Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her)

President | Ludington Writers, @LudingtonWrite1; Editor-in-Chief | Making Waves, @WavesReview; Instructor | National Writers Series, @tcwritersseries

[Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her) @NBBirkett]

I’m #votingyes to maintain the millage rate and support Mason Co . Central Schools!

[Ludington Writers @LudingtonWrite1]

10/11 in Ludington

4 PM – Steve Brown reads from News of Need & Trample & Sew at Book Mark (201 S. Rath Ave)

5:30 PM – Launch Party for 2025 issues of Making Waves & Beach Combings

Free to read online at https://t.co/bnYRBPBDql

#MichiganWriters #BookLaunch #WritingCommmunity

[Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her) @NBBirkett]

🥳 I’m immortal 😉

[Ludington Writers @LudingtonWrite1]

Our president, @nbbirkett, won the Poetry Society of Michigan 2025 Traveling Trophy award for her poem: “Grit for the Knife Grinder’s Daughters.” She was selected from over 40 participants who read their poems for the honor, at their fall meeting #poetrycommunity

[Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her) @NBBirkett]

Happy #NationalPoetryDay
And thank you to all the visual artists who partner with poets on ekphrastic submissions. This piece was inspired by the art of Paul Tower and published in the 2025 issue of “Beach Combings”
#puremichigan

[Making Waves: A West Michigan Review @WavesReview]

Submissions will open October 1 for a special Pride 2026 issue. No fees. 4 awards sponsored by the editors. https://t.co/kjadqJFHRL for more information #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artcommunity #openforsubmissions

[Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her) @NBBirkett]

Sign up for this FREE workshop here: https://t.co/8mWa4MguZ5

Got a 7th–12th grader curious about D&D or tabletop RPGs?

Sept 17–Oct 29
Wednesdays, 5–6:30 PM
Zoom w/2 optional in-person
#ttrpg #writingcommunity #traversecity #nationalwritersseries #gamingcommunity #freeworkshop

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

Writers, don’t miss April 30 and May 1 submission deadlines at @PassagerBooks, @AutumnHousePrs, @WavesReview, @choeofpleirn, @TxReviewPress, @sillygoosepress, @sneakerwavemag, @thimblelitmag, @OysterRiverPgs, @NocoBooks & more publishers! Submit now: https://t.co/m3Sah20ZDw

[CLMP @CLMPorg]

Submit poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art to @WavesReview by April 30! Its Fall 2025 issue will focus on the theme “Homer’s Oddities”: https://t.co/QtWGPmVfB5

[Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her) @NBBirkett]

7-12 graders interested in becoming published authors can join this FREE, 6 wk course!

4/10-5/15
4–5:30 PM
Via Zoom w/1st & last classes @RamsdellTheatre

https://t.co/S7XNtZrXMV

Students outside Manistee may join if space allows.

#writingcommunity #nationalwritersseries

[Making Waves: A West Michigan Review @WavesReview]

Making Waves is open for submissions! 🌊

🗓️ Submit Jan–Apr
📖 Past issues & guidelines: https://t.co/SVgwHB42gR

🎨 Theme: Homer’s Oddities
Think The Odyssey meets The Simpsons—travel tales, flawed heroes, or the downright bizarre.

#CallForSubmissions #WritingCommunity

[Making Waves: A West Michigan Review @WavesReview]

𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 opens for submissions 𝐉𝐚𝐧!

Theme: 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐎𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

Guidelines & past issues at 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.𝐨𝐫𝐠.

No fees for visual art or USPS submissions.

$3 fee for online subs

#writingcommunity #poetry #opensubmissions

[Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her) @NBBirkett]

Happy #halloween2024 #abfab #absolutelyfabulous #costumes #90sfashion

[Ignatius Valentine Aloysius @ignatius2u]

Sunday Salon Chicago is just a week away, happening on Sept 29, 2024 @RoscoeBooks at 7 pm & featuring
@anandalima @SLWisenberg @tinajbell Rachel Jamison Webster & Calvin Forbes❣️😃👏 Hope you'll join us. Read authors' bios here: https://t.co/kKfuvAPMWa – Photo: @jbpariah2u 🙏🔥🌷

[Nicole “Cole” Bernadette (she/her) @NBBirkett]

@RiotFest A bus load of dumps
that was dumped loose and sour
Up from the bottom

[Making Waves: A West Michigan Review @WavesReview]

Free Ekphrastic poetry reading followed by an open mic, Tuesday, July 30th at 7 PM in the Performance Hall of the Ludington Arts Center.

[Ludington Writers @LudingtonWrite1]

Join us for a FREE Ekphrastic Poetry workshop on July 27, 11 AM-1 PM @LudingtonArts!

Get inspired by local art from the "Guiding Light" exhibit & create your own poetry.

📅 Register now: https://t.co/iXpRULe60a

[Making Waves: A West Michigan Review @WavesReview]

#submissions for our Sept 2024 print & electronic issue of MAKING WAVES open through 4/30

NO Fees for USPS mailed #poetry #shortstories or #visualart

View past issues, guidelines & #scholarship info: https://t.co/SVgwHB3urj

Run by @LudingtonWrite1, we try to provide feedback!

[Ludington Writers @LudingtonWrite1]

🚨 $1,500 in scholarship funds

⏰ Deadline to apply April 1st, 5:00 PM

📚 Sponsored by Ludington Writers

More info on our website,
https://t.co/LxbwpSvHOo

[Making Waves: A West Michigan Review @WavesReview]

#editors do you care if cover letters are personalized? #EditorsTake #WritingCommunity #publications

[Making Waves: A West Michigan Review @WavesReview]

We’re officially #openforsubmissions #WritingCommunity.

Taking #poetry, #prose, & #visualarts from Jan 1st-Apr 30th for our fall 2024 issue.

No fees for USPS mailed submissions.
$3 fee for using Submittable.

View our past issues & guidelines on https://t.co/SVgwHB3urj