Pam Balluck
@pamelaballuck.bsky.social
writer | teacher | associate editor, Ocean State Review oceanstatereview.org/
No Kings, Salt Lake City
October 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
No Kings, Salt Lake City
The Ocean State Review's reading period runs from April 5 to November 30:
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The tenth anniversary issue of The Ocean State Review is available now, featuring works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction.
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May 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Ocean State Review's reading period runs from April 5 to November 30:
#creativewriting
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#oceanstatereview
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(1) When I was old enough to vote, in the 20th century, I registered as an Independent (I voted for Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, while my living parent voted for Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush).
April 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
(1) When I was old enough to vote, in the 20th century, I registered as an Independent (I voted for Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, while my living parent voted for Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush).
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter!
buttondown.com/5calls
FINALLY figured out how to download the 5 Calls app to my Android and am ready to call my UNrepresentatives (who clap with glee at my unhappiness).
#utah
buttondown.com/5calls
FINALLY figured out how to download the 5 Calls app to my Android and am ready to call my UNrepresentatives (who clap with glee at my unhappiness).
#utah
5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
buttondown.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter!
buttondown.com/5calls
FINALLY figured out how to download the 5 Calls app to my Android and am ready to call my UNrepresentatives (who clap with glee at my unhappiness).
#utah
buttondown.com/5calls
FINALLY figured out how to download the 5 Calls app to my Android and am ready to call my UNrepresentatives (who clap with glee at my unhappiness).
#utah
#PBS #mustangs #wildhorses
These beauties must be saved (along with everything else that must be saved). If you can't experience them in person, you can begin to experience them here.
www.pbs.org/show/the-mus...
These beauties must be saved (along with everything else that must be saved). If you can't experience them in person, you can begin to experience them here.
www.pbs.org/show/the-mus...
The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses
Mustangs are an enduring icon of America, but in modern times their future is in question.
www.pbs.org
March 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#PBS #mustangs #wildhorses
These beauties must be saved (along with everything else that must be saved). If you can't experience them in person, you can begin to experience them here.
www.pbs.org/show/the-mus...
These beauties must be saved (along with everything else that must be saved). If you can't experience them in person, you can begin to experience them here.
www.pbs.org/show/the-mus...
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Currently, all of my ready-to-submit nonfiction is either fewer than 1,000 words or more than the max, 10K, of this competition. Yours? This closed April 2.
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#submitnonfiction #nonfictioncompetition #writing #creativenonfiction
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Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize | North American Review
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February 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Currently, all of my ready-to-submit nonfiction is either fewer than 1,000 words or more than the max, 10K, of this competition. Yours? This closed April 2.
#submitnonfiction #nonfictioncompetition #writing #creativenonfiction
northamericanreview.org/terry-tempes...
#submitnonfiction #nonfictioncompetition #writing #creativenonfiction
northamericanreview.org/terry-tempes...
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It’s just bad reporting to take Trump’s use of “pause” at face value when endless delays are one of his fundamental strategies & authoritarian regimes across history & the world so often introduce new oppression with these terms.
January 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It’s just bad reporting to take Trump’s use of “pause” at face value when endless delays are one of his fundamental strategies & authoritarian regimes across history & the world so often introduce new oppression with these terms.
Submissions open:
Submissions are now open for our Spring Summer issue! The theme for this issue is Borders, Boundaries, and Lines. One piece will receive a 100$ Editor's Choice Award.
We can't wait to read your work!
Submit now at south85journal.com/submissions/
We can't wait to read your work!
Submit now at south85journal.com/submissions/
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Submissions open:
December 24, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Margot Singer's short fiction "The Boys" is live at The Ocean State Review:
oceanstatereview.org/2024/11/08/m...
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Margot Singer, featured in the new Ocean State Review - The Ocean State Review
She got out of bed and went over to the window. The old wooden frame was drafty, the panes opaque with frost. A polar vortex, the weatherman had called it. On the map, a magenta swirl stretched down f...
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November 30, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 6:49 PM
What a help! Thanks, Authors Guild!
Hey, authors new to Bluesky: We've gathered a little starter pack of publishers, organizations, and publications to follow and help populate your feed with literary resources.
go.bsky.app/bQfVJ6
go.bsky.app/bQfVJ6
November 16, 2024 at 6:40 PM
What a help! Thanks, Authors Guild!
Margot Singer's short fiction "The Boys" is live at The Ocean State Review:
oceanstatereview.org/2024/11/08/m...
oceanstatereview.org/2024/11/08/m...
Margot Singer, featured in the new Ocean State Review - The Ocean State Review
She got out of bed and went over to the window. The old wooden frame was drafty, the panes opaque with frost. A polar vortex, the weatherman had called it. On the map, a magenta swirl stretched down f...
oceanstatereview.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Margot Singer's short fiction "The Boys" is live at The Ocean State Review:
oceanstatereview.org/2024/11/08/m...
oceanstatereview.org/2024/11/08/m...
View of Oquirrh Mountains today from the Red Butte Gardens parking lot, Salt Lake City.
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November 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM
View of Oquirrh Mountains today from the Red Butte Gardens parking lot, Salt Lake City.
#phonecamera
#slc
#oquirrhs
#phonecamera
#slc
#oquirrhs
Tonight's Salt Lake City sunset over the Oquirrhs ~
November 13, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Tonight's Salt Lake City sunset over the Oquirrhs ~