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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4h

"...This
heat won’t let me clean my head. The
brother-heat pulling me under, this swamped-in-
prehistoric-like-thinking
but present in burning."

—Curtis Emery & Laura Wetherington

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Curtis Emery & Laura Wetherington – ANMLY

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4h

"...This
heat won’t let me clean my head. The
brother-heat pulling me under, this swamped-in-
prehistoric-like-thinking
but present in burning."

—Curtis Emery & Laura Wetherington

anmly.org/ap40/curtis-...

Curtis Emery & Laura Wetherington – ANMLY

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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 1d

if you want to support a nanticoke who makes little magazines this indigenous peoples day, here are the little magazines i make

www.ANMLY.org — intl art & lit that's never boring
www.beestungmag.com — non-binary, two-spirit, & genderqueer writing
www.ALOCASIA.org — a journal of queer planty writing

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Noemi Press @noemipress.bsky.social · 23h

Submissions are still open for the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize! Get your manuscript in by Wednesday October 15th!

Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · 1d

👀 3 DAYS LEFT! Deadline for entries: end of this Wednesday 15 October 👀

$2000
US publication with @noemipress.bsky.social
UK publication with Out-Spoken Press

Full info & entries >> noemipress.submittable.com

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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 23h

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with queer planty IndigiLit!

ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our ALOCASIA has unfurled a new leaf! And we're so proud!

It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are

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Alocasia leaf background. Text reads "Plantcestors: The Indigenous Issue"

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 1d

"No, I am listening with one ear to the constructed world of death-making and surveillance while, with another, I am listening to the sound of contented munching, of something real and visceral and of this place I call home for the moment."

—Em Roth

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Em Roth – ANMLY

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 1d

"you were a Rock / dropped in my lake when I was water waking up to being fluid." Wow. Don't miss @erinvachon.bsky.social 🔥

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

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Erin Vachon – ANMLY

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re sitting in the back of the car en route to the outlet malls a few towns over. In front of you is a GameBoy Color.”

Read Lyn Rafil's “‘Are you a boy? Or are you a girl?’: A Walkthrough" in @anmlymag.bsky.social! #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth anmly.org/ap37/lyn-raf...

Lyn Rafil – ANMLY

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 1d

"I was a student scraping by on a slim budget, crafting / a self out of used books while you and I laid on a bare mattress in your grandmother’s / apartment." A stunner @erinvachon.bsky.social Prose sestina? @anmlymag.bsky.social

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

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Erin Vachon – ANMLY

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 1d

"No, I am listening with one ear to the constructed world of death-making and surveillance while, with another, I am listening to the sound of contented munching, of something real and visceral and of this place I call home for the moment."

—Em Roth

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Em Roth – ANMLY

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mk in the garden 🌷 @stonespiral.bsky.social · 2d

'to light a candle' is a poetry workshop by mail 💌 the EIGHTH session is opening tomorrow! registration closes October 26 (maybe earlier if it fills up quickly.)

this session includes one of my favorite poets ever (can you guess who?)

plz share <3

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Addie Tsai (any/all) 🏳️‍🌈 @addieisunwieldy.bsky.social · 13d

Delighted to be in @loverseyepress.bsky.social's David Lynch tribute! The folio includes my video collage On Lone, which explores my relationship to solitude since early 2020, when I found myself solitary due to divorce & COVID.

www.loverseyepress.com/post/video-b...

Video by Addie Tsai

On LoneTsai_Addie_on loneAddie Tsai (any/all) is the author of Dear Twin (2019), included in American Library Association’s Rainbow List in 2021, Unwieldy Creatures (2022), a Shirley Jackson finalist ...

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Sean Eaton (Poet) @nomdelamer.bsky.social · 3d

I've got four poems set to be published between now and December, including a poem with ANMLY on October 15!

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⛈ 🦅 mekadebines 🦅 ⛈ @greatlakesqueer.bsky.social · 3d

Bebías Into Ohndaa Ke, a new anthology on queer Indigenous land relations that includes my story in Michif about a transmasc Metis lesbian buffalo hunter, is now available for purchase, and I’m dyinggg bc it got blurbed by so many of my favorite scholars!!!

Bebías Into Ohndaa Ke: Queer Indigenous Knowledge for Land and Community, edited by Sydney Rae Krill & Kleo P Skavinski

Lii Deu Faan Kaa-Wiikihtochik | The Two Women Wed by Kai Pyle

Back cover featuring blurbs by Billy Ray Belcourt, Dian Million, Daniel Voth, Joseph M Pierce, Gina Starblanket, and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark

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Women* Write the Balkans @womenwritebalkans.bsky.social · 12d

We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...

"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself."
Ena Selimović: Airborne
Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background

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Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 5d

The Turkoslavia Collective is thrilled that our contributor Hamid Ismailov (tr. Shelley Fairweather-Vega in issues 2 + 4) is the honorary chair of @wwborders.bsky.social's 2025 Gala!

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 3d

ex-puritan.ca/unit-100

Thank you @sannawani.bsky.social and @ex-puritan.bsky.social for including “Unit 100” in the Animalia special issue. So honoured to among these other creaturely works.

Unit 100

Read Jane Shi's poem "Unit 100" in The Ex-Puritan’s special issue Animalia, then check out the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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summer farah @summ.bsky.social · 4d

I have two poems in the ANIMALIA folio edited by @sannawani.bsky.social at @ex-puritan.bsky.social 🐦 ex-puritan.ca/the-birds-ar...

"THE BIRDS ARE CALLING" and "THE BIRDS ARE CALLING"

Read Summer Farah's poems "THE BIRDS ARE CALLING" and "THE BIRDS ARE CALLING" in The Ex-Puritan's special issue Animalia, then check out the 2025 Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

Final day to apply!

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 14d

ANMLY is looking to add some new members to our all-volunteer team! Come make cool stuff with us! All roles are 1-3 hours/week.

- Comics Editor
- 2 Fiction Readers
- 2 CNF Readers
- Features & Reviews Co-Editor

Email [email protected] w/ a brief statement of interest & a CV/resume to apply

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 4d

absolutely in love with the flow of this piece by @erinvachon.bsky.social

"Gender was our real craft / project. Costumes, our art supplies. We all wore them."

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

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Erin Vachon – ANMLY

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

anmly.org/ap40/erin-va...

Erin Vachon – ANMLY

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

Final day to apply!

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 14d

ANMLY is looking to add some new members to our all-volunteer team! Come make cool stuff with us! All roles are 1-3 hours/week.

- Comics Editor
- 2 Fiction Readers
- 2 CNF Readers
- Features & Reviews Co-Editor

Email [email protected] w/ a brief statement of interest & a CV/resume to apply

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

anmly.org/ap40/erin-va...

Erin Vachon – ANMLY

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 5d

apply by tomorrow!

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 14d

ANMLY is looking to add some new members to our all-volunteer team! Come make cool stuff with us! All roles are 1-3 hours/week.

- Comics Editor
- 2 Fiction Readers
- 2 CNF Readers
- Features & Reviews Co-Editor

Email [email protected] w/ a brief statement of interest & a CV/resume to apply

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