Sarah Lynn Knowles
@sarahspy.com
Fiction writer, revising a coming-of-age novel; Tin House Winter '24, One Story Summer '23 alum 🙈 http://Storychord.com founding editor 🙉 eavesdropper, signal booster, she/her, Massachusetts 🙊 sarahspyblog@gmail | https://sarahspy.com
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Deadline for our One Teen Story Contest is December 1st. Writers ages 13-19: enter your original, unpublished fiction! Contest winners will receive $500 & publication on our website. Honorable mentions will be chosen in three age categories: 13-15, 16-17, and 18-19. For details visit: bit.ly/480n2jH
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Deadline for our One Teen Story Contest is December 1st. Writers ages 13-19: enter your original, unpublished fiction! Contest winners will receive $500 & publication on our website. Honorable mentions will be chosen in three age categories: 13-15, 16-17, and 18-19. For details visit: bit.ly/480n2jH
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Finished PLUM days ago & can't stop thinking about it bookshop.org/a/25459/9798... @hubcitypress.bsky.social
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Finished PLUM days ago & can't stop thinking about it bookshop.org/a/25459/9798... @hubcitypress.bsky.social
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
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We could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read!
porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit
porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit
Porcupine Literary Submission Manager
We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the ugly, the loving, the grieving, the anything-but-perfect teach...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read!
porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit
porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit
Finished PLUM days ago & can't stop thinking about it bookshop.org/a/25459/9798... @hubcitypress.bsky.social
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Finished PLUM days ago & can't stop thinking about it bookshop.org/a/25459/9798... @hubcitypress.bsky.social
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀
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Do pay attention to the submission guidelines for this — we're open to surprises, but this call is particular in what we're looking for.
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 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Do pay attention to the submission guidelines for this — we're open to surprises, but this call is particular in what we're looking for.
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Apply now to join us as the editorial intern from January to July 2026! This position offers hands-on experience with editing, writing, and contributing to the social media of a nationally recognized independent literary press. Applications are due 11/21/2025!
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Apply now to join us as the editorial intern from January to July 2026! This position offers hands-on experience with editing, writing, and contributing to the social media of a nationally recognized independent literary press. Applications are due 11/21/2025!
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
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I'm endeavoring to collect some data about publishing journeys. Won't you join me? Here's more: www.agentsandbooks.com/tell-me-your...
Tell Me Your Story and I'll Tell You Mine
Hi Friends,
I haven't fully figured out Threads yet, but there is a robust community of writers there, and a lot of conversations about books, writing, publishing, and more. That means a lot of ~~~~d...
www.agentsandbooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm endeavoring to collect some data about publishing journeys. Won't you join me? Here's more: www.agentsandbooks.com/tell-me-your...
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Have you ever wondered how...
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Have you ever wondered how...
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
• a literary magazine is run?
• decisions are made on submissions?
• to improve your chances of getting published by an established literary magazine?
Ask our editors (almost) anything by 11/30: forms.gle/NiBR9KQG2PHZ...
Answers coming in our January newsletter! 🫏
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November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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25% off a bunch of our books from now until year end using code
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We're now open for applications for our spring internship program! The editorial intern’s responsibilities may include writing press releases, composing blog posts and promotional emails, proofreading manuscripts, assembling press kits, & more! www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're now open for applications for our spring internship program! The editorial intern’s responsibilities may include writing press releases, composing blog posts and promotional emails, proofreading manuscripts, assembling press kits, & more! www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
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Just about a month left to submit!
Good morning to everyone, but especially NONFICTION WRITERS because we're open for your book submissions!
@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!
@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just about a month left to submit!
Grateful to whoever's handling acquisitions at my local library for their small-press taste...
Saw @hubcitypress.bsky.social's new novel PLUM by Andy Anderegg (bookshop.org/a/25459/9798...) displayed on a New Releases shelf this weekend & excitedly borrowed it 💙📚👀
Saw @hubcitypress.bsky.social's new novel PLUM by Andy Anderegg (bookshop.org/a/25459/9798...) displayed on a New Releases shelf this weekend & excitedly borrowed it 💙📚👀
Plum
Check out Plum - <p><em>"You wish to never see a plum again in your life... You think: When I am an adult, I will never have a fruit tree. I will never be like this."</em></p><br><p><strong>For fans o...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Grateful to whoever's handling acquisitions at my local library for their small-press taste...
Saw @hubcitypress.bsky.social's new novel PLUM by Andy Anderegg (bookshop.org/a/25459/9798...) displayed on a New Releases shelf this weekend & excitedly borrowed it 💙📚👀
Saw @hubcitypress.bsky.social's new novel PLUM by Andy Anderegg (bookshop.org/a/25459/9798...) displayed on a New Releases shelf this weekend & excitedly borrowed it 💙📚👀
Yikes. This reminds me of the uncanny plot of Samanta Schweblin's novel LITTLE EYES, which, spoiler alert, does not go well....
bookshop.org/a/25459/9780...
bookshop.org/a/25459/9780...
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Yikes. This reminds me of the uncanny plot of Samanta Schweblin's novel LITTLE EYES, which, spoiler alert, does not go well....
bookshop.org/a/25459/9780...
bookshop.org/a/25459/9780...
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I've done this and got to read a fabulous book AND learned a lot about writing reviews. Highly recommended!
