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Dan Crawley
@danbillyc.bsky.social
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Writer. Straight Down the Road (Ad Hoc Fiction) | The Wind, It Swirls (Cowboy Jamboree Press) | Blur (Cowboy Jamboree Press).

Stories appear in very nice places.

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Nov 8
Really proud of this little book. 🙂💙
www.amazon.com/Blur-Dan-Cra...
Blur: Crawley, Dan: 9798393434274: Amazon.com: Books
Blur [Crawley, Dan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Blur
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tgwood505.bsky.social
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
The last moments if sunset over a rippled pond.
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
danbillyc.bsky.social
Yaaaaay!!! 🎉💙🎉
sudhab.bsky.social Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 1d
I'm beyond thrilled and simply stupefied to have my collection picked as the winner! Thank you so much to @sfwp.bsky.social for their Literary Awards Program and to the fabulous @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social for picking my manuscript!🌷🙏🙏🌷
sfwp.bsky.social SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you to everyone who submitted to the 2025 Literary Awards Program with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social. We are thrilled to announce our Winners' Circle:

Congratulations to our our grand prize winner, @sudhab.bsky.social, and our runners-up Cara Lynn Albert and Terese Svoboda, and ! buff.ly/92ASZax
January 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
danbillyc.bsky.social
"On the corner, a little girl is flying a kite. 'Can I borrow your kite?' I ask, but a gust of wind pulls her up into the sky. The wind tousles my hair, which I grew myself."

I really love this poem by @fklein907.bsky.social in @stonecirclereview.bsky.social 💙💙💙
stonecirclereview.bsky.social Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 1d
POEM 301: "Something Borrowed" by Frances Klein (@fklein907.bsky.social)

I go into the deli and ask the old man behind the counter if I can borrow his cufflinks. He says he stole them from a coffin, and it’s no kind of luck to bring dead gold to a living altar

stonecirclereview.com/something-bo...
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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tgwood505.bsky.social
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
Clouds reflected in still water as viewed from a dock.
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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rossmcmeekin.bsky.social
Morning
January 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social
Honoured to be included in this brilliant craft newsletter @mattkendrick.bsky.social 🙏 So many brilliant tips from so many brilliant writers. LOVE the prompt from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social so WONDERFULLY WEIRD

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Tips and Prompts for the New Writing Year
January feels a little too early in the year to be fully engaging my brain.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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barbarabyar.bsky.social
44 days till my debut novel IN THE DESERT is published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social but who’s counting?

Equally excited and nervous. You'll buy a copy, won't you?
January 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
Only $5 to enter, with a chance to bring home the coveted Blue Frog Prize. Imagine how proud of you your family will be (unless, of course, your family themed story hits a little too close to home...). Let's go Blue Sky fam!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 3d
Halfway there!! Just two weeks remain!! 🐸💙

flash-frog.com/contest/
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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tgwood505.bsky.social
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
January 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
danbillyc.bsky.social
"Wait, what the heck? Shiny, uh huh. Definitely not Mommy’s."

I really admire @kimmagowan.bsky.social's writing. These three pieces of writing are amazing! 💙💙💙
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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vanwinkle.bsky.social
It's Friday, y'all. Trying to remember how that old Tom Waits song goes...

Blind or crippled, sharp or dull
I'm reading COUNT THE DUST by a 40 watt bulb*
What price freedom? Dirt is my rug
Well, I sleep like a baby with the snakes and the bugs

*Real, actual praise below.
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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joannatheiss.com
This seems like a cool opportunity, for Baltimore City writers
@hopkinsreview.bsky.social
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fMRI Writing Prize — The Hopkins Review
fiction Made to Read & Investigate: a new flash fiction contest for Baltimore City's adult and youth writers.
hopkinsreview.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
danbillyc.bsky.social
"I finally back away and watch that beautiful cascade of waterfall, the twist and ribbon of it, and the mist rising up like an unformed genie."

I love this piece (amazing imagery!) by @francinewitte.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
danbillyc.bsky.social
"...the gray, the gray / flat windows unshined / a happenstance boy / growing, the boy the clicketten with turpentine ears / to gesture and aloud / to crowd and seem unseemly...."

Extraordinary writing by the very talented @kathyfish.bsky.social 💙💙💙
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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tgwood505.bsky.social
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
Flared sunset over a still pond.
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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🎉🎉🎉
pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 4d
My book, Every Galaxy a Circle, comes out tomorrow. For each like I will tell a random fact about the book. I cannot guarantee they will be interesting.
The cover of Every Galaxy a Circle. It's pinks and greens surrounding planet like objects
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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doricliterary.bsky.social
Send your short stories to Doric Literary!
No fee. Paying market!
A black and white image of a doric column with the words Doric Literary on top. The image is headed by the words “Submissions Open” and there is a text box with the following fine print: Short stories 1000 to 8000 words No submission fee. No cover letter required. We pay $10.00 USD / $14.00 CAD / £7.50 GBP for new work. Reprints (of work not currently available online) are also okay. Sim subs are okay. We nominate for major literary awards. Email one story at a time to: doric.literary@gmail.com We respond quickly. Please query if you do not get a response after two weeks. Visit: doric-literary.com for more details.
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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suburbanprairie.bsky.social
Reminder that we’re only open at @splitlippress.com through Thursday for these apps, so if you want to apply, DON’T DELAY!
splitlippress.com Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 13d
INCOMING!!!

Extremely rare opportunity that hasn't come up in YEARS: on Jan 8, we'll be opening for applications to join the Split/Lip Press editorial team as our Novel/Novella Book Editor! Our beloved Kate Finegan is stepping down this year from her position (which she initiated for us in 2020!).
teal square background, green square with text: WANT TO JOIN THE SPLIT/LIP PRESS TEAM? We're looking for a novel/novella book editor! Applications open 1/8 - 1/15. For more details, visit splitlippress.submittable.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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barbarabyar.bsky.social
So much fiction is ill-disguised auto-fiction (I'm guilty of it myself) so I'm delighted to say, In the Desert is 100% pure imagination.
Out 3-3-2026
January 13, 2026 at 9:56 AM
danbillyc.bsky.social
"Look how mundane objects turn into dignified subjects, you told me, how time can pass in a leaf fall."

Big love for this piece of writing by @kiklodge.bsky.social in @frazzledlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
kiklodge.bsky.social Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social · 7d
Damn amazed to be part of this bumper issue of @frazzledlit.bsky.social. They are exceptional humans and editors and champions of barmy minds. Thank you!
There's still life
Flash fiction by Kik Lodge
www.frazzledlit.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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luaz.bsky.social
#Poem -- Life
Life I put on my clown shoes to go to the hospital, but still they do not laugh.
January 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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tgwood505.bsky.social
My daily #peace offering. #vermont #photography #photographer #photographers #nature #protectyourpeace #reflections #nature #mothernature #naturephotography #northeastkingdom
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
danbillyc.bsky.social
"I read that the earth had shuddered and trembled for nine whole days after a tsunami in Iceland and yet no one had witnessed this event,...."

This extraordinary piece of writing by @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @pdforan.bsky.social 💙💙💙
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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lumchanmfa.bsky.social
weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️

youtu.be/jrw0ZO8xMm8
weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ (January 12, 2026)
YouTube video by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
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January 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
danbillyc.bsky.social
" I was thinking of the stars. How small they appear. How long it takes for their light to reach us."

I love this story (and the imagery and last line!) by @melissafitz.bsky.social in @welkinprize.bsky.social 💙💙💙
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
On the longest night of the darkest year | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM