Strange Birds

A global writing collective. We organize feedback groups, writers talks and events online and offline.

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Huge congrats on a @PushcartPrize nomination to Strange Birds writer and host, @ESichr!

[Elena Sichrovsky @ESichr]

my first ever pushcart nomination!! thank you so much @RadonJournal for championing my work

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

Thank you so much to @InkSweatTears for publishing this ghazal! Doggerland is the now-submerged land bridge that once connected Britain to mainland Europe. As a Brit living on the Dutch coast, I feel a real connection to that land under the North Sea.
https://t.co/92e4HTpmgT

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Massive congratulations @ESichr, our Strange Birds Lorikeets LGBTQIA+ feedback group host, who recently released their first poetry chapbook Eating Out Anne Sexton, published by @ghostcitypress.

You can order the chapbook here: https://t.co/EfsAslHjr1

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Happy Pride from all of us at Strange Birds! We're so excited to be able to announce our first LGBTQIA+ focused feedback group, which will be run by @ESichr. The first session is open for sign ups now: https://t.co/1WmKcqJuf2

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

Best news ever from the ever-supportive and super talented fellow @WeStrangeBirds poet @ESichr. @GhostCityPress has snapped up a real talent.

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Congratulations to Nawal Ali for the publication of her story "Cotton Candy" in the Winter 2023 issue of https://t.co/4okG6TVy6e 🎉

[Derville Quigley @dervillequigley]

Delighted 'Black Ice' has found a good home, published by @commuterlit in Canada today! Set in a Irish border town, school bus and swimming pool, the awkwardness of young love is rife.

Thank you Nancy Kay Clark and @WeStrangeBirds for your support!

[Derville Quigley @dervillequigley]

If you get a chance, read the #brilliant short story "Foreign Girls" by @ashaindra. Accolades below 🔥

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Congratulations to our own @ashaindra for making @Mslexia's competition shortlist with her tender, bold, and knowing story about eros in American college. Look for the story "Foreign Girls" by @ashaindra in @Mslexia's upcoming anthology ✨✨✨🪶🪶🪶👑

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

We love to see the community love! Click through to read @dervillequigley's 12 perfect lines again about attraction and chemistry—or read them for the first time and give yourself a treat ✨

[Derville Quigley @dervillequigley]

Thank you @andthewordwas. High praise from a great writer is extra special x💜

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

"But conversation was taut. I had read Dumbness Is
Everything. He refused to discuss it. There was no need, just want and want. If only I
had a pen."

@dervillequigley's "A Date With My Favorite Writer" will make your breath catch:

https://t.co/R1FsOfBri3

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

@dervillequigley congratulations on this stunner in @LitroMagazine. So good!

[Derville Quigley @dervillequigley]

Sprinkling a little chemistry :) Many many thanks to @JoseHernandezDz for being an amazing poet 🪶, @LitroMagazine for publishing 💚 & @Bexdrawing for illustrating✨. https://t.co/6EqaeZCgiF

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

Félicitations @JarredMcGinnis !

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Wonderful news! Congratulations @JarredMcGinnis 🎉🍾

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Strange Birds has passed 1500 members on Meetup!

Our global network of writers and feedback groups is based in Amsterdam but you can join from anywhere. Follow us on Twitter and click here for more info:
https://t.co/KzBeFgX5zb

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[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Strange Birds member Nimruz de Castro has a new poem "(im)personal tragedies: 7" in @805Lit. Read it here:

https://t.co/zUw17PODPX

[Strange Birds @WeStrangeBirds]

Add this interview with our own @dilyswt in @PassengersPress to your weekend reading lineup. Cheers, Dilys!

[Passengers @PassengersPress]

It’s ✨that✨ day of the week again!

This week our Featured Work is accompanied by an interview with the writer and Assistant Poetry Editor Dilys! (@dilyswt)

You can read that interview and listen to this work riiigghht here: https://t.co/0BxvCtb5kg

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

I missed our @WeStrangeBirds Hummingbirds write-in sessions so much that I signed up as a temporary host. Join me every fortnight starting next Monday for writing sprints and encouragement. Sign up here: https://t.co/goaKqHyEp7