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Literary magazine published by MFA students at the University of Pittsburgh // Home of the [in brackets] podcast

[Willie Lee Kinard III @WillieKinardIII]

Signal boost: @HMBMag is currently open for submissions! The reading period for our fall issue closes December 1st. Send @tashiraz, the HMB squad & I all of your beautifully & masterfully written things! ✨

Yours truly,
Co-EIC

[Pittsburgh Poetry Journal @pittpojo]

Annnnnd we are now open to submissions for Issue 2!

Submit your work here by October 18: https://t.co/g1Hq9JRoBu

[Hot Metal Bridge @HMBMag]

@rachelandoga Hi @rachelandoga, thanks for your interest! We actually had a little technical hiccup, but submissions will be open on Sept. 15 now. Best wishes!

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🚨 Submissions are now open!
Calling all #writers and #artists: send us your #nonfiction #fiction #poetry #art and #photography! Submissions are easily made via @submittable: https://t.co/ZVZdC3ItIh

[Hot Metal Bridge @HMBMag]

Each #fiction piece reaches beyond the personal to reveal characters by and through particular, peculiar moments of history. They dare to confront, by varying degrees, the politics of our world. Each takes a discreet form, but are all beautifully wrought. https://t.co/wgRlSN9l8I

[Hot Metal Bridge @HMBMag]

A new season of [in brackets] starts today! We're kicking off this season with critic and essayist @Wesley_Morris. Tune in on Spotify, iTunes, or Soundcloud. https://t.co/V7I9rjZzgv

[Riverandsouth @riverandsouth]

Wind down your night with “Rumbles” by Hiram Larew, which was featured in our third issue.
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Want to see your work featured here?
Submit @ https://t.co/oiler41qz5

#opensubmissions #litmag #litjournal #NewWriters #WritingCommunity
#ShortStories

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"Now was a time, she reasoned, of curious surprises—of Belgian licorice and snappy radio shows, of shysters and oboists. Later, she would have her books and elephant tea. Later would be another kind of time."

--Bustling City by @amymwright #fiction
https://t.co/uNmppxb9FE

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So now he was driving, listening to the background invade his attention and snapping his concentration, wet sap, it was just about to completely take him on, when bam!

--Tungsten, Tennessee by Jason Clearfield #fiction https://t.co/qR5pEsvW4R

[Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag]

Hey folks, we’re out here reading subs on this long Memorial Day weekend. We need more flash and poetry to read! We’re also looking for some spooky poems for Halloween! Send us your stuff! #flashfiction #poetry

[Riverandsouth @riverandsouth]

We want your #creativenonfiction! Do you have a story to share? Can you do it in 2500 words or less?
We want to read your work! Submit today! Check out our website for full submission guidelines. https://t.co/LTcaU4Y7S1 #WritingCommunity #opensubmissions

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I know the gate latched shut behind us.
I get to the bridge and shy. Throw my rider.
If you were my rider, where would you have me take you?

--How I Crossed by @ColleenCoyne #poetry #poem
https://t.co/hiWKchEDH3

[Hot Metal Bridge @HMBMag]

If you cantilever
a lemon-yellow eighth-note, say,
out over a half-note pause
of pale violet, you get the feeling
that something which had long
been left undone, some burden
you were born with, has been erased.

The Invention of Music by Jean-Paul Pecqueur
https://t.co/IJNFiU2ObR

[Hot Metal Bridge @HMBMag]

“Step lightly!” they called to one another, “you can break your neck on these things!” But they couldn’t help themselves from rushing up, their hearts leaping, to the heavy wooden doors.

--Top of the Stairs by @YardenneG #fiction
https://t.co/1FHr1Nrk8q

[Riverandsouth @riverandsouth]

Are you #writing today? We’re open for #submissions! Send us your #poetry, #creativenonfiction and #fiction! Submission guidelines can be found at https://t.co/oiler41qz5.

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In Gianna De Persiis Vona’s “Bobby Singer,” we see the unlikely pairing of two seemingly polar-opposite young boys who have more in common than they think.

#fiction #shortstory https://t.co/bjrcTWbjMT

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When the newscaster says “possible influenza outbreak,”
and “quarantine” in the same sentence,
my wife hides her concern in the pages of a book—
tonight it’s John Donne.

—None Can Die by Matthew Olzmann #poetry #poem
https://t.co/GKZBRgMFVW

[Hot Metal Bridge @HMBMag]

Fire can fulfill many needs. A shelter can protect you from sun, insects, wind, rain, snow, hot or cold temperatures, & enemy observation. Water is one of the most urgent needs in a survival situation. After water, man’s most urgent requirement is food.
https://t.co/WgnMFdLVwp

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In a past life I am a hero, not a heroine. Naturally, I want to be Alexander and Lawrence and even Byron. Sweep over the civilized, storm the sands. Fight in a foreign land & write an epic about my conquests.

Men Set Out To Be Heroes by Deborah Flanagan
https://t.co/OMQ6jEp9Z9