Tara Campbell
@taracampbell.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, speculative fiction and flash fiction
Books, events, and classes at http://taracampbell.com
#WritingCommunity #scifi #sff #speculativefiction #flashfiction
Books, events, and classes at http://taracampbell.com
#WritingCommunity #scifi #sff #speculativefiction #flashfiction
Thank you, Twisted Tongue Press, for publishing my contrapuntal #poem "Untold" in conversation with #ZoraNealeHurston 's Their Eyes Were Watching God about Blackness and silence and communication and understanding across the ages
twistedtonguepress.com/poetry/untold/
twistedtonguepress.com/poetry/untold/
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thank you, Twisted Tongue Press, for publishing my contrapuntal #poem "Untold" in conversation with #ZoraNealeHurston 's Their Eyes Were Watching God about Blackness and silence and communication and understanding across the ages
twistedtonguepress.com/poetry/untold/
twistedtonguepress.com/poetry/untold/
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Still seats left for this online fiction workshop with @taracampbell.bsky.social. Writing compelling speculative fiction doesn't always require the creation of a whole new world! Info and registration: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/605/a-lit...
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Still seats left for this online fiction workshop with @taracampbell.bsky.social. Writing compelling speculative fiction doesn't always require the creation of a whole new world! Info and registration: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/605/a-lit...
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We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
Drumroll please!
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social nominees for @pushcartprize.bsky.social are:
#POETRY
@dannycaine.com & @carolenekurien.bsky.social
#FICTION
Ray Wise & Yusuf Poladin
#NONFICTION
Steve Himmer & J. M. Jones
#space #balloons for all!
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social nominees for @pushcartprize.bsky.social are:
#POETRY
@dannycaine.com & @carolenekurien.bsky.social
#FICTION
Ray Wise & Yusuf Poladin
#NONFICTION
Steve Himmer & J. M. Jones
#space #balloons for all!
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Drumroll please!
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social nominees for @pushcartprize.bsky.social are:
#POETRY
@dannycaine.com & @carolenekurien.bsky.social
#FICTION
Ray Wise & Yusuf Poladin
#NONFICTION
Steve Himmer & J. M. Jones
#space #balloons for all!
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social nominees for @pushcartprize.bsky.social are:
#POETRY
@dannycaine.com & @carolenekurien.bsky.social
#FICTION
Ray Wise & Yusuf Poladin
#NONFICTION
Steve Himmer & J. M. Jones
#space #balloons for all!
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Democrats introduce discharge petition to force vote on extension of ObamaCare subsidies #TheHill https://twp.ai/9PYBYV
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Democrats introduce discharge petition to force vote on extension of ObamaCare subsidies #TheHill https://twp.ai/9PYBYV
One last bite at the apple for 2025!
A Little Weird Goes a Long Way
Wed, Dec 3
#onlineclass w/ @charlottelit.bsky.social
Member discounts & some need-based scholarships available
Generate new ideas from unusual sources to #write 4 strange new stories!
charlottelit.configio.com/pd/605/a-lit...
A Little Weird Goes a Long Way
Wed, Dec 3
#onlineclass w/ @charlottelit.bsky.social
Member discounts & some need-based scholarships available
Generate new ideas from unusual sources to #write 4 strange new stories!
charlottelit.configio.com/pd/605/a-lit...
A Little Weird Goes a Long Way
Write compelling speculative fiction without the creation of a whole new world.
charlottelit.configio.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
One last bite at the apple for 2025!
A Little Weird Goes a Long Way
Wed, Dec 3
#onlineclass w/ @charlottelit.bsky.social
Member discounts & some need-based scholarships available
Generate new ideas from unusual sources to #write 4 strange new stories!
charlottelit.configio.com/pd/605/a-lit...
A Little Weird Goes a Long Way
Wed, Dec 3
#onlineclass w/ @charlottelit.bsky.social
Member discounts & some need-based scholarships available
Generate new ideas from unusual sources to #write 4 strange new stories!
charlottelit.configio.com/pd/605/a-lit...
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The thing that's pissing me off the most is that "getting back SNAP" or backpay doesn't constitute a deal because those things were illegal. Making a "deal" about when and for whom laws exist is not it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The thing that's pissing me off the most is that "getting back SNAP" or backpay doesn't constitute a deal because those things were illegal. Making a "deal" about when and for whom laws exist is not it.
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I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
The Submission Grinder
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.
If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
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SEATTLE CURE YOUR VOTES PLEASE
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
SEATTLE CURE YOUR VOTES PLEASE
Check out my new #poetry #chapbook from Bottlecap Press to see what Pumpkinhead was so excited about
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bottlecap.press/products/all...
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Check out my new #poetry #chapbook from Bottlecap Press to see what Pumpkinhead was so excited about
bottlecap.press/products/all...
bottlecap.press/products/all...
This admin wants to disappear any history that tells the truth about race in America.
They removed a marker in the Netherlands about Black soldiers who served in WWII after the Heritage Foundation ratted it out
They removed a marker in the Netherlands about Black soldiers who served in WWII after the Heritage Foundation ratted it out
9/ "So, there we were. A group of Black Americans confronted with all these dead white Americans… When they were alive, we couldn’t sit in the same room."
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This admin wants to disappear any history that tells the truth about race in America.
They removed a marker in the Netherlands about Black soldiers who served in WWII after the Heritage Foundation ratted it out
They removed a marker in the Netherlands about Black soldiers who served in WWII after the Heritage Foundation ratted it out
Last day to sign up!
There's still time to sign up for my 1-hour #flashfiction #onlineclass with @flashfictioninst.bsky.social
Tradition and Transition
tap into the power of ritual & tradition, come away with 2 new flash starts
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/trad...
