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Quarterly print literary magazine & small book press in the Philly 'burbs. Founder & EIC Jeff Bogle. linktr.ee/StanchionZine
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Packing up Stanchion Magazine annual subscribers envelopes today with Issue 20, a bookmark, and this year's annual extra goodie (not a photo special zine this time, but...) a handsome mini Stanchion felt pennant!
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The prettiest turkey.
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Issue 20 Table of Contents! The classics & the brand new writing that make up this special 5th anniversary edition of the magazine. 90 pages filled with greatness, made with love.

$10 in print w/ a bookmark:
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$4 as a PDF:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I could really REALLY use some more orders and love for Issue 20. It's here. It's gorgeous. It comes with a free gorgeous bookmark.

Priced fairly, printed beautifully, shipping immediately. 🖤🤍❤️

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November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I love that my debut on the BBC is all about cats, an amazing city, and the joy of traveling with an open mind and heart.

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November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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and ensuring Stanchion is sustainable.

That said, I recognize the price of the 2026 Stanchion Book Club may put it out of reach for some, but it'll deliver a whopping 12 books (incl Stanchion's 1st two novels), 4 exclusive gifts, advance PDFs & more. 2/2

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November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I'm obsessively trying to keep the price of Stanchion Books and the magazine low to make the chapbooks, novellas, short story collections, and now novels, attainable to as many readers as possible, while still paying authors generous lump sum amounts... 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I recognize the price may put it out of reach for some, but the 2026 will deliver a whopping 12 books (including Stanchion's 1st two novels), 4 exclusive gifts, advance PDFs & more.

I'd love to have you as a member. Here's a sneak peek at 4 Spring books!

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November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Pre-orders shipped this morning, now Stanchion Book Club envelopes have been packed up! Every member gets a copy of @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's An Honour & A Privilege, a bookmark, and a hand-sewn journal of lokta and parchment paper made by the indie bookbinder Moran Press!
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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You'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this!

STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!

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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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A photograph from Stanchion Magazine history. There are shower beers and then there's a birdshit beer. Significantly less enjoyable, I'd guess.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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What do Shirley Jackson Award winner Eugenia Triantafyllou, The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, Moth GrandSLAM champion Sage Trytle & Bath Flash Fiction Award winner Sara Hills have in common?

AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE w/ @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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An Honour & A Privilege arrives from the printer today! So I'll start shipping domestic pre-orders and Book Club copies tomorrow morning, ahead of next Tuesday's pub date. Get your order in now to save $2 and get a free bookmark!

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November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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"If I regret one thing, it's that I never managed to make you see how wonderful you are."

I cannot stop thinking about this line, this scene, this film. I cry every time.
I think it's the finest writing/the best written film I've ever seen.
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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When you pre-order the 20th issue of Stanchion Magazine (out this week! just $10!) you'll receive a free 5th anniversary bookmark featuring the conclusion of 1 of 2 poems, 2 of my favorites I've ever read & published.

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November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Such a beautiful night celebrating the 10th anniversary of @thirtywestph.com! When I entered the indie lit world 5 years ago, Josh at Thirty West was 1 of the first people I saw as doing things the right way. He continues to inspire me to make Stanchion better for authors & readers.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Bookmarks have arrived! All pre-orders of @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's An Honour & A Privilege direct from Stanchion ship with a free one!

Get yours here:
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November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Rounding out award nomination week... here are Stanchion's 2026 nominees for Best Microfiction! Hoping to build on the 3 wins in last 3 years for Stanchion pieces and their authors!

Congratulations to all 5. It was a privilege to publish your brilliant work this year. 🖤🤍
Kate Garklavs "Hot Pants Rule" Sudha Balagopal "The Arithmetic of Marriage" Allison Thung "Redundancy" Jay Parr "The Easter Egg" Karen Walker "Our Exquisite Corpse"
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!

Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Christina Tudor "Demarcation" Allison Field Bell "Below Zero Days" Elizabeth Rosen "The Boy on the Chimney" Jo Gatford "Hallelujah Has Too Many Verses for Karaoke" Kate Gehan "Everything According to Plan in the Peaceable Kingdom"
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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First blurb is in for François Bereaud's A Question of Family, the first novel in Stanchion Books history, available to pre-order from Stanchion today, available wherever you buy books on Feb 3, 2026.

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"When looking up at the night sky, we easily forget that each tiny star light-years away is potentially another sun, with planets and moons in motion around it. A Question of Family turns that gaze inward to remind us of the invisible orbits that draw us all together. In his debut novel, François Bereaud charts a luminous constellation of heartbreak and grace–a wife who loses her family, a husband who loses time, their son lost in plays, their daughter who has lost herself completely, as well as the people whose presence and absence shape who they are and will become–and reveals the asterism of family and what it means to be alive together." — Jonathan Danielson, author of The Lowest Basin: Arizona Stories
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Announcing Stanchion's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominations!

Congratulations to all. Thank you for the privilege of publishing your work this year. 🖤🤍

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First Kicking, Then Not by Hannah Grieco What the Husband Keeps by Todd Dillard A Milo Baughman by Michael Shelley Wild Geese (Ladies) by Kristen Zory King Permission to Talk About Joy & Other Soft Things by Oladosu Michael Emerald In the America of My Mother's Kitchen by Dasia Sharae Moore
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Vote for Stanchion! Please & Thank you 🖤🤍❤️

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Voting is OPEN for our 3rd Annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards Every year, we ask our community to vote for their favorite lit mags in our Best Lit Mag Awards…bet you can guess what this email is about! This award has no fees. No judges. Nothing matters but what the community votes (which is still legal, we think). Winning lit mags receive $300 each and get showered with love & attention across social media & Substack. Anyone who votes this year will be entered into a raffle to win one $500 cash prize and one of five one-year Chill Subs Memberships (Yes, we're bribing you to do something nice). Voting takes under a minute and is open from November 17th-December 7th
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Just reread Kristen Zory King's Ladies, Ladies, Ladies and GOD DAMN is that a great book. How fortunate I was to nudge along its creation and to publish it.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Apropos of nothing, here's a glimpse at the quiet brilliance lurking inside Mostly Soldiers, an unrivaled poetry chapbook when it comes to concept & the execution of it.

Use code MOSTLY5 to take $5 off the already fair $13 cover price.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Selling and signing books today at the Barnes & Noble in Philly.
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM