Michael Czyzniejewski
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
Author, editor, professor, family participant. Retired altar boy, pizza chef, and beer vendor.
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
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!
Thanks to @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social, Angela Brommel, and everyone at @thecitronreview.bsky.social for nominating me for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thanks to @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social, Angela Brommel, and everyone at @thecitronreview.bsky.social for nominating me for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
Lovely book mail today from @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @sfwp.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Lovely book mail today from @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @sfwp.bsky.social!
Cover reveal! Introducing The Bedtime Emptying of Our World by @joelhans.com, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award. Set to release February 3, 2026: Preorder link coming soon.
Fabulous cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Fabulous cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Cover reveal! Introducing The Bedtime Emptying of Our World by @joelhans.com, winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award. Set to release February 3, 2026: Preorder link coming soon.
Fabulous cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Fabulous cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Thanks to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social and @jhhwriter.bsky.social for nominating my story "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." for The Best Small Fictions. In such great company here, too! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social, etc.
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thanks to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social and @jhhwriter.bsky.social for nominating my story "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." for The Best Small Fictions. In such great company here, too! @writesofkathryn.bsky.social, etc.
Thanks to @lukerolfes.bsky.social, @jgallaher.bsky.social, and everyone at Greentower Press for putting me in the new Laurel Review! I get to be with @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, @aimeeparkison.bsky.social, @webbish6.bsky.social, and so many other friends and talents!
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thanks to @lukerolfes.bsky.social, @jgallaher.bsky.social, and everyone at Greentower Press for putting me in the new Laurel Review! I get to be with @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, @aimeeparkison.bsky.social, @webbish6.bsky.social, and so many other friends and talents!
Picked up these two gems by @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social when he visited Springfield this past weekend!
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Picked up these two gems by @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social when he visited Springfield this past weekend!
Cover reveal! Presenting The Last Day by @kimmagowan.bsky.social, part of the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Editors Choice Series! The Last Day is coming on March 3, 2026—preorder link up soon!
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Cover reveal! Presenting The Last Day by @kimmagowan.bsky.social, part of the @mooncitypress.bsky.social Editors Choice Series! The Last Day is coming on March 3, 2026—preorder link up soon!
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Masterful cover art and design by Elisabeth Anderson Art & Design.
Cover reveal: My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 Moon City Poetry Award! This book will be out from @mooncitypress.bsky.social on January 6. Preorder link coming soon!
Art by Elisabeth Anderson with design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Art by Elisabeth Anderson with design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Cover reveal: My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body by @ifeoluwaayandele.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 Moon City Poetry Award! This book will be out from @mooncitypress.bsky.social on January 6. Preorder link coming soon!
Art by Elisabeth Anderson with design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Art by Elisabeth Anderson with design by Shen Chen Hsieh.
Got to read at Northwest Missouri State this past week with my friend and colleague @jennifermurvin.bsky.social! Thanks to @lukerolfes.bsky.social, @jgallaher.bsky.social, Daniel Biegelson, and the whole Maryville gang for being the BEST hosts!
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Got to read at Northwest Missouri State this past week with my friend and colleague @jennifermurvin.bsky.social! Thanks to @lukerolfes.bsky.social, @jgallaher.bsky.social, Daniel Biegelson, and the whole Maryville gang for being the BEST hosts!
Missouri Poets Laureate David L. Harrison, @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social, and @karenkay.bsky.social meet up in Springfield!
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Missouri Poets Laureate David L. Harrison, @mdwstscribbler.bsky.social, and @karenkay.bsky.social meet up in Springfield!
I get to read on Thursday at Northwest Missouri State University with my colleague, @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, for the indisputably cool @lukerolfes.bsky.social and @jgallaher.bsky.social and their wonderful writing community. Can't wait!
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I get to read on Thursday at Northwest Missouri State University with my colleague, @jennifermurvin.bsky.social, for the indisputably cool @lukerolfes.bsky.social and @jgallaher.bsky.social and their wonderful writing community. Can't wait!
