Lori Cramer
@loricramerwriter.bsky.social
Writer of flash, micro, prose poetry. Longlisted for Wigleaf Top 50. Nominated for Best Microfiction, Best of the Net. Copy Editor. Baseball fan. She/her.
https://loricramerfiction.wordpress.com
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Lori Cramer
@loricramerwriter.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Thrilled and honored to have my micro, "Yard Sale," selected for the 2025 @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50 longlist! Grateful to @laughingyeti.bsky.social and his team and to Hannah Cole Orsag and @heimatreview.bsky.social for publishing my story!
Thrilled that Eulogy Press has nominated my story "Reunions" for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
December 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Thrilled that Eulogy Press has nominated my story "Reunions" for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
When you come up with a great title--a mere 12 hours after you've submitted the story. #amwriting #flashfiction
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
When you come up with a great title--a mere 12 hours after you've submitted the story. #amwriting #flashfiction
Happy 10-year anniversary to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social!
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Our fiction team is led by Fiction Editor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social & Associate Fiction Editor Yuya Hattori. Dave is a longtime #ExpoEditor & Yuya was an Associate Editor for “Spring”!
Submit your “PARA/SOCIAL”-themed work to Dave and Yuya by next Monday: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
Submit your “PARA/SOCIAL”-themed work to Dave and Yuya by next Monday: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our fiction team is led by Fiction Editor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social & Associate Fiction Editor Yuya Hattori. Dave is a longtime #ExpoEditor & Yuya was an Associate Editor for “Spring”!
Submit your “PARA/SOCIAL”-themed work to Dave and Yuya by next Monday: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
Submit your “PARA/SOCIAL”-themed work to Dave and Yuya by next Monday: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
Now is a good time to submit that story! #amwriting
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Now is a good time to submit that story! #amwriting
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fun fact: writing is the most effective way to end up having written an entire book someday. unfortunately not many people know this
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
fun fact: writing is the most effective way to end up having written an entire book someday. unfortunately not many people know this
"...we track the cheerleaders' every move as they razor their arms, leap into pike jumps and herkies, smiling despite the sub-zero temperatures and their pleated miniskirts, bare legs."
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Cole Beauchamp — Does It Have Pockets
We wanted to be cheerleaders
doesithavepockets.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"...we track the cheerleaders' every move as they razor their arms, leap into pike jumps and herkies, smiling despite the sub-zero temperatures and their pleated miniskirts, bare legs."
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
Read @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social
doesithavepockets.com/fiction/cole...
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Out TODAY, or so I'm told.
Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection!
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Out TODAY, or so I'm told.
Started something new today. Not quite sure what it is yet, but I'm excited to find out. #amwriting
December 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Started something new today. Not quite sure what it is yet, but I'm excited to find out. #amwriting
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This December let’s give ourselves permission to sit & read a good book for a half hour when the mood strikes. Even though we have so much to do. Even though work is a lot. Just set down the phone, put aside the to do list, & give yourself this gift. 2025 has been hard. We deserve a treat. ☕️ 📚
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This December let’s give ourselves permission to sit & read a good book for a half hour when the mood strikes. Even though we have so much to do. Even though work is a lot. Just set down the phone, put aside the to do list, & give yourself this gift. 2025 has been hard. We deserve a treat. ☕️ 📚
Almost time to stop November-ing and start December-ing.
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Almost time to stop November-ing and start December-ing.
How many days in a row can you keep rewriting one sentence? (Apparently at least four.) #amwriting
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
How many days in a row can you keep rewriting one sentence? (Apparently at least four.) #amwriting
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Sweet Girl" for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
More award nominations!
Best Microfiction!
Best Microfiction!
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Sweet Girl" for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
Do you write microfiction, especially #dribbles, or short poetry, especially #haiku? Send your work to @thehooletsnook.bsky.social by November 30!
SUBMISSION CALL
We're still looking for #shortpoetry and #microfiction, and would love to see more #dribbles (50-word stories) and #haiku. Deadline: November 30th. Please share! 🙏🦉✍️📩
Guidelines: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
#opensubmissions #writersofbsky #poetsofbsky #amwriting #drabbles
We're still looking for #shortpoetry and #microfiction, and would love to see more #dribbles (50-word stories) and #haiku. Deadline: November 30th. Please share! 🙏🦉✍️📩
Guidelines: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
#opensubmissions #writersofbsky #poetsofbsky #amwriting #drabbles
Submissions
www.thehooletsnook.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Do you write microfiction, especially #dribbles, or short poetry, especially #haiku? Send your work to @thehooletsnook.bsky.social by November 30!
Tweaked the title, strengthened a verb, added a more-specific detail.... #amwriting #flashfiction
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Tweaked the title, strengthened a verb, added a more-specific detail.... #amwriting #flashfiction
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Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thrilled to have a new story out today with the wonderful Milk Candy Review that features eggs, soldiers, silence and absent suns. Hope you'll give it a read:
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
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"With Love" by @salenacasha.bsky.social, Fall Contest 2024 Finalist (Theme: Flirt), in case you missed it
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"With Love" by @salenacasha.bsky.social, Fall Contest 2024 Finalist (Theme: Flirt), in case you missed it
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Deadline!!!!! Midnight ET tonight! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
www.smokelong.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Deadline!!!!! Midnight ET tonight! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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We are very excited to reveal our guest editor & theme for our 2026 anthology! Submissions open on 1 Dec & close on 15 Feb 2026. Our microfiction comp judges will be announced next week! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are very excited to reveal our guest editor & theme for our 2026 anthology! Submissions open on 1 Dec & close on 15 Feb 2026. Our microfiction comp judges will be announced next week! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...
Finally figured out that last line...I think? #amwriting #flashfiction
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Finally figured out that last line...I think? #amwriting #flashfiction
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I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things:
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things:
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want.
2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
Don't give up on those old stories you've set aside. Take another look at them every once in a while. You never know what might happen. #amwriting #flashfiction
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Don't give up on those old stories you've set aside. Take another look at them every once in a while. You never know what might happen. #amwriting #flashfiction