Calling all book reviewers: Check out @necessaryfiction.com's list of books available for review! I'm excited about this list -- good reads ahead! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Books Available For Review
Books Available for Review Do get in touch if you’re interested in reviewing one of these books or something not listed; check our guidelines first, before you make contact. We review new works of lit...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've done this and got to read a fabulous book AND learned a lot about writing reviews. Highly recommended!
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Pay what you can, and support a really good organization. Dec 18th at 7PM!
✍️ Join us Thurs, 12/18 at 7 PM for a virtual Flash Fiction workshop w/ @writesloud.bsky.social! Engage in reading, brainstorming, & drafting 2 stories under 1000 words, focusing on precise storytelling, and editing tools to refine your work. More + Register: missionbelonging.org/event/short-...
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Pay what you can, and support a really good organization. Dec 18th at 7PM!
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Spread librarian love! Nominate an extraordinary librarian for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award. Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Spread librarian love! Nominate an extraordinary librarian for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award. Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian
"I am very concerned that our society is much more interested in information, than wonder. In noise, rather than silence. How do we encourage reflection? Oh my this is a noisy world.”
—Fred Rogers [to Charlie Rose], quoted in @danblank.bsky.social's fab newsletter open.substack.com/pub/danblank...
—Fred Rogers [to Charlie Rose], quoted in @danblank.bsky.social's fab newsletter open.substack.com/pub/danblank...
Searching for something real
On seeking wonder and connection in a firehose of information and content
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October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"I am very concerned that our society is much more interested in information, than wonder. In noise, rather than silence. How do we encourage reflection? Oh my this is a noisy world.”
—Fred Rogers [to Charlie Rose], quoted in @danblank.bsky.social's fab newsletter open.substack.com/pub/danblank...
—Fred Rogers [to Charlie Rose], quoted in @danblank.bsky.social's fab newsletter open.substack.com/pub/danblank...
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If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰
findhelp.org
findhelp.org
findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care
Search and connect to support. Find financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help in your area, anywhere in the US.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰
findhelp.org
findhelp.org
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This reading is FREE.
(We are raising funds, but that is by voluntary donation according to ability.)
It is online, so you can attend from ANYWHERE.
Early registration is NOT required, but it helps us with planning.
Register and/or learn more:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
(We are raising funds, but that is by voluntary donation according to ability.)
It is online, so you can attend from ANYWHERE.
Early registration is NOT required, but it helps us with planning.
Register and/or learn more:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This reading is FREE.
(We are raising funds, but that is by voluntary donation according to ability.)
It is online, so you can attend from ANYWHERE.
Early registration is NOT required, but it helps us with planning.
Register and/or learn more:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
(We are raising funds, but that is by voluntary donation according to ability.)
It is online, so you can attend from ANYWHERE.
Early registration is NOT required, but it helps us with planning.
Register and/or learn more:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
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We have a fiction job opening at Jax State! There is a typo that still hasn't been fixed in the job ad--we're looking for people with relevant FICTION publications, not poetry. Don't panic. Please share! careers.jsu.edu/en-us/job/49...
- Department of Human Resources
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October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have a fiction job opening at Jax State! There is a typo that still hasn't been fixed in the job ad--we're looking for people with relevant FICTION publications, not poetry. Don't panic. Please share! careers.jsu.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Imagine if other mainstream artists did this on tour. Imagine if they brought tables to their venues to explain to fans why this is so important. It would change the conversation profoundly. This is important.
The Sabrina Carpenter Fund will now directly support The Transgender Law Center! The fund will support the Legal Info Helpdesk, which responds to more than 2000+ requests annually and the training of 400+ trans leaders through programs like the Disability Project, Black Trans Circles, and more. 🏳️⚧️
October 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Imagine if other mainstream artists did this on tour. Imagine if they brought tables to their venues to explain to fans why this is so important. It would change the conversation profoundly. This is important.
My local community showing up yesterday. Thank you @sabadosama.bsky.social 💙❤️
Northampton MA, midday today, Pulaski Park. State rep Sabadosa speaks. (Hear the horns from motorists responding to the overflow crowd in the street to the left.) @sabadosama.bsky.social #nokings @in-slwm.bsky.social @julie-2025.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My local community showing up yesterday. Thank you @sabadosama.bsky.social 💙❤️
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Time is running out!
We don't get to see these books if we don't find their translation!
We don't get to see these books if we don't find their translation!
the African Translation Project is at 5% of it's goal to reach the final $3575 by October 31!
I'd love to read these books, wouldn't you?
Donate if you can, share and share and share again!
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
I'd love to read these books, wouldn't you?
Donate if you can, share and share and share again!
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...
ko-fi.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Time is running out!
We don't get to see these books if we don't find their translation!
We don't get to see these books if we don't find their translation!
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We've opened submissions for a special online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social. The Dirty Issue will be edited and produced by my students at Temple University. Send us your fiction, poems, art. More details on what we're looking for here, on Submittable:
Barrelhouse Submission Manager
Thanks for submitting your work to Barrelhouse! Before you proceed, a note about open and closed categories. If you don't see the category that fits your work, we're not open for that thing. We keep ...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We've opened submissions for a special online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social. The Dirty Issue will be edited and produced by my students at Temple University. Send us your fiction, poems, art. More details on what we're looking for here, on Submittable: