Elizabeth

writer | stories: @TahomaReview @BaltimoreEditor @SoToSpeakJrnl @AlliumJournal @FromArthursSeat | editorial assistant @CraftLiterary | it’s pronounced dee-cook

[Elizabeth @lizdekok]

I wrote about what happens when you let sibling rivalry ruin your vacation :)

Super excites to be published in @AlliumJournal ! This story was partially based on a very cold, very wet holiday to Shetland, but all other similarities end there.
https://t.co/iI0ObNleIg

[Elizabeth @lizdekok]

@sarahisharsh Need to know how the cherries are used so badly

[Elizabeth @lizdekok]

@sarahisharsh This made me stop in my tracks

[Elizabeth @lizdekok]

@AiJiang_ @Variety @MSchweighoefer This is AMAZING Ai!!!

[Ai Jiang || 江艾 || 🇨🇳🇨🇦 @AiJiang_]

Breaking out with some fancy news on this fine day with @variety 👀✨

Honoured to have @MSchweighoefer and Sascha Rosemann pick this one up! 💫

[Jacqueline Doyle @doylejacq]

Yay for @CraftLiterary and Mary Williams @mardragosa!

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

Congratulations to all winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction, and especially to @thebafflermag @CraftLiterary The Dial and @LAReview for their first O. Henry prize!

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

Here’s some good news for your Monday: we’ve decided to extend the deadline for the CRAFT Award for Excellence!

The new deadline is now Sunday, April 19, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

You can review the guidelines and submit here: https://t.co/MvMSkzdHp9

[Elizabeth @lizdekok]

@sarahisharsh Batista whose somehow never heard of a steamer

[thomas @thomashobohm]

MFA programs should only accept unsuccessful people whose lives are falling apart

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

For the CRAFT At Work Challenge, we want to read stories about work: mundane jobs, obscure jobs, dangerous but necessary jobs. Submit fiction of up to 3,500 words. The winner will recieve $750 and publication.

Learn more: https://t.co/20M4q04nxj

[Meg @megannn_lynne]

Cruel and Unusual? Woman Still Has to Work Even Though It’s Cold Outside

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

Our sister magazine, @PalettePoetry, has shared a new Poetry We Admire column honoring Renee Good, featuring her work alongside poems that speak to this moment, plus resources and organizations in Minnesota you can support.

Read it here: https://t.co/C4IYnumfAN

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

Closing soon: Our Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest!

Three pieces will be chosen for publication, with each winner receiving an award of $1K and a set of 6 books from The Art Of series by @GraywolfPress.

Deadline: January 15, 2026, at 11:59 PM Pacific

https://t.co/jntawVtBDV

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

George Orwell originally envisioned Animal Farm as a computer animated film where they dance to Uptown Funk at the end, but he lacked the technology to achieve that.

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

New #fiction:

"You saw him once on the E train, during a moment of drowsiness. The Hat Man, or—as your abuela used to call him—El Silbón."

—Julian Riccobon, "Hat Man Plays the Blues"

https://t.co/HTpX8jkO0f

[Rachel Lapides @rachellapides]

when will they put a successful writer of literary fiction on dancing with the stars

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

New #fiction:

"You snap and delete pictures of your face for the greater part of an afternoon. Then you realize your hair is dirty and you cannot remember the last time you washed it"

—Angela Kubinec, "23 Images in Your Gallery of Absent Things"

https://t.co/dQyNqBqt1Z

[CRAFT @CraftLiterary]

Thank you to all the writers who sent work to our 2025 Short Fiction Prize, guest judged by Halle Hill. We are delighted to publish the winners in October 2025. Congratulations to all the honorees listed below!

https://t.co/1KB0T3Lg8X