@monicawang
Taiwanese Canadian in Europe. Writing in Electric Lit, Southword, Salamander, Augur, Malahat Review, EVENT, Banshee, etc. W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize shortlist. WHEN SAD ONES GO OUTSIDE (Black Sunflowers Press). she/they
Submission Open!
We would like your poetry for our official launch at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair 06/26, and beyond!
Send your mini/micro chaps!
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Shocking that Terrestrial contains no cats!!
This is a great interview with a great author about a great book. Take note: Ask Suzy about her cats!!
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social has some sweet deals on some amazing books. Ya Weenies just need to buy them asap
Thrilled have a 500-word story up today at The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social . This story started as an idea for an ending that I texted myself and carried around on a phone for years. Finishing was just a matter of finding a beginning:
www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.
flash-frog.com/contest/
Whoa thank you! I didn't know you had ordered it! I hope it doesn't disappoint 🙇♂️
It was worth the wait and a delivery across an ocean to read the inspiring @monicawang.bsky.social’s genius work. #Booksky
Free option for reading Chantal's writing: web.archive.org/web/20230219...
Blue flier for the 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: Family. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1-31st. $5/story. $700 in prizes.
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!
flash-frog.com/submit/
I love this!!
“But we all know what Alice means when Alice switches words and Alice meant Monster.”
Wonderfully creative story by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute that teeters on the edge of surreal, but possibly not.
Sharpen those pencils, humans.
Claudine opens back up Jan 1!
Get ready to send her something curious, clever. . . and quick.
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As always: free to sub, paying market.
Thank you Jenny!! It's a holiday miracle!😹💛
Thank you for the review!!💛
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
When Jami gave me a heads-up on Christmas Eve I thought this was a scam. Super thankful for this first review (and for this not being a scam)!
Hahaha
In my/our genderly defence, I only see the Pantone news because Google insists
Timely read considering Pantone's colour choice for 2026!
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Opening line of ''The Desecration of City Hall,'' which you can read here: medium.com/after-the-st...)
A Manticore with the caption "I am not a toy. I am not a pet. I am not a Christmas present. I am a 400 year commitment."
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
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My photo of a scrappy hunting knife (grey-blue leather & black fabric) in a paperback copy of White Tiger
Reached Part 3 in A Brief History of Seven Killings, ran my (trail) 5km record, added a few pages to the novel, made a friend a knife bookmark
Productive week!
Steve C, C for chives
Love this
A blue graphic with snowy mountain peaks and a faint moon in the upper right corner. Text reads: “Hayden’s Ferry Review — Call for Submissions! Nov. 1–30. Poetry, nonfiction, fiction, translation & art. Issue 78 & Aftercare.” The design is minimal and serene, with white serif text over a cool blue mountain landscape.
The mountains are calling — and so are we. Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and translation Nov. 1–30 for Issue 78: Aftercare. Writers & artists, we’re ready for your brilliance. ✨
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A photo of a standing picture frame positioned on the highest perch of a cat tree, in the middle of a tall window facing a small patch of lawn and a city sidewalk lined with rowhouses.
We put a photo of Bula on her cat tree so that people who knew her from the sidewalk would know she's gone. But now the picture frame has become the thing that most frequently catches the corner of my vision when I'm unprepared and briefly makes me think she's there, kicking off realization again.
Thank you! Almost miser and petulant combined, I like it
