favorites. His words honor me. So excited to launch the novel.
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 1d
First blurb is in for François Bereaud's A Question of Family, the first novel in Stanchion Books history, available to pre-order from Stanchion today, available wherever you buy books on Feb 3, 2026.

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"When looking up at the night sky, we easily forget that each tiny star light-years away is potentially another sun, with planets and moons in motion around it. A Question of Family turns that gaze inward to remind us of the invisible orbits that draw us all together. In his debut novel, François Bereaud charts a luminous constellation of heartbreak and grace–a wife who loses her family, a husband who loses time, their son lost in plays, their daughter who has lost herself completely, as well as the people whose presence and absence shape who they are and will become–and reveals the asterism of family and what it means to be alive together." — Jonathan Danielson, author of The Lowest Basin: Arizona Stories
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
stanchion.bsky.social
First blurb is in for François Bereaud's A Question of Family, the first novel in Stanchion Books history, available to pre-order from Stanchion today, available wherever you buy books on Feb 3, 2026.

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

@fbereaud.bsky.social @jonathanin2k.bsky.social
"When looking up at the night sky, we easily forget that each tiny star light-years away is potentially another sun, with planets and moons in motion around it. A Question of Family turns that gaze inward to remind us of the invisible orbits that draw us all together. In his debut novel, François Bereaud charts a luminous constellation of heartbreak and grace–a wife who loses her family, a husband who loses time, their son lost in plays, their daughter who has lost herself completely, as well as the people whose presence and absence shape who they are and will become–and reveals the asterism of family and what it means to be alive together." — Jonathan Danielson, author of The Lowest Basin: Arizona Stories
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Announcing Stanchion's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominations!

Congratulations to all. Thank you for the privilege of publishing your work this year. 🖤🤍

@pushcartprize.bsky.social @toddedillard.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social @
First Kicking, Then Not by Hannah Grieco What the Husband Keeps by Todd Dillard A Milo Baughman by Michael Shelley Wild Geese (Ladies) by Kristen Zory King Permission to Talk About Joy & Other Soft Things by Oladosu Michael Emerald In the America of My Mother's Kitchen by Dasia Sharae Moore
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
stanchion.bsky.social
Stanchion's nominations for Best Microfiction (3 winners in last 3 years) and Best Small Fictions (Spotlighted winner this past year) will be announced throughout this week. Thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting my magazine. I appreciate you all.
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
stanchion.bsky.social
Announcing Stanchion's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominations!

Congratulations to all. Thank you for the privilege of publishing your work this year. 🖤🤍

@pushcartprize.bsky.social @toddedillard.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social @
First Kicking, Then Not by Hannah Grieco What the Husband Keeps by Todd Dillard A Milo Baughman by Michael Shelley Wild Geese (Ladies) by Kristen Zory King Permission to Talk About Joy & Other Soft Things by Oladosu Michael Emerald In the America of My Mother's Kitchen by Dasia Sharae Moore
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Vote for Stanchion! Please & Thank you 🖤🤍❤️

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Voting is OPEN for our 3rd Annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards Every year, we ask our community to vote for their favorite lit mags in our Best Lit Mag Awards…bet you can guess what this email is about! This award has no fees. No judges. Nothing matters but what the community votes (which is still legal, we think). Winning lit mags receive $300 each and get showered with love & attention across social media & Substack. Anyone who votes this year will be entered into a raffle to win one $500 cash prize and one of five one-year Chill Subs Memberships (Yes, we're bribing you to do something nice). Voting takes under a minute and is open from November 17th-December 7th
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
stanchion.bsky.social
I've done 10 events so far for my book Street Cats & Where to Find Them, with 6 more to go before year's end. I've learned that there's no replacing the experience of getting yourself & your work in front of people irl-talking, laughing & sharing stories. Draining but beautiful!
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
stanchion.bsky.social
Selling books is undoubtedly awesome, but there's something truly special about people borrowing your book from the library.
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
stanchion.bsky.social
I've been struggling with my weight, relationship with food & body image since I was a kid. One of the hardest things still is not believing that I've gained every single lb back when I'm having a 'hungry day,' like today, when I've got the munchies and eat a bit more than usual.
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Humans! Pre-orders are open for my chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL. Read more about it and grab your copy here:
www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/chil...
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Promo graphic: An ultrasound showing a yellow book, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL, by Chiara Di Lello from Game Over Books. Expected Jan 2026 Childless Millennial is a rallying cry for a label reclaimed with pride. This book is a blueprint-by-amalgamation for what a fulfilling non-reproducing life can be. Drawing inspiration from as disparate sources as her own non-biological mother figures, the act of nurturing of other people's children, and the natural world, Chiara Di Lello's chapbook cuts against the expectation of compulsory motherhood. Through a multi-generational dive into her own Ukrainian immigrant family, she wrestles with the choice to be child-free and its thorny entanglements with gender and culture. Childless Millennial rejects expectations and forges its own answers to what makes a meaningful life.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
stanchion.bsky.social
Just reread Kristen Zory King's Ladies, Ladies, Ladies and GOD DAMN is that a great book. How fortunate I was to nudge along its creation and to publish it.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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had a fabulous time hosting @writesloud.bsky.social at Obodo Serendipity Books (Stratford, CT) for her reading and our book chat!

Go buy "First Kicking, Then Not" @stanchion.bsky.social

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Adrian, on the left in a brown sweater, listens to Hannah (right) as she reads from her book. She is in a tan sweater and white pants. They are both seated in a bookstore with some art on the walls behind them.
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Apropos of nothing, here's a glimpse at the quiet brilliance lurking inside Mostly Soldiers, an unrivaled poetry chapbook when it comes to concept & the execution of it.

Use code MOSTLY5 to take $5 off the already fair $13 cover price.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Day Two of dropping the first line of a story featured in An Honour and a Privilege, my collaborative anthology coming in December:

"An old lover once told me it was better to squeeze the toothpaste directly into my mouth. "

From 'A Hunter's Blind (2025)', this story follows an elderly & blind
July 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM