Maria S. Picone
@mspicone.bsky.social
Just a writer trying to have a social media account lmao
Managing Editor @chestnutreview.bsky.social
https://www.mariaspicone.com/
https://www.coniumpress.com/this-tenuous-atmosphere
Managing Editor @chestnutreview.bsky.social
https://www.mariaspicone.com/
https://www.coniumpress.com/this-tenuous-atmosphere
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Maria S. Picone
@mspicone.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Obligatory attention shot so that I'm not just a postless profile, and happy one year to This Tenuous Atmosphere 🚀
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Send us something to READ!!
June 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Send us something to READ!!
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Hi Bluesky! 🦋👋 We're Foglifter Press & Journal, a San Francisco based small press and literary journal by and for queer writers.
We accept #poetry, #nonfiction, #fiction, and hybrid works during our biannual submission periods starting in May and September—and visual #art & media all year round. 🌈
We accept #poetry, #nonfiction, #fiction, and hybrid works during our biannual submission periods starting in May and September—and visual #art & media all year round. 🌈
June 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hi Bluesky! 🦋👋 We're Foglifter Press & Journal, a San Francisco based small press and literary journal by and for queer writers.
We accept #poetry, #nonfiction, #fiction, and hybrid works during our biannual submission periods starting in May and September—and visual #art & media all year round. 🌈
We accept #poetry, #nonfiction, #fiction, and hybrid works during our biannual submission periods starting in May and September—and visual #art & media all year round. 🌈
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Thank you so much to New Ohio Review, especially Bridget Rexhausen, for a lovely, generous, and insightful review of Hemicrania! What a gift to have your words read and considered so deeply. Love that it's out just in time for #migraineawareness month this June. 🤩
newohioreview.org/2025/06/01/p...
newohioreview.org/2025/06/01/p...
New Ohio Review
Poetry, Pain, and the Power of Expression in Therese Gleason’s Hemicrania By Bridget Rexhausen Therese Gleason’s latest book, Hemicrania (Chestnut Review Chapbooks, 2024), focuses on migraine…
newohioreview.org
June 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Thank you so much to New Ohio Review, especially Bridget Rexhausen, for a lovely, generous, and insightful review of Hemicrania! What a gift to have your words read and considered so deeply. Love that it's out just in time for #migraineawareness month this June. 🤩
newohioreview.org/2025/06/01/p...
newohioreview.org/2025/06/01/p...
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Surprisingly, still room for fiction subs before we hit our cap. A few days left, and about 120 more fiction subs to go. A whole lot of room for poetry and NF, deadlines are 6/8 & 6/15 respectively
barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit
barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit
June 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Surprisingly, still room for fiction subs before we hit our cap. A few days left, and about 120 more fiction subs to go. A whole lot of room for poetry and NF, deadlines are 6/8 & 6/15 respectively
barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit
barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit
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Fabulists & futurists & fantasy writers, oh my! Don't miss out on the 2025 Autumn Online Workshop, where the strange, the weird, and the unknown are all welcome.
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
May 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fabulists & futurists & fantasy writers, oh my! Don't miss out on the 2025 Autumn Online Workshop, where the strange, the weird, and the unknown are all welcome.
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
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... and read @mspicone.bsky.social's Flash 405: "Flight" winner REUNION from guest judge @dango-ramen.bsky.social here: expositionreview.com/flash-405/re.... #ExpoFam #ExpoReview
Reunion - Exposition Review
by Maria S. Picone 2nd Place Winner – Flash 405, April 2023: “Flight” Fiction We, not broken but extended into the forms in which we found a necessary living, practiced the art of being together. I ...
expositionreview.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
... and read @mspicone.bsky.social's Flash 405: "Flight" winner REUNION from guest judge @dango-ramen.bsky.social here: expositionreview.com/flash-405/re.... #ExpoFam #ExpoReview
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I am what you protected,
the mechanism begin in utero, but I am also
what I make myself...
@mspicone.bsky.social, this tenuous atmosphere
the mechanism begin in utero, but I am also
what I make myself...
@mspicone.bsky.social, this tenuous atmosphere
April 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I am what you protected,
the mechanism begin in utero, but I am also
what I make myself...
