Bulb Culture Collective
@bulbculture.bsky.social
SUBMISSIONS OPEN!
online lit space ○ light bulb bunch ○ send us your previously published writing
Editors: L.M. Cole & Jared Povanda
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Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
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We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
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:
The light is on for Jasmine Khaliq! 💡
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
Dream of the Third Body - Jasmine Khaliq — Bulb Culture Collective
I’m sure there was wine, plum slices, sauce pitchers—
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The light is on for Jasmine Khaliq! 💡
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
“Dream of the Third Body” is a poem that’ll kick off your week with a bang! With beautiful language and a perfect use of punctuation, you’ll feel like you’re the one in a dream.
Check out Jasmine’s fantastic writing over at the site!
I (Jared) have started reading the new Bulb submissions, and OH MY GOD. You people are so dang talented, AI could never.
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I (Jared) have started reading the new Bulb submissions, and OH MY GOD. You people are so dang talented, AI could never.
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Or this one in @bulbculture.bsky.social? (Also, originally, in formercactus!) www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/again-a...
Again and again and again and - Rachel Abbey McCafferty — Bulb Culture Collective
The day the bugs descended, the air was thick with warmth and wings.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Or this one in @bulbculture.bsky.social? (Also, originally, in formercactus!) www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/again-a...
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Yay!
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
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 — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yay!
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
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 — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
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:
We're opening for submissions TOMORROW!
That's ✨so soon✨
That's ✨so soon✨
a drawing of a light bulb with a smiling face on it
Alt: A drawing of a smiling yellow light bulb against a blue background
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November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're opening for submissions TOMORROW!
That's ✨so soon✨
That's ✨so soon✨
The light is on for Sarp Sozdinler! @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social💡
“The Tail of the Gypsy Moth” is a fantastic piece of flash fiction about incarceration and freedom, about dreams lost and found.
Check out Sarp’s amazing writing over at the site!
“The Tail of the Gypsy Moth” is a fantastic piece of flash fiction about incarceration and freedom, about dreams lost and found.
Check out Sarp’s amazing writing over at the site!
The Tail of a Gypsy Moth - Sarp Sozdinler — Bulb Culture Collective
Letters indeed look grander on the screen, you’ll give your cellmate that.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The light is on for Sarp Sozdinler! @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social💡
“The Tail of the Gypsy Moth” is a fantastic piece of flash fiction about incarceration and freedom, about dreams lost and found.
Check out Sarp’s amazing writing over at the site!
“The Tail of the Gypsy Moth” is a fantastic piece of flash fiction about incarceration and freedom, about dreams lost and found.
Check out Sarp’s amazing writing over at the site!
Happy Friday, everyone!
Our newest publication will be going live soon, and in just a few days, we're OPENING for submissions!
November 24! We really want to see your previously published wonders!
Our newest publication will be going live soon, and in just a few days, we're OPENING for submissions!
November 24! We really want to see your previously published wonders!
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happy Friday, everyone!
Our newest publication will be going live soon, and in just a few days, we're OPENING for submissions!
November 24! We really want to see your previously published wonders!
Our newest publication will be going live soon, and in just a few days, we're OPENING for submissions!
November 24! We really want to see your previously published wonders!
The light is on for Erica Stenta Willis! 💡
“Matriarch! Queen!” is a gorgeous poem chronicling shame and self-doubt, rage and empowerment, wherein the speaker eventually realizes she has the ability to rebuild her life.
Check out Erica’s incredible writing over at the site!
“Matriarch! Queen!” is a gorgeous poem chronicling shame and self-doubt, rage and empowerment, wherein the speaker eventually realizes she has the ability to rebuild her life.
Check out Erica’s incredible writing over at the site!
Matriarch! Queen! - Erica Stenta Willis — Bulb Culture Collective
Look at how I never needed you
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November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The light is on for Erica Stenta Willis! 💡
“Matriarch! Queen!” is a gorgeous poem chronicling shame and self-doubt, rage and empowerment, wherein the speaker eventually realizes she has the ability to rebuild her life.
