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Maudie Bryant
@maudiemichelle.com
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Poet. Artist. Educator. Mother. Positive Existentialist.
Based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
EIC of @audilocus.bsky.social

http://www.maudiemichelle.com/
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The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present “Word/Play: A Generative Poetry Workshop,” a free virtual workshop led by Aerik Francis on December 10th from 6:00-7:30 PM ET.
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Sundress Academy for the Arts presents Word Play, a generative poetry workshop on December 10th from 6-7:30PM EST on Zoom.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
maudiemichelle.com
Currently regretting the gas station mocha I drank this morning because I felt like getting a "treat." 💩

On the bright side, Spotify Wrapped is out! Of course my top song is @alliex.music-social.com's "Is Anybody Out There." A soundtrack befitting a morning spent questioning my life decisions.
A screenshot from the Spotify mobile app showing a "Your top songs" list, featuring five tracks with their corresponding artists and album art. The ranked list is: Is Anybody Out... by Allie X. On My Way by Grand Yellow. Malachite by Lydia Ainsworth. Living as a Ghost by GEMS. Fireflies - 2023 R... by Still Corners. The bottom of the screen has a button that reads "Share this story." The image is captured on an Android phone, showing the time 10:12 and connectivity icons (5G+, WiFi, battery at 91%).
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The academic mind prison is almost lifted. Getting my hands in some paint as soon as this semester is over!! 🤪 These two are on the easel first. Ready to ditch the grading for the grinding.
A full-length view of a painting-in-progress on a long, narrow canvas with a bright mint-green background. A figure wearing a tailored brown jacket, white shirt, and a deep green bow tie stands centered. The head is replaced entirely by an open birdcage. Butterflies are depicted escaping the cage, with two butterflies flying freely above it. The figure’s face is missing, suggesting a focus on constraint and liberation. A close-up view of a painting-in-progress featuring the upper torso of a person in a heavily patterned, vivid purple jacket with a white pearl cluster brooch on a yellow background. The jacket has yellow textured fabric underneath. The figure’s neck is replaced by an extended coiled spring, which supports a serene face with short purple hair, backlit by a bright halo. The image is cropped diagonally, emphasizing the texture and color.
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Issue #102 out now! Featured Poet Royal Rhodes; supported by Cailín Frankland, Kathleen Serocki, William Ross, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social , @mervynspoet.bsky.social, Aranka Somogyi (translated by Ágnes Megyeri), @maudiemichelle.com, & @adenthomas.bsky.social

www.neologismpoetry.com/November-2025/
screenshot excerpt of featured poem for Issue #102, readable at linked page
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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It's amazing how a few weeks away from a poem makes you see the cracks in it. Time is the best editor. Patience is better than any craft book.
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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audilocus.bsky.social
🔥 The 2026 FISH List is out! Audi Locus jumped nearly 100 points from last year. That’s not luck; that's doing the work.

For the uninitiated: the FISH List ranks thousands of indie lit-mags, weighing submission practices, longevity, and editorial rigor to point you toward venues worth your words.
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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My poem “The Last Pick Up” is live at Mulberry Literary. I wrote it after my dad died, trying to make sense of an impossible errand. 💞

www.mulberryliterary.com/issue-xi/mau...
Dark, textured background with a single, intact goldfish cracker next to a pile of crushed cracker crumbs. The large white text above reads: "We're past that." Smaller text below credits the poem: "The Last Pick Up" by Maudie Bryant, Published in Mulberry Literary, Issue XI.
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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nikitagill.bsky.social
Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I'd like one of these and a Duotrope gift certificate for Christmas, please! ✍️🎄
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · Nov 5
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.

"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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audilocus.bsky.social
In our "Witness" issue, Tess Ezzy turns the eye inward and asks the hard questions: "what is the Greek word / for grief you didn’t earn".

Read "ΚΡΑΤΑ ΤΟ ΕΣΥ (you hold this)", one of our Pushcart noms, here: www.audilocus.com/volume1-issu...

#Poetry #IndieLit #Publication #LitMag
Promotional graphic from "Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 1, Issue 2". At the top, a large blue quotation mark and the text "what is the Greek word for grief you didn't earn" followed by another blue quotation mark. Below, against a painting of a woman with brown hair looking out a window at city buildings and holding a cup, is the title "“ΚΡΑΤΑ ΤΟ ΕΣΥ (you hold this)” By Tess Ezzy" and "Audi Locus: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 1, Issue 2"
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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It's time to vote for Best Lit Mag in the ChillSubs Community Favorites Awards!

