Dylan Ward
@dylanwardwriter.bsky.social
Deaf writer and librarian, reader for Story Magazine. Still figuring out this thing called Bluesky and just here to celebrate other writers and literary journals. 🏳️🌈 👨🏻💻 📚
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My article for Ability Central @abilitycentral.bsky.social is featured in USA Today’s @usatoday.com new Disability Empowerment Campaign!
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When Healthcare Isn’t Hearing You: The Need for Accessibility
This article underscores the urgent need for better accessibility and patient-centered communication. in healthcare facilities
www.futureofpersonalhealth.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My article for Ability Central @abilitycentral.bsky.social is featured in USA Today’s @usatoday.com new Disability Empowerment Campaign!
www.futureofpersonalhealth.com/disability-e...
www.futureofpersonalhealth.com/disability-e...
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Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
Reading The Hunger by @almakatsu.bsky.social and it’s so good, with Ravenous vibes. The kind of novel I wish I could write!
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Reading The Hunger by @almakatsu.bsky.social and it’s so good, with Ravenous vibes. The kind of novel I wish I could write!
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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WHY I LOVE HORROR takes on StoryFest. Live at Noon today with @claymcleod.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social.
Let’s do this!
Let’s do this!
October 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
WHY I LOVE HORROR takes on StoryFest. Live at Noon today with @claymcleod.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social.
Let’s do this!
Let’s do this!
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It's almost October, and @dylanwardwriter.bsky.social's got seven queer writers with experimental horror novels that will definitely unnerve you this Halloween, check 'em out below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/29/7...
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7 Queer Experimental Horror Novels That Will Unnerve You - Chicago Review of Books
A tour through several spine-tingling queer experimental horror novels to ring in spooky season.
chireviewofbooks.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's almost October, and @dylanwardwriter.bsky.social's got seven queer writers with experimental horror novels that will definitely unnerve you this Halloween, check 'em out below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/29/7...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/29/7...
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Next week, Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) and Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY’S GOSPEL) join me for a magical, dark fantasy filled Fearmongers. Wednesday, September 24th at 8 PM/ET. Register via Zoom: bit.ly/4mMnQ0x @kosokojackson.bsky.social @rebelsam94.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Next week, Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) and Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY’S GOSPEL) join me for a magical, dark fantasy filled Fearmongers. Wednesday, September 24th at 8 PM/ET. Register via Zoom: bit.ly/4mMnQ0x @kosokojackson.bsky.social @rebelsam94.bsky.social
Some exciting news!
I've been selected to participate in the fall 2025 ALA/Writer's Guild Initiative workshops. I'll have the exclusive opportunity to participate in writing workshops mentored by professional writers.
I am so looking forward to this!
writersguildinitiative.org
#WGI
#ALAOF
I've been selected to participate in the fall 2025 ALA/Writer's Guild Initiative workshops. I'll have the exclusive opportunity to participate in writing workshops mentored by professional writers.
I am so looking forward to this!
writersguildinitiative.org
#WGI
#ALAOF
Writers Guild Initiative - Writers Guild Initiative
Interview with ...
writersguildinitiative.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some exciting news!
I've been selected to participate in the fall 2025 ALA/Writer's Guild Initiative workshops. I'll have the exclusive opportunity to participate in writing workshops mentored by professional writers.
I am so looking forward to this!
writersguildinitiative.org
#WGI
#ALAOF
I've been selected to participate in the fall 2025 ALA/Writer's Guild Initiative workshops. I'll have the exclusive opportunity to participate in writing workshops mentored by professional writers.
I am so looking forward to this!
writersguildinitiative.org
#WGI
#ALAOF
A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/t...
A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas
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August 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/t...
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The National Association of Black Bookstores seeks to “amplify Black voices, and preserve Black culture by increasing the visibility, sustainability, and impact of Black bookstores and booksellers.”
Please welcome the National Association of Black Bookstores.
Today we mark the launch of a new literary institution: the National Association of Black Bookstores. A nonprofit collective and member-based organization, the NAB2 looks to “amplify Black vo…
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August 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The National Association of Black Bookstores seeks to “amplify Black voices, and preserve Black culture by increasing the visibility, sustainability, and impact of Black bookstores and booksellers.”
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Recording tomorrow; if you have a goodbye message for us that you'd like to get on the show, please send it in by tonight (feel free to send in later too... it just won't make the cutoff for recording)
Recording the final ever ep of Book Fight with @mikeingram.bsky.social's next week. If you want to share any memories of the show, goodbye messages, etc, there's still time to do so
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Book Fight! Farewell survey
A simple way to share your memories, goodbyes, and other thoughts regarding the final season of the Book Fight! podcast. We'll share some or all of these on the show during segments in the final seaso...
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July 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Recording tomorrow; if you have a goodbye message for us that you'd like to get on the show, please send it in by tonight (feel free to send in later too... it just won't make the cutoff for recording)
Support the National Park Service and efforts to document and archive our accessible history for all.
