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wrote TWO OPEN DOORS IN A FIELD (University of Nebraska), MEET ME HERE AT DAWN ( YesYes Books) and co-wrote THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD ( Fiction Collective Two ). For online poetry classes, manuscript consultation & more ---> sophieklahr.com

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Apr 22

Looking for support with writing, submissions, artist statements & more? Follow this thread & check out sophieklahr.com/editorialservices ! You can also email me at [email protected]

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 6d

New work from @sophieklahr.bsky.social, 2022 Sukenick Contest winner for THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD, co-authored with Corey Zeller. 👻 Our Sukenick Contest and Doctorow Prize are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS until NOVEMBER FIRST !! Send your poetic prose to us! fc2.org/prizes

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to American Literary Review for featuring this flash from the new book i'm working on ! 🗝️

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 12d

REMINDER!
fc2.org/prizes/

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 16d

New poem from our 2022 Sukenick Contest winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD co-author @sophieklahr.bsky.social in Alaska Quarterly Review.
( Poets writing prose ~ this is your sign to submit to our contests: fc2.org/prizes/ )

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 17d

In the latest issue of Alaska Quarterly Review - my poem on gratitude, devastation, & reality.

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 27d

won a thing at a time (aka now) when i really needed a win 🥲

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bright idea: hire our 2024 Sukenick Contest winning co-author of THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD @sophieklahr.bsky.social as your editor, then submit your shined-up manuscript to the Sukenick Contest, OPEN NOW! fc2.org/prizes/

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our Two Annual Innovative Fiction Contests are OPEN~ send us your manuscripts! ( & yes, sorry not sorry for jumping on this particular meme train 😘)
fc2.org/prizes/

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Sep 2

In which Kazim Ali, final judge of our Doctorow Prize, tells us what he is hungry to read 🎼 Submit now, until November 1st! fc2.org/prizes/#doct...

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Sep 8

Some thoughts & books from our 2026 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest Judge @alvinlu.bsky.social ~ Submissions are open until November 1st ~ award is publication and $3,000 ~ learn more: fc2.org/prizes/

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking for some literary assistance? An editor for 3 poems or a whole manuscript? Office Hours? Submission management? I've got you <3 www.sophieklahr.org/editorialser...

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Chembu🌺🧶 @chembarathi.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'll say a sonnet is a little song
to hold a thing that otherwise cannot be held: a lonely thing; a death; a bear.

-Tender by Sophie Klahr
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀

Tender

I spend late morning weeping with the news: a black bear with burnt paws is euthanized along the latest wildfire's newest edge. It was crawling on its forearms, seeking

a place to rest. I Google more; reports leak out: the bear had bedded down behind a house, below a pine, to lick its paws. In hours before its end, officials named it Tenderfoot, though some reports report just Tender. Later, I will teach a class where we'll discuss the lengths of lines in poems.

I'll say a sonnet is a little song to hold a thing that otherwise cannot be held: a lonely thing; a death; a bear.

-Sophie Klahr

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Sep 4

<3 thank you for sharing

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congrats to Corey Zeller, co-author with @sophieklahr.bsky.social of our 2022 Sukenick Contest Winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD!
Our Contest Submissions are open now! fc2.org/prizes/

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our contests are OPEN until November 1st!
Learn more in the thread & submit today! fictioncollective2.submittable.com/submit

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 12

Contests open on Friday!

Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Aug 5

Been struggling with where to submit yr non-traditional prose manuscript...?
Got pictorial whatnot within? No problem.
Fragments? Love it.
Line breaks? Bring 'em.
Collaboratively written? Rock on.
Cash poor? We've got fee waivers.
CONTEST OPEN 8/15: fc2.org/prizes/

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Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · Aug 7

We are big fans of @sophieklahr.bsky.social and one of our former interns worked closely with her. It was life changing. Highly recommend.

sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you sign up for my NEWSLETTER ~ you will get some EXCLUSIVE discounts on my summer editorial services!
www.sophieklahr.org#/contact/

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 8

😍 the feeling is mutual!

sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you sign up for my NEWSLETTER ~ you will get some EXCLUSIVE discounts on my summer editorial services!
www.sophieklahr.org#/contact/

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · Aug 2

Today’s poem is selected by Sophie Klahr (@sophieklahr.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

“Prayer Bones” appeared in The New Yorker Magazine, 2005. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 2

💙. thank you for asking me to contribute!

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Jul 30

*One day left* to get 50% off poetry by co-author of our 2022 Sukenick Contest winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD. Read @sophieklahr.bsky.social's poetry collection from @univnebpress.bsky.social alongside her winning book co-authored with Corey Zeller www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366203...

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Jul 29

Here's a summer sonnet - "Summer Job, June" - which won a contest in Washington Square Review:
www.washingtonsquarereview.com/sophie-klahr/ This poem appears in my book MEET ME HERE AT DAWN (@yesyesbooks.bsky.social). If you'd like a copy, I'm happy to send you one! Venmo $18 to sophie_klahr !

Sophie Klahr — Washington Square Review

www.washingtonsquarereview.com

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Jul 29

The @univnebpress.bsky.social is having a Summer Sale til July 31st! If you've been yearning for sonnets and poems of open spaces, you can get my collection TWO OPEN DOORS IN A FIELD for 50% off here with code 6SUMM25 . www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-backwate...

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Jul 14

Here's "Kairos" in @ampoetryreview.bsky.social, the final poem in my collection MEET ME HERE AT DAWN, from @yesyesbooks.bsky.social. If you'd like a copy of the book, I'm happy to send one to you personally (with gratitude to KMA Sullivan) ⭐ Venmo $18 to sophie_klahr
aprweb.org/poems/kairos

American Poetry Review - Sophie Klahr - "Kairos"

Published in American Poetry Review - Volume 45 | No. 06

aprweb.org

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