If our work has ever hit you sideways, cracked something open, or lit a little fuse, take a moment and nominate us.

🗳️ www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

Type Audi Locus, choose a few tags, hit submit.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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audilocus.bsky.social
The countdown is on. One week left to submit your work for Audi Locus Volume 2, Issue 1. We’re looking for poetry and art that demands to be heard and remembered.

Deadline: November 30
Weblink: www.audilocus.com
A digital flyer with a dark, abstract background featuring blurred shapes in orange, yellow, and red. Text reads: "AUDI LOCUS, Volume 2, Issue 1. 1 WEEK LEFT TO SUBMIT ART & POETRY. Subs open until November 30. www.audilocus.com.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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"And now for something completely different, work by Maudie Bryant."

Blended & Beyond: defiant stones; heavy treasures; bathtub vignette by Maudie Bryant

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Blended & Beyond: defiant stones; heavy treasures; bathtub vignette by Maudie Bryant
And now for something completely different, work by Maudie Bryant.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
maudiemichelle.com
Two of my visual pieces, “Daydreamer” and “Untethered,” are featured in Heimat Review’s Issue 10.

Grateful to the editors at @heimatreview.bsky.social , and a nod to @flaremagazine.bsky.social for first publishing “Untethered.” 💫
heimatreview.bsky.social Heimat Review @heimatreview.bsky.social · 22d
We’ve been quiet for a bit, but now we’re back — with Issue 10 of Heimat: Palimpsest. Layers of memory, lineage, and becoming wait inside. Come look through with us. www.heimatreview.com/issue-10-pal...
#Palimpsest #LiteraryJournal #Poetry #VisualArt
Cover of Heimat Issue 10, featuring Kale Hensley’s artwork ‘Family Trees.’ A layered visual composition suggesting branches, ancestry, and connection, with textured lines and subtle, overlapping shapes evoking growth and memory.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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lindsaytedds.bsky.social
“Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back to life as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit on any of your containers.” 🤫🤣😉
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Reminding myself I'm just one human. Going to lean more into the art.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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NOBODY should be able have a career in congress. All elected positions should have term limits.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 6
Breaking News: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the only female House speaker, said she would retire in 2027, ending a run as one of the most powerful women in U.S. politics. nyti.ms/3XkTV49
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin / @lisarichter.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
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Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin
How does a poem begin?     A few weeks ago, I was on the escalator in the subway on my way home from the library. In front of me the...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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theartfulldodger.bsky.social
That sliding doors moment
Almost every minute
A highly abstracted face that features two expressive and detailed eyes with a cubist element The mouth is a small, thin red line This piece is available
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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maureenlangloss.bsky.social
Mamdani’s win isn’t just good for NYC. It’s good for Dems in general. It shows that voters can be energized again. Young people can be energized. Voter turnout SURGED. People were fired up and got to the polls. I feel very good about 2026 now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Happy Zohran Day to all who celebrate!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Using a government domain to mock political opponents is unethical, misleading, and erodes public trust.
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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lindzmcleod.bsky.social
If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)
"I spent a while trying to figure out how to classify An Honour & a Privilege. Viewed through one lens it might not seem an important question: classification is mostly helpful for shelving decisions. But genre also dictates how one reads a thing. Whether you think of this book as an anthology (many authors), a collection (one common author), or a craft book (the reflective duets) may affect your perception of the whole. I struggle to compare this work to any of those three genres. The project in front of you reveals more about its craft than other anthologies. It's more authentically connected to strong exemplar material than other craft books. It's more heteroglossic than any collection I recall. The best way to think of An Honour & a Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." From the Foreword by Dr. Graham Robert Scott. The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I long for an option to block organizations on Submittable. I’ve mostly stopped browsing opportunities there because you can’t... instead, I use @duotrope.com, @chillsubs.bsky.social, and social media to find calls (which, of course, often funnel me right back to Submittable to submit, tee hee!).
lowermelody.bsky.social D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · Oct 18
i wish i could block WILDsound Writing Festival (everyone wins) on submittable
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Have I done this yet? No. But have I been kinda doing it in the moment? Also no.

Tomorrow.
maudiemichelle.com Maudie Bryant @maudiemichelle.com · Oct 28
New self-care goal: five minutes a day deleting trash emails and texts. Digital decluttering as therapy.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM