Chelsea Utecht

It comes with badges too?? Just what I needed on a low-energy writing day!

With my pre-Freewrite words, this brings my horror novel to 30k!
@getfreewrite (come on, Freewrite, BlueSky is the place to be!) #freewrite #getfreewrite #writeon

*gasp* Who is that on the masthead there?

So excited to be a reader with The Masters Review!

mastersreview.com/about/

The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...

Ah...submitted to the NYC Flash Fiction Contest yesterday. Just in time for...

Up for a tiny writing challenge? The 7th annual 100-word Microfiction Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on March 20th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100

Joining Freewrite's Write Your Heart Out Challenge to write every day in February?

Join me?

Right Hand Pointing #162 Jan-March 2026 Short poetry and short fiction since 2004.

So excited to be part of Right Hand Pointing's latest issue.
This piece means so much to me, so it warms my heart to see it find a home.
www.issues.righthandpointing.net/162

Why the novel matters in the age of anger In the 2018 New Statesman / Goldsmiths Prize lecture, Elif Shafak explains why – in a world ruled by fear and division – novelists no longer have the luxury of being apolitical.

Stunning essay by Elif Shafak:
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...

The Short Story Challenge — nycmidnight The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...

Up for a writing challenge? Join me in the 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social on January 23rd! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc

Issue 51 ​*   Managing Editor: Edward Ahern    * *   Associate Editor: Alison McBain    * *    Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas    * *    Poetry Editor: Mary Keating   * ​...

So excited to be part of ScribesMicro's issue 51!
You can read my micro-fiction pieces "Loosely Tied" within the issue here :)
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/

Stunning cover! I look forward to reading it <3

I love seeing these appear on my feed. Simply gorgeous.

Discussing books with my almost 4yo son:
"Did you know Mama wrote a book?"
"Really?"
"Yes, four books actually."
"Oh. That's...not enough."

I suppose you're not wrong...

Amazing! Congrats!

Submissions — Five Minutes

After publishing "Resting" with @fiveminutelit.bsky.social , I will be a guest reader this month!

Consider sharing your own micro-memoir: www.fiveminutelit.com/submissions

Can't wait to read them!

My piece "Suburbs" is in Bluestem's summer issue <3

Chelsea Utecht | July 25 Story | Thirteen Bridges In A Name Smudge on the Mirror Eat My Grass Chelsea Utecht Fiction July Story

I've been travelling and am about 3 weeks late sharing this! I am the featured fiction writer on Thirteen Bridges Review this month!

So honored to be included!
www.thirteenbridgesreview.com/july-25-stor...

Oh my goodness!!! I didn't know he had a new one out!!!

He’s thinking of some cemetery or memorial from our recent trip. “People resting there so we have to be quiet.”—"Resting" by @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social in case you missed it

https://www.fiveminutelit.com/resting

Golden Days - 101 Words Tennis balls scrape against pavement as Ann slides her walker down the sidewalk, rounding the corner to meet the waggling […]

So excited to have a piece published on 101 Words!

101words.org/golden-days/

So honored to be part of Five Minutes!

I’m about to kiss my son’s forehead, planting sweet dreams, when he turns as though struck.—"Resting" by @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social

https://www.fiveminutelit.com/resting

Resting by Chelsea Utecht — Five Minutes I’m about to kiss my son’s forehead, planting sweet dreams, when he turns as though struck.

It's been a busy month for writing! I have another piece, this one micro-non-fiction, with Five Minutes:

Excited to see "Earth Day" in 365 Tomorrows!
365tomorrows.com/2025/05/05/e...

Thinks he can do better, huh?
#amwriting or #waswriting...

A graffitied correlated metal wall that reads "stop graffiti"

Peak art in Tbilisi.