Good book mail today thanks to Lydia Millet!
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Good book mail today thanks to Lydia Millet!
What a visit at Missouri State with poet and alum Amber Isaac, who met with students, visited old haunts, and gave a killer reading from her new book, Peppermint. Thanks to Sara Burge for the intro and to the Springfield Regional Arts Council and the MSU Department of English for sponsoring!
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What a visit at Missouri State with poet and alum Amber Isaac, who met with students, visited old haunts, and gave a killer reading from her new book, Peppermint. Thanks to Sara Burge for the intro and to the Springfield Regional Arts Council and the MSU Department of English for sponsoring!
Come check out poet Amber Isaac read from her new poetry collection, Peppermint, at Missouris State University on Wednesday, October 15, in Karls Hall 101 at 7 p.m. CT! Going to be amazing!
October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Come check out poet Amber Isaac read from her new poetry collection, Peppermint, at Missouris State University on Wednesday, October 15, in Karls Hall 101 at 7 p.m. CT! Going to be amazing!
@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social poet @tms2072.bsky.social is doing a virtual poetry reading tonight for the Missouri State University English Department at 7 p.m., CT. The Zoom Webinar address is in the attached flier. Come on out and hear Tina read her fabulous poems!
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
September 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
The amazing @sfreligh.bsky.social zooms into my grad fiction workshop to talk Other Emergencies.
September 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The amazing @sfreligh.bsky.social zooms into my grad fiction workshop to talk Other Emergencies.
A thing I'm going to be in soon. Thanks, @lit-namjooning.bsky.social!
August 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A thing I'm going to be in soon. Thanks, @lit-namjooning.bsky.social!
A pleasant surprise on this overcast Saturday!
Thanks to Scott Garson and @laughingyeti.bsky.social and samanito.bsky.social and everyone at @wigleaf.bsky.social; and @dawnraffel.bsky.social and everyone at Northwest Review; and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for reading the first draft, too!
Thanks to Scott Garson and @laughingyeti.bsky.social and samanito.bsky.social and everyone at @wigleaf.bsky.social; and @dawnraffel.bsky.social and everyone at Northwest Review; and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for reading the first draft, too!
July 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A pleasant surprise on this overcast Saturday!
Thanks to Scott Garson and @laughingyeti.bsky.social and samanito.bsky.social and everyone at @wigleaf.bsky.social; and @dawnraffel.bsky.social and everyone at Northwest Review; and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for reading the first draft, too!
Thanks to Scott Garson and @laughingyeti.bsky.social and samanito.bsky.social and everyone at @wigleaf.bsky.social; and @dawnraffel.bsky.social and everyone at Northwest Review; and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for reading the first draft, too!
Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.
May 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congratulations to @joelhans.bsky.social for being named winner of the 2024 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award for his story collection, The Bedtime Emptying of Our World. This collection will be published by MCP later this year and Hans will receive the $1000 prize.
Thanks to @vallielynnwatson.bsky.social, Michael Robins, and everyone at The McNeese Review for publishing my new story, “Savior,” in its spectacular new issue! Glad to be alongside such writers and friends as Gary McDowell, Allison Blevins, and so many other talents!
April 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thanks to @vallielynnwatson.bsky.social, Michael Robins, and everyone at The McNeese Review for publishing my new story, “Savior,” in its spectacular new issue! Glad to be alongside such writers and friends as Gary McDowell, Allison Blevins, and so many other talents!
The Missouri State University English Department is so excited to be hosting Jamel Brinkley for a reading tomorrow, April 4, at 6 p.m. here on the MSU campus, Ellis Hall 205, as part of the Maya Angelou Book Award! Giddy, actually. Free and open to the public.
April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Missouri State University English Department is so excited to be hosting Jamel Brinkley for a reading tomorrow, April 4, at 6 p.m. here on the MSU campus, Ellis Hall 205, as part of the Maya Angelou Book Award! Giddy, actually. Free and open to the public.
What lit mags are accepting submissions right now?
March 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What lit mags are accepting submissions right now?