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Montana Natural History Center @mtnaturalist.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you, public lands! We hope you're out and about celebrating today somewhere on the trail, in the trees, at the shore, watching wildlife, on a scenic fall drive…there are so many ways to enjoy and explore our beautiful public lands!

#nationalpubliclandsday

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · 16d

Writers' Room workshop are back! Last chance to sign up for these fantastic workshops with Missoula Writing Collab! I am especially obsessed with "Scare Tactics" secure.qgiv.com/for/writersr...

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Writers' Room 2025

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · 16d

It was an honor to work on this incredible, complex, and honest story with Judith!

Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · 16d

Very proud to have this story up @literarymama.bsky.social. Editor Elizabeth Conway was wonderful to work with and made the story to much stronger. literarymama.com/articles/dep...

A Ruptured Beatitude

Joanna closes her eyes to the soothing alto tones of the midwife. “Place your hands on your belly. Imagine your fingertips sending light and love to your baby. Inhale. Exhale. See yourself easing into...

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · 16d

CONGRATULATIONS to @susanperabo.bsky.social and Edith-Nicole Cameron. These are beautiful, lingering pieces on motherhood.

Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 17d

Our Best of the Net nominees for fiction:

@susanperabo.bsky.social and Edith-Nicole Cameron!

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Fiction:

Your Sixty Seconds by Susan Perabo

How to Bake Without Eggs by Edith-Nicole Cameron

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Montana Natural History Center @mtnaturalist.bsky.social · 18d

"Smoke and I have done more than 25 events in the past year, each one unique. But last night felt different—

...By the time we began, every one of the 70 seats at the Montana Natural History Center was filled, with more people still on the waitlist...."

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When a Story Becomes a Ride

The power of storytelling to keep wilderness alive.

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Marie Goyette @mariegoyette.bsky.social · 24d

The stunning September/October issue of @literarymama.bsky.social is out today. Senior Editor @rudribhattpatel.bsky.social suggests we “read and reflect on what these mother-writers are all showing us: different ways to carry hope for our children.” ❤️ literarymama.com/issues/septe...

September/October 2025

Literary Mama

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Marie Goyette @mariegoyette.bsky.social · 24d

"As Cam rounds the bases and makes it home, I tell myself over and over: he’s okay, he’s okay, he’ll be okay." Read "Left Field," a beautiful story by Kristen Moraine, in the Sept/Oct issue of @literarymama.bsky.social literarymama.com/articles/dep...

Left Field

It’s the bottom of the sixth inning and I’m sweating in my beach chair. My son’s team is losing, and I’m cursing the obnoxious opposing team with their excitable coaches in tight pants. Calm down,...

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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 23d

"I think that’s what motherhood is about—this small piece of hope that we carry around with us like a pebble. Hoping for the best for our kids as we white-knuckle the liminal time...between their constant presence and mourning their absence."

@rudribhattpatel.bsky.social opens our new issue:

From the Editor September/October 2025

Last September I entered a new season of motherhood. My one-year-old suddenly became this eighteen-year-old launching her life halfway across the country. The days leading up were filled with late-nig...

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you, public lands.

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · 24d

WRITING PROMPT: The lunar eclipse earlier this month lasted approximately 82 minutes. What happened in those 82 minutes? To whom? And where? Think both broad and focused.

Start with: “He smells spiced oranges…”

#weeklywritingprompt

Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · 24d

Sept/Oct issue of @literarymama.bsky.social is out! Enjoy this new beautiful issue!

"As you read our latest issue of Literary Mama, we read and reflect on what these mother-writers are all showing us: different ways to carry hope for our children..."

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September/October 2025

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · 24d

“Hey, wake up,” an old woman yelled. “Don’t you know someone could kidnap your baby while you’re there having your beauty rest? I should call child welfare.” People notice mothers when they do something wrong...

Frm "A Ruptured Beatitude" @literarymama.bsky.social

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A Ruptured Beatitude

Joanna closes her eyes to the soothing alto tones of the midwife. “Place your hands on your belly. Imagine your fingertips sending light and love to your baby. Inhale. Exhale. See yourself easing into...

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Sep 9

WRITING PROMPT: Pick one of these collective nouns used to describe various bird flocks. Write a poem. Write another poem.

• A museum of waxwings
• A chime of wrens
• A quilt of eiders
• A mural of buntings
• A booby of nuthatches
• A conspiracy of ravens
• A worm of robins

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Sep 9

New sessions of The Writers' Room Workshops with the Missoula Writing Collab are up now! secure.qgiv.com/for/writersr...

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Writers' Room 2025

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 26

For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no more.

NEA cancels decades-long creative writing fellowship

For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no more.

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Aug 22

WRITING PROMPT: Think of a newborn. What do they smell/sound like? Remind you of? Jot down these descriptions. Now -- write about something that has nothing to do with a newborn using these descriptives you created.

Start with: "The borrowed pair of shoes were too small...."

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Aug 22

First Friday (9/5) with MWC at the Missoula Public Library! Words with Wings campers will receive their camp anthologies and participate in a short reading starting at 5:30pm.

Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Aug 21

Writing retreat/experience with Freeflow on a float down the legendary and imperiled Colorado River through Grand Canyon, listening, writing, and witnessing, in deep immersion and deep time | OPEN TO EVERYONE

Accepting applications now until September 10th.

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Aug 13

Start with: "The afternoon sun was unapologetic."
Ends with: "The cat, restless and well-fed, paced back and forth on the kitchen floor."

#writingprompt #weeklywritingprompt

Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Aug 11

In 2007, when a new ed. of the Oxford Jr Dictionary was published, 40 common words about nature had been dropped apparently no longer being used enough by children to merit place in the dictionary. List of these "lost words" included dandelion, heron, otter, etc... houseofanansi.com/products/the...

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Aug 11

This article reminds me of the book "The Lost Words" (MacFarlane and Morris).

"People’s connection to nature has declined by more than 60% since 1800, almost exactly mirroring the disappearance of nature words such as river, moss and blossom from books, according to a study."

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · Aug 6

Literary agent Mira Landry (Fiction Nonfiction; General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, SF, Thriller) opened to queries. https://duotrope.com... #amquerying

Re-opening: Mira Landry

Literary agent Mira Landry (Fiction Nonfiction; General, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, SF, Thriller) opened to queries. https://duotrope.com/agent/mira-landry-36026 #amquerying

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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · Aug 9

"Would I have come all this way if my mother weren’t disappearing?"

- from "Like a Deer in the Dark," @wordsbyladonna.bsky.social's essay about visiting aging parents in rural Illinois in our July/August issue:

Like a Deer in the Dark

Rural Illinois, March 13, 9:36 p.m. I do not want to be here. The flight from Lisbon to Chicago was 10 hours, then the chaos of passport control and luggage retrieval. The line at the Budget car re...

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Elizabeth Conway @elizajaneconway.bsky.social · Aug 6

#weeklywritingprompt

Montana Natural History Center @mtnaturalist.bsky.social · Aug 6

We ❤️ connecting with our wild places through nature journaling! Whether in your backyard or backcountry, find some time today in nature with a paper & pen. Take in sights, sounds, & smells -- and try out this simple #writingprompt:

Imagine you are a tree. What kinds of things would you think about?