Save Our Signs
Save Our Signs: Celebrate All-American History
sites.google.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Support the National Park Service and efforts to document and archive our accessible history for all.
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Hey, I'm going to be speaking on this awesome panel as part of the @hippocampusmag.bsky.social HippoCamp Online weekend. If you don't sign up for me, at least do it for TBA (it could be ANYONE)
hippocampusmagazine.com/event/an-eve...
hippocampusmagazine.com/event/an-eve...
July 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hey, I'm going to be speaking on this awesome panel as part of the @hippocampusmag.bsky.social HippoCamp Online weekend. If you don't sign up for me, at least do it for TBA (it could be ANYONE)
hippocampusmagazine.com/event/an-eve...
hippocampusmagazine.com/event/an-eve...
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A local library in Virginia has successfully stopped a takeover by a private equity group.
A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.
Photo from The Samuels Public Library After being targeted by anti-LGBTQ book banners and having their funding pulled, a local library in Virginia successfully stopped a threatened takeover by a pr…
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July 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A local library in Virginia has successfully stopped a takeover by a private equity group.
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We have a brilliant essay up on our blog from essayist Margaret Nowaczyk on the joy, and importance, of Slow Reading:
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/07...
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/07...
Slow Reading — Wolsak & Wynn
An antidote to our crazy world
www.wolsakandwynn.ca
July 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We have a brilliant essay up on our blog from essayist Margaret Nowaczyk on the joy, and importance, of Slow Reading:
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/07...
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/07...
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The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.
Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI
The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.
n.pr
June 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.
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"She tends to the structure, repairing damage, devoting energy to producing both the silk and the pattern for her web. In turn, the web feeds her." @kaseybwriter.bsky.social #writing #self-censorship
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April 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"She tends to the structure, repairing damage, devoting energy to producing both the silk and the pattern for her web. In turn, the web feeds her." @kaseybwriter.bsky.social #writing #self-censorship
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I will take my emdash and spear it through the glowing eye of any robot who tries to claim it.
“Accusations of AI use are concerning, sure, but couldn’t they also result in a grammatical Streisand effect of people learning about or becoming reacquainted with the multipurpose mark?”
June 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I will take my emdash and spear it through the glowing eye of any robot who tries to claim it.
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We're open for @barrelhouse.bsky.social nonfiction subs for another 9 days. I've only got 47 submissions so far, and would love to see way more. Please make my life more difficult, thank you
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Barrelhouse Submission Manager
Thanks for submitting your work to Barrelhouse! Before you proceed, a note about open and closed categories. If you don't see the category that fits your work, we're not open for that thing. We keep ...
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June 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We're open for @barrelhouse.bsky.social nonfiction subs for another 9 days. I've only got 47 submissions so far, and would love to see way more. Please make my life more difficult, thank you
barrelhouse.submittable.com
barrelhouse.submittable.com
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"I write because I can’t not write. Often it’s more lumbering than loping. But like running, my strength is my need to write. And if I keep putting one foot in front of the other I still cross the finish line at the end." ~ Christine Wiese brevity.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/t...
My Best Tortoise-Hustle Pace: On Writing and Running
By Christine Wiese I’m only three miles into the Asheville half marathon when the male front runners round the first turnaround point and come back past us. The gazelles, as I think of them, run wi…
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June 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"I write because I can’t not write. Often it’s more lumbering than loping. But like running, my strength is my need to write. And if I keep putting one foot in front of the other I still cross the finish line at the end." ~ Christine Wiese brevity.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/t...
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These LGBTQ+ lit mags are changing the game.
We asked the editors to describe their vibe in 3 words and the vibes are good, real good.
Shoutout to @vellichorliterary.bsky.social for teaming up with us on this!
Submission details & website links: www.chillsubs.com/lists/LGBTQ_...
We asked the editors to describe their vibe in 3 words and the vibes are good, real good.
Shoutout to @vellichorliterary.bsky.social for teaming up with us on this!
Submission details & website links: www.chillsubs.com/lists/LGBTQ_...
June 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
These LGBTQ+ lit mags are changing the game.
We asked the editors to describe their vibe in 3 words and the vibes are good, real good.
Shoutout to @vellichorliterary.bsky.social for teaming up with us on this!
Submission details & website links: www.chillsubs.com/lists/LGBTQ_...
We asked the editors to describe their vibe in 3 words and the vibes are good, real good.
Shoutout to @vellichorliterary.bsky.social for teaming up with us on this!
Submission details & website links: www.chillsubs.com/lists/LGBTQ_...
Just one reminder of why the arts matter and how the National Endowment for the Arts is critical in supporting these initiatives.
Art and Storytelling
www.arts.gov
June 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just one reminder of why the arts matter and how the National Endowment for the Arts is critical in supporting these initiatives.