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Syncopation Literary Journal
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An online journal dedicated to music. Free to read. No submission fees.
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Congratulations to @windychickenpoet.bsky.social on your new poetry collection Old World Wings.

Be sure to get your copy from Amazon or your favourite bookstore.

#book #booklaunch #newbook #poetrybook #poetry #poet #poems #newrelease #writer
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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A new Call for Submissions will open in January 2026! For updates, sign up for our Mailing List at the link below:

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#writer #poet #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #callforsubmissions #literaryjournal #comingsoon
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Thank you @windychickenpoet.bsky.social for inviting @syncopationlit.bsky.social to be a part of your launch party for your new book Old World Wings: Poems of Europe.

#poetry #poet #poetrybook #booklaunch #newbook #newbookalert #writer #writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Today is your last chance to submit your music-themed poetry to Volume 5, Issue 1. For details, click the link below:

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#callforsubmissions #poetry #writer #poet #music #musician #music #writingcommunity
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Congratulations to @icrlt.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your flash fiction Oh Baby, Try, a story of resilience and music. Read it below:

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#writer #nomination #flashfiction #fiction #music #bluerodeo #canada #canadian #read
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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We are thrilled to announce Rituparna Mukherjee’s Pushcart Prize nomination for her short story “LIVE AID,” a tale of love and remembrance. Read it here:

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#queen #freddiemercury #music #shortstory #fiction #writer #literaryjournal
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Congratulations to John Barton on your Pushcart Prize Nomination for your poem “Love Symbol #2,” a tribute to Prince.

Read the poem here:

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#poetry #pushcartprize #poem #poet #prince #purplerain #writer #writingcommunity #literaryjournal
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Congratulations to Dawn Brown on your Pushcart Prize Nomination for your poem “Let The Music Soar.”

You can read 3 of Dawn’s poems below:

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#poem #poems #poetry #poet #canadian #canadianpoet #music #musiclover #read #reader #literaryjournal
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Congratulations to @lzgoshert.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your braided essay about your childhood lived through classic rock and movie monsters.

Read the full essay here:

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#music #classicrock #movie #film #writer
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Congratulations Michael Gigandet on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your short story Heart Music.

Read this musical coming of age tale here:

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#nominee #nomination #writer #writingcommunity #shortstory #fiction #music #60smusic
October 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Send us your music-related poetry for a chance to be included in Volume 5, Issue 1. Details below:

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#callforsubmissions #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #writer #writingcommunity #music #literaryjournal #amwriting #poem #poems
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#WritingCommunity! Submit your music-themed poetry for a chance to be part of Volume 5, Issue 1. Full details below:

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#poetry #poem #poems #poet #writer #musician #songwriter #music #callforsubmissions #magazine #publishing
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Hey Writers! Submit your music-themed poems to Volume 5, Issue 1 today. Details below:

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#poet #poem #poetry #poetrylover #writer #callforsubmissions #music #musiclover #literaryjournal
September 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Send us your music-themed poetry for a chance to be part of Volume 5, Issue 1. For full details, click the link below:

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#poetry #poet #poem #poems #music #writer #callforsubmissions #literaryjournal #musician #writingcommunity #creative
September 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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New Call for Submissions now open! Submit your music-themed Poetry by Oct. 29, 2025. Full submission details below:

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#callforsubmissions #callforwriters #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #writer #writingcommunity #musician #songwriter #music
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Thank you to everyone who read our ‘80s Issue! We have a new Call for Submissions coming soon. Follow us for updates. You can also join our mailing list here:

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#comingsoon #callforsubmissions #writingcommunity #poetry #poet #writer #staytuned
August 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Today’s poem, by Michael Mintrom, is a tribute to Toronto band Cowboy Junkies and their 1988 album The Trinity Session. Read it here:

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#poem #poetry #cowboyjunkies #toronto #music #album #band #alternative #country #folk #rock #blues #poet
August 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Ingrid Littmann-Tai’s “Oh Baby, Try” is a story of resilience and healing tuned to the music of Blue Rodeo. Read it here:

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#bluerodeo #jimcuddy #music #writer #healing #survivor #selflove #selfhelp #writingcommunity #flashfiction #readers
August 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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John Cougar on stage. A rite of passage after the show. 1982 is calling you back…Read Rhonda Melanson’s poem below:

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#johncougar #johncougarmellencamp #music #80s #80smusic #canadian #poet #poetry #canada #writingcommunity #literaryjournal
August 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It has been so long since you danced to Tango in the Night in that house on the hill but your memories remain strong. Read Josie Turner’s nonfiction below:

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#music #fleetwoodmac #tangointhenight #80s #nonfiction #writer #writingcommunity
August 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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John Bonham died in September 1980. Shortly thereafter, @lisacreynolds.bsky.social danced to Stairway to Heaven with a boy from school. Read about it in her poem Slow Dancing:

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#ledzeppelin #johnbonham #classicrock #music #poem #poetry #poet
August 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Elrod, Rod Ellard’s literary trombonist, is back! In this latest instalment, we learn the history of Elrod’s ‘80s jazz album. Read “Alexa” below:

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#jazz #jazzalbum #trombone #musician #music #80s #flashfiction #writer #writingcommunity
August 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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For Jim Landwehr, the ‘80s were a time of self-discovery, a decade of dabbling in new wave, punk and classic rock. Read his essay below:

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#newwave #punk #classicrock #nonfiction #writingcommunity #writer #music #80s #80smusic #genx #memoir
August 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Kate Bush is a multitalented artist whose career has spanned decades and generations. Jude Brigley wrote a poem in awe of Kate. Read it here:

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#katebush #runningupthathill #80s #80smusic #poem #poet #poetry #writingcommunity #magazine
August 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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If Ivona Bozik’s soul had a sound, it would be Joy Division with the Cure coming in at night. Read her poem “Heart & Soul” below:

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#joydivision #thecure #newwave #postpunk #poetry #poemoftheday #poem #music #writingcommunity #literaryjournal
August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM