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V.C. Myers

@vcmyers.bsky.social

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Appalachian poet | author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) & Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019) | Fmr editor/reader Muruch, Barren, Ice Floe, Frontier, Sarabande Books | work in EPOCH, Poet Lore, etc. http://vcmyers.com

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 4h

only the journals think it's unhinged

V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 4h

literary journal submission fees are a classist form of gatekeeping

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 9h

this is painfully accurate...

Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 13h

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 10h

This makes me so sad. One of the greatest...

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11h

D’Angelo?????????????????

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 1d

Today's listing of the day is: Barely South Review #WritingCommunity

Listing of the Day

Today's listing of the day is: Barely South Review #WritingCommunity

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 1d

at this point I feel like just still breathing is writing

V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 2d

writing & submitting more lately than since before the pandemic. subs out at 13 journals so far. long way to go to get back to my old slutty 50-100 sub days, but it's a start.

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 8d

Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨

bansheepress.org/submit

Submit — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!

bansheepress.org

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 2d

ugh I hate this timeline so much. Of all the sci fi movies to become reality, why did it have to be Minority Report?

V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 2d

inside the corn maze at sunset last night

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 3d

it was beautiful weather for mazin' & margarita'n' tonight

V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 3d

ran into an old friend I hadn't seen since before the divorce. She asked "so are you back to normal now? You're a Myers again, right?" 😂 It's funny, because it's so very true

V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 3d

we made it out alive! time for drinks...

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 3d

If I disappear, it's because my friends & I are children of the corn (maze) tonight.

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 13d

Happy October! 🍁 WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR SUBS! 🦑

Submission guidelines on our website:

www.theshorepoetry.org

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 3d

as a My So-Called Life fan who despised Jordan Catalano, I'm greatly enjoying all the Jared Leto jokes today

V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 4d

ugh I've writing & editing this one poem for 30 years. Every time I think it's done, I soon find myself chiseling at the marble again.

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Dr. Matthew E. Henry (MEH) @mehpoeting.bsky.social · 5d

My tiny little poem “metaphor” was published in issue 13 of Molecule!

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On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 5d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 5d

she is the cutest ever

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Rosebud Ben-Oni @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social · 5d

So, so grateful to the Neighborhood for welcoming me & my fellow poets for Sukkot & @jaredharel.bsky.social for moderating 🌸🪴🍂

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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 5d

Had a lovely time reading with these spectacular poets!

Me, a hand gesturing poet probably talking about lox.

Jason Schneiderman reading a long poem that blew me away.

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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 5d

Listen, I am not exactly planning on going to AWP, but if someone needs an eco/pop culture/jewish/grief poet for a reading...Im not far from BMore...just saying

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mathew yates @mathewyates.bsky.social · 6d

trying to get back in the habit of painting, so i made this kinda classic yates-style guy over the last day or two 🧑‍🎨🎨🧡

acrylic painting in vivid colors, a portrait from the upper-chest up against a brown and beige checkerboard pattern. the left shoulder is blue, the right is red, in the middle up the neck is purple, the chin is orange and pink in curves along the chin, into light green lips, dark green mid-face, gold-yellow nose and forehead with a curve of orange at the very top, the left ear is light blue, the right ear purple, the right eye is light blue, the left eye is pink on top and purple below, with red in a triangle between the eye and nose. the right eye is bigger and curves down a little, both eyes pupil-less with orange, brown, white finger-blended irises

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 6d

Both of my books & many, many literary journal publications were through contacts I met in the old Twitter poetry community (2016-2023). I've had work published before & after that, but that was definitely the peak.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 6d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?