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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Sep 8

Open for general subs through September 13th (which is also our dear @terrilinndavis.bsky.social’s bday so give her something good to read)!

www.icebreakerslit.com/submissions

Call for general submissions, black text on white background with pink bubble letters.

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Kyle Kouri @kylekouri.bsky.social · May 15

Lean how to summon your own ufos. New UFOs in @icebreakerslit.bsky.social with artwork by @figbar.bsky.social

www.icebreakerslit.com/read/ten-ufo...

Ten UFOs — Icebreakers Lit

Poetry By Kyle Kouri & Artwork by Figbar Lonesome

www.icebreakerslit.com

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Figbar Lonesome @figbar.bsky.social · May 15

Check out my pal Kyle’s rad UFO poems with an illustration by yours truly! www.icebreakerslit.com/read/ten-ufos
@kylekouri.bsky.social @icebreakerslit.bsky.social

a dude with a glowing skull busting out of his head, shattering part of his face into floating jigsaw pieces

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Erika Gill @invariablyso.bsky.social · Jun 12

New collab out with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social! A photo collage and a poem in @icebreakerslit.bsky.social!

www.icebreakerslit.com/read/coalesce

Coalesce — Icebreakers Lit

Poetry & Art by nat raum & erika gill

www.icebreakerslit.com

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · Jul 7

In 2022, two of my dear friends and I started a mag called @hexliterary.bsky.social. Other new (and newish) mags I love include @cold-signal.com, @ergot.bsky.social, Scaffold, @astrolabe.ooo, @poolpartymag.com, @icebreakerslit.bsky.social :)

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Terri Linn Davis @terrilinndavis.bsky.social · Apr 23

I've never written a sonnet before but my crush at AWP had me writing a quadruple one. This poem's really a love poem to poets and also to life-giving temporary crushes. Thank you @publishedbyjake.bsky.social for publishing this one! <3
jakethemag.com/quadruple-so...

Quadruple Sonnet To My AWP Lit Crush

The secret to having a fun life is choosing someone to have a little crush on everywhere you go - Twitter account @Kenzianidiot

jakethemag.com

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M.M. Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social · Mar 30

Jamming to the truly epic playlist the @icebreakerslit.bsky.social gals and I made for AWP on my long flight, so I offer this gift to you too…if it makes you happy 🎵

open.spotify.com/playlist/5GR...

ICEBREAKERS HOUSE 🦄

Playlist · aubrirose · 100 items · 6 saves

open.spotify.com

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Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · Apr 9

Because time is ridiculous, somehow it's been exactly one year since this co-writing debut with @salenacasha.bsky.social (and we're still at it, thanks @icebreakerslit.bsky.social, you created a collaborative monster).
www.icebreakerslit.com/read/testimony

Photo of a spooky lamppost on a spooky street in the spooky fog to accompany 'Testimony' at Icebreakers Lit

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Salena Casha @salenacasha.bsky.social · Apr 9

What a wonderful reminder from my co-writer, @leighloveday.bsky.social ! I can't believe it's only been a year. So grateful that @icebreakerslit.bsky.social brought us together!

Leigh Loveday @leighloveday.bsky.social · Apr 9

Because time is ridiculous, somehow it's been exactly one year since this co-writing debut with @salenacasha.bsky.social (and we're still at it, thanks @icebreakerslit.bsky.social, you created a collaborative monster).
www.icebreakerslit.com/read/testimony

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Jessica Willingham @jessicawillingham.bsky.social · Mar 18

"On the west side, roses grow between the modest graves of their mediocre descendants who lost that fortune, slowly but surely. 🌹 That’s where I will be, one day. I hope that ghosts can smell tamales." 🫔

Read 💌 "Hobbies in the Afterlife" @icebreakerslit.bsky.social

Hobbies in the Afterlife — Icebreakers

Tiny Hauntings Fiction By MM Kaufman (Haunter) & Tiff M. Z. Lee (Architect)

www.icebreakerslit.com

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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Mar 15

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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Mar 14

tomorrow!

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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Mar 14

TOMORROW 💕🛸

graphic depicting ufos, a pop art woman on the phone, and outer space. the text reads, “close encounters. open 3/15-4/30. Icebreakers wants your almost, maybes. your brushes with the otherworldly. your longings. send us your poetry, cnf, fiction, art, etc. that explores your interpretation of close encounters. aliens not required (though we do love them).

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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Jan 11

Is that…are we brewing up a new sub call? 👀

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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Jan 9

OUR VERY OWN @imlaurentheresa.bsky.social will be reading, along with some other incredible writers 🔥!

Flyer for AWP offsite event: Writers Karaoke. Flyer is black with white writing and a teal sketched microphone. Reading is at The Stowaway at 7pm on March 27, 2025.

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Kevin Maloney @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social · Jan 7

“Two-Divorce Club is an elite tier. It says, ‘Nothing matters anymore. No seriously. This is all an illusion.’”

If you missed it yesterday, check out my collab piece w/ my amazingly talented partner @femmeintheory.bsky.social on @icebreakerslit.bsky.social 🧊🦄

www.icebreakerslit.com/read/how-to-...

How to Fall in Love When You’re a Twice-Divorced Middle-Aged White Guy and a Queer, Sex Worker Artist and Neither of You Are Looking for Anything Serious — Icebreakers

By Ryan-Ashley Anderson and Kevin Maloney

www.icebreakerslit.com

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Adam Shaw @adamshaw502.bsky.social · Jan 7

Daaang, I loved this one! What a sweet, beautiful little collab.

Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Jan 7

ICYMI our first piece of the year is LIVE BBY and it’s written by none other than @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social and @femmeintheory.bsky.social!!

www.icebreakerslit.com/read/how-to-...

How to Fall in Love When You’re a Twice-Divorced Middle-Aged White Guy and a Queer, Sex Worker Artist and Neither of You Are Looking for Anything Serious — Icebreakers

By Ryan-Ashley Anderson and Kevin Maloney

www.icebreakerslit.com

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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Jan 7

ICYMI our first piece of the year is LIVE BBY and it’s written by none other than @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social and @femmeintheory.bsky.social!!

www.icebreakerslit.com/read/how-to-...

How to Fall in Love When You’re a Twice-Divorced Middle-Aged White Guy and a Queer, Sex Worker Artist and Neither of You Are Looking for Anything Serious — Icebreakers

By Ryan-Ashley Anderson and Kevin Maloney

www.icebreakerslit.com

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Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Dec 18

Two more days to get subs in for this reading period!

Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Nov 17

Find a friend and get weird 🛸💜

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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · Dec 6

HI EVERYBODY!

Couldn't imagine a better innaugural skeet than to announce...

Our community favorite nominations are now OPEN!

⬇️ Nominate your favorite lit mags through this form:
tally.so/r/mKPJ4A

and & we’ll pay the winners $200 and scream about how great they are

Chill Subs Community Favorites
Writers! Who should be named the BEST
Lit Mags of 2024?

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Aubri Kaufman @aubrirose.bsky.social · Dec 4

it’s a good day to submit some collaborative work, don’t you think?

Icebreakers Lit @icebreakerslit.bsky.social · Nov 17

Find a friend and get weird 🛸💜

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Abigail Myers @abigailmyers.bsky.social · Dec 3

...as well as "The Bodies," featured in @icebreakerslit.bsky.social a few weeks ago, in collaboration with Zaire "Mickey" Lott:

www.icebreakerslit.com/read/the-bod...

The Bodies — Icebreakers

Tiny Hauntings Fiction By Abigail Myers (Haunter) & Zaire “Mickey” Lott (Architect)

www.icebreakerslit.com

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Femme In Theory @femmeintheory.bsky.social · Nov 27

Just having bfast in bed while watching horror films when we got the news that @icebreakerslit.bsky.social accepted our collaborative submission 🥵 So grateful to be doing such fun work with and alongside @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social 🍑💦

#writingcommunity
#writer
#artist

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Dustin Brookshire (he/him) @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social · Nov 23

Received a few kind notes on “Recipe For Loving Yourself,” a collaboration w/ @poemsandcake.bsky.social & the poem I closed w/ when I read recently with Ellen in @karigunterseymour.bsky.social’s Spoken & Heard. Thought I’d revisit the poem on my socials. (Thank you, @icebreakerslit.bsky.social!)

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · Nov 22

Lil list of places with subs open for #FF :)

@periwinklepelican.bsky.social
@passionfruitlit.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@themarbledsigh.bsky.social
@partiallyshymag.bsky.social
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
@petrichorlit.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social
@icebreakerslit.bsky.social

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