Whoa! Thats not okay.
Whoa! Thats not okay.
Please meet our new intern, Posey!!
Her duties will include napping and being a cuddle bug.
Alright, humans, we are back in the office!
Weβve got enough swag left for three winnersβone for each platform that participated!! Yay!! π»
The Bluesky winner of our AWP FOMO giveaway is. . . . . @lauralnagle.bsky.social!!!
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Weβve saved the best for last!! Last day of AWP, humans. Bookmarks, stickers. . . AND pencils with the *good* erasers!!!! π
BUT there are 20 of these, so FIND me!!
Iβll be in the book fair from 11-2 (chestnut review booth at 1)
Yay!!!
Humans who are *not* at AWP:
Is your AWP FOMO set to legendary? So many freebies and fun times! π«
We feel you.
Post a favorite Claudine story by Sat midnight EST-and tag us-to be entered in a drawing for a complete set of Claudine swag, mailed to wherever you live! ππββ¬π
Staff meeting: BIG news!!!
Our first intern of 2026 will arrive as soon as MONDAY!!!!! Her name is Posey. She is 4 weeks old and loves voice-driven prose. π»
Yaaaaaaaay!!!!
Itβs Friday, AWP!!!
Weβve got bookmarks, stickers. . . cat pins!!!!!
What??!! π
Get βem while we still got βem.
D.E. will be in the book fair @ the Chestnut review table from noon-2!!!!!
Weβ100%βcannot afford a booth at AWP πΉ BUT our EIC will be there. Find her and get your Claudine swag! @dehardy.bsky.social
Good morning, Baltimore! π΅
Find me and get your Claudine swag!!!!
Bookmarks, stickers. . . and today. . . cat ears!!!!!! Get βem while I still have βem!
Iβll be at the Chestnut booth at 11 and 3, and walking around the book fair in between. πββ¬
Staff meeting: AWP this week!
Claudine herself shall not attend as someone must keep the office running, but our EIC D.E. Hardy will be there.
π here for AWP giveaways all week!!
Also, now reading for JUNE!! Send us your words. πββ¬π
Check our review of @jrfenn.bsky.socialβs βTiny Vesselsβ!!
βAn award-winning collection of seventeen stunning flash fictions that awe with their complexity and wow with their precision and prose.β
www.claudineliterary.com/tinyvessels
Check out our review of @swethaamit.bsky.socialβs βCotton Candy from the Skyβ!!!
βA rich, earnestly-wrought collection of nine stories about wanting to escape modern life and reconnect with nature in favor of a simpler life.β
www.claudineliterary.com/cottoncandyf...
New Writer CNF by @alcrisp.bsky.social!
βA man died in the holler, the story goes. Or a woman. Or a baby. All of them, could have been. The point is, you can still hear the crying when youβre in the ravine.β
www.claudineliterary.com/alcrisp
New CNF by @kathrynreese.bsky.social!!
βand you have a heart on your leg, engraved with a compass, the sharp edge of boredom, of having to βsit here til the jobβs done.ββ
www.claudineliterary.com/kathrynreese
New CNF by @mspicone.bsky.social!!
βMom rebounds like a basketball, hard and coming for my face. βWouldnβt this look so great for a cute day at work?β She holds up a navy blue blouse that screams Mad Men secretary.β
www.claudineliterary.com/mariapicone
New Microfiction by @suzannehicks.bsky.social!
βWe use bowls to catch each drop, wetting our cracked lips and parched tongues, never able to satisfy our thirst.β
www.claudineliterary.com/suzannehicks
New Microfiction by Kate Faigen!!!!!
β31 Instagram stories watched. 95 Tweets read. 5% phone battery left. 19 glances in the mirror.β
www.claudineliterary.com/katefaigen
Our March issue is LIVE!
@katefagan.bsky.social @suzannehicks.bsky.social @mspicone.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @alcrisp.bsky.social @swethaamit.bsky.social @jrfenn.bsky.social
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AWP starts this week. π
Writing humans, is it fair to say the AWP bookfair brings together one of the largest selections of chapbooks in the world?
Yes? Or super close?
Anyhoo, if you canβt make it to AWP, browse our chapbook bookshelf!
www.claudineliterary.com/bookshelf
For folks on the other side of the clock!
Coming to a MONDAY near you!
@suzannehicks.bsky.social @mspicone.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @alcrisp.bsky.social @swethaamit.bsky.social @jrfenn.bsky.social
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Our review of @mynachang.bsky.socialβs The Potential of Radio and Rain:
βThe radio picks up a signal all the way from Chicago. Chicago! Changβs prose lets us float on the idea, and for a moment, breathe the world in and dream.β
www.claudineliterary.com/thepotential...
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Our review of @marioaliberto3.bsky.socialβs All the Dead We Have Yet to Bury:
βwhat makes this collection sing is Alibertoβs storytelling. His stories feel so immediate. Almost like you and he are hanging outβ
www.claudineliterary.net/allthedeadwe...
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New Writer Microfiction by Robin Kalota
βWedged in at the bottom of the box, you find a stack of onion-skinned air-mailed love letters bound with a red cord. That are not from your mother.β
www.claudineliterary.net/robinkalota
Weβ100%βcannot afford a booth at AWP πΉ BUT our EIC will be there. Find her and get your Claudine swag! @dehardy.bsky.social
Weβre only three weeks away from #AWP2026! Come to the book fair and say hi to us at booth T328. On March 6, weβll be hosting a reading at Peterβs Pour House with Baltimore Review and Cream City Review. Go to the link in our bio to RSVP to our offsite event and subscribe to our newsletter for more!
Staff meeting:
Howβs your February going, humans??
We will be at AWP. Details to come!
2 days until Claudineβs Werd Nerdz. DM for more onfo! π€
9 days left to submit for the May issue. (Bonus points for CNF)
Still no interns. πΏ Soon, though. Soon. π€πΌ
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CNF by @fionamckay.bsky.social:
βI remember carrying her, my cousin, when I was ten and she was five and clingy as a limpet: two only children making siblings of each other, with none of the skills honed by everyday friction.β
www.claudineliterary.net/fionamckay