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Flight: A Literary Sampler
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A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social

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Poets! Don’t make us tap the sign!
A gif of the Simpsons where the bus driver is saying don’t make me tap the sign and the sign says if a journal is closed for poetry don’t submit poems in another category
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Our final departure as a new year opens comes from @beansbaker5.bsky.social and his Flight 2 essay, “I Need a Sign”

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Departures 8 Ben Shahon's essay, "I Need a Sign" is about what it means to love a baseball team even when it's unrewarding. Write a story or poem about games we play even when they don't seem worth it, and what keeps us at the table.
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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The new year is a perfect time for magic! Departure 7 invites you to weave a spell with @carmalynnpark.bsky.social and “recipe for a spell” from Flight 2

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Departures 7 "Recipe for a spell: to heal a migraine" by Carma Lynn Park is a fun, playful piece of writing that gives ingredients and instructions for curing your migraine with mirrors, honey, and serpent eggs. Write a spell that cures the mundane with magic by revealing the unexpected side of daily life.
January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Departures 6 comes from @jackbedell.bsky.social and his poem “sillage” in Flight 2 as the year departs

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Departures 6 "Sillage" by Jack Bedell, closes with the speaker observing "cars stacked on topleach other, oblivious to it all," Bedells poem is about a place that goes unacknowledged. Write a poem or story about something that isn't known, isn't observed. It could be a place, a thought, or a feeling.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Departures 5 takes us to the *almost* end of the world with the @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social story “Polecatz,” from Flight 2: flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-czyz...
Departures 5 "Randy and Gino were arguing about the best place to hold up in an apocalypse," Michael Czyzniejewskis "Polecate" opens. The characters debate if theyd prefer a hardware store, sporting goods store, or strip club. Write a story or a poem about a familiar location in an unfamiliar situation. What does it reveal about this place?
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Departures 4 is based on the Brewer’s Choice selection for Flight 1, @ritamookerjee.bsky.social piece “Wherein the Kardashian Sisters”

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Departures 4 In "Wherein the Kardashian Sisters Marvel at their Bounty, Reach Enlightenment," Rita Mookerjee uses the Kardashians' own words to show us a more enlightened side of fame. Write about a celebrity of your choice (reality TV or otherwise) at the moment they reach the afterlife.
December 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Departures 3 comes from the incredible essay “When I Knew Nothing” by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

published in Flight 1: flight-literary.ghost.io/claudia-monp...
Departures 3 Claudia Monpere's essay, "When I Knew Nothing" spins on its axis around Meg, a former coworker of Claudia's who was both intimate and strange in equal measure. Write about someone--real or imagined--who turns every head when they enter a room. To make this exercise more challenging, avoid physical description to focus on other aspects of character.
December 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Departures 2 is inspired by @mehpoeting.bsky.social and his poem “it is not the stones/but the child’s mound” in flight 1: flight-literary.ghost.io/matthew-e-he...
Departures 2 Matthew E. Henry's poem, "it is not the stones/but the child's mound" uses the golden shovel format created by Terrance Hayes Write a golden shovel (or golden prose) with a line from Henry's poem as a jumping off point. Some lines we love... "I hold their hands and... cry out to a brass sky--a heaven deafened to one who has never known the magic words" "how"a" tragedy is not the same as "the" tragedy" "is their collapse based on a foundation he has failed to build?"
December 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Departure 1 is inspired by the @seanennis.bsky.social story "Its Powerful Parking Lot," published in Flight 1

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a graphic designed to look like a sheet of lined paper. The text says "Departures 1- in "Its Powerful Parking Lot" Sean Ennis writes, "there are places...where you can best tune into the wavelength of human sadness and sorrow." Write about one such place, real or imaged. Focus on building mood and setting over character.
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Christmas is over, and New Years is coming. Here at Flight, we know how hazy time can get in that endless week between.

To fight that ennui, we're bringing you Departures, a series of 8 writing prompts. We'll drop one prompt each day from now until January 2nd

Mark the time by writing with us!
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December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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We also nominated three poems:
A graphic showing a flight of four colorful drinks at the bottom. The text says Congratulations to our Pushcart-nominated writers! Poetry: Matthew E. Henry- "it is not the stones..." Rita Mookerjee- "Wherein the Kardashian Sisters" Jack Bedell- "Sillage"
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Pushcart nominations thread!

This year we are psyched to nominate three prose pieces from Flights 1-2:
A graphic showing a flight of four colorful drinks at the bottom of the graphic. The text says Congratulations to our Pushcart-nominated writers! Prose: Michael Czyzniejewski- "Polecatz" Sean Ennis- "Its Powerful Parking Lot" Claudia Monpere- "When I Knew Nothing"
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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In line at the post office with our first ever round of Pushcart Nominations!
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December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Congratulations to @seanennis.bsky.social

You can read his killer story here: flight-literary.ghost.io/sean-ennis-f...
A light green and gray graphic that reads "Congratulations Nominated for Best Microfiction 2026: Sean Ennis: Its Powerful Parking Lot" Published in Flight One
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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You heard it here! Duotrope says we’re speedy!
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October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Bartleby the Scrivener ass response to our submission questions:
A google form where the response to the question "Pronouns" is I/Me and the response to "Cover Letter" is I'd rather not.
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Happy Saturday! Send us writing that feels like a kitten in a hotdog costume!

Guidelines here: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...
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September 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Every editorial conversation devolves quickly into small town gossip
Received text: You joke, but it just reminds me of another complaint I have: The hunky guy is a conspiracy theorist, but this in no way impacts his character or personality. It's like he collects stamps. Sent text: Counterpoint: I work with one of the Bigfoot brothers and he is a very normal person otherwise Received text: Who are the bigfoot brothers?
September 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Saturday writing prompt!

1. Go to your bookshelf and pull the first red book you see

2. Turn to page 140

3. Choose a line of dialogue from the page and use it as the first line of a flash piece
A bookshelf, with the Louise Erdrich book LaRose Pulled out A section of page 140 of LaRose, with the ljne “could a Saint kill for love” highlighted
September 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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We're on chillsubs! You can track your submissions to Flight, share our info with your writer friends, and see when we're open!
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September 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Caption this:
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September 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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We spy 👀

Flight: a Literary Sampler on duotrope!

We’re open for submissions, and can’t wait to read your work!

Read our guidelines: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...
September 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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We spy 👀

Flight: a Literary Sampler on duotrope!

We’re open for submissions, and can’t wait to read your work!

Read our guidelines: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g...
September 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Up early reading submissions with my favorite assistant editor—Flight 2 is open for submissions in all genres!
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August 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Day 30 of the #sealeychallenge

August 30th- Book of Extraction, Adrian Dallas Frandle

This collection from @kithbooks.bsky.social by @adrianf.bsky.social covers a lot of ground while also being tightly focused—an impressive feat to say the least
The cover of book of extraction by Adrian Dallas frandle Lingual Liturgy Tongue, what's your role in the middle of all this wetness? You're all muscle, should you not provide some defenses, or are these enemies so sneaky they secreted past your probing? Do you trust them amidst this jagged decay, among all the treasonousness? You've got to work with me to be more careful about who and what we let in. I've long suspected the body of marshaling hidden forces to work against us (that's you and me, Tongue). The philosopher-fool of this loose kingdom. The Royal Exchequer, that brainiac upstairs, absolutely zero assistance. Organ of speech, you whose buds are never blooming, how can you compete for territory with kings? How your singing offends them.
August 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM