I’m donating my hair again to @KidsWigs
I’m trying to raise the money to create the wig if you’re able to donate I’d really appreciate it!
https://t.co/29r2gVT5Q2
From the EZ archive, 'Bryce' by Dan Crawley
Bryce won’t turn on the air, not even the ceiling fan. It feels like the nineties inside his house.
Read more: https://t.co/MczyanFwYX
We're reading for the December issue, and our free-submissions window is wide open. We're also reading for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026, open to previously published and unpublished micros under 250 words. Send us something you love.
This one usually fills up quickly!
Writing Flash Fiction with Raymond Carver
Cost: $120
Where: Online/Asychonous
November 29 through December 13, 2026
12 spots
Advance Reader Copies of my debut science-fantasy novel The Archaeology of Falling Worlds (think Cyberpunk 2077 meets Spirited Away) are now available to request on Netgalley! The book is releasing Feb 2027 from Bindery Books (US) and Daphne Press (UK)
https://t.co/gBjmrJwq5t
Hey lit mag editors. We've been worried about AI companies scraping Split Lip's site to train their models. We just learned that our web host, SquareSpace, has a native feature that allows us to stop some of this. It was quick & easy. I encourage you to do the same.
We were delighted to welcome poets and poetry lovers to No. 11 Parnell Square this morning for our first coffee morning in our new home!
It was great to show off our renovated HQ, and of course talk poetry and eat biscuits... ☕🍪
Keep an eye out for details on our next one. 👀
I agreed to be interviewed today on a podcast about AI, where I could make my views about its spiritual dangers clear. I must say, I tire of having to call out the bad-faith actors who pretend to want to discuss AI's impact but really are just there to draw you into a dialogue that shills for tech interests. But I will always call it out.
At one point the host read a "poem" to me, suspecting I'd be generous and find something to applaud in it, after which he could "get me" by revealing it was composed by AI.
But I told him the truth. It was an awful piece of writing. I then proceeded to tell him what poems—what art, what being human—can really do to change our lives, by engaging us in the miraculous task of becoming.
When you keep hearing people insist that AI will do what humans can, and that it can do it more cheaply, there are times, friends, when you have to tell people that if all they can think about is product instead of process, they have lost their way.
Louis Armstrong was once asked what jazz is. "If you have to ask," he answered, "you'll never know." If you have to ask why the process of human creation is important (and spiritually fulfilling) in a world of computerized creation, you'll never know, at least until you open your heart to the possibility that we're here on this earth to do something more than make money and die.
Schedule for Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator 2026 conference now at https://t.co/XkETZjMsZJ! So many NEOMFA faces: students Willow Campbell, Benvolio Nichols, & Julianne Taylor; alums Ali Black, Matthew Breit, Jon Conley, & Virginia Konchan; & faculty Mary Biddinger & Hilary Plum!
You can read "Two Thousand Miles Away" by Prince Bush in our latest issue. We highly recommend giving it a listen on our website, too!
https://t.co/MGov6NzZIY
Thrilled to finally share that my next adult novel, AmericaLand, will be published by Regal House in Summer 2028. Grateful to editor Jaynie Royal, my agent Jenna Satterthwaite, and everyone who helped this novel find its home. More soon! @RegalHouse1@JennaSchmenna@StormLiterary
'Different Folks' flash fiction from @bsherm36
The week after Harry died, Helen spray painted the toilet gold.
Is it meant to be ironic, her sister, Liz, asked. Or is it because he enjoyed spending time there?
Read more: https://t.co/JarHtJjwdt
Sunday, August 2nd, the @OhioPoetry Association's series of ekphrastic poetry workshops "Art with OPA" continues with a workshop by Steve Abbott at the Columbus Museum of Art. Sign up at https://t.co/QeoLLnmbHM