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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 5h

Knocked out to have a boxing/wrestling flash CNF piece from my Fight Nights series up at The Sportscribe today. Thanks to everyone at the journal for giving this one a perfect home! https://thesportscribe.com/the-strangest-thing/

The Strangest Thing - The SportScribe

Over the decades that I’ve watched fights with my dad, then by myself and with my own kids, I’ve seen some very strange things happen in the ring. I mean, I’ve seen a parachutist land on the ring apro...

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 2d

Psyched to have a poem up in the new issue of @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including me alongside so many ✨s! https://farewelltransmission.net/2025/10/erosion/

EROSION - Farewell Transmission

By Jack B. Bedell Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Lit...

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 10d

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Chiara Di Lello @chiaradilello.bsky.social · 10d

Congrats to the nominees! Love seeing @janezwart.bsky.social and @jackbedell.bsky.social on this list (psst their poems are beautiful read them!) 🌻

Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 10d

We are so excited to share our BEST OF THE NET @sundresspub.bsky.social Nominees!

Best of the Net Nominees. Poetry: “A Tool Imposes Itself Upon Us To Use It” by Jacob Scheper “I apologize for the inconvenience” by Jane Zwart “Curve” by Rachel Trousdale “Milkweed” by Rose DeMaris “Votive” by Lisa Bickmore “Ruskin and the Puddle of Water” by Jack B. Bedell Nonfiction: “Time Keeping” by Susan Marie Swanson “Sea Glass, Yellow Basket” by Abigail Myers

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Rawhead @rawheadjournal.bsky.social · 16d

Issue One of Rawhead is live!
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#litmag #artandlit #rawheadjournal #newwriting #issueone #writingcommunity #artcommunity

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 16d

Really stoked to have a flash CNF essay from my Fight Nights series in the debut issue of @rawheadjournal.bsky.social 🥊👇🏻 https://rawheadjournal.org/issue-one/jack-b-bedell/

Jack B. Bedell

Jack B. Bedell A Beating Is Rarely the Worst Thing You Can Get It was never something he’d cared about before, so I was a little shocked when my son came in the other night wanting to know the wors…

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 21d

So delighted to have this story (a piece of the novel I'm working on) be the winner of @expositionreview.bsky.social flash contest! 🥺🥺

Absolute Magnitude - Exposition Review

by Chloe N. Clark 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction In another life, Cassie lives. She wakes up in the hospital, a slow blinking to consciousness, and the doctors say m...

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Sep 10

Extremely blessed for the faith Mercer University Press has in my work. Very grateful to have another collection in line with them. 🙏🏻

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 28

Revisiting this phenomenal collection by @andrewrihn.bsky.social this afternoon. Not for any challenge, just pure enjoyment. 🥊👇🏻

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 28

Absolutely love this story by @chelseastickle.bsky.social up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social !!! 🙌🏻👇🏻 https://mrbullbull.com/newbull/flash-fiction/heel-turn/

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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Aug 14

#TheCut meets @jackbedell.bsky.social
A poet laid bare in print, conversation and a sharp new video.
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The Cut with Jack B. Bedell - The Broken Spine

Jack B. Bedell’s poetry is inseparable from South Louisiana—the land, its people, and its culture. His work doesn’t merely observe the world around him; it

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 2

I did a quick interview to go with the poem, too. 👇🏻 https://picturajournal.com/interviews/jack-b-bedell-interview/

Jack B. Bedell - pictura journal

Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University.

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 2

For my afternoon friends. 👇🏻

Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 2

Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/

Jack B. Bedell - pictura journal

Jack B. Bedell's work has appeared in work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, and elsewhere.

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 2

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · Aug 2

one of my fave poets in one of my fave journals...

Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 2

Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/

Jack B. Bedell - pictura journal

Jack B. Bedell's work has appeared in work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, and elsewhere.

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you!

Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Aug 2

Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/

Jack B. Bedell - pictura journal

Jack B. Bedell's work has appeared in work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, and elsewhere.

picturajournal.com

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Jul 9

Work out to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @beavermag.bsky.social @moonparkreview.bsky.social @theshorepoetry.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social and @hfr.bsky.social currently. Book manuscripts out to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social @42milespress.bsky.social & Mercer University Press. 🤞🏻

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Sean Thomas Dougherty @seanthomasd.bsky.social · Jul 3

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West Trade Review: "Golden Shovel with Alejandra Pizarnik’s Sombras de los días a venir " by Sean Thomas Dougherty

Sean Thomas Dougherty's most recent book is Death Prefers the Minor Keys from BOA Editions. He works as a Medtech and long-term Caregiver in Erie PA.

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Christopher Louis Romaguera @cromaguerawrite.bsky.social · Jul 2

This past Saturday was a great season finale to #3Muses2Readers1Mic w/ @jackbedell.bsky.social and Michael Allen Zell at Three Muses Frenchmen.

Thanks to Miss Sophie Lee and to everyone who has read as a feature, as an open mic, or just come and shared space with us! More soon

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Jul 2

Always a great day when there’s a new @danbillyc.bsky.social piece to read!!! 🙌🏻👇🏻

Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Jul 1

I'm so grateful to have this piece appear. Big 💙 to @stateofkate.bsky.social @rudribhattpatel.bsky.social and all the editors at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. Thank you so much for reading this one. 💙💙💙

Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our July issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-7/

Words
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
@kimchinquee.bsky.social
RENESHA DHANRAJ
WYLEY FROHLICH JUNGERMAN
TROY ANDERSON
@danbillyc.bsky.social
@theresegleason
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
BRITTANY REDD
TARA SHEA BURKE

Art
JACELYN YAP

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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · Jun 28

Congratulations to @jackbedell.bsky.social @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @kristintenor.bsky.social @didiwood.bsky.social
@wigleaf.bsky.social top 50 Longlist 2026
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Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist - 2025 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash Congratulations to Jack B. Bedell, Allison Field Bell, Kristin Tenor, and Didi Wood for having their work published in Gooseberry Pie Lit selected for Wigleaf’s Top 5...

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Moist Poetry Journal @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social · Jun 27

“I teach you to look head-on at those looking at you, to not, in returning

gazes, drop your palette or your work.”

Megan McDermott, with a sparkling new poem this morning in #SummerRiot! 🎨

@megmcdermott92.bsky.social

“Once, Offhandedly, An Ex-Boyfriend Said He Hoped I Could Find Someone Who’d Be OK With Me Working on Sundays.” by Megan McDermott

after Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s Self-Portrait with Two Pupils, Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond, 1785I teach you to look head-on at those looking at you, to not, in r…

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