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Melissa Llanes Brownlee
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social
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Native Hawaiian writer living in Japan

https://www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/

Bitter over Sweet https://tinyurl.com/5hd7u63r

Hard Skin http://tinyurl.com/yc53
Kahi&Lua http://tinyurl.com/3ryfzvwh
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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 25d
I’m still buzzing from my awesome book launch!! Thank you Deesha Philyaw for being a part of it and for your wonderful questions and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social for being an amazing host. Thank you to everyone who came and thank you to my friends who helped and supported me ❤️❤️❤️
sfwp.bsky.social SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 25d
TONIGHT at 7pm EST, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be in conversation with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of BITTER OVER SWEET, hosted by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social! buff.ly/CtKtA0k

Can't make it? Get BITTER OVER SWEET right here! buff.ly/3pPOviA
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mizuki-yama.bsky.social
Three little 🤏🏻 micros from yours truly are up in the December issue of @doesithavepockets.bsky.social! Thank you to Camille and the editorial team! ✨

www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mizu...
Mizuki Yamamoto — Does It Have Pockets
Receipt | Bath House | Molting Season
www.doesithavepockets.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Out TODAY, or so I'm told.
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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We are SO excited to announce the details for our 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize! And thrilled and honored to welcome @camilleuadams.bsky.social 💙🐸

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A blue flier announcing contest details: The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: “Family”. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1st - 31st. $5 per story. $700 in prizes. On the left is a picture of Camille U Adams surrounded by trees with yellow leaves. Below the photo is the Flash Frog logo (a frog with glasses trying on a typewriter)
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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prairie-schooner.bsky.social
Melissa Kwasny's essay "The American Prairie" appears in "Spaces: A Nonfiction Portfolio" in our recent issue.

Learn more, read excerpts from the issue, and order a copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring...
The American Prairie by Melissa Kwasny "I know it is odd to say this, but the rock does become alive in front of my eyes, sparkling with purple, scarlet, umber, with garnet, quartz, granite, and veins of mica. A rock the equivalent of a rainbow. It seems to have gathered all the flower, fur, and leaf colors of the earth in its tumbling migration atop the ice sheets." http://prairieschooner.unl.edu
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Our two newest issues are now available! Featuring Spaces: A Nonfiction Portfolio and archival work on the theme Writers on Writing, these issues mark a warm welcome to our new editor in chief, Timothy Schaffert.

Read more and find links to order here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-scho...
Issues 99.1 and 99.2 now available - Prairie Schooner
The Spring and Summer 2025 issues of Prairie Schooner have arrived! These issues mark a warm welcome to our new editor in chief, Timothy Schaffert. Spring
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November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
lumchanmfa.bsky.social
So excited!! I’m celebrating now because I have no idea when I will get my print copies! Thank you @prairieschooner.bsky.social for giving my micro a home ❤️❤️❤️
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
December 2024 Issue Work by @sfreligh.bsky.social Guy Biederman @amybarnes.bsky.social @ddgwriter.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social @rebeccatiger.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social @csquareh.bsky.social
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Issue 24 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Shamblen Studios on Unsplash Gooseberry Pie launched in December 2023 with our first issue published January 18, 2024. What started as an idea to publish one six-sentence story per week quick...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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claudineliterary.bsky.social
Check out our review:

Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How to Read Them by Keith J. Powell is a tour de force of twenty-two stories about love, sex, and the gulf between the two.
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Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How To Read Them by Keith J. Powell | A Review
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December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Is speculative fiction memoir a thing? This is a scary story my much-missed mom told me (minus the speculative fiction bits) about her teen years. So happy to be in @doesithavepockets.bsky.social today!

www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/sage...

#SpeculativeFiction #Memoir #ShortStory
Sage Tyrtle — Does It Have Pockets
The Lurching Horror of Kennewick Road
www.doesithavepockets.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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marioaliberto3.bsky.social
Finally, had a chance to sit down and start digging into this beauty and wow, just wow!!! Congratulations @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @sfwp.bsky.social on a beautiful book!!!
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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East Coast US midnight. First Monday of the month! 🐈‍⬛🎉🐈‍⬛

@jhhwriter.bsky.social @kimmagowan.bsky.social @susanllin.bsky.social @travisflatt.bsky.social @keithjpowell.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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smokelong.bsky.social
You can still join our free series of write-ins and open mics--five events each week until December 14th! Sign up for ZERO dollars. Yep. This one's on us.
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Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
lumchanmfa.bsky.social
weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️

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weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ (December 1, 2025)
YouTube video by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
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November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Weekend reading:

Bitter Over Sweet by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social

Santa Fe Writers Project
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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weekly talk story about gratitude and being tired...

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A Quiet Week and Coming Down From My Book Being Out In The World — Melissa Llanes Brownlee
So yeah… it’s been a quiet week for me, at least publication-wise (not writing or submitting). Last year, I would have been depressed about it, but honestly, I am just tired. I am grateful for all tha...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Thanks—on Thanksgiving!—to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social (and Hema Nataraju and Lakshmi Iyer and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social) for nominating me for a Pushcart Prize!
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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smokelong.bsky.social
We made a numbered list of everyone who shared our FlashGiving posts across social media (thank you!) and generated a random number, which was 38, which means that Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social is the winner of our 2025 FlashGiving draw! Please email [email protected], Gill.🙂
Black and white dotted image of an analogue camera with a large flash attachment. Red and white lettering: FlashGiving 2025. Green inset star burst with black and white lettering: Draw winner: Gill O'Halloran. SLQ logo.
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Just in case you missed it! My interview by @mynachang.bsky.social!!
sfwp.bsky.social SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 6d
ICYMI, Myna Chang recently sat down with Melissa Llanes Brownlee to discuss her latest collection, BITTER OVER SWEET! buff.ly/teB3epy

Get BITTER OVER SWEET here: buff.ly/uaVHtkD
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November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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sfwp.bsky.social
ICYMI, Myna Chang recently sat down with Melissa Llanes Brownlee to discuss her latest collection, BITTER OVER SWEET! buff.ly/teB3epy

Get BITTER OVER SWEET here: buff.ly/uaVHtkD
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November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
Lovely book mail today from @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @sfwp.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
lumchanmfa.bsky.social
weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️

youtu.be/qtiJW0ekSus
weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ (November 24, 2025)
YouTube video by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
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November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Massive thanks @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social for this mom! And thanks @lumchanmfa.bsky.social for picking this crazy queer arthropod piece for the comp! Co breaths fellow nominees 🧡. Here’s my weird-ass story: gooseberry-pie.com/the-undulati...
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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mizuki-yama.bsky.social
I am over the moon! SO grateful to @lit-namjooning.bsky.social for the nomination! 🌟 Congratulations to everyone 🌟
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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weekly talk story about @claudineliterary.bsky.social and @pitheadchapel.bsky.social...

www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...
Celebrating My Pushcart Prize and Best Microfiction Noms and Not Writing — Melissa Llanes Brownlee
I am so happy to have received a Pushcart Prize Nomination from Claudine, A Literary Magazine ! If you missed it, I hope you read “ The day auntie makes you sort the pakalolo into baggies before...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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ICYMI, BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social was included in @clmporg.bsky.social's Reading List for Native American Heritage Month 2025! buff.ly/TCDByuE

Treat yourself - or a loved one - to BITTER OVER SWEET right here: bit.ly/3PuHbEn
@susanschulman.bsky.social
A Reading List for Native American Heritage Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
For Native American Heritage Month, observed annually during the month of November, we asked our member presses and literary magazines to share with us some of the books and magazines they recommend…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM