Halfway Down the Stairs

HDtS is a themed biannual journal publishing #poetry, #fiction, creative #nonfiction and #reviews. Tweeting RESILIENCE, looking ahead to SPARK.

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Things are changing around here - but we hope it will be for the best. We're moving back to our roots, from quarterly to biannual publication. What this means for our guidelines and processes - well, find out more here: https://t.co/rdQdBsWz2k

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RESILIENCE (our 75th issue) is live now!
This is bittersweet for us, because it marks the last issue for our wonderful editors @jrcstudios and Sherri Miller. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts.
For everyone else: Read and enjoy! https://t.co/lJ7toirSaQ

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We're happy to send our latest issue, DAWN, out into the world! Wishing everyone some hope that dawn is coming, and thank you to all our talented writers. https://t.co/lJ7toirSaQ

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Carol Moody, for "On Hunger" - in Oil & Water, June 2025: https://t.co/FgINHlfZOi

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Halfway Down the Stairs is thrilled to announce our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees. A big congratulations to:

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In NONFICTION:

Judy Bolton-Fasman, for "In the Deepest of Night" - in Midnight, March 2025: https://t.co/r4vBaENDvz

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"I am turning myself inside out for you.
One day, I hold out my spleen—here it is,
fist-sized, cupped in my hands."
On writing a poem every day, by Patricia Davis-Muffett #poetry https://t.co/TOCY9MhWCK

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One of the joys of our 20th anniversary was pulling the editorial team (past and present) together to celebrate some memorable poetry, fiction and nonfiction we've published over the years. Congratulations to all those whose work made such a mark on us: https://t.co/Upulxwoxad

[Therese Gleason Carr - @theresegleason.bsky.social @ThereseGCarr]

Thank you @halfwaydown esp. ed. Jeannie E. Roberts, for selecting my poems for publication in 2020 - and again for the 20th anniversary feature. I appreciate the generous commentary on each poem, also. 😍

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Today is a big milestone for us - TWENTY YEARS of publishing Halfway Down the Stairs. You can read our latest issue, MUSE, now. It's a big celebration of the artistic instinct and our twenty years as a team with you, our readers and writers. https://t.co/9gaH23WV2B

[Duotrope @Duotrope]

Over 200 publications re-opened today, including @onlypoemsmag @EvolvedPub @BarelySouthR @osuthejournal @augursociety @ninthletter @redpepperpod @pulpliterature @River_Heron @cottonwoodku @undersunonline @5ptsmag @halfwaydown https://t.co/MhwzHz0lEy

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OIL & WATER is live! We're so grateful to everyone who made this June issue possible, and hope you enjoy it as much as we did! https://t.co/lJ7toirkli

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Submissions will open on June 1 - more info here: https://t.co/SBN4jh2Hmt

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Unbelievably, we're approaching TWENTY YEARS of publication this September. We would love to invite all our writers to consider where the theme "MUSE" might take them, for an extra special issue in honor of this anniversary.

[Garima Chhikara @Gems_Chhikara]

🌟 Thrilled to share "Ugly Things" in Halfway Down the Stairs' "Midnight" issue! Honored to join @halfwaydown known for its artistry. Read more: https://t.co/fFaiwamoax

#WritingCommunity #Publication #LiteraryMagazine #ShortStory

[Diane Elayne Dees @WomenWhoServe]

I'm very pleased to have another piece of creative nonfiction published in Halfway Down the Stairs (@halfwaydown). I invite you to read "The Music of Grief." https://t.co/dU67IF4gfX #WritingCommmunity #popmusic #Grief