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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, definitely hoping to enter again this year!

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The Welkin Writing Prize @welkinprize.bsky.social · 13d

Please join me in congratulating the #WelkinPrize nominations for the @genrepunkmag.bsky.social awards.

For the Editors' Choice Award:

@cake-girl.bsky.social
@noranadj.bsky.social
@mrallanmiller.bsky.social

Genrepunk Editors' Choice Award Nominations. Allan Miller, Karen Baumgart, Nora Nadjarian

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you Matt 🥹🌸

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you Lori for reading and sharing 🌸

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Lori Cramer @loricramerwriter.bsky.social · 14d

"I wonder if you knew then
what a gift it was, the space you held for me--
soft, like a favorite sweater?"

Read @cake-girl.bsky.social in @epistemiclit.bsky.social

epistemiclit.com/current-issu...

HANGING STARS -

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 14d

In “Hanging Stars” @cake-girl.bsky.social recalls a life-giving friendship, one that encourages you to be your best self. A beautiful thing.

“but mostly, I remember
being unafraid to hang stars just out of reach”

Issue 6: #Nostalgia
#poetry

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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 18d

‘Remember they may be frightened or storm-cloud-angry or desperately missing their mum.’

When a final line lands with such weight… Beautiful from @cake-girl.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💕

gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you James! 🌸

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 24d

@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social this is stunning 🥺😭

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 26d

Oh Laura - this piece is so gorgeous 🥹💗

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 28d

I still love this one - so beautiful, Laura 🥹

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · 29d

Lori I love this piece so much 🥹💗

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Heather @heatherdnorton.bsky.social · Sep 9

🤍
Pick a story to read at random like I did.
I bet you'll love it.
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
@gonelawn.bsky.social
Thank you for 'How to Avoid Falling in Love with Borrowed Children' @cake-girl.bsky.social

Gone Lawn 61 : corn moon

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you Heather, for reading & sharing 🥹🌸

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 9

This haunting poem from @yoda-olinyk.bsky.social ‘Sadness poured from me, a bright yellow yolk, I was always / so much softer than the other kids, softer than / my mother’ 🥺
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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Sep 8

This perfectly observed CNF piece by @cake-girl.bsky.social in @epistemiclit.bsky.social "a clumsy phrase flutters from me in the
way of a small bird through an open door after being trapped inside" 🧡
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you Sumitra! 🥹💗

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Wish you’d been able to say a big enough goodbye to last for always."

I love this amazing gem by @cake-girl.bsky.social so much! In @gonelawn.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

So happy my little flash has found a home in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💗 this one was drafted in the Go With The Flow workshop taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social (such a skilled & generous teacher!)
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you Dan 🥹🌸

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is stellar.

#EpistemicLitFamily

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

So happy my little flash has found a home in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💗 this one was drafted in the Go With The Flow workshop taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social (such a skilled & generous teacher!)
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

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Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

🥹🌸💗

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you Matt 🥹🌸

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Remember they may be frightened or storm-cloud-angry or desperately missing their mum. Let them show you how they do everything: hugs, bedtime stories, snacks, bathtime, playing"

Such emotionally powerful writing from @cake-girl.bsky.social. This one has stayed with me since I first read it.

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

So happy my little flash has found a home in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💗 this one was drafted in the Go With The Flow workshop taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social (such a skilled & generous teacher!)
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

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S A Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is gorgeous 💔😢

Karen Baumgart @cake-girl.bsky.social · Sep 7

So happy my little flash has found a home in @gonelawn.bsky.social 💗 this one was drafted in the Go With The Flow workshop taught by @mattkendrick.bsky.social (such a skilled & generous teacher!)
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...