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#FF Happy Black History Month! Here are some lit mags that are Black-led and making current history. Give some ❤️ and a follow: Lucky Jefferson (LJ) africanvoices Afrihill Press African Writer Magazine Brown Sugar Lit Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC cọ́n-scìò — knowing together Fahmidan Journal- Journal Issue 23 SUBS OPEN Fiery Scribe Review - Issue 7 Closed! Continues ⬇️

Happy Friday everyone! Here are some lovely publications to support 💗 Dishsoap Quarterly 🌿 Wild Willow Magazine 🌿 The B'K Magazine 🇵🇸 Lucky Jefferson (LJ) fifth wheel press Moss Puppy Mag 🌿🐶 | OPEN FOR SUBS beestung Aôthen Magazine Fahmidan Journal- Journal Issue 23 SUBS OPEN Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC

My first submittable acceptance. I'm still going...

Last year, at 43 years old, I returned to the writing/publishing dreams I abandoned in my 20s. I queried a book about a main character in her 40s, and received three offers of rep in under a month. Do not let anyone convince you that it’s “too late” and you “missed your chance”.

I just got my first poetry acceptance since 8/31/21 💖

There's no substitute for just sitting down and writing. No amount of tips or guidebooks can replace the importance of just opening up your document and typing. If you do that, you'll improve. If you don't, nothing can really help you.

Either our feed’s broken or there’s not enough noise for #NationalPoetryMonth! We’ve got a few cool and very FREE virtual writing workshops scheduled for you next month. From breaking form through speculative writing, to braving those big and scary emotions, to using the

#FF Happy Friday! Shout out to these magazines 💜 miniMAG Yalobusha Review Lucky Jefferson (LJ) The Belfast Review Duck Duck Mongoose Magazine Gone Lawn Journal Dishsoap Quarterly Frazzled Lit *Open! Short Story Award* Bleating Thing Magazine || FIND US ON 🦋 & 🧵 Stone Circle Review River Heron Review Paranoid Tree Press berlin lit TrashCatLit **SUBS OPEN** trampset

we can't even have libraries???

If #NationalPoetryMonth caught you by surprise this year, click the link for FREEE virtual programs that’ll make celebrating easier: luckyjefferson.com/programs/

Mondays are best for….lounging in bed and thinking about how much poetry we could be writing

Would you rather learn that your submission was not accepted…

The worst part of lit mag work is sending decline letters. We know how much it stings because everyone on our staff has faced lots of rejection too. It's part of the artist life. Please know that we read each submission with love & care & gratitude.

Art is inherently human. Creativity is a human skill--to dream and create with your essence. While I understand wanting to subcontract it to a machine for lack of skill, It must never be confused for art--It's not. And can never be.

Attention literary nonfiction writers! The Cincinnati Review is having a popup submission period RIGHT NOW for literary nonfiction ONLY. Polish your best essay and send it to us today! The window closes April 9. Link to submissions page in comments.

I don't care what anyone says. I was in love with the em dash long before it became associated with AI and you will not pry it from my cold, dead fingers. fight me.

EDITORS: There's a white cis man, Jasper Ceylon, pretending to be a host of marginalized individuals in order to get published as them. He thinks it makes him clever and is trying to prove that publications will print anything as long as it comes from a marginalized person. 1/

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth! Pick your next reads from our 2025 reading list of indie presses & lit mags, including SundressPublications, Southeast Review, Lucky Jefferson (LJ), New England Review, Lilith Magazine, Does It Have Pockets, ANMLY :: Anomaly :: Anomalous Press, ✨Sinister Wisdom✨, WordsWithoutBorders & more: clmp.org/news/a-reading…

As the Trump administration slashes arts and culture funding, Chicago-based IFF has awarded $3 million to more than 70 local groups, including Lucky Jefferson, Albany Park Theater Project and Kuumba Lynx. blockclubchi.co/44TTvX9