Kathryn Kulpa

Hell yes. 🔥

Blood moon pinks the sky
where bare branches break
at the thin edge of winter.

You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen

…ice.
Sorry, just had to finish the sentence.

It’s perfect. 💔

I hate paywalls. Recently discovered that one of the libraries I work in has free access to the NY Times (you go to their site and redeem a free code and then can access any article all day long) and I’m just amazed that people don’t know about this… but then again, neither did I.

Congratulations! 🎉

Chopped! Flash & Micro writing class, March 6 at 2:30pm EST. Offered on Zoom.

Just a few slots left for this week’s workshop! Registration link here:

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Which of these things is not like the other?

Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social and Ghost Parachute for giving my new story a home. 🩵

Yes, everything's fake, but my happiness at seeing @splitlipthemag.bsky.social on this cool list is FOR REAL! 😁 Thanks so much @chillsubs.bsky.social for doing all you do to support our literary community! 💫

It’s full! Congrats & maybe offer a second session?

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

Seems like a good time to revisit two winter weather stories. ❄️

kathrynk.substack.com/p/snowbound?...

A lounging ginger cat in a sunbeam.

Isn doesn’t care if there’s three feet of snow outside, as long as he has his patch of sun.

Congratulations!! 🎉 That must be such an amazing feeling!

A dog snuggled on a couch.

Expecting another snow day. Or two.

What keeps us writing? (Cover of Best Microfiction 2026.)

1-Cream background with the white Sarabande logo bleeding through in the background. Black and pink text at top reads: Sarabande Annual Prizes Deadline Extension. Along the left hand side are the judges headshots. Top to bottom reads: Photo of Kaveh Akbar, black text next to his headshot reads “Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction selected by Kaveh Akbar”; Underneath is Adrian Matejka’s headshot and text next to his photo reads “Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry selected by Adrian Matejka”; followed by the headshot of Aimee Nezhukumatathil and next to her photo is text that reads “Sarabande Prize in the Essay selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.” At the bottom is a long pink box with white text that reads "manuscripts due by 11:59p ET on February 23."

❤️‍🔥 DEADLINE EXTENSION! ❤️‍🔥 Did you miss out on submitting your manuscript to Sarabande's Annual Prizes yesterday? Never fear! We have extended the deadline! All manuscript submissions for Sarabande's Annual Prizes are due by 11:59p ET on February 23.

✨ Link in bio for more info and to submit! ✨

Librarians need days off too!

I’m teaching one through Cleaver magazine March 6. It’s a one-off, challenging prompts, no workshopping. Flash + micro focused.

I didn’t see a place to like or comment on the newsletter, but it sang my song! Thanks for being there for other writers. And I’d love the links for low-tech strength training.

A frozen deck with snow sitting in a lawn chair.

Come, set a spell.

Beautiful cover!

Thanks for sharing! Trying to have some fun with how awful they all are.

Welcome to our new followers! Lit Namjooning is a labor of love run by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, Lakshmi, @jenwithwords.bsky.social, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social & @m-ixedbag.bsky.social. Check out our site & Issues 1 & 2 while we gear up for our 3rd year! literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/about

A parody of “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams.

Thought for the day.

Emily! You are on 🔥 right now. 👏🏻

Nine-fucking-teen, by Emily Rinkema — The Bulb Region Nine-fucking-teen — Emily Rinkema IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CIDER OR it might have been...

Read the one and only Emily Rinkema’s (@emilyrinkema.bsky.social) brilliant micro, “Nine-fucking-teen,” in The Bulb Region today.

“…and there she was, clicked into the moment as if it were a groove, as if this crisp moment were the sole purpose of evolution…”

bulbregion.com/Nine-fucking...

New writing workshop! Details & registration at cleavermagazine.com/classes.