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The premier literary website focused on debut and emerging writers. There’s also a podcast sometimes. Founded by Adam Vitcavage.
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The Best Debut Short Story Collections of 2025

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November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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What ARE mennonite girls good for? @jennifersears.bsky.social answered our My Reading Life Q&A over on the site!

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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Listen to @theoceanisgay.bsky.social read poems selected from their debut collection LET THE MOON WOBBLE on the Debutiful podcast feed!

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November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Come to a virtual ASK ME ANYTHING.

Pay what you want. Funds will pay for Debutiful hosting fees, pay writers for upcoming projects, and each class will help choose a nonprofit to donate a percentage to.

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November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The Debutiful readers asked if we could release this list early... so we did!

THE BEST DEBUT POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2025!

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November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Discover the books that shaped A.M. Sosa's life!

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My Reading Life: And I’ll Take Out Your Eyes author A.M. Sosa wants everyone to read Hurricane Season
A.M. Sosa is a queer Mexican-American whose work has appeared in Zyzzyva and the Santa Monica Review and they received an MFA from UC Irvine. Their debut novel, And I’ll Take Out Your Eyes, i…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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CRAWL? On this list of BEST DEBUT BOOKS OF 2025???? It’s more likely than you think…..
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Thanks @debutiful.bsky.social for include PLUM and THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET on this best of list!
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Allie Tagle Dokus (@allietagledokus.bsky.social) gave readers a list of books about fame, family, and art over at Debutiful.net!

Her debut book LUCKY GIRL is out now from @tinhouse.bsky.social!

Discover the list: debutiful.net/2025/11/14/8...
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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she’s a @debutiful.bsky.social dozen ✨
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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BIG CHIEF is on @debutiful.bsky.social’s Best Debuts of 2025! Check out this list!
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Absolutely bowled over to see RAVISHING on here!!
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Thanks @debutiful.bsky.social! “Crime, sports, and coming-of-age have never felt so alive in book.” 🥊🙏
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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THE BEST DEBUT BOOKS OF 2025, according to @debutiful.bsky.social's @vitcavage.bsky.social

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November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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For @samanthapaigerosen.bsky.social, it was important for the cover art of LIVING, TOGETHER to signal that it’s a literary anthology rather than an academic one. So we made sure to adjust the font. 😉 @debutiful.bsky.social
See the cover for Living, Together, an essay anthology edited by Samantha Paige Rosen
What is a home? That is what writer and editor Samantha Paige Rosen sought to answer in the essay anthology, Living, Together: Reimagining Community in the Age of Disconnection. In it, over twenty …
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November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Allie Tagle Dokus (@allietagledokus.bsky.social) gave readers a list of books about fame, family, and art over at Debutiful.net!

Her debut book LUCKY GIRL is out now from @tinhouse.bsky.social!

Discover the list: debutiful.net/2025/11/14/8...
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Discover the Debutiful Dozen TONIGHT in our newsletter.

Full list drops tomorrow.

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November 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Allie Tagle Dokus (@allietagledokus.bsky.social) gave readers a list of books about fame, family, and art over at Debutiful.net!

Her debut book LUCKY GIRL is out now from @tinhouse.bsky.social!

Discover the list: debutiful.net/2025/11/14/8...
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Listen to @eshanisurya.bsky.social discuss the path to her debut novel, RAVISHING, over on the Debutiful podcast feed!

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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Listen to Cloud Delfina Cardona reading poems from her debut collection THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET (@hubcitypress.bsky.social)!

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November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Get the BTS info about the cover for LIVING, TOGETHER - an essay anthology edited by @samanthapaigerosen.bsky.social coming out from @beaconpress.bsky.social on July 14, 2026!

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November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Take a deep dive with @himymcraig.bsky.social on HIMYM, why disability representation is so important, and writing his debut novel, THAT'S NOT HOW IT HAPPENED, on the Debutiful Podcast with @vitcavage.bsky.social!

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November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Here are the 8 best debuts we read that are publishing in November! Featuring titles from @himymcraig.bsky.social, @eshanisurya.bsky.social, and more!

Learn more about them 👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/03/8...
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Learn more about @milkweededitions.bsky.social's MULTIVERSE SERIES, edited by Chris Martin!

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October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer came on the podcast to discuss his debut novel SIMULTANEOUS!

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October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM