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My heart. Too emotional and overwhelmed with joy to say all I want to say.

A Best of the Net 🥹 I’m humbled Jane Wong selected a poem that brings me closer to poetry and to my mother. I have hoped a poem could do this since I was a kid. Baraka said “the role of the Black Artist is to demonstrate sweet life.” Here is what was in my gifts to give.

We’re also humbled and honored to share that Ben Kline was recognized as a Best of the Net finalist for his poem “Toast” from our inaugural issue: ranoffwiththestarbassoon.com/firstsession/b…

Delighted that Lauren Mallett was recognized as a Best of the Net finalist for her poem “Skipanon” from our Spring 2022 issue: nightheronbarks.com/spring-2022/la…

Grateful to have my poem "Everyday Diode" in the new issue of Revolute. Thank you to the editors, plus emilywolahan and Patrick Donnelly, in whose classes the work took shape. revolutelit.com/004-p-jon-ricc…

Summer call for poems

We are open for submissions! The Night Heron Barks

Ran Off With the Star Bassoon (Fiction: $0 Poetry: $0 Nonfiction: $0) opened to submissions. duotrope.com/listing/32996/… #amwriting

Submissions close December 31st; short form, hybrid prose, flash, CNF, micro prose, lyrical essay, or prose poems. Under 1,000 words. ranoffwiththestarbassoon.com/submit/

On dlshirey.com/the-short-list/ this month: 15 new opportunities for the #WritingCommunity to get short prose published. Antithesis Journal @dogteethlit Gooseberry Pie Lit **OpenForSubmissions** hungryzine Peripheries Ragaire Literary Magazine Ran Off With the Star Bassoon 1/2

“steel triangle of creek water, rusted metal of long abandoned fields” This gorgeous and atmospheric wonder by Jill Kitchen in Ran Off With the Star Bassoon

“I admit, I was sort of awake but beyond caring. Look, where did it ever get me?” The Theft by Koss (Insta: @koss_singular) in Ran Off With the Star Bassoon ranoffwiththestarbassoon.com/koss/

“Strangers stopping at our fruit and vegetable stand got an earful while they looked for a ripe cucumber. That year the word ‘stranger’ upped a notch. Maybe two.” Too Much Oxygen by Robert Vaughan in Ran Off With the Star Bassoon ranoffwiththestarbassoon.com/robert-vaughan/

Very excited about our Bending Genres LLC October 25- 27 weekend workshop with Rogan Kelly Rogan Kelly!!! A BG community writer, and the EIC of The Night Heron Barks and Ran Off With the Star Bassoon. Rogan will provide a super course, and content!!! bendinggenres.com/writing-groups/

OK poets, here is a taste of what's to come next year. These are the 20 top poetry magazines according to the 9 latest Best of the Net editions. Next I will do Best American Poetry and Pushcart.

Honored to receive this Pushcart nomination from Ran Off With the Star Bassoon. Thank you, @jerzypoet! Congratulations and good luck, everyone. Find the piece here: ranoffwiththestarbassoon.com/koss/ #pushcart, #nomination, #prosepoem, #microfiction, #poetry, #fiction, #journal

📷 Happy to find my piece (about my ass), is on the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist. Congratulations everyone, and big thank you to Shome (shome dasgupta ), Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Wigleaf . Find “The Theft,” here: ranoffwiththestarbassoon.com/koss/