Barrelhouse
@barrelhouse.bsky.social
Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
https://barrelhousemag.com/
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@barrelhouse.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Cover reveal! Our newest book, FRONTIER, by Erica Stern, is both a memoir and a Wild West ghost story. Read more about it and pre-order here
www.barrelhousemag.com/books/fronti...
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bluesky just asked us to verify our age in order to log in, so as far as anyone here is concerned, Barrelhouse's official birthday is 2/10/2005 (plenty of time to get us gifts for our 21st birthday still)
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
bluesky just asked us to verify our age in order to log in, so as far as anyone here is concerned, Barrelhouse's official birthday is 2/10/2005 (plenty of time to get us gifts for our 21st birthday still)
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Many thanks to Owen and Amy for publishing my poem “What are we but mycelium, mud, & mistakes” in this issue!
Special shout out to the @barrelhouse.bsky.social June camp which is where this piece was born 💕
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Special shout out to the @barrelhouse.bsky.social June camp which is where this piece was born 💕
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Many thanks to Owen and Amy for publishing my poem “What are we but mycelium, mud, & mistakes” in this issue!
Special shout out to the @barrelhouse.bsky.social June camp which is where this piece was born 💕
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Special shout out to the @barrelhouse.bsky.social June camp which is where this piece was born 💕
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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Very kind comment on Ethan Hawke & Me :). Cheers on a cold day
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Very kind comment on Ethan Hawke & Me :). Cheers on a cold day
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voting is still open for 1 more week, and we're not saying we're pinning all of our self-esteem to this vote but we are saying if we don't win we are going to pack all our books on a spaceship and move to Mars
Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
voting is still open for 1 more week, and we're not saying we're pinning all of our self-esteem to this vote but we are saying if we don't win we are going to pack all our books on a spaceship and move to Mars
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The 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025 list is live! In 2026, I’ll be taking over the project from the amazing @miriamgershow.bsky.social
Want to be a reviewer?
Fill out the form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Want to be a reviewer?
Fill out the form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
100 Notable Small Press Books — Reviewer Interest Form
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December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025 list is live! In 2026, I’ll be taking over the project from the amazing @miriamgershow.bsky.social
Want to be a reviewer?
Fill out the form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Want to be a reviewer?
Fill out the form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
voting is still open for 1 more week, and we're not saying we're pinning all of our self-esteem to this vote but we are saying if we don't win we are going to pack all our books on a spaceship and move to Mars
Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
voting is still open for 1 more week, and we're not saying we're pinning all of our self-esteem to this vote but we are saying if we don't win we are going to pack all our books on a spaceship and move to Mars
Thrilled to see @ericarstern.bsky.social's FRONTIER on here!
If you only look at one year-end "best of" books list, make it this thoughtful one of underrecognized gems from @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thrilled to see @ericarstern.bsky.social's FRONTIER on here!
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If you're looking for a gift for you or the writer in your life, the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26 is just $95 & includes the full day conference focusing on craft and publishing, 1 book, 1 workshop w an editor, more lit stuff from our partners! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
www.barrelhousemag.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you're looking for a gift for you or the writer in your life, the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26 is just $95 & includes the full day conference focusing on craft and publishing, 1 book, 1 workshop w an editor, more lit stuff from our partners! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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We don't have any holiday discount codes on our books because we forgot to do it, but I have it on good authority that for any book you order this weekend, @danbrady82.bsky.social will whisper something profound and wise into the pages before shipping
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
Shop — Barrelhouse
Books, magazines, workshops, and our famous shirts.
www.barrelhousemag.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We don't have any holiday discount codes on our books because we forgot to do it, but I have it on good authority that for any book you order this weekend, @danbrady82.bsky.social will whisper something profound and wise into the pages before shipping
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
We don't have any holiday discount codes on our books because we forgot to do it, but I have it on good authority that for any book you order this weekend, @danbrady82.bsky.social will whisper something profound and wise into the pages before shipping
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
Shop — Barrelhouse
Books, magazines, workshops, and our famous shirts.
www.barrelhousemag.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We don't have any holiday discount codes on our books because we forgot to do it, but I have it on good authority that for any book you order this weekend, @danbrady82.bsky.social will whisper something profound and wise into the pages before shipping
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
www.barrelhousemag.com/shop
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Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Whoever named the food truck really knew what they were doing
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Whoever named the food truck really knew what they were doing
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This was a lovely part of my December last year and I'm glad to see it return. Perhaps your inbox could use some poetry, too?
It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This was a lovely part of my December last year and I'm glad to see it return. Perhaps your inbox could use some poetry, too?
Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Happy to announce that A LITANY OF SAINTS by @dianarojas.bsky.social from @artepublico.bsky.social is our 4th featured book at the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26! Join us for a fun, productive day talking writing/publishing and support independent presses! www.barrelhousemag.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Happy to announce that A LITANY OF SAINTS by @dianarojas.bsky.social from @artepublico.bsky.social is our 4th featured book at the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26! Join us for a fun, productive day talking writing/publishing and support independent presses! www.barrelhousemag.com
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I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Necessary Fiction - Winter Solstice: Points of Light
When the winter solstice approaches and days contract, I often return to seasonal rereads — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Nina MacLaughlin's Winter Solstice, essays by Kathleen Jamie, or the fictio...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
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You have one month left to submit to our 7th Annual STORY Foundation prize! Submissions are open through December 15th. The winner will be chosen by the incredible Deesha Philyaw.
Submit here: www.storymagazine.org/submissions/
Submit here: www.storymagazine.org/submissions/
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
You have one month left to submit to our 7th Annual STORY Foundation prize! Submissions are open through December 15th. The winner will be chosen by the incredible Deesha Philyaw.
Submit here: www.storymagazine.org/submissions/
Submit here: www.storymagazine.org/submissions/
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Well that's a lovely thing! I'm honored and grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for publishing my essay, and for this nomination. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/issue-2...
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Well that's a lovely thing! I'm honored and grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for publishing my essay, and for this nomination. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/issue-2...
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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In a couple of days I'm going to open a quick, experimental call for very short, solstitial submissions at @necessaryfiction.com, something I've wanted to do for the past couple of years but didn't quite get it together. Further details TK.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In a couple of days I'm going to open a quick, experimental call for very short, solstitial submissions at @necessaryfiction.com, something I've wanted to do for the past couple of years but didn't quite get it together. Further details TK.
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Our featured fiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is, um, my book ALIENS ATTACK! about an alien invasion and regular old quiet desperation, published by the mighty @masonjarpress.bsky.social! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our featured fiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is, um, my book ALIENS ATTACK! about an alien invasion and regular old quiet desperation, published by the mighty @masonjarpress.bsky.social! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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Our featured nonfiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is FRONTIER: a memoir and a ghost story, by @ericarstern.bsky.social, published by your pals at Barrelhouse Books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our featured nonfiction for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is FRONTIER: a memoir and a ghost story, by @ericarstern.bsky.social, published by your pals at Barrelhouse Books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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Our featured poetry book for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is BLUE OPENING by Chet'la Sebree, published by @tinhouse.bsky.social books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our featured poetry book for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26 is BLUE OPENING by Chet'la Sebree, published by @tinhouse.bsky.social books! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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We've got 3 featured books set for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26! For $95 you get the full day conference, a 10 minute 1-on-1 meeting with an editor, your choice of featured book, and more lit swag from our partner presses. A good deal! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
www.barrelhousemag.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We've got 3 featured books set for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/18/26! For $95 you get the full day conference, a 10 minute 1-on-1 meeting with an editor, your choice of featured book, and more lit swag from our partner presses. A good deal! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference