Allison Field Bell
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher. PhD candidate UofU. Fiction Editor Waxwing. Poetry collection ALL THAT BLUE forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Chapbooks: EDGE OF THE SEA (CutBank Books) and WITHOUT WOMAN OR BODY (FLP)
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BOTH of my chapbooks are now available to order!
They even feature my photography as their covers π€
Thanks so much to CutBank Books and @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for believing in these projects!
www.allisonfieldbell.com/books
They even feature my photography as their covers π€
Thanks so much to CutBank Books and @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for believing in these projects!
www.allisonfieldbell.com/books
such a dream publication for me!!!
@riverteeth.bsky.social π
I read this essay at the @smokelong.bsky.social AWP reading this past year
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@riverteeth.bsky.social π
I read this essay at the @smokelong.bsky.social AWP reading this past year
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November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
such a dream publication for me!!!
@riverteeth.bsky.social π
I read this essay at the @smokelong.bsky.social AWP reading this past year
riverteethjournal.com/print-journal/
@riverteeth.bsky.social π
I read this essay at the @smokelong.bsky.social AWP reading this past year
riverteethjournal.com/print-journal/
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We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! π‘
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
Submission Guidelines β Bulb Culture Collective
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November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! π‘
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
Interview is up over at @fracturedlit.bsky.social π
Thanks to Albert & @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
Shoutouts to
@smokelong.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @bridportprize.bsky.social &more
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Thanks to Albert & @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
Shoutouts to
@smokelong.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @bridportprize.bsky.social &more
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We Write Our Obsessions: An Interview with ALLISON FIELD BELL | Fractured
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November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Interview is up over at @fracturedlit.bsky.social π
Thanks to Albert & @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
Shoutouts to
@smokelong.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @bridportprize.bsky.social &more
fracturedlit.com/we-write-our...
Thanks to Albert & @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
Shoutouts to
@smokelong.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @bridportprize.bsky.social &more
fracturedlit.com/we-write-our...
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On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On the heels of a Spotlight Best Small Fictions win last year, I proudly present Stanchion's 2026 Best Small Fictions nominees!
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
Congrats to Christina, Allison, Elizabeth, Jo & Kate! I'm so grateful these talented authors allowed me the privilege of publishing their work.
My debut poetry collection is available to pre-order from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social ! Please order and share π
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November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My debut poetry collection is available to pre-order from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social ! Please order and share π
www.finishinglinepress.com/product/all-...
www.finishinglinepress.com/product/all-...
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ππ Congratulations to Allison Field Bellβs βStitch,β Chestnut Review Chapbookβs Spring 2025 chapbook selection! Ready to be out in the world! Stay tuned!
Our list of selections were fierce, and we appreciate all who sent their manuscripts to us. We value your efforts, dreams, and writing.
Our list of selections were fierce, and we appreciate all who sent their manuscripts to us. We value your efforts, dreams, and writing.
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ππ Congratulations to Allison Field Bellβs βStitch,β Chestnut Review Chapbookβs Spring 2025 chapbook selection! Ready to be out in the world! Stay tuned!
Our list of selections were fierce, and we appreciate all who sent their manuscripts to us. We value your efforts, dreams, and writing.
Our list of selections were fierce, and we appreciate all who sent their manuscripts to us. We value your efforts, dreams, and writing.
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Allison Field Bell is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Utah. She is the author of the poetry collection, ALL THAT BLUE, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in 2026. Find her at allisonfieldbell.com.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Allison Field Bell is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Utah. She is the author of the poetry collection, ALL THAT BLUE, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in 2026. Find her at allisonfieldbell.com.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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βHe means well, but sometimes I just want to look at a tree and feel happy about it.β
βI wait for a sound of curiosity from the tent, but it never comes.β
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @moonparkreview.bsky.social moonparkreview.com/issue-33-fal...
βI wait for a sound of curiosity from the tent, but it never comes.β
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @moonparkreview.bsky.social moonparkreview.com/issue-33-fal...
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By Allison Field Bell Fall in the Wasatchβthe trees are yellow and red and orange. Sky is a crisp pale blue and at night, a kaleidoscope of stars. Shimmering bodies casting light on the aspen trunkβ¦
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November 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
βHe means well, but sometimes I just want to look at a tree and feel happy about it.β
βI wait for a sound of curiosity from the tent, but it never comes.β
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @moonparkreview.bsky.social moonparkreview.com/issue-33-fal...
βI wait for a sound of curiosity from the tent, but it never comes.β
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @moonparkreview.bsky.social moonparkreview.com/issue-33-fal...
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Hate this sort of thing.
Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
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Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
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Gone Lawn : About
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October 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hate this sort of thing.
Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Dark times keep getting darker. If you like Gone Lawn and you have the means, consider a donation to keep us going, even something small. Thank you.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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These are our Spring 2025 Chapbook reading period finalists! Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations to these authors!
Stay tuned for our final selection announcement soon.
#Chestnutreview #writing #prose #poetry #art #chapbook #spring25 #litmag #finalists
Stay tuned for our final selection announcement soon.
#Chestnutreview #writing #prose #poetry #art #chapbook #spring25 #litmag #finalists
October 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
These are our Spring 2025 Chapbook reading period finalists! Thank you to all who submitted and congratulations to these authors!
Stay tuned for our final selection announcement soon.
#Chestnutreview #writing #prose #poetry #art #chapbook #spring25 #litmag #finalists
Stay tuned for our final selection announcement soon.
