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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 10d

Last call before closing time! And yes, we still have room for your poems, essays, and stories up.

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Emily H. @emhall47.bsky.social · 21d

I was lucky to have three pieces come out in last issue. @cherrytreelit.bsky.social publishes some great pieces.
Submit soon! ♥️

CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 21d

Two weeks left to submit to Cherry Tree! Check out our guidelines at

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 21d

Two weeks left to submit to Cherry Tree! Check out our guidelines at

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · 24d

What Senior Fiction Reader @nicanstett.bsky.social is enjoying when not reading submissions: fabulous books by @riggstah.bsky.social and @tonytula.com

Cherry Tree is open for submissions until October 1!
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Duotrope @duotrope.com · Aug 31

Today's listing of the day is: Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College @cherrytreelit.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

Listing of the Day

Today's listing of the day is: Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College @cherrytreelit.bsky.social (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Aug 27

When she's not reading submissions, CNF Editor Sufiya Abdur-Rahman is reading recent books by Rachel L. Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social and by CT 9 contributor Kristin Keane.

Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Aug 16

We asked our editors to name 2 books they're reading (when they're not reading Cherry Tree submissions). Fiction Editor extraordinaire @sarahblackman.bsky.social recommends books by former CT contributor @alvinlu.bsky.social and by Thalia Field.

We're open til Oct 1!
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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Aug 13

We asked our editors: what are 2 books you're reading when you're not reading Cherry Tree submissions?

Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down.

Cherry Tree is open til October 1
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Breaking Form: A Podcast of Poetry & Culture @breakingformpod.bsky.social · Aug 11

This week's episode takes place, places place, and plants poetry in your [placeholder]. Poets mentioned include @tracibrimhall.bsky.social @joseolivarez.bsky.social & @adrianmatejka.bsky.social among others!

Listen wherever you get your poetry podcasts, or online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Aug 9

Cherry Tree is open for submissions through October 1. Send us your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All accepted pieces are considered for our special section of Literary Shade!

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Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · Aug 5

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At long last my copy of @notquitehydepark.bsky.social’s Super Gay Poems has arrived!

(I bought this book after hearing about it on @breakingformpod.bsky.social so I know it’s 🔥)

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

A ginger and white cat in loaf pose beside a hardcover book “SUPER GAY POEMS
LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewall” by Stephanie Burt

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awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congratulations to the ten finalists for AWP’s 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry! One winner will receive a cash prize of $5,500 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Judge @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social’s selection will be announced in September!

AWP’s 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Jul 31

Cherry Tree opens for submissions at midnight tonight! Please check out our guidelines and submit here: cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Jul 24

The 10th Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference is in the books. Thanks to everyone for making last week so incredible & inspiring!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Jul 23

Next week! Cherry Tree opens for submissions for Issue 12! Please send us your poetry, fiction, and essays -- particularly if they fit our literary shade section!

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Alex DiFrancesco @alessandrostardust.bsky.social · Jun 24

And thanks to @cherrytreelit.bsky.social for publishing the title story last year! It gave me the confidence to keep at this project. Thanks especially to @jamesallenhall.bsky.social and @nicanstett.bsky.social

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Jun 17

Today is the last day to apply for a scholarship to attend the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference (July 15-18 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus).

More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Jun 11

The 10th annual Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference deadlines are approaching!

Registration closes June 25.

Scholarship application deadline is June 17.

More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus.
@washcoll.bsky.social

An info graphic features the Faculty for Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference which takes place July 15-18: fiction writer Bushra Rehman, nonfiction writer Matt Davis, fiction writer Raul Palma, and poet Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello. Deadline to register is June 25; scholarship deadline is June 17.
The conference is a literary extravaganza for high school writers and it takes place on the campus of Washington College in Chestertown, MD.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc.

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · May 7

Scholarships available!

Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus.

More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Apr 10

FAQ: What's a literature discussion like at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference?
A: Here's Dr. Courtney Rydel, Chair of Washington College's English Dept., leading a discussion about what medieval stories can teach us about modern craft.

More info can be found online at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Mar 24

If you'll be in Los Angeles for AWP, please stop visit Cherry Tree at Booth 432 in the Bookfair to say hi,

buy an issue,

browse our famous letterpress broadsides,

grab a free pin, tattoo, or mini notebook

and bask in our LA Winter Wonderland vibe!

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Mar 18

Congratulations to the Thom Gunn Award finalists, including three Cherry Tree Journal contributors: @blasfalconer.bsky.social Jubi Arreola-Headley, and Kevin McLellan (in our current issue!). 🌈

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Emily H. @emhall47.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thank you @cherrytreelit.bsky.social for publishing 3 of my nonfiction pieces in your latest issue! 🌸 #writing #creativenonfiction #creativewriting

A photo of my nonfiction essay “Penalties,” which was published in the newest issue of Cherry Tree.

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Dustin Brookshire (he/him) @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social · Mar 16

My villanelle, “Quality Men: A Grindr Villanelle,” inspired by Randall Mann’s “Cold War,” is in the latest issue of @cherrytreelit.bsky.social. Stoked to be in this issue with so many friends and writers I admire.

#poems #poetry #poetrysky

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CherryTreeLit.bsky.social @cherrytreelit.bsky.social · Mar 12

The Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference is open for registration & scholarship apps. Write your truth with us this summer on the idyllic @washcoll.bsky.social campus!

Scholarships available! More info: www.washcoll.edu/ywc

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