@mspicone.bsky.social, this tenuous atmosphere
the mechanism begin in utero, but I am also
what I make myself...
@mspicone.bsky.social, this tenuous atmosphere
For adoptees, vindication, but also plenty more heartache and questions to come. I know very little about my birth family or circumstances (basically around 100 words)...how easy to leave out nuance or in many cases straight up invent fiction
South Korea, World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter,’ Admits to Adoption Fraud (Gift Article)
A South Korean truth commission called for the country to apologize to those who were sent abroad “like luggage” so that adoption agencies could profit.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
For adoptees, vindication, but also plenty more heartache and questions to come. I know very little about my birth family or circumstances (basically around 100 words)...how easy to leave out nuance or in many cases straight up invent fiction
Come by our booth at #AWP25! I hear some amazing authors will be there!
We are so excited for #AWP25 in Los Angeles! Did you know we have three author signings happening at Booth 1035?
✨Want information about our offsite readings where our special authors will read from their work alongside writers and magazines? Stay tuned!
#awp25 #chestnutreview
✨Want information about our offsite readings where our special authors will read from their work alongside writers and magazines? Stay tuned!
#awp25 #chestnutreview
March 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Come by our booth at #AWP25! I hear some amazing authors will be there!
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ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE TO BURY had its official book launch Friday night! Now it's time to gear up for #AWP @awpwriter.bsky.social.
If you would like a copy before then, here's the link: a.co/d/bcyUl2h, or order through your local book store!
If you would like a copy before then, here's the link: a.co/d/bcyUl2h, or order through your local book store!
March 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE TO BURY had its official book launch Friday night! Now it's time to gear up for #AWP @awpwriter.bsky.social.
If you would like a copy before then, here's the link: a.co/d/bcyUl2h, or order through your local book store!
If you would like a copy before then, here's the link: a.co/d/bcyUl2h, or order through your local book store!
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The program is set for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/12/25 and there's something for everyone: craft workshops & panels on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, writing life (and how to manage it in All This Bullshit). Hope to see you there! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 12, 2025.
www.barrelhousemag.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The program is set for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/12/25 and there's something for everyone: craft workshops & panels on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, writing life (and how to manage it in All This Bullshit). Hope to see you there! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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(Only took me 5x to get this right 🤷🏻♂️)
💢Friday 2/28 8pm ET 💢
60 minutes of readings and flash fiction talk with @amymarques.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social Hosted by @chestnutreview.bsky.social @mspicone.bsky.social!!!
Registration Link ➡️ forms.gle/VFivbPHzEfqq...
💢Friday 2/28 8pm ET 💢
60 minutes of readings and flash fiction talk with @amymarques.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social Hosted by @chestnutreview.bsky.social @mspicone.bsky.social!!!
Registration Link ➡️ forms.gle/VFivbPHzEfqq...
February 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
(Only took me 5x to get this right 🤷🏻♂️)
💢Friday 2/28 8pm ET 💢
60 minutes of readings and flash fiction talk with @amymarques.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social Hosted by @chestnutreview.bsky.social @mspicone.bsky.social!!!
Registration Link ➡️ forms.gle/VFivbPHzEfqq...
💢Friday 2/28 8pm ET 💢
60 minutes of readings and flash fiction talk with @amymarques.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @kimsrogers.bsky.social Hosted by @chestnutreview.bsky.social @mspicone.bsky.social!!!
Registration Link ➡️ forms.gle/VFivbPHzEfqq...
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THANK YOU to everyone who made this orange #1 banner possible! Never would have thought that possible. Feeling extremely grateful today.
@chestnutreview.bsky.social
@chestnutreview.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
THANK YOU to everyone who made this orange #1 banner possible! Never would have thought that possible. Feeling extremely grateful today.
@chestnutreview.bsky.social
@chestnutreview.bsky.social
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❗️❗️❗️COVER REVEAL❗️❗️❗️
ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY
My debut chapbook of flash fiction with @ChestnutReview has a cover, and I love it!
We will be doing a book launch on zoom to celebrate. Details coming soon.
ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY
My debut chapbook of flash fiction with @ChestnutReview has a cover, and I love it!
We will be doing a book launch on zoom to celebrate. Details coming soon.
February 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
❗️❗️❗️COVER REVEAL❗️❗️❗️
ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY
My debut chapbook of flash fiction with @ChestnutReview has a cover, and I love it!
We will be doing a book launch on zoom to celebrate. Details coming soon.
ALL THE DEAD WE HAVE YET TO BURY
My debut chapbook of flash fiction with @ChestnutReview has a cover, and I love it!
We will be doing a book launch on zoom to celebrate. Details coming soon.
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We're looking for a social media manager to manage our social media accounts! Please note that as this is a leadership position, we're primarily interested in people who identify as immigrants or members of a diaspora for this position! Deadline: March 3. Details: www.khoreomag.com/join-our-team/
February 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We're looking for a social media manager to manage our social media accounts! Please note that as this is a leadership position, we're primarily interested in people who identify as immigrants or members of a diaspora for this position! Deadline: March 3. Details: www.khoreomag.com/join-our-team/
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We at The Chestnut Review are trying to raise $1,000 to subsidize a spot in our 2025 retreat, which will be held in Riga, Latvia. While a writing retreat can be transformative, it's also cost prohibitive for many. Please consider donating if you can: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/chestnut-rev...
Chestnut Review Writers Retreat Scholarships!
Help send a writer to our 2025 Riga Retreat!
fundraising.fracturedatlas.org
January 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We at The Chestnut Review are trying to raise $1,000 to subsidize a spot in our 2025 retreat, which will be held in Riga, Latvia. While a writing retreat can be transformative, it's also cost prohibitive for many. Please consider donating if you can: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/chestnut-rev...
I put this issue in InDesign at 6am during a flight delay at an airport bar over a pity ice water an employee came and poured me. 📖 there's some good writing in here all!
It is NEW ISSUE O'CLOCK💫🌰🎉
@chestnutreview.bsky.social is excited to announce the release of our Winter, 2025 issue (Volume 6, Issue 3).
Click here to explore the works of our stubborn artist for FREE 😊
chestnutreview.com/cr_v6_n3/
#poetry #prose #art #magazine #chestnutreview
@chestnutreview.bsky.social is excited to announce the release of our Winter, 2025 issue (Volume 6, Issue 3).
Click here to explore the works of our stubborn artist for FREE 😊
chestnutreview.com/cr_v6_n3/
#poetry #prose #art #magazine #chestnutreview
February 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I put this issue in InDesign at 6am during a flight delay at an airport bar over a pity ice water an employee came and poured me. 📖 there's some good writing in here all!
I haven't published much in the past year; here's my Louisa Solano Memorial Emerging Poet prizewinning poem, work in Midway and Poetry Online & art I painted based on colors/patterns from the Seoul subway map.
salamandermag.org/maleficent/
poetry.onl/read/mar-s-p
midwayjournal.com/self-ghost-i...
salamandermag.org/maleficent/
poetry.onl/read/mar-s-p
midwayjournal.com/self-ghost-i...
February 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I haven't published much in the past year; here's my Louisa Solano Memorial Emerging Poet prizewinning poem, work in Midway and Poetry Online & art I painted based on colors/patterns from the Seoul subway map.
salamandermag.org/maleficent/
poetry.onl/read/mar-s-p
midwayjournal.com/self-ghost-i...
salamandermag.org/maleficent/
poetry.onl/read/mar-s-p
midwayjournal.com/self-ghost-i...
I'll always be grateful for how This Tenuous Atmosphere was treated at Conium and in edits, production, through to now. Submit your weird fiction!
New year, new reading period! CONIUM is open through the end of Feb., 2025. Fiction only. We lean toward strange, unusual writing. Length is highly flexible, but we lean toward shorter works. Sliding scale reading fee (starting at zero dollars). Full guidelines here: www.coniumpress.com/guidelines
February 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I'll always be grateful for how This Tenuous Atmosphere was treated at Conium and in edits, production, through to now. Submit your weird fiction!
Obligatory attention shot so that I'm not just a postless profile, and happy one year to This Tenuous Atmosphere 🚀
February 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Obligatory attention shot so that I'm not just a postless profile, and happy one year to This Tenuous Atmosphere 🚀