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wards is a biannual digital litmag based on its versatile title. issues invite writers to submit fiction, poetry, & CNF based on a theme. solo project est. 2017

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Issue 06 has arrived, and she's beautiful. 😍 Read "Water" here: https://t.co/zlGZWohiO3 and let us know what you think <3

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TL;DR issue 07 publication will be June 21 and not, ah, yesterday https://t.co/5KEqnkx7o7

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So excited that Abalone Press is up and running! Check out their poetry chapbook contest (deadline April 1st) and writing prompt giveaway, give them a follow, and share (esp with Native writers)!

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@perhappened Oh, yuck. I blacklisted this guy a couple issues ago for making me uncomfortable and just being annoying, but published him in an early issue. I will unpublish it when I get the chance.

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@writesloud Can I recommend a whole heckin' issue? Issue 06 is pretty wonderful. ✨ As is this thread... Like I don't have more than enough to read. ❤ Thank you!

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@dystopialloon unsolicited advice from my teen self, who was entrusted with the solemn duty of making cranberry sauce: add more sugar. No, more sugar. No, more sugar. More sugar than that. Just a little more. Mm, more. Now just add a little sugar, aaaand some orange zest. Atta girl. More sugar.

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The love and care that go into this little journal make it shine. Take a look. It's free.

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Y'all, @Bookshop_Org is doing free shipping all weekend. Support Wards, local book stores, and #OwnVoices writers by shopping at https://t.co/hbIkBKsDQA

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General update for those wondering Where We're At 💙 https://t.co/KN5c8aVpgB

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@dystopialloon Dear Mr. Whitest,
Thank you for submitting your poem to Wards. Unfortunately, we are choosing not to publish it. Since you opted for feedback, 😳😬😩😂💀.

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Cover preview! Listen, this is a very exciting image for someone who lives in Phoenix. :D Equally exciting are the contents! I do believe it will be uploaded Monday night.

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@knashingmyteeth Good! I hate ruining people's days so it's a mystery to me why I choose to send out rejections as a side project 😬😅 Feedback like this assures me it's time well spent, much like your writing. Go get 'em!

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When the floodwaters recede, I’ll build this thing stronger: more readers, more editors, even more streamlined processes. Each issue is a learning experience, and for that I am grateful. 2/2

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Dear writers for issue 06: all acceptances have been sent. The holdup on sending out rejections is due to the time it takes to write feedback - even just a paragraph or so, multiplied by hundreds, is a lot, and for the first time I have hundreds. Thank you for your patience! 1/2

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@NavajoTweets gonna just @palabrasbooks since your community organizing is 🔥

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@NavajoTweets Is anyone trying to coordinate rides for voters to get to the election centers? My non-Native friends have expressed willingness to drive people. Idk how acceptable that would be since COVID is still a thing, if you'd even want people driving in from outside, but thought I'd ask.

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It is 11:53pm on October 15th. I surrender: some of you will receive feedback in the middle of the night. Some of you will receive it tomorrow. Blame the craziness that is 2020? Still, there's nothing I'd rather be doing.

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When critiquing work, how do you politely and non-presumptuously say "I am pretty sure this is not #OwnVoices?" Asking for a friend. 😬 Anyway, wow, record number of submissions this time, I am drowning in the Water issue, hyukhyukhelp 🐳 very grateful & impressed, though.

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@piersmorgan #RIPJKRowling expresses grief and letting go of a once-admired author's work due to her harmful, bigoted beliefs. It's not actually a death wish. The tolerance paradox applies here. We know what we're doing, and why. Seems... inToLeRaNt to cast all critics as nasty and vicious.