The Bureau Dispatch

On hiatus | TBD is an ode to the writer’s bureau; a collection of stories accompanied by photographs of writers at their places of work.

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

VOLUME 05: WAYFINDING—OUT NOW!

14 extraordinary stories out of 600+ submissions that explore our relationships with physical (and metaphorical) spaces and places, and how we find our way.

Thank you all for making this the largest call yet! 🙏♥️

READ: https://t.co/VjpGTcRSjs

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

@GraceLP Grace, what an incredible honor it is to be a part of your book!! Thank you for trusting The Bureau Dispatch with your words. Getting a copy now to read the rest of the story. ❤️

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

@happymil_ @Wigleaf @laughingyeti Congratulations, Mileva—this is such fantastic news! Loved this piece so much and I'm thrilled to see it getting the recognition it deserves!

[Mileva Anastasiadou 🍉 @happymil_]

This has been my go-to place to find the best stories and to find my name in the @wigleaf top 50 feels surreal and unbelievable!
Many thanks to @laughingyeti and all editors and to @BureauDispatch 💝Huge congratulations to all writers who made it this year ❤️❤️❤️

[chris santantasio @CRSantantasio]

And finally, lit mags. This year, I kept up with @NOONAnnual, @onestorymag, @zyzzyvamag, @nplusonemag, @VQR, @adroitjournal, @SmokeLong, @BureauDispatch, and @Wigleaf. All as stunning as ever. Thank god for literature. Keep reading.

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

@BarlowAdams Congratulations, Barlow!!

[Barlow Adams @BarlowAdams]

Find my story “How Your Life Becomes a Reluctant Endorsement for Little Trees Air Fresheners” (maybe my favorite title ever for one of my pieces), originally featured in ⁦@BureauDispatch⁩, inside this lovely collection with some of my favorite folks. https://t.co/SfVB4iIJQ6

[Amy Barnes @amygcb]

@CasieDodd @BunkongTuon @laughingyeti Thank you!

From my forthcoming @bellepointpress chapbook is this at @thecitronreview: https://t.co/F6FqdhXsCu

This at @BureauDispatch: https://t.co/m87T3XNoZG

And this from @ReckonReview: https://t.co/TTXlPtXR94

[Elissa Field @elissafield]

Some of my favs for #flash: @SmokeLong definitely. @splitlipthemag @monkeybicycle @GhostParachute @forge_litmag @CraftLiterary @Wigleaf @longleafreview @flashfroglitmag @FracturedLit @trampset @xraylitmag @okaydonkeymag @PitheadChapel @ReckonReview @BureauDispatch @FictiveDream

[Elissa Field @elissafield]

@emilyrinkema @SmokeLong Hi, Emily! Some of my favs: @SmokeLong definitely. @splitlipthemag @monkeybicycle @GhostParachute @forge_litmag @CraftLiterary @Wigleaf @longleafreview @flashfroglitmag @FracturedLit @trampset @xraylitmag @okaydonkeymag @PitheadChapel @ReckonReview @BureauDispatch @FictiveDream

[Wigleaf @Wigleaf]

new new: The Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2023 (Guest Editor: Venita Blackburn): https://t.co/4pEepB1fsX

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

Thrilled and honored to publish 3 @Wigleaf longlisted stories! Congratulations @DemistyB @aubreyhirsch @ambernoelle ❤️

[Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch]

Excited to learn I have a story from @BureauDispatch on the @Wigleaf long list! You can read it here: https://t.co/i6lJxYkrRx

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

@ctbideas @Anaheim_Library Yay!

[Christina Tang-Bernas @ctbideas]

I was happy to read "remember" (published in @BureauDispatch) at the @Anaheim_Library open mic night tonight alongside other wonderful musical performances and poetry readings. So much creativity out there!

[Claudia Monpere @ClaudiaMonpere]

"“Baloo. Boy, you down here?”

"all we’d heard was all that we’d been hearing that long, wet week in September: the bullfrogs in the yellow grass somewhere overhead and hapless snakes winding against the canal floor." Heartbreak from @Taylorbabe411 in @BureauDispatch

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

@BamyAtes @BarlowAdams Here you go Amy! :D

https://t.co/Vjraa19HcX

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

@BarlowAdams https://t.co/Vjraa19HcX

[Barlow Adams @BarlowAdams]

Thrilled to have my story “How Your Life Becomes a Reluctant Advertisement For Little Trees Air Fresheners,” originally published with ⁦@BureauDispatch⁩, selected for Best Small Fictions. Thank you so much to the fine folks who worked on this. https://t.co/KMVYuJ2Cld

[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

Read: https://t.co/Vjraa19HcX

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[The Bureau Dispatch @BureauDispatch]

So stoked to announce that @BarlowAdams's story from Vol 04: Field Notes was selected for this year's BEST SMALL FICTIONS! Thank you for trusting your story with TBD, Barlow! 🙏

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[Barlow Adams @BarlowAdams]

Thrilled to have my story “How Your Life Becomes a Reluctant Advertisement For Little Trees Air Fresheners,” originally published with ⁦@BureauDispatch⁩, selected for Best Small Fictions. Thank you so much to the fine folks who worked on this. https://t.co/KMVYuJ2Cld