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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're reading. 📚
And y'all can read what we've been reading soon.
Issue 21 is coming in October so get those submissions in!

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're thrilled to have you with us! 🧡

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Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie @warmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thrilled that @screendoorreview.bsky.social has accepted my #poems "When I Say I Love You This Much, I Mean" and "Aubade with Hound"!
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry

a cat laying on a person 's lap with the words yes i am written above it

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jul 1

Not to brag, but Emma is one of our editors. ✨

(We recommend reading this poem at least 8 times & sending it to everyone who can read.)

Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · Jul 1

i'm way behind on posting this, but i've got a poem about god and mythology and othering in the latest issue of the Potomac Review, which you can see here: mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...

ARACHNE BEFORE THE GODS
A summer sharp as venom, a warp
and a weft and a woman’s work

means always working. The gods weren’t
listening because they were gods.

I tried to tell them nonetheless. That
even if divine, any will that shrinks another’s

is a will that must be punished. The gods
said that’s none of my business. Of course.

In the room loomed my own heat and speed
and the blood rubying my palm, the tender

bracelet of pain as I passed the shuttle back
and forth again. It is unwise to open

a stranger’s wrapped gift, to offer your own
breast to all of hunger’s mouths. It is unwise

to tell a truth you know to be the truth,
to forget that the gods play-carry us

in their mouths like cats, and so they must be
treated, tempted, a lurid little yarn above

their heads. I gave the gods only the story
of their own nature, though the gods have

forgotten that they did the same to me.

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 30

People are like: "It's the end of Pride month."

Lol, nah-uh. July's ready for us.

two drag queens are sitting next to each other on a couch in a pink room .

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 23

re-posting because...it's queerly relatable. 🍑

Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · Jun 22

Same, tbh 🍑

Peach held by poet’s hand

and brown paper bag with the instructions:

PEACH CARE INSTRUCTIONS
Set your peaches out at room temp for 2-3 days.
Check on them daily with a gentle squeeze.
When they give a little, they are juicy and ready to eat!

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 23

...k-i-s-s-i-n-g 😽

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Jun 22

I've got 3 new poems in this sparkling issue ✨️

Thanks so much to the editors for including my work 😊 You are a bright spot in a dark world.

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 23

We love your work, Rebecca! Glad to have you with us! 🌈

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rebeccamoore.bsky.social @rebeccamoore.bsky.social · Jun 23

Excited to have work in this issue! Thank you @rachelnix.bsky.social for your encouragement

Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈

www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/

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Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · Jun 22

Y’ALL the pride issue of @screendoorreview.bsky.social is out and I’m so excited to share it with you. it’s an absolute beauty. happy pride, and please support our trans and nonbinary family!

Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈

www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 22

We're big fans of you and your poems. 🥰

And obviously our journal has a crush on your journal because...well, obviously.

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Rachel Nix @rachelnix.bsky.social · Jun 21

Y'allllll I've been so excited about this issue and it's insanely good and you can all finally read the poems and stories I've been loving on for a while. And I said and a lot and I don't care. :)

Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈

www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 22

We fell for these poems immediately--absolute stunners! 💜

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JSA Lowe @jsalowe.com · Jun 22

whoa, i'm in here too! honestly kinda sorta hyped about it bc these are three new poems i thought no one would love, but these nice queer southern folks did. they're my favorite, give them some love? 🏳️‍🌈 💕 🌈 (thank u screen door i love y'all)

Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈

www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. 🌈

www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 20

We're not in the business of promoting apps but Everywhere Is Queer is pretty neat. It makes it much easier to find queer-owned businesses anywhere in the world.

♥️🧡💛💚💙💜

Find it wherever you find your apps. 😘

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Jun 20

Psssstt...tomorrow's the day. Issue 20, our Pride issue, is coming. It's not a secret despite the psssstt thing. Tell anyone. Tell everyone. Also let them know all of our issues are Pride issues. 🌈

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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · Jun 4

I’m offering an online, generative writing workshop twice in July, with the proceeds going to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Suggested donation of $100, but please take the workshop regardless/ feel free to reach out with Qs.

Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - July 5 & 19

Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - Two Online, Generative Writing Workshops, July 5 & 19

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · May 30

a woman in a pink dress with a flower on her shoulder is smiling

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · May 30

this is true information and you can tell everyone:

QUEER + SOUTHERN WRITERS ARE MAGIC ✨

Rachel Nix @rachelnix.bsky.social · May 30

not to brag, except totally to brag, we get the best cover letters annnnd responses to acceptances over at @screendoorreview.bsky.social. it's serotonin city being an editor there.

queer + southern writers are magic. ✨

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Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · May 23

calling all queer southern artists! @screendoorreview.bsky.social is looking for cover art for our pride issue! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · May 23

Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :)

screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit

Screen Door Review Submission Manager

Screen Door Review is a triannual literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction authored by individuals belonging to the southern queer (lgbtq) community of the United States. The purpose ...

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · May 23

Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :)

screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit

Screen Door Review Submission Manager

Screen Door Review is a triannual literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction authored by individuals belonging to the southern queer (lgbtq) community of the United States. The purpose ...

screendoorreview.submittable.com

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · Mar 7

#FF It’s Sock Monkey Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter “S” and “M”:
@sentinelcreatives.bsky.social
@mgenderedmums.bsky.social
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
@mgliterary.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · Feb 3

Issue 19 is live & it's full of Queer Southern voices!

Let it be a balm for your sadness, a podium for your pride, & a middle finger to those trying to silence queer folx. We won't hush. 🏳️‍🌈

www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/

Issue 19

Cover Art by Mathew Yates Han VanderHart- Poem for Split Home and Pleasure- Brief Catalog of Blue- Animal Boundaries Faune Vita- Salt Dustin Brookshire- Poem In Which I Never Had Low Self-Esteem- D…

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