Tradition and Transition
tap into the power of ritual & tradition, come away with 2 new flash starts
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/trad...
Tradition and Transition with Tara Campbell | Sunday, Nov. 9 | 11am PST/2pm EST - Flash Fiction Institute
Tap into the power of ritual and tradition for an hour, and come away with two flash starts that create new alternatives.
flashfictioninstitute.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Last day to sign up!
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Hey look! I finally got the new brain cell scarf listed on Etsy! #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/4400... You should buy one : ) 🧠🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hey look! I finally got the new brain cell scarf listed on Etsy! #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/4400... You should buy one : ) 🧠🧪
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America, a country where most people can’t afford groceries but a literal Bond villain can just keep failing up right into being a trillionaire
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
America, a country where most people can’t afford groceries but a literal Bond villain can just keep failing up right into being a trillionaire
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Okay, this is creepy AF.
He thought he did a "gotcha" by spying on Dems & looking up VIN numbers to show they didn't have the safety features they're advocating for. But they aren't required yet--which is the whole point of the debate
Republicans don't even know what normal behavior is anymore
He thought he did a "gotcha" by spying on Dems & looking up VIN numbers to show they didn't have the safety features they're advocating for. But they aren't required yet--which is the whole point of the debate
Republicans don't even know what normal behavior is anymore
Instead of Bernie Moreno creepily following us to the cars we use to get to work in the Capitol and writing down their VIN numbers, I'd suggest he use his time in more productive ways …
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Okay, this is creepy AF.
He thought he did a "gotcha" by spying on Dems & looking up VIN numbers to show they didn't have the safety features they're advocating for. But they aren't required yet--which is the whole point of the debate
Republicans don't even know what normal behavior is anymore
He thought he did a "gotcha" by spying on Dems & looking up VIN numbers to show they didn't have the safety features they're advocating for. But they aren't required yet--which is the whole point of the debate
Republicans don't even know what normal behavior is anymore
#halloween lives on at Revolutions Coffee
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#halloween lives on at Revolutions Coffee
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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From Lawrence O'Donnell: SCOTUS heard oral arguments on the Tariffs. The Regime lawyer admitted that Tariffs are taxes that WE THE PEOPLE pay and not the counties and that Congress has the authority to regulate Tariffs not the President. There is a good chance for them to rule against the Tariffs.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From Lawrence O'Donnell: SCOTUS heard oral arguments on the Tariffs. The Regime lawyer admitted that Tariffs are taxes that WE THE PEOPLE pay and not the counties and that Congress has the authority to regulate Tariffs not the President. There is a good chance for them to rule against the Tariffs.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Come hear me and 18 other #Seattle-based #writers as we read our contributions to the international multi-disciplinary game of Telephone
Sunday, Nov 16 at 1 pm Pacific
Base Camp Studios 2
Info on exhibition here www.instagram.com/reel/DPMkNnI...
Info on project here: telephonegame.art
Sunday, Nov 16 at 1 pm Pacific
Base Camp Studios 2
Info on exhibition here www.instagram.com/reel/DPMkNnI...
Info on project here: telephonegame.art
![white square with red border, list of names in tiny, faint grey letters in background, foreground the following text:
TELEPHONE.
SEATTLE, LITERATURE
19 authors and poets from the Seattle area will read their original and interconnected TELEPHONE works in person.
FEATURING: Amy Schrader, Ken Thompson, Sarah Lippek, Austin Price, Jeanne Morel, Arlene Naganawa, MaryEllen Talley, Sierra Nelson, Tara Campbell, Maya Sonenberg, Kat Humphrey, Susan Rich, Bela Lubrosi, Paul Mullin, Scot Augustson, Pam Carter, Kerry Heckman, Brasswax, Sheryl Shapiro.
Sunday, November 16th
[1pm Pacific Time, 4pm Eastern Time]
Base Camp Studios 2
[1901 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98101]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mdnhhoztgtsktje6x2rrupa6/bafkreicpy5io4zxbnikzfqelvr5z4ldhhq7yexqjgnlxr6owfg7kggvfii@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Come hear me and 18 other #Seattle-based #writers as we read our contributions to the international multi-disciplinary game of Telephone
Sunday, Nov 16 at 1 pm Pacific
Base Camp Studios 2
Info on exhibition here www.instagram.com/reel/DPMkNnI...
Info on project here: telephonegame.art
Sunday, Nov 16 at 1 pm Pacific
Base Camp Studios 2
Info on exhibition here www.instagram.com/reel/DPMkNnI...
Info on project here: telephonegame.art
There's still time to sign up for my 1-hour #flashfiction #onlineclass with @flashfictioninst.bsky.social
Tradition and Transition
tap into the power of ritual & tradition, come away with 2 new flash starts
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/trad...
Tradition and Transition
tap into the power of ritual & tradition, come away with 2 new flash starts
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/trad...
Tradition and Transition with Tara Campbell | Sunday, Nov. 9 | 11am PST/2pm EST - Flash Fiction Institute
Tap into the power of ritual and tradition for an hour, and come away with two flash starts that create new alternatives.
flashfictioninstitute.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
There's still time to sign up for my 1-hour #flashfiction #onlineclass with @flashfictioninst.bsky.social
Tradition and Transition
tap into the power of ritual & tradition, come away with 2 new flash starts
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/trad...
Tradition and Transition
tap into the power of ritual & tradition, come away with 2 new flash starts
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/trad...
I miss the days when the President felt the need to take care with his words and to make an effort to tell the truth and follow the law
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I miss the days when the President felt the need to take care with his words and to make an effort to tell the truth and follow the law