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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 6d

It’s National Poetry Day so one feels obliged to post something ‘poetic’, yet I’ve barely written or published any poetry this year.

But I have co-run an ACE-funded project, edited an anthology & championed the work of queer crip poets, shining a spotlight on voices so often marginalised.

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟
Linda M. Crate (dawn shook me awake)

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Oladosu Michael Emerald (Another Piece of Ghost Stories)

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Marcelle Newbold (Treason) @marcellenewbold.bsky.social

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Laura Cooney (Polyrhythmic Cake Mix) @lozzawriting.bsky.social

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Nathaniel King (Snow Day) @nathanielking.bsky.social

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟
Hugh Simmons (ROCKS WE CAN BE) @kyalo.bsky.social

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Alina Zollfrank (We’re All Just Tourists Here)

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟
J. Archer Avary (CHEWY) joeyflash.bsky.social

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Vincenzo Cohen (Abyss)

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Shee (Pulse 559)

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 BOTN nomination! 🌟

Shloka Shankar (objective correlative)

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 Announcing our BOTN nominations! 🌟

Huge congrats to all for such beautiful work ⬇️

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Laura Cooney *Motherbunnet* on sale @lozzawriting.bsky.social · 8d

I was delighted to find that I've been nominated in the #BOTN awards 2026 by @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for the poem Polyrhythmic Cake Mix.

Thanks so much to Editor Leia for the belief in my work.

Couldn't be happier.

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 9d

All submissions for the latest window have now been responded to. A huge HUGE thank you so much to everyone who sent in pieces. The standard was just incredible and I have so enjoyed reading everything. If you’ve not got a reply from me when you should have, please email me and I will investigate! ❤️

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Hugh Simmons (he/him) @kyalo.bsky.social · 10d

I got an email today from @leiabutler.bsky.social editor of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social telling me she nominated my poem Rocks We Can Be for Best of the Net! What an honor! If you haven't read Full House or Leia's poetry you should! Thank you Leia! #poetry

www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2025...

ROCKS WE CAN BE by Hugh Simmons — Full House Literary

www.fullhouseliterary.com

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 13d

38 submissions left to respond to. Almost there now ❤️

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · Aug 21

Submissions are now closed! Thank you so much everyone for submitting. 366 submissions is the final total! Majority with multiple pieces included in each submission. Looking forward to finishing reading and getting back to everyone soon ❤️

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · Aug 19

We’ve passed 300 subs for this window so far. That is a looooot of subs. Wonder what the final number will be! ✨

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · Aug 19

Ooh amazing!!! Looking forward to it ✨

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Time for another submission update! 106/225 submissions have now been responded to. Will defo send a few more over the weekend! Thanks so much for the time and care you’ve put into your submissions ❤️

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

every day in August I'll be sharing a personal favourite

all books are available at kithbooks.com in print & eBook
eBooks, as ever, are free for the asking by DM or email, no reason required.

kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Artistry of Natural Selection
Amy Jannotti
@cursetheground.bsky.social

31 of wim's favourite poems from kith books
#SealeyChallenge
15/31

from Angels & Insects are Creatures With Wings
by Amy Jannotti

text:
THE ARTISTRY OF NATURAL SELECTION
it begins in a borderline state. indiscernible extraction
of shared element. jumble of non-organic
subversion. less, imitation, more
becoming. less evolution, more reverse. it begins
with the evocation of wings
in flightless, molding creatures:
quasi post-presence. hybrid manifest.
it begins when you leave
thermal footprints in the sand. dissection electric.
it begins when you cut women up & then sew them
together: a design that happens,
scissors in hand. understand
anatomy &, with confidence,
splice the gene.
a surgical violence. in the cosmic
question of species conception: it begins
as it always begins: with an open, stylized wound
to the abdomen. it could be
a beginning: you could grow human
hair in your viscid lining. instead, you peel
your surface to reveal it’s flayed. to reveal your probing
interior, trapped inside with living worms.

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · Aug 15

Got $20 burning a hole in your pocket? Get the Stanchion Eras bundle, incl Issues 18 & 19 in print mailed to you straightaway & PDFs emailed immediately. Support a lit mag that pays writers, ships orders fast, and cares a whole lot about this community.

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Danielle McMahon @dehm000.bsky.social · Aug 13

many many thanks to Leia @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for the swiftest sub response ever, and for giving my poem "popcorn bowl" another chance at life after its original pub went defunct. 💙

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Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Woohoo! Thanks so much for sending it to me ❤️

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