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SWWIM publishes, promotes, & celebrates poets who are cis/trans women, female-identifying, non-binary, intersex, & belonging to other gender expansive communities. Co-founded by Catherine Esposito Prescott & @kavetchnik.bsky.social. linktr.ee/swwimmiami
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Join us for a virtual writing workshop series with SWWIM this fall! Get in touch with your creative energy, your “bruja,” your inner witch. We’ll explore the wonder, mystery, synchronicity, and enchantment of the creative process in our writing. Sign up for one or for all three. Broom optional.
Please join us in congratulating the 2026-27 SWWIM Residency at The Betsy Hotel awardees!

Writers in Residence 2026-27
Erika Meitner
Bleah Patterson
Dorsía Smith Silva
Patricia Smith

@rika99.bsky.social @littlemissbleah.bsky.social @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
From “Plaintiff's Lawyer Explains Gravity to the Men of the Jury Hearing a Sacrocolpoperineopexy Malpractice Case” by Cecille Marcato

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poem #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #CecilleMarcato
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"I'm a pediatric nurse & it's a job I love, but it's never been easy for me to toggle between caring for patients & caring for my poetry. Time to read & write & dream in residency in the Writer's Room at the Betsy-South Beach helped me recalibrate the balance between the two callings of my life."
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Today's the day! Over the years, @swwim.bsky.social has helped me immeasurably, offering reading opportunities at AWP & at the Betsy Hotel in Miami, nominating 1 of my poems for the Orison Award, & publishing me several times. Their efforts are personal to me. Please consider a gift! bit.ly/4p4RZso
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Proud to support SWWIM on #GiveMiamiDay. Join me in helping them uplift woman-identifying and gender-expansive poets in Miami and beyond. www.givemiamiday.org/story/Richar...

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November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"“Poetry, I feel like in this time, in this political climate, I think we need each other. We need community. I think that’s what’s going to keep us together. I think it’s what SWWIM does so well, & how lucky we are to have you all with the curation & the vast selection of poems that you do from
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Inspired by retirement, instructor @kavetchnik.bsky.social & of course, Jericho Brown, I wrote this duplex, today's poem online in @swwim.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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It’s on! Give Miami Day starts tomorrow—but early giving is already open. Please consider donating to @swwim.bsky.social to help us continue our programming for supporting women and raising their voices in Miami and the world beyond it. www.givemiamiday.org/organization...
Support SWWIM on Give Miami Day
SWWIM PUBLISHES, CELEBRATES, AND PROMOTES WOMEN-IDENTIFYING WRITERS, EXPANDING THE CANON TO INCLUDE VOICES TOO-OFTEN OVERLOOKED WHILE HELPING TO ESTABLISH MIAMI AS AN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY HUB. TO AC...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"SWWIM offered a restorative space for breath and introspection. While I appreciated prioritizing writing and revision that I often put off in this busy world as a working artist, I had the opportunity to reassemble myself and revisit my goals. This, too, is necessary work."
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Proud to support SWWIM on #GiveMiamiDay. Join me in helping them uplift woman-identifying and gender-expansive poets in Miami and beyond. #GiveToday: www.givemiamiday.org/story/Richar...

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November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“So grateful for the SWWIM residency & The Betsy Hotel's amazing hospitality! What a magical, condensed choose-your-own adventure of creativity, rest & culture. I feel lucky for the time spent there & appreciative for the robust literary community that the SWWIM team has created."
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Thank you so much to everybody at SWWIM and to the Betsy. It’s such a pleasure to be here and take a little break from the rest of my life, and be able to spend this time just thinking and writing... It’s been extremely productive for me and just kind of healing.”
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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🚨 Early giving for #GiveMiamiDay starts TODAY (Nov. 15–19)!
I’m fundraising for SWWIM, which has supported me by publishing my work & by inviting me to read in Miami and twice at AWP. SWWIM supports women-identifying writers everywhere. Please consider donating! Give now: 👉 bit.ly/4p4RZso
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November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“I truly couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunities SWWIM has afforded me, and I will continue to tell everyone about this wonderful organization that makes Miami that much more beautiful.” - Carolene Kurien, SWWIM Contributor & Presenting Reader.

@carolenekurien.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Welcome to SWWIM Every Day’s preview coverage of Miami Book Fair (MBF) 2025! @miamibookfair.bsky.social

From “Cold Thief Place” by Esther Lin @stherwslin.bsky.social

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#SWWIMEveryDay #Poem #WomenPoets #Inclusive #ColdThiefPlace #EstherLin #FridayPoem #MiamiBookFair2025 #MiamiReads
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
TONIGHT!

Join us at 7pm (EST) for a reading and conversation with Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

@taylorbyas.bsky.social

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November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Welcome to SWWIM Every Day’s preview coverage of Miami Book Fair (MBF) 2025! @miamibookfair.bsky.social

From “Black Hole” by Rickey Laurentiis

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poem #WomenPoets #Inclusive #BlackHole #RickeyLaurentiis #ThursdayPoem #MiamiBookFair2025 #MiamiReads
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Welcome to SWWIM Every Day’s preview coverage of Miami Book Fair 2025! @miamibookfair.bsky.social

From “November 4th” by Yoo Heekyung, translated by Stine An @stine.bsky.social

#SWWIMEveryDay #Poem #November4th #StineAn #WednesdayPoem #YooHeekyung #Translation #MiamiBookFair2025 #MiamiReads
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM