Swetha Amit
@swethaamit.bsky.social
Author of 3 chapbooks- Fiction @thirtywest @havehad @doorisajar @MaudlinHouse @Flashficmag & others https://swethaamit.com/ member of writers grotto
Reposted by Swetha Amit
In this 4-week generative workshop, we’ll inhabit the borderland between poetry and prose, tracing how language moves when freed from strict forms.
Fridays, Feb. 6th - 27th.
11am-12:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #poetrywriting #poetrycraft #poetryclass
Fridays, Feb. 6th - 27th.
11am-12:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #poetrywriting #poetrycraft #poetryclass
January 26, 2026 at 6:18 PM
In this 4-week generative workshop, we’ll inhabit the borderland between poetry and prose, tracing how language moves when freed from strict forms.
Fridays, Feb. 6th - 27th.
11am-12:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #poetrywriting #poetrycraft #poetryclass
Fridays, Feb. 6th - 27th.
11am-12:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #poetrywriting #poetrycraft #poetryclass
Reposted by Swetha Amit
"Everything felt cold and morbid, with Ma and Pa mourning in their rooms, the gust of icy wind, and people in gray coats giving me sympathetic looks"
Beautiful evocation of grief from @swethaamit.bsky.social
Beautiful evocation of grief from @swethaamit.bsky.social
Read “Pumpkin Cupcakes” by @swethaamit.bsky.social in 2nd anniversary issue @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
Pumpkin Cupcakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Florencia Potter on Unsplash by Swetha Amit After Grandma died a week ago, the day after my sixteenth birthday, I walked to the neighborhood bakery for some pumpkin cupcakes. I stood in the l...
gooseberry-pie.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 AM
"Everything felt cold and morbid, with Ma and Pa mourning in their rooms, the gust of icy wind, and people in gray coats giving me sympathetic looks"
Beautiful evocation of grief from @swethaamit.bsky.social
Beautiful evocation of grief from @swethaamit.bsky.social
Glad to see my story made the longlist! Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social 🙏
The SmokeLong Workshop Prize Long List just went live. It has been a mountain of great work. We received just over 400 entries from our workshop participants in 2025. Congratulations to all! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Workshop Prize — The Long List - SmokeLong Quarterly
Each year, SmokeLong hosts The SmokeLong Workshop Prize competition, a free-to-enter competition for anyone who’s participated in a SmokeLong workshop. To date, our workshop participants (past and cur...
www.smokelong.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Glad to see my story made the longlist! Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social 🙏
Have a 100 word micro up in Nunum done in a 100 anthology - a pics that was curated at the @smokelong.bsky.social workshop! Thank you editors!
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Have a 100 word micro up in Nunum done in a 100 anthology - a pics that was curated at the @smokelong.bsky.social workshop! Thank you editors!
Thank you @gonelawn.bsky.social for publishing my 200 word excerpt from my novel in progress in issue 63. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Gone Lawn 63 : Swetha Amit
gonelawn.net
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Thank you @gonelawn.bsky.social for publishing my 200 word excerpt from my novel in progress in issue 63. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Reposted by Swetha Amit
"It wasn't every day I saw a wedding in my backyard where the groom was a banana tree."
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Gone Lawn 63 : Swetha Amit
gonelawn.net
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 AM
"It wasn't every day I saw a wedding in my backyard where the groom was a banana tree."
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Today on our @bendinggenres.bsky.social Blog, @swethaamit.bsky.social interviews Josh Dale, EIC of @thirtywestph.com about his new flash collection, RAGE:
bendinggenres.com/swetha-amit-...
bendinggenres.com/swetha-amit-...
Swetha Amit interviews Josh Dale about Rage, his new chapbook of flash gems
bendinggenres.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Tomorrow night at the @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social come and listen to some fabulous readers!
✨ Jan 16, 5–7pm ✨ Reading & Meeting with Rooted & Written alums at the Writers Grotto.
Featuring Shirley Huey, Tamiko Wong, Alysia Gonzales, Crystal A. Moore & Livian Yeh. Emcee: Susan Ito.
Snacks & drinks provided!
#WritersGrotto #RootedAndWritten #LiveLit
Featuring Shirley Huey, Tamiko Wong, Alysia Gonzales, Crystal A. Moore & Livian Yeh. Emcee: Susan Ito.
Snacks & drinks provided!
#WritersGrotto #RootedAndWritten #LiveLit
January 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Tomorrow night at the @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social come and listen to some fabulous readers!
Reposted by Swetha Amit
Read “Pumpkin Cupcakes” by @swethaamit.bsky.social in 2nd anniversary issue @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
Pumpkin Cupcakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Florencia Potter on Unsplash by Swetha Amit After Grandma died a week ago, the day after my sixteenth birthday, I walked to the neighborhood bakery for some pumpkin cupcakes. I stood in the l...
gooseberry-pie.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Read “Pumpkin Cupcakes” by @swethaamit.bsky.social in 2nd anniversary issue @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
Reposted by Swetha Amit
“At night, I heard her whispers through the wind knocking on my window, saw her smiling at me in my dreams …”
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
Pumpkin Cupcakes - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Florencia Potter on Unsplash by Swetha Amit After Grandma died a week ago, the day after my sixteenth birthday, I walked to the neighborhood bakery for some pumpkin cupcakes. I stood in the l...
gooseberry-pie.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
“At night, I heard her whispers through the wind knocking on my window, saw her smiling at me in my dreams …”
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
@swethaamit.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
Reposted by Swetha Amit
Happy to have my story in the second anniversary issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social and congrats on your second anniverary. gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Happy to have my story in the second anniversary issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social and congrats on your second anniverary. gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
Happy to have my story in the second anniversary issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social and congrats on your second anniverary. gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Happy to have my story in the second anniversary issue of @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social thank you @jhhwriter.bsky.social and congrats on your second anniverary. gooseberry-pie.com/pumpkin-cupc...
A flash up in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/chri...
christmas on social media — Blood+Honey
by Swetha Amit “I closed my eyes and found myself swaying to the music. My phone kept buzzing. The digital applause of likes and comments kept trickling in.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A flash up in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/chri...
Reposted by Swetha Amit
Thank you, Swetha, Robert Vaughan, and Bending Genres.
My interview with @francinewitte.bsky.social up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social link 👉 bendinggenres.com/swetha-amit-...
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thank you, Swetha, Robert Vaughan, and Bending Genres.
My interview with @francinewitte.bsky.social up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social link 👉 bendinggenres.com/swetha-amit-...
December 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My interview with @francinewitte.bsky.social up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social link 👉 bendinggenres.com/swetha-amit-...
Glad to have a flash up in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
The Scent of Orange Juice — The Argyle Literary Magazine
by Swetha Amit “Before the arguments and silence intruded into our home, making orange juice was a ritual that kept us connected.”
www.theargylelitmag.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Glad to have a flash up in @theargylelitmag.bsky.social thank you @davidestringel.bsky.social www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
Thank you for this nomination @thirtywestph.com 🙏
Thankful to nominate yet another Best Small Fictions class. We implore you to read these short fictions on Afferimages in your spare time. Congratulations everyone and and best of luck!
@swethaamit.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social
Kerry Sutherland
Kenna DeValor
@swethaamit.bsky.social @mattleibel.bsky.social
Kerry Sutherland
Kenna DeValor
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you for this nomination @thirtywestph.com 🙏
Thank you for this nomination. My story can be read here revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/m...
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you for this nomination. My story can be read here revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/m...
Reposted by Swetha Amit
"The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house"
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
The Flight — Ghost Parachute
The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house. The mirror reflected my once-flowing cascade of dark curls, merging into ...
ghostparachute.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house"
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
My interview with Janine Kovac up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social thank you @socalwritergirl.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/d...
Dancing With Myself: A Conversation with Janine Kovac by Swetha Amit
I’ve always been fascinated by this disconnect and by the stories that are forged by dancers’ passion and discipline.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My interview with Janine Kovac up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social thank you @socalwritergirl.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/d...
So glad to find my flash piece amidst this list
This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2025
Ten stories picked by Shome Dasgupta
mondettes.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
So glad to find my flash piece amidst this list
Tomorrow at San Francisco Public library- @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social nights- join us for a conversation on what it takes to drown the chatter and write stories. Session moderated by me. Come through!
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Tomorrow at San Francisco Public library- @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social nights- join us for a conversation on what it takes to drown the chatter and write stories. Session moderated by me. Come through!
Opens up in print edition of Aquila review- journal of Texas A&M university.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Opens up in print edition of Aquila review- journal of Texas A&M university.
Reposted by Swetha Amit
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Thank you so much for this nomination! @delgeo14.bsky.social 🙏
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you so much for this nomination! @delgeo14.bsky.social 🙏