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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 4h

My editing & publishing class at Temple will be opening soon for submissions for a special online issue of Barrelhouse, with the theme "The Dirty Issue." Fiction & nonfiction up to 2,500 words, and up to 5 poems. Usual @barrelhouse.bsky.social contract & payment.

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Registration is open now!

Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 2d

The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

The Barrelhouse conference, Conversations and Connections, is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026.

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 5d

Yo writer types save the date! The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference, CONVERSATIONS & CONNECTIONS: PRACTICAL ADVICE ON WRITING, is coming back to American University in Washington DC on April 18, 2026! Registration will open soon. Hope you'll join us for a fun, positive, productive day!

The Barrelhouse conference, Conversations and Connections: Practical Advice on Writing, is coming back to American University in Washington DC on Apri l18, 2026!

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 5d

Mid-Atlantic writers, we are returning to American U on 4/18 for our annual Conversations & Connections conference. More details, full lineup, and registration coming soon.

Flyer for the conference with all the details in the post, plus a little alien guy and a funky spaceship

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 6d

More detailed submission call to come, but my editing & publishing class at Temple U. will once again be doing a special online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social, this time with the theme "The Dirty Issue." We'll open soon (hopefully next week!) for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

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Sue Landers @slanders.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to @ginabird.bsky.social for reviewing WHAT TO CARRY INTO THE FUTURE in @barrelhouse.bsky.social—ngl, it feels pretty special to be read alongside Jenny Odell, whose book was so instrumental in my burnout recovery and writing process. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/myers-w...

Gina Myers Reviews Susan Landers — Barrelhouse

In a time of ongoing grief from multiple, ongoing crises, what if we paused instead of pushing through our days?

www.barrelhousemag.com

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 9d

The king has come home.

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niina pollari @niina.bsky.social · 9d

Since we're all talking about how book review culture is dying - I'd love to get a couple of younger/newer reviewers on at Zona Motel. Are you looking for a place to develop your review chops and engage with small press lit in front of an enthusiastic readership? Reach out.

zonamotel.substack.com

Zona Motel | Substack

Zona Motel is a web space and Brotherhood that exists to support good literature. Click to read Zona Motel, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Zonamotel.substack.com

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Avitus B. Carle @avitusbcarle.bsky.social · 11d

Can’t make it to the Blue Stoop reading this Sunday?

How about spending some virtual time with me AND writing some POV based flash?

I’ll be teaching not one, but TWO classes on POV and flash! Sign up for one or both and let’s get writing!

www.bluestoop.org/classes/p/pov

Viewpoints & Vantage Points, flash fiction with Avitus B Carle — Blue Stoop

People contain multitudes, and it's a writer's job to try to capture the wholeness of their being on the page. But transforming people into characters requires us to intentionally choose a point-of-vi...

www.bluestoop.org

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 12d

Physical objects!

Stack of books, Aliens Attack by Dave Housley

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 13d

Totally agree! Something I have in my "what are literary magazines and why you should care" thing I do sometimes for students. Gives you a very clear view of what stands out and how subjective the process is. My thick rejection skin is from those early days reading for @barrelhouse.bsky.social.

Amy Stuber @amystuber.com · 13d

I started at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social in 2018. It changed my trajectory as a reader & writer. I'm beyond grateful to @maureenlangloss.bsky.social & Split Lip! I'm stepping down this month bc of work obligations. But: volunteer at litmags! The community&experience will change you in the best ways!

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 14d

I think this might be the best photo I've ever taken, someone put it in a gallery

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Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social · 14d

Wrote about minion memes, Barrelhouse Writer Camp, and why I'm not very good at having fun

Despicable Me Christmas Sweater (acq. 2016)

On Having Fun

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 14d

Had such a great time in Pennsylvania these last few days, hanging at Pocket Books with @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social and H&H Books with @samuelashworth.bsky.social. Got to hug @jamiebeth.bsky.social and a bunch of @barrelhouse.bsky.social friends. 🥰

Now I have to teach today. Wtf.

An outdoor chalk sign that says Grieco vs Ashworth, with two arms wrestling. One arm says "short story" and the other says "novel."

Magnet with a cute bird saying "Things just got super weird--it's my time to shine."

Tara, Jamie Beth, and me. Looking cute af.

Me sitting at a table like a real life author, signing books and talking to people.

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 17d

Philly friends come hug me and cheer for me! 🥰

SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 17d

This Tuesday at 7pm EDT, @samuelashworth.bsky.social and @writesloud.bsky.social will be participating in the literary throw down of the year at The Head & The Hand!

Learn more and how to register right here: buff.ly/oqdsqDX

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 25d

I present to you the wine pairing guide you didn't know you needed. New from me for @WineEnthusiast! Always pitch your story ideas, kids, even the ones your partner says are dumb! 😻🤣🍷🐾

www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16d

When you're trying to come up with a fake name to tell the mall cop after he caught you stealing from Spencers

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 16d

Swayze Bozeman

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 19d

I'm not saying it was ALIENS ATTACK! but it was ALIENS ATTACK! Here's the cover of my new book, coming in April 2026 from @masonjarpress.bsky.social! If you've been to @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer Camp you'll recognize that barn. I love it, excited to share, hope you'll check it out in April!

Front cover of Aliens Attack! by Dave Housley

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Boss Fight Books @bossfightbooks.com · 22d

Dan/Dzanc were one of my models of "you can just start a press" -- an indie that published good work, found readers, and made a lasting mark. He was also just a really good guy. We'll miss him.

Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 22d

I'm so sorry to hear of Dan Wickett's passing. We worked together for years at Dzanc Books, and I'm so grateful for all he did for me there and elsewhere. He was a great friend, a brilliant reader, a true advocate for writers. He loved books like no one else. I miss him already, and always will.

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Roy Kesey @roykesey.bsky.social · 22d

Adding my voice to the chorus of those mourning the passing of Dan Wickett. Dzanc was my first publisher and Dan was its heart and soul: tireless on behalf of writers and their work, generous with his time and emotional energy, kind and encouraging to everyone he met. Rest well, old friend.

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 22d

Crushed by this news. Sad when it takes something like this to fully realize it, but Dan was almost certainly one of the most important people in my literary life, which is to say he was among the most important people in my life, full stop. A true model for loving writing, and being a true friend.

Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 22d

I'm so sorry to hear of Dan Wickett's passing. We worked together for years at Dzanc Books, and I'm so grateful for all he did for me there and elsewhere. He was a great friend, a brilliant reader, a true advocate for writers. He loved books like no one else. I miss him already, and always will.

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 21d

I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of Dan Wickett, founder of the Emerging Writers Network and Dzanc Books. Dan was so kind and such a connector. He was one of the first people to take me seriously as a writer and take @barrelhouse.bsky.social seriously as a literary magazine.

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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social · 22d

Dan was one of our earliest friends and allies in indie lit, and we are very saddened by this news

Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 22d

I'm so sorry to hear of Dan Wickett's passing. We worked together for years at Dzanc Books, and I'm so grateful for all he did for me there and elsewhere. He was a great friend, a brilliant reader, a true advocate for writers. He loved books like no one else. I miss him already, and always will.

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somanybooks24.bsky.social @somanybooks24.bsky.social · 26d

“Bush’s characters are flawed but filled with a raw desire to be acknowledged and seen.”
In @barrelhouse.bsky.social‬‬, Alex Gurtis reviews Catherine Bush’s debut short story collection, “Skin” - www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/catheri...

Alex Gurtis Reviews Catherine Bush — Barrelhouse

There is a reason Bush’s book was released on Earth Day. How we connect with the world around us teaches us how we can connect with people.

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Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · 28d

📚📚 ANNOUNCING: POOL PARTY BOOKS!!! 📚📚

Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥

Pool Party - Book Submissions

Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025.

poolpartymag.com

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