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Brecht De Poortere

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🧑‍🦱 "Some guy who ranks all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of" 🥉 3rd prize The Hudson Review Short Fiction Contest ✍️ Missouri Review, Baltimore Review, XRAY, The Forge Literary Magazine, Grain, Consequence, ... 🌍 https://www.brechtdepoortere.com

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Dec 6

New website is up.
My ranking of lit mags is available at: brechtdepoortere.com

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 18d

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 18d

Wow. Along with @smokelong.bsky.social's, this is my daughter's second Best of the Net nomination for 2026 😮
I have some serious catching up to do 😅
Big thanks to both! Mia is absolutely thrilled

Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 20d

Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · 18d

How exciting, I can't wait!!

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Rho Weber Mack @wordward.bsky.social · 18d

The Fall 2025 issue of the Missouri Review is now at the printers and is set to go out in the next couple of weeks—here’s a peek at the marvelous cover:

It’s going to be a true doozy, with new fiction from Brecht De Poortere, Seth Fried, Philip Hurst...
Congrats, @brechtdp.bsky.social

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Sep 8

Absolutely thrilled to have a story out in The Forge Literary Magazine today!

The Forge Literary Magazine @theforge.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our story of the week is The Source of Love by Brecht De Poortere.

The Source of Love - The Forge Literary Magazine

The Source of Love, a short fiction by Brecht De Poortere

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · Jul 26

"The searing wind sweeps up the dust as we shut the door behind us."
Looove this one by @brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social

fracturedlit.com/the-flavours...

The Flavours We’ll Lose - Fractured

My daughter, Chiara, turns five today. I get up when it’s still dark because, if I wait until after the Tuscan sun rises, it will be too hot to bake a cake. I pour myself cold coffee, then I close the...

fracturedlit.com

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jul 27

🥰 Thank you Timothy!🙏🙏🙏

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jul 26

To wake to these words from a writer I admire as much as Patricia...

Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · Jul 25

Chiara will never know the weight of their fruit, the juice squeezing between your toes as you squash the grapes ...

@brechtdp.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social ! So much sensory beauty against such loss from climate change.

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thank you so much Patricia! 🥰

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · Jul 16

J. K. Rowling's claims about the transgender community are not supported by science.
Her views are based on prejudice & stereotypes. They have no place in a society that values equality & respect for all people.
Make Injustice Visible. Be a proud ally!

Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists

dlvr.it

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jul 3

First look at the Annual Salon programme and it looks incredible!

That venue filled with writers learning, thinking and sharing work...what a dream

Thank you @deborahzafer.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social @robyntheauthor.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @brechtdp.bsky.social for making it real✨

Blue-green background with words European Writers Salon Brussels Programme Start Sep 12, 2025 End Sep 14, 2025

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Erin MacNair @emacnair.bsky.social · May 30

Incredibly happy to announce that my story Sand Penis” will be in Best Canadian Stories 2026! Thank you Biblioasis, for putting out these amazing short story collections. #biblioasis#shortstories#canadianfiction

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 21

What a beautiful young woman. I am so sorry Aaron 🫂💔

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 16

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you Sara - I will! And congratulations to you!!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you Ronita!

Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 16

So proud to see my daughter's art on the cover of the latest issue of @smokelong.bsky.social !

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Jun 16

For our readers in the UK and eastward (and night owls in the US), our special competition issue is live! The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction! www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...

Issue Eighty-Eight The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly

www.smokelong.com

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Jun 11

✨Meet us in Paris✨

🗓️ 19 June

Next week we’re teaming up with Paris Lit Up and nabbing spots at their popular open mic night!

Get in touch at [email protected] if you want to meet up with our friendly Paris group

Person wearing a red dress, colorful head gear and clown nose on stage at Paris Lit Up

Two women and a man smiling at the camera from tables with drinks and snacks

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 6

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 6

❤️ You picked one of my favourites!

Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 6

🤫 Yes - I suggest nice journals for her to send her work to! Thank you so much for accepting her art. I'm so pleased for her!

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 6

My daughter just told me her artwork will be on the cover of the next issue of @smokelong.bsky.social Quarterly 😱

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Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 5

So nice to finally hold my copy of the @hudsonreview.bsky.social

Brecht De Poortere @brechtdp.bsky.social · Jun 4

Try this: www.brechtdepoortere.com