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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · 13d

New Midwest-coded poem out in the latest @kenyonreview.bsky.social issue. Thanks to the wonderful Kenyon team for having me!

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HAD @havehashad.com · Aug 21

this one from @jordanhamel.bsky.social is so good. I've personally recommended it to so many!!

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/fre...

Free Range Poets by Jordan Hamel

The last time I went away for a weekend orgy, I didn’t realise I was going away for a weekend orgy. Sweet, naïve, man boy, ready for a wholesome weekend with friends at a Wairarapa farmhouse Airbnb to...

www.havehashad.com

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Aug 14

“The devil’s balls light up the slot machines if you hit the jackpot.” 🍒

God Only Exists in Hell, Michigan - Electric Literature

Two poems by Jordan Hamel

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks Matt! Hell is a special place

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · Aug 14

Love these, @jordanhamel.bsky.social! I spent a lot of weekends visiting family friends in Hell, Michigan as a child...

Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Aug 14

“The devil’s balls light up the slot machines if you hit the jackpot.” 🍒

God Only Exists in Hell, Michigan - Electric Literature

Two poems by Jordan Hamel

buff.ly

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Ninth Letter @ninthletter.bsky.social · Aug 8

The poetry finalists are: Jaia Hamid Bashir, Jordan Hamel, Lucas Jorgensen, Jenny Molberg, Sandra Tan, Eliongema Udofia, and Constant Laval Williams.

The fiction finalists are: Connie Chen, Christopher Chilton, Amina Gautier, Jonathan Gleason, Tracy Neiman, Cyn Nooney, Reema Rao, and JD Schraffenberger.

The creative nonfiction finalists are: Connor Beeman, C.R. Calabria, Andrew King, Keya Mitra, BC Reynolds, Sarah Safsten, Katie Schmid, and Julia Oschwald Tilton.

The guest judges were K-Ming Chang for fiction, Jane Wong for creative nonfiction, and Derrick Austin for poetry.

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · May 15

Ecstatic to share my poem "The Worst Portland in America" has been named a runner-up in the @phoebejournal.bsky.social Poetry Contest and featured in their newest issue. Thanks to the wonderful Phoebe team! Check out the full issue below.

phoebejournal.com/the-worst-po...

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HAD @havehashad.com · Mar 12

sad but also beautiful new one today from Rebecca Hawkes
🐶🐶🐶

"The sea is chasing something in its sleep
and all the dogs we cannot see
awaken to start barking
their good news through the cabins."

https://www.havehashad.com/1xq2q

Good Boy by Rebecca Hawkes

My mother keeps a cardboard cutout of a sheepdog in the lounge. Portrait of a huntaway: all lop-eared alertness, those classic orange eyebrows raised expectantly in his dark face. Spitting image of…

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Feb 12

Tomorrow I'll be slinging skulls and heart shaped candies for @havehashad.com so get your love letters ready.

HAD @havehashad.com · Feb 12

First HAD call for 2025 incoming!

Certified lover boy @jordanhamel.bsky.social is taking over the reins tomorrow (2/13, 1pm est) for a special Valentine's Day Eve submission call. He's looking for messages in a bottle, DM slides, sad songs for dirty lovers, and more.

Details in image/alt text.

Valentine’s Eve HAD Call

Love is a dog from hell (or something), and just as St Valentine prepares his feast, it's time for YOU (yes, you) to prepare for a HAD submission call. To celebrate the day of hopeless romantics, gas station roses, waxy chocolate, tasteful vibrators, and ill-advised DM sliding, I, certified lover boy, Jordan Hamel, am handing out skulls. Gimme passion, yearning, sex, heartbreak, friendships, situationships, one-night stands, happy marriages, unhappy marriages, divorces, and everything in between. Will you make HAD the happiest lit journal in all the world? Will I choo-choo-choose you? There’s one way to find out. Send me your best stuff and make your Valentines/Palentines/Galentines/Panama Canalentines one to remember.

Max word count: 600. One piece per submission unless it's poems or micros then two is fine. Send three and I’ll break your heart.

Subs (and doms) capped at 150.

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Dec 14

Thanks Hinemoana ❤️

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Dec 13

I have a new poem up in the (excellent) new edition of Quarterly West. Big thanks to @brandonyoung.bsky.social and the team for giving one of my favourite pieces a home. RIP James Wright.

quarterlywest.com/issue-113-hamel

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Brandon Young @brandonyoung.bsky.social · Dec 13

Quarterly West issue 113 is now live! This is my last issue as the senior poetry editor, and as always this issue is no short of stunning. Read work from @chenchenwrites.bsky.social @aeheelee.bsky.social @jordanhamel.bsky.social @dorseycraft.bsky.social and more!

www.quarterlywest.com/issue-113

Issue 113 — Quarterly West

www.quarterlywest.com

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Nov 21

You big softy ❤️

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · Nov 21

33: I think of this @jordanhamel.bsky.social short-short as a pretty quintessential HAD piece. idk if it's a poem or prose, but it doesn't really matter... perfect language, hilarious but also sweet and touching. I've recommended it a ton.

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/fre...

Free Range Poets by Jordan Hamel

The last time I went away for a weekend orgy, I didn’t realise I was going away for a weekend orgy. Sweet, naïve, man boy, ready for a wholesome weekend with friends at a Wairarapa farmhouse Airbnb to...

www.havehashad.com

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Nov 19

Been a minute since I’ve been on here but it looks like the place to be. Anyway, by way of reintroduction, here’s a poem. @poetrydaily.bsky.social were kind enough to republish this as their poem of the day on November 5th. Luckily there wasn’t anything else going on that day. Enjoy

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Nov 1

Awww Jane ❤️😭❤️

Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Nov 1

Truly a dream come true to appear in Poetry Magazine, especially in the gorgeous 'Lineage & Influence' issue alongside so many of my heroes. Thanks to Diane Seuss for making me hate sonnets less and inspiring this poem. I hope I did you justice. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Oct 27

Stoked to have two poems in the new issue of Gulf Coast!! So much cool stuff in the issue, I love this journal almost as much as I love writing about Star Wars and handjobs. gulfcoastmag.org/online/36.1-...

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Jordan Hamel @jordanhamel.bsky.social · Sep 28

Suppose I should post something. Here's an essay I wrote. It's about death, fear, and the men I love, like Leonard. Thanks to @pastemagazine.bsky.social and @yogurttowne.bsky.social for giving it space.
www.pastemagazine.com/music/leonar...

Life, Death and Leonard Cohen

Not many of us can get away with embodying the voice of god, but Leonard Cohen did. After decades of wandering the musical wilderness, he found himself old, broke, swindled and defeated—ready to bec...

www.pastemagazine.com

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