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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 15h

After a fantastic first year, we are expanding our team. Who’s coming with us?

Opportunities: Blog Editor, Art Editor, Newsletter Editor, Social Media Editor, Book Review Editor (x2)

Details: moonlitgetaway.com/post/join-our-editorial-team

#LitMag #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Volunteer

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Penmen Review @penmenreviewsnhu.bsky.social · 17h

Things are rough out there. Let poetry help. Here's "Lucky," by David Armand. Enjoy! #litmag #poetry
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Lucky

by David Armand Every time he bought a pack of cigarettes— Camel Special Lights, which I don’t even think they make anymore—my friend Nik would peel off the cellophane, open the box, and pull one out...

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Prairie Fire Magazine @prairiefiremag.bsky.social · 13h

Still a few spots left in our October 18th teen writing workshop!

Learn how to go deeper into your writing practice!

Details: www.prairiefire.ca/workshop-ale...

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 15h

After a fantastic first year, we are expanding our team. Who’s coming with us?

Opportunities: Blog Editor, Art Editor, Newsletter Editor, Social Media Editor, Book Review Editor (x2)

Details: moonlitgetaway.com/post/join-our-editorial-team

#LitMag #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Volunteer

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 15h

"My eyes feel like two saltwater pearls / Freshly pinched and placed beneath my eyelids."

Read "Seashell Sleep" by Emily Heinecke: buff.ly/KgyVBKY
#MoonLitGetaway #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #LitMag #LiteraryJournal #OpenForSubmissions #ReadingCommunity

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

Winners of our annual short fiction contest receive cash and a physical copy of the anthology they are published in. Simultaneous and multiple submissions of all genres are accepted. #WritingCommunity #LitMag #LiteraryFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

"I’ll tell you the things I remember, then you can show me the things I don’t. How does that sound?"

Read "Moorings" by Salena Casha and Leigh Loveday: buff.ly/45ppq8T

#5amWritersClub
#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #WritersLift

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 22h

Writing Contest Call For Submissions
All genres considered, including Romance, because a good story is a good story.
#WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub #WritersLift #WritingContest #LitMag #ShortFiction #ShortStories #FlashFiction
#Multigenre #MoonLitGetaway

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 20h

"The dry air seared the inside of his lungs a little, but as he trembled on the ground, the feeling in his arms and legs slowly coming back to him, Charlie realized that the problem wasn’t that the air was hot; it was that everything in him was cold."

#WritingCommunity #LitMag

The Life You Save by Tyler Whetstone | MoonLit Getaway

Tyler Whetstone identifies with no-one in history so much as the author of the Pangur-Ban poem—an Irish-German monk who kept pets and claimed to spend his nights working on books. An instructional des...

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 22h

Writing Contest Call For Submissions
All genres considered, including Romance, because a good story is a good story.
#WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub #WritersLift #WritingContest #LitMag #ShortFiction #ShortStories #FlashFiction
#Multigenre #MoonLitGetaway

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

"The feel of her hands in his hair was a kind of warm magic. A spell he never wanted to end."
Read "Slowed Down" by Michael Paul Kozlowsky: buff.ly/KDUHoCa

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

"We are chips
chipped off
discs of
transmigrated souls
less in the weight of love."

Read "Soft-Wearing" by Sreekanth Kopuri: buff.ly/Y2Igr4z

#PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #OpenForSubmissions

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

“Don’t resist the urge to burn down the stronghold, kill off the main love interest or otherwise foul up the lives of your characters.” ― Patricia Hamill #MoonLitGetaway #WritingCommunity #5amWritersCLub

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Only 4 more days until the submission deadline for MoonLit Getaway’s 2025 Short Fiction Contest. #5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #WritersLift

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 1d

"I’ll tell you the things I remember, then you can show me the things I don’t. How does that sound?"

Read "Moorings" by Salena Casha and Leigh Loveday: buff.ly/45ppq8T

#5amWritersClub
#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #WritersLift

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

#WritingCommunity #MoonLitGetaway #litmag

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

"The feel of her hands in his hair was a kind of warm magic. A spell he never wanted to end."
Read "Slowed Down" by Michael Paul Kozlowsky: buff.ly/KDUHoCa

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Time is running out, my friends. Submit before midnight (MT) on October 12, 2025 or spend the rest of your life asking, “What if?”

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky #WritingContest

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

Our 2025 Short Fiction Contest is open for submissions. All genres will be considered, because a good story is a good story. #WritingCommunity #LitMag #Horror #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Mystery #Romance #Romantasy #Dystopian

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

Winners of our annual short fiction contest receive cash and a physical copy of the anthology they are published in. Simultaneous and multiple submissions of all genres are accepted. #WritingCommunity #LitMag #LiteraryFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, Moon. 🌕

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 2d

When morning comes, / the strawberry moon will / enter a new phase, and / the horizon, shimmering / now with light, will suffocate / within wildfire haze...

Read "Strawberry Moon" by Adrienne Weiss: buff.ly/SyVijbk

#PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 3d

Read "I know a Guy" by Cher Smith: buff.ly/dxQlGYi

Runner Up in our Grand Opening Contest (2024)

Our 2025 Short Fiction contest is open for submissions until OCT/12/2025

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #LitMag #WritingContest

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 3d

Read our anthology in the light of tonight’s harvest moon. Digital editions are available now: MoonLitGetaway.com/harvest-moon

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #LitMag

Harvest Moon | Artwork, Fiction, Poetry

Harvest Moon is a MoonLit Getaway anthology of remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry.

MoonLitGetaway.com

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MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social · 3d

"The dry air seared the inside of his lungs a little, but as he trembled on the ground, the feeling in his arms and legs slowly coming back to him, Charlie realized that the problem wasn’t that the air was hot; it was..."

Read the story: buff.ly/Kqd9qRg

#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #LitMag

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