Check out Erica’s incredible writing over at the site!
“Matriarch! Queen!” is a gorgeous poem chronicling shame and self-doubt, rage and empowerment, wherein the speaker eventually realizes she has the ability to rebuild her life.
Check out Erica’s incredible writing over at the site!
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This next one is a reprint, which is the remit of @bulbculture.bsky.social - a story that was once online at a very cool lit mag, perhappenned, but has since been erased from the internet. I'm thrilled my stalker-horror teenage story is online again.
www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/all-my-...
www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/all-my-...
All My Memories Are You - Elad Haber — Bulb Culture Collective
I wear your face to the party.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This next one is a reprint, which is the remit of @bulbculture.bsky.social - a story that was once online at a very cool lit mag, perhappenned, but has since been erased from the internet. I'm thrilled my stalker-horror teenage story is online again.
www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/all-my-...
www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/all-my-...
We are OPENING for previously published submissions in ONE WEEK.
💡 November 24! 💡
We're so excited to read all of your incredible work!
💡 November 24! 💡
We're so excited to read all of your incredible work!
a cartoon penguin is holding a light bulb above his head
Alt: A blue and white cartoon penguin appears against a bright yellow background. A light bulb blinks to life above his head as he has a brilliant idea.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are OPENING for previously published submissions in ONE WEEK.
💡 November 24! 💡
We're so excited to read all of your incredible work!
💡 November 24! 💡
We're so excited to read all of your incredible work!
The light is on for Richard Klin! 💡
“Candy Colors” is a beautiful short story that, in the author’s own words, chronicles, “the pre-gentrified Park Slope, Brooklyn in the 1990s; the last phase of life on the cheap.”
Check out Richard’s fantastic writing over at the site!
“Candy Colors” is a beautiful short story that, in the author’s own words, chronicles, “the pre-gentrified Park Slope, Brooklyn in the 1990s; the last phase of life on the cheap.”
Check out Richard’s fantastic writing over at the site!
Candy Colors - Richard Klin — Bulb Culture Collective
And so they converse.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The light is on for Richard Klin! 💡
“Candy Colors” is a beautiful short story that, in the author’s own words, chronicles, “the pre-gentrified Park Slope, Brooklyn in the 1990s; the last phase of life on the cheap.”
Check out Richard’s fantastic writing over at the site!
“Candy Colors” is a beautiful short story that, in the author’s own words, chronicles, “the pre-gentrified Park Slope, Brooklyn in the 1990s; the last phase of life on the cheap.”
Check out Richard’s fantastic writing over at the site!
Don’t be left out in the cold! BCC is reopening for previously published work in under two weeks!!
💡 November 24! 💡
💡 November 24! 💡
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Don’t be left out in the cold! BCC is reopening for previously published work in under two weeks!!
💡 November 24! 💡
💡 November 24! 💡
The light is on for Justin Aoba! @justinaoba.bsky.social 💡
“Fountainhead” is an incredible micro that stuns and dazzles with a perfect control of language and pacing.
Check out Justin’s amazing writing over at the site!
“Fountainhead” is an incredible micro that stuns and dazzles with a perfect control of language and pacing.
Check out Justin’s amazing writing over at the site!
Fountainhead - Justin Aoba — Bulb Culture Collective
It was a summer of killings.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The light is on for Justin Aoba! @justinaoba.bsky.social 💡
“Fountainhead” is an incredible micro that stuns and dazzles with a perfect control of language and pacing.
Check out Justin’s amazing writing over at the site!
“Fountainhead” is an incredible micro that stuns and dazzles with a perfect control of language and pacing.
Check out Justin’s amazing writing over at the site!
A reminder of what we announced earlier this week!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!
💡 ANNOUNCEMENT! 💡
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A reminder of what we announced earlier this week!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!
We’re opening for submissions again! And soon!
The light is on for D.R. James! 💡
“Percussion” is a gorgeous poem about music and the passage of time, about the act of worrying and the beauty of care.
Check out D.R.’s latest over at the site!
“Percussion” is a gorgeous poem about music and the passage of time, about the act of worrying and the beauty of care.
Check out D.R.’s latest over at the site!
Percussion - D.R. James — Bulb Culture Collective
All summer I shadow your band from the porch
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The light is on for D.R. James! 💡
“Percussion” is a gorgeous poem about music and the passage of time, about the act of worrying and the beauty of care.
Check out D.R.’s latest over at the site!
“Percussion” is a gorgeous poem about music and the passage of time, about the act of worrying and the beauty of care.
Check out D.R.’s latest over at the site!
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Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions of previously published work on November 24th
💡 ANNOUNCEMENT! 💡
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions of previously published work on November 24th
The light is on for Dan Brotzel! @danbrotzel.bsky.social 💡
“In Here” is a wonderfully tense short story about a relationship that blooms quickly only to be consumed by troubling obsession.
Check out Dan’s latest over at the site!
“In Here” is a wonderfully tense short story about a relationship that blooms quickly only to be consumed by troubling obsession.
Check out Dan’s latest over at the site!
In Here - Dan Brotzel — Bulb Culture Collective
It’s toughened glass, and you only break one pane.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The light is on for Dan Brotzel! @danbrotzel.bsky.social 💡
“In Here” is a wonderfully tense short story about a relationship that blooms quickly only to be consumed by troubling obsession.
Check out Dan’s latest over at the site!
“In Here” is a wonderfully tense short story about a relationship that blooms quickly only to be consumed by troubling obsession.
Check out Dan’s latest over at the site!
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Hey,
What mags take previously published pieces?
Going through my website and found a bunch of now defunct magazines and looking to rehome some pieces!
I know @bulbculture.bsky.social does this! Also, Black Shadow Lit does an audio format! I’m trying to think of others. Any ideas?
What mags take previously published pieces?
Going through my website and found a bunch of now defunct magazines and looking to rehome some pieces!
I know @bulbculture.bsky.social does this! Also, Black Shadow Lit does an audio format! I’m trying to think of others. Any ideas?
a cartoon of winnie the pooh scratching his head with the word think written on his chest
ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh scratching his head with the word think written on his chest
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hey,
What mags take previously published pieces?
Going through my website and found a bunch of now defunct magazines and looking to rehome some pieces!
I know @bulbculture.bsky.social does this! Also, Black Shadow Lit does an audio format! I’m trying to think of others. Any ideas?
What mags take previously published pieces?
Going through my website and found a bunch of now defunct magazines and looking to rehome some pieces!
I know @bulbculture.bsky.social does this! Also, Black Shadow Lit does an audio format! I’m trying to think of others. Any ideas?
💡 ANNOUNCEMENT! 💡
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💡 ANNOUNCEMENT! 💡
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃
The light is on for Andy Graber!💡
All treats and no tricks, this untitled oil pastel drawing is a stunning explosion of color you can get lost in!
Check out Andy’s amazing art over at the site!
The light is on for Andy Graber!💡
All treats and no tricks, this untitled oil pastel drawing is a stunning explosion of color you can get lost in!
Check out Andy’s amazing art over at the site!
Untitled - Andy Graber — Bulb Culture Collective
“Untitled” oil pastel drawing by Andy Graber
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October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃
The light is on for Andy Graber!💡
All treats and no tricks, this untitled oil pastel drawing is a stunning explosion of color you can get lost in!
Check out Andy’s amazing art over at the site!
The light is on for Andy Graber!💡
All treats and no tricks, this untitled oil pastel drawing is a stunning explosion of color you can get lost in!
Check out Andy’s amazing art over at the site!
The light is on for Sara Collie!💡
“The Tape Measure” is a beautiful piece of lockdown-era nonfiction that perfectly captures the complexities and nuances of distance.
Check out Sara’s soul-stirring writing over at the site!
“The Tape Measure” is a beautiful piece of lockdown-era nonfiction that perfectly captures the complexities and nuances of distance.
Check out Sara’s soul-stirring writing over at the site!
The Tape Measure - Sara Collie — Bulb Culture Collective
I’ve started to measure everything for the very same reason, as if knowing the dimensions of things and the distances between them can somehow stem the chaos that is threatening to undo the world.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The light is on for Sara Collie!💡
“The Tape Measure” is a beautiful piece of lockdown-era nonfiction that perfectly captures the complexities and nuances of distance.
Check out Sara’s soul-stirring writing over at the site!
“The Tape Measure” is a beautiful piece of lockdown-era nonfiction that perfectly captures the complexities and nuances of distance.
Check out Sara’s soul-stirring writing over at the site!
Hey, everyone! A Bulb update for you!
L.M. and I are planning on OPENING SUBMISSIONS in NOVEMBER! No date yet, but as soon as we have one, we'll be shouting it here!
And since we're reading for 2026, we'll be considering previously published work, if still online/accessible, from 2024.
L.M. and I are planning on OPENING SUBMISSIONS in NOVEMBER! No date yet, but as soon as we have one, we'll be shouting it here!
And since we're reading for 2026, we'll be considering previously published work, if still online/accessible, from 2024.
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hey, everyone! A Bulb update for you!
L.M. and I are planning on OPENING SUBMISSIONS in NOVEMBER! No date yet, but as soon as we have one, we'll be shouting it here!
And since we're reading for 2026, we'll be considering previously published work, if still online/accessible, from 2024.
L.M. and I are planning on OPENING SUBMISSIONS in NOVEMBER! No date yet, but as soon as we have one, we'll be shouting it here!
And since we're reading for 2026, we'll be considering previously published work, if still online/accessible, from 2024.
The light is on for Matias F. Travieso-Diaz!💡
“The Lying Cockerel—A Modern Fable” feels like the perfect companion to Orwell’s Animal Farm. The satire is as astute and pointed as a chicken’s beak.
Check out Matias’s amazing writing over at the site!
“The Lying Cockerel—A Modern Fable” feels like the perfect companion to Orwell’s Animal Farm. The satire is as astute and pointed as a chicken’s beak.
Check out Matias’s amazing writing over at the site!
The Lying Cockerel — A Modern Fable - Matias F. Travieso-Diaz — Bulb Culture Collective
You see, chickens are a bit like sharks.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The light is on for Matias F. Travieso-Diaz!💡
“The Lying Cockerel—A Modern Fable” feels like the perfect companion to Orwell’s Animal Farm. The satire is as astute and pointed as a chicken’s beak.
Check out Matias’s amazing writing over at the site!
“The Lying Cockerel—A Modern Fable” feels like the perfect companion to Orwell’s Animal Farm. The satire is as astute and pointed as a chicken’s beak.
Check out Matias’s amazing writing over at the site!
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My story "The Mountain" now lives again on the Bulb Culture Collective. Read about the end of the world! Climb a mountain! Say goodbye to time!
The light is on for Andrew Kozma! @andrewkozma.net💡
“The Mountain” blew us away from the very first paragraph. This is a haunting and beautifully composed story about a pilgrimage that gets more and more surreal as the story goes on.
Check out Andrew’s stunning writing over at the site!
“The Mountain” blew us away from the very first paragraph. This is a haunting and beautifully composed story about a pilgrimage that gets more and more surreal as the story goes on.
Check out Andrew’s stunning writing over at the site!
The Mountain - Andrew Kozma — Bulb Culture Collective
They came to the mountain because that’s where their prophets had told them to go.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My story "The Mountain" now lives again on the Bulb Culture Collective. Read about the end of the world! Climb a mountain! Say goodbye to time!