Eileen Frankel Tomarchio
@eileentomarchio.bsky.social
Writer, Librarian, Jerseyan ✍🏻: Baltimore Review, Hunger Mountain, The Forge, Lost Balloon, Passages North, Milk Candy Review, jmww, Okay Donkey, X-R-A-Y, trampset, Pithead Chapel +++/ BSF 2023
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Our 2025 Summer Editor's Prize Contest has come to an end! We'd like to thank everyone for their submissions- it made our job so hard! Without further ado, here are our winners!
An honor to be a finalist! Thank you so much, @psmokejournal.bsky.social 🙏💚💜💙❤️
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November 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
So glad to get an acceptance from @gonelawn.bsky.social for this terrific submissions call. Can’t wait to read all the micros! 🙏😻
In uplifting news, we've got ten (X) pieces lined up so far for the micro-excerpt issue, #63, scheduled for January 18. Keep them coming! This will be a sneaky issue, sliding between normal issues, because it is, well, strange. Be strange with us!
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So glad to get an acceptance from @gonelawn.bsky.social for this terrific submissions call. Can’t wait to read all the micros! 🙏😻
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Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Congrats to our Pushcart nominees!
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congrats to our Pushcart nominees!
Catching up on bookmarks and LOVE this ingeniously structured flash stunner by Daniel Cohen in the latest @psmokejournal.bsky.social
www.peatsmokejournal.com/2025-flash-c...
www.peatsmokejournal.com/2025-flash-c...
Orange Juice — Peatsmoke
Daniel Cohen She was thirty-four and still lived with a roommate. The roommate was a singer, too, but she was a decade younger and still had hope.
www.peatsmokejournal.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Catching up on bookmarks and LOVE this ingeniously structured flash stunner by Daniel Cohen in the latest @psmokejournal.bsky.social
www.peatsmokejournal.com/2025-flash-c...
www.peatsmokejournal.com/2025-flash-c...
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We are pleased to announce that Peatsmoke is now paying contributors! Contributors will receive $10 per piece (though we wish it was one million because that's how much we love you)!
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We are pleased to announce that Peatsmoke is now paying contributors! Contributors will receive $10 per piece (though we wish it was one million because that's how much we love you)!
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
Brilliant 😅👵✍️💙
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Brilliant 😅👵✍️💙
A feast for the ears and heart. Listen to this engaging podcast featuring Kik’s incredible story. 🥰
Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
The Failing Writers Podcast - S5 Ep20: 2025 Flash Fiction Contest FINAL!
YouTube video by Failing Writers
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November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A feast for the ears and heart. Listen to this engaging podcast featuring Kik’s incredible story. 🥰
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Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
The Failing Writers Podcast - S5 Ep20: 2025 Flash Fiction Contest FINAL!
YouTube video by Failing Writers
m.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
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Coming at you in May 👀@tortoisebooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Coming at you in May 👀@tortoisebooks.bsky.social
In 2022, I was so proud to see my story included in Volume 04: Field Notes of The Bureau Dispatch. It’s inspired by my dad, a marine vet. Missing him this Veterans Day. ❤️🙏🇺🇸
www.bureaudispatch.com/volume-04/ei...
www.bureaudispatch.com/volume-04/ei...
Eileen Frankel Tomarchio: Window Water Baby Moving: A Film by Stan Brakhage — The Bureau Dispatch
Only months before my father will forget my name, he tells me a story about his time in the Marines, just after high school, before he met my mother. One I’ve never heard before, from when he was stat...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In 2022, I was so proud to see my story included in Volume 04: Field Notes of The Bureau Dispatch. It’s inspired by my dad, a marine vet. Missing him this Veterans Day. ❤️🙏🇺🇸
www.bureaudispatch.com/volume-04/ei...
www.bureaudispatch.com/volume-04/ei...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"He explained that the fountain was about transformation. Water is motion. Life is motion. The flap of the wing, the angel, the bird. The carrying of each from one world to the next."
Oh my... this gorgeous and funny story about angels and hauntings by @bybethhahn.bsky.social is a must-read. ❤️⛲⚰️〰️🤯
Oh my... this gorgeous and funny story about angels and hauntings by @bybethhahn.bsky.social is a must-read. ❤️⛲⚰️〰️🤯
"A month before she died, she stripped to her bra and underwear on a July day and climbed into a city fountain."
Flash Fiction: Not What the Living Think by Beth Hahn
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/f...
Flash Fiction: Not What the Living Think by Beth Hahn
jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/f...
Flash Fiction: Not What the Living Think by Beth Hahn
A month before she died, she stripped to her bra and underwear on a July day and climbed into a city fountain.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"He explained that the fountain was about transformation. Water is motion. Life is motion. The flap of the wing, the angel, the bird. The carrying of each from one world to the next."
Oh my... this gorgeous and funny story about angels and hauntings by @bybethhahn.bsky.social is a must-read. ❤️⛲⚰️〰️🤯
Oh my... this gorgeous and funny story about angels and hauntings by @bybethhahn.bsky.social is a must-read. ❤️⛲⚰️〰️🤯
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"After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around"--my latest column.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Socialism, But Make It Trump
After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around"--my latest column.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
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Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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A reminder about my class Reading Flash for @flashfictioninst.bsky.social, on Sunday, November 23, from 6 to 8pm ET.
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Reading Flash with Cheryl Pappas | Sunday, Nov. 23 | 3pm PST/6pm EST - Flash Fiction Institute
In this class, we will analyze and appreciate flash fiction by doing a deep study of exemplary flash fiction.
flashfictioninstitute.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A reminder about my class Reading Flash for @flashfictioninst.bsky.social, on Sunday, November 23, from 6 to 8pm ET.
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/read...
flashfictioninstitute.com/product/read...
Mikie! Mamdani! 🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mikie! Mamdani! 🇺🇸
The work in this new issue of @ettereview.bsky.social is just extraordinary. Cannot recommend it highly enough. 💚💙💜🧡❤️
-ette Issue 6: Roulette is now live!
www.ettereview.com/fall2025/
Spin the animated wheel and check out new work by:
Laura Cronk
@josehernandezdz.bsky.social
@suzyeynon.bsky.social
@rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social
@mattleibel.bsky.social
Emma Raimondo
www.ettereview.com/fall2025/
Spin the animated wheel and check out new work by:
Laura Cronk
@josehernandezdz.bsky.social
@suzyeynon.bsky.social
@rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social
@mattleibel.bsky.social
Emma Raimondo
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The work in this new issue of @ettereview.bsky.social is just extraordinary. Cannot recommend it highly enough. 💚💙💜🧡❤️
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Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
November 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
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Looking forward to
reading——
reading——
Subs are now open for our next issue. Send us your best work, now through December 15!
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Looking forward to
reading——
reading——