Tracie Adams
@tracieadams.bsky.social
Book: Our Lives in Pieces (2025) and Not Finished Yet (2026)
Words in Trash Cat, Frazzled Lit, SoFloPoJo, Fictive Dream, BULL, Cleaver, Raw Lit…
2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, and LL Wigleaf Top 50
Retired educator and playwright
Words in Trash Cat, Frazzled Lit, SoFloPoJo, Fictive Dream, BULL, Cleaver, Raw Lit…
2X Pushcart nominee, BOTN, and LL Wigleaf Top 50
Retired educator and playwright
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MY NEXT BOOK, NOT FINISHED YET: ESSAYS ON THE RHYTHMIC BEAUTY OF A LIFE IN FLUX, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.
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Congratulations, @tracieadams.bsky.social!! Look at this stunning cover just waiting to be pre-ordered!!
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MY NEXT BOOK, NOT FINISHED YET: ESSAYS ON THE RHYTHMIC BEAUTY OF A LIFE IN FLUX, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.
a.co/d/hnX5Vvx
a.co/d/hnX5Vvx
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Congratulations, @tracieadams.bsky.social!! Look at this stunning cover just waiting to be pre-ordered!!
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Congratulations to all!🙌🏽
The #WelkinWritingPrize is thrilled to announce nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026...
@cake-girl.bsky.social
Brian Bruso
@sfreligh.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
Congratulations all! Five sparkling micros:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories
@cake-girl.bsky.social
Brian Bruso
@sfreligh.bsky.social
@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
Congratulations all! Five sparkling micros:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Congratulations to all!🙌🏽
Congratulations to all!👏🏼
It was nigh on impossible to choose only 5! 🦝
3 of these are from August's prompted stories - which were all that good.
Good luck to all our nominated authors and their stunning stories (links to online pubs in thread) 💜
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@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
@pj-mccarthy.bsky.social
3 of these are from August's prompted stories - which were all that good.
Good luck to all our nominated authors and their stunning stories (links to online pubs in thread) 💜
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@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
@pj-mccarthy.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Congratulations to all!👏🏼
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Indie Author Day 2025 @ the Buffalo library
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Indie Author Day 2025 @ the Buffalo library
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I utilize Brecht's annual lit mag rankings all the time. What an undertaking and useful tool he makes available to all at no cost. THANK YOU!
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I utilize Brecht's annual lit mag rankings all the time. What an undertaking and useful tool he makes available to all at no cost. THANK YOU!
Y’all!
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Y’all!
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
“Our Lives in Pieces” is a FINALIST for the 2025 IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Many thanks to the judges and to all my @smokelong.bsky.social groupies who helped me so much. At 58, it was my first published book, and I hope to keep on rolling…💃🏼
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Friday, November 14th at 7:30 PM Eastern
SoFloPoJo Issue 39 POETRY Launch Reading
featuring poets from our November Issue
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SoFloPoJo Issue 39 POETRY Launch Reading
featuring poets from our November Issue
us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Friday, November 14th at 7:30 PM Eastern
SoFloPoJo Issue 39 POETRY Launch Reading
featuring poets from our November Issue
us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
SoFloPoJo Issue 39 POETRY Launch Reading
featuring poets from our November Issue
us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
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We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review
www.vestalreview.net
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We were going to type, "Only three more weeks till we close for fall submissions!" but that was two days ago, so now it's only 19 days. Please send us your best by the end of November: www.vestalreview.net/guidelines
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If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
If you're looking for a spot of calm in the day's chaos, do read this micro by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social. She writes some of the most evocative sentences. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
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Take my word for it!
@melruthwrites.bsky.social ❤️
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Take my word for it!
“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“...an exploration of trauma, grief, and healing that invites the reader to celebrate the courage to allow ourselves to be undone and the beauty of the in-between moments that precede real growth and change.”
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
— Barlow Adams, Writer and Essayist
Thank you @barlowadams.bsky.social ❤️
@melruthwrites.bsky.social ❤️
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@melruthwrites.bsky.social ❤️
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
“Not Finished Yet travels the span of a life without defining its ending. What’s best is the consistent metaphor for an ever-transformative existence, leading to a hopeful new beginning.”
— Melissa Ruth Rotert, Editor, Epistemic Lit and Author, The Ridders Series
MY NEXT BOOK, NOT FINISHED YET: ESSAYS ON THE RHYTHMIC BEAUTY OF A LIFE IN FLUX, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.
a.co/d/hnX5Vvx
a.co/d/hnX5Vvx
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
MY NEXT BOOK, NOT FINISHED YET: ESSAYS ON THE RHYTHMIC BEAUTY OF A LIFE IN FLUX, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.
a.co/d/hnX5Vvx
a.co/d/hnX5Vvx
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
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also i positively FORBID anyone to call this cyber feline CatGPT
i mean it 😼!!!
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i mean it 😼!!!
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How to Train a Cyber Cat - 100-Foot Crow
By: LM Fontanes. I trained my cyber cat to purr upon touch and now, even when I simply stretch my fingers outward, it starts to rumble. I trained my cyber cat to rub its feline replica face against my...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
also i positively FORBID anyone to call this cyber feline CatGPT
i mean it 😼!!!
100footcrow.com/how-to-train...
i mean it 😼!!!
100footcrow.com/how-to-train...
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Congratulations to Sky Island Journal contributor Tracie Adams on her book of flash memoir essays: “Our Lives in Pieces.” Our contributors are family, and we couldn’t be more proud of Tracie! You can find her beautiful—and highly reviewed—work, here:
a.co/d/2hXeZot 🌄
www.skyislandjournal.com 🌄
a.co/d/2hXeZot 🌄
www.skyislandjournal.com 🌄
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Congratulations to Sky Island Journal contributor Tracie Adams on her book of flash memoir essays: “Our Lives in Pieces.” Our contributors are family, and we couldn’t be more proud of Tracie! You can find her beautiful—and highly reviewed—work, here:
a.co/d/2hXeZot 🌄
www.skyislandjournal.com 🌄
a.co/d/2hXeZot 🌄
www.skyislandjournal.com 🌄
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Last week to #submit your #art, #poetry, #short fiction, & #CNF for our #integrity issue. Make sure to get submissions in by end of day October 31, 2025.
We know we can RELY on you to get them in on time and TRUST that you'll let us know if you need an extra day or two.
#litmag #submissions #theme
We know we can RELY on you to get them in on time and TRUST that you'll let us know if you need an extra day or two.
#litmag #submissions #theme
Last week to submit to our #Integrity issue!
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Last week to #submit your #art, #poetry, #short fiction, & #CNF for our #integrity issue. Make sure to get submissions in by end of day October 31, 2025.
We know we can RELY on you to get them in on time and TRUST that you'll let us know if you need an extra day or two.
#litmag #submissions #theme
We know we can RELY on you to get them in on time and TRUST that you'll let us know if you need an extra day or two.
#litmag #submissions #theme
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Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: trucks, berries of all kinds, birds, quatrains, niche hobbies, survival, birds, tv shows and movies, birds, the vastness of the ocean, snowstorms, prose poems, working a 9 to 5, and birds.
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Wondering what to submit? This week we're especially interested in: trucks, berries of all kinds, birds, quatrains, niche hobbies, survival, birds, tv shows and movies, birds, the vastness of the ocean, snowstorms, prose poems, working a 9 to 5, and birds.
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
You’ll want to read this more than once. More than twice probably. 🫶🏼👇🏼
If you're craving some perspective today, do read @juniper-writing.bsky.social's beautiful non-fiction, "Petrichor Dreaming." In Issue 2. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary
Petrichor Dreaming by Juniper Martineau
In the desert, I wait. I scan the skies, read the forecasts, gather up stories from long-timers. Red clay dust kicks up and settles on my boots as I amble down to the silent creek bed, the grass crunc...
literarynamjooning.wixsite.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
You’ll want to read this more than once. More than twice probably. 🫶🏼👇🏼
Exciting news coming soon...🤩
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Exciting news coming soon...🤩
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
October 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A bit of Wednesday Wisdom.
So grateful to you @melruthwrites.bsky.social for reading my manuscript and writing a blurb. Your support has meant so much to me. ♥️
A truly lovely collection. You'll want to read this one.
My second essay collection, Not Finished Yet, is coming soon…🤩
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
So grateful to you @melruthwrites.bsky.social for reading my manuscript and writing a blurb. Your support has meant so much to me. ♥️
My second essay collection, Not Finished Yet, is coming soon…🤩
October 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My second essay collection, Not Finished Yet, is coming soon…🤩
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM