Franklin Obiekwe

“The story is our escort; without it, we are blind.”

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

@brecht_dp busted 🙉

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

Our imperfections perfect us. Be open to making mistakes, to failing. You are human, not … artificial.

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

@_Damilola_O @kenyonreview Congratulations flower girl!!

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@mooninabucket Happy birthday to you, Francesca. You are amazing.

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

@brecht_dp Highly civilized responses, my good sir.

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

It’s exhausting.

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

Seriously, this is still happening?

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

…an open apology would suffice for the long silence, right? No, you go on instead to post a new open call. Absolute discredit on you, and certainly an insult to anyone who submitted to you.

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

I am quite disappointed in Isele Magazine and what they’ve apparently now descended into. Not getting back to a writer who submitted work to you is just sheer condescending disregard. So you got caught up in the logjam of submissions? Fine. A simple announcement or …

[Isele Magazine @IseleMagazine]

Submissions are open for our next quarterly!

For this issue, we want red-themed submissions. Roses, ladybugs, love, blood, sacrifice, Taylor Swift’s similarly-titled album…we want all things red.

Send us your stories, essays, poetry, more.

Read here:
https://t.co/Rp7nNx10pt

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

@pimpledrose Congratulations! This is such great news!

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@MicrosoftLearn Any on literature, creative writing? 👀

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@eniola_abdulroq Star boy! Well done, bro.

[Doric Literary @DoricLiterary]

Two brand new stories today at Doric Literary!
Both are on the theme of women's safety and security - or the absence of those things.

"Golden" by @AnnemarieNeary1 is about a woman, walking home alone at night...

"Comfort Zone" is Evelyn Cooper's 1st published story.

[Allison Field Bell @AFB16]

Today is graduation day! I have been in and out of higher education since 2005, and today I get a PhD in Creative Writing & English Literature from the University of Utah

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

@justin_karcher @StanchionZine Congratulations, Justin!

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@CourtlandAvenue @Duotrope @DoricLiterary Just incredible!

[Dave Gregory @CourtlandAvenue]

I wrote this story as a study in movement. It won a contest & was later published in a Canadian print only journal. It has never been available online - until today. Set on a Greek island, it has backpackers, Amstel beer, & dance moves anyone can do. https://t.co/Dor9bNPL1q

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

@OChibundum555 @CallMhe_Jay @Erirotimi_A @chinaza23915984 @Ibn_Yushau44 Congratulations on this!

[` @lisaawrites]

According to Philosophy, the highest form of peace is to have zero desire to be understood, admired, pitied or even known.

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

@NwanneAgwu Congratulations!

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@olaore_philip @wensumlit @dg_sexton Thank you, senior man!

[Franklin Obiekwe @ccfranklino]

So, so thrilled to have work published in the recent edition of @wensumlit! Special thanks to @dg_sexton for his wonderful input on this piece. Feel free to have a read!