#Chestnutreview #writing #prose #poetry #art #chapbook #spring25 #litmag #finalists
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βhere is your whole / self against her whole self / the one with violets in her lapβ
Read βAgainst Herβ by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, in the nest now (π¨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)
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Read βAgainst Herβ by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, in the nest now (π¨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)
pigeonpagesnyc.com/against-her
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
βhere is your whole / self against her whole self / the one with violets in her lapβ
Read βAgainst Herβ by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, in the nest now (π¨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)
pigeonpagesnyc.com/against-her
Read βAgainst Herβ by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, in the nest now (π¨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)
pigeonpagesnyc.com/against-her
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We have new poems in the nest this week from Allison Bell Field and Sean Glatch (π¨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)
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October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We have new poems in the nest this week from Allison Bell Field and Sean Glatch (π¨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)
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pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry
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October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"My friend loves deer and wants a tattoo of one on her shoulder. / We are talking about deer and we are also talking about my ex."
The weaving together of elements in this extraordinary piece from @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, so much buried beneath the surface, deserves multiple reads
The weaving together of elements in this extraordinary piece from @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, so much buried beneath the surface, deserves multiple reads
Sometimes a deer is just a deer. Sometimes it's a stand-in for an ex. Or for yourself. I guess it depends on the deer. Check out "Deer in the Headlights", a moving work of autofiction by Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in our next edition. Sunday!
September 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"My friend loves deer and wants a tattoo of one on her shoulder. / We are talking about deer and we are also talking about my ex."
The weaving together of elements in this extraordinary piece from @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, so much buried beneath the surface, deserves multiple reads
The weaving together of elements in this extraordinary piece from @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, so much buried beneath the surface, deserves multiple reads
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September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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"She says, 'In reality, they ran away from me, you know. The deer.'
She looks at me for a long time. Like I am the deer, and she is the headlights."
My lord, this extraordinary piece of writing by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social πππ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
She looks at me for a long time. Like I am the deer, and she is the headlights."
My lord, this extraordinary piece of writing by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social πππ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
"Deer in the Headlights" by Allison Field Bell
My friend has written a poem about a pair of deerβone with antlers, the other without. In the poem, they are in a cemetery filled with green grass and large trees. The antlered deer fixates on the poe...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"She says, 'In reality, they ran away from me, you know. The deer.'
She looks at me for a long time. Like I am the deer, and she is the headlights."
My lord, this extraordinary piece of writing by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social πππ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
She looks at me for a long time. Like I am the deer, and she is the headlights."
My lord, this extraordinary piece of writing by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social πππ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
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As always, RF would like to thank our tremendously talented group of contributors to this issue - @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Eliot S. Ku @kelliborges2.bsky.social
@karenc.bsky.social @johnwaddy.bsky.social Trevor J. Houserβ¦
@karenc.bsky.social @johnwaddy.bsky.social Trevor J. Houserβ¦
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As always, RF would like to thank our tremendously talented group of contributors to this issue - @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Eliot S. Ku @kelliborges2.bsky.social
@karenc.bsky.social @johnwaddy.bsky.social Trevor J. Houserβ¦
@karenc.bsky.social @johnwaddy.bsky.social Trevor J. Houserβ¦
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September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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"As a child, I hated no animal. I loved them all, deeply. Maybe all children do. When youβre young, you see possibility, not a tired old buck plodding above coffins."
This tiny story by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social at @rfpress.bsky.social π€
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
This tiny story by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social at @rfpress.bsky.social π€
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
"Deer in the Headlights" by Allison Field Bell
My friend has written a poem about a pair of deerβone with antlers, the other without. In the poem, they are in a cemetery filled with green grass and large trees. The antlered deer fixates on the poe...
www.roifaineantpress.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"As a child, I hated no animal. I loved them all, deeply. Maybe all children do. When youβre young, you see possibility, not a tired old buck plodding above coffins."
This tiny story by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social at @rfpress.bsky.social π€
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
This tiny story by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social at @rfpress.bsky.social π€
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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βAs a child, I hated no animal. I loved them all, deeply. Maybe all children do. When youβre young, you see possibility, not a tired old buck plodding above coffins.β
Read this beauty by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social β€οΈ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
Read this beauty by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social β€οΈ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
"Deer in the Headlights" by Allison Field Bell
My friend has written a poem about a pair of deerβone with antlers, the other without. In the poem, they are in a cemetery filled with green grass and large trees. The antlered deer fixates on the poe...
www.roifaineantpress.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
βAs a child, I hated no animal. I loved them all, deeply. Maybe all children do. When youβre young, you see possibility, not a tired old buck plodding above coffins.β
Read this beauty by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social β€οΈ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
Read this beauty by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social β€οΈ
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/deer-in...
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Sometimes a deer is just a deer. Sometimes it's a stand-in for an ex. Or for yourself. I guess it depends on the deer. Check out "Deer in the Headlights", a moving work of autofiction by Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in our next edition. Sunday!
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Sometimes a deer is just a deer. Sometimes it's a stand-in for an ex. Or for yourself. I guess it depends on the deer. Check out "Deer in the Headlights", a moving work of autofiction by Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in our next edition. Sunday!
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Announcing our nominations for the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Awards! @monarch.gay @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ @seaheye.bsky.social, Sam Mainz, @jjpena.bsky.social, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, and C Ray Borck
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Announcing our nominations for the inaugural Monarch Queer Literary Awards! @monarch.gay @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ @seaheye.bsky.social, Sam Mainz, @jjpena.bsky.social, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, and C Ray Borck