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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 1d

phoebe is still fee-free for marginalized writers through tomorrow, and our submissions are also open through tomorrow! October 8 is the last day to submit, so get your submissions in! ✨ #CallForSubmissions #phoebejournal

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 7d

The Submittable will show all fee-waived submission portals. Head to our Submittable link to submit! To make space for voices that publishing too often overlooks, phoebe journal is offering free submissions for BIPOC and underrepresented writers starting today until our submissions close on Oct 8.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 17d

Reminder that today is the last day of our fee-free weekend 🗣️ go to our Submittable and submit now 🙂 #CallForSubmissions #LiteraryJournal

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 19d

Imagine if we did a fee-free weekend… oh wait, we are! It’s this weekend! Go submit your pieces now 😌 It ends on Sunday the 21st.
#WritingCommunity #CallForSubmissions #FeeFreeWeekend

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks so much for this feature!!

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Duotrope @duotrope.com · 22d

Today's listing of the day is: phoebe (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

Listing of the Day

Today's listing of the day is: phoebe (fee-based) #WritingCommunity

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So to Speak @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social · 29d

Finding the right journals for your work. Writing a lit mag cover letter. Submitting to contests. Let's talk about it at Submit-a-Thon! Hosted by us and @phoebejournal.bsky.social, open to the GMU community. Sign up here: cglink.me/2d7/r2287792

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hi everyone:
There’s a new submission deadline for phoebe, on October 8! Thank you for understanding and make sure to make note of the new date so that you can get your submissions in on time 🙂

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So to Speak @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌀SUBS OPEN🌀
sotospeak.submittable.com/submit

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · Aug 15

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phoebe’s submissions are open now for the winter edition, 55.1! Find the Submittable link in our bio!

Orange graphic that reads: “Submissions are open now! Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, visual art.”

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Stefanie Kirby @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social · Jul 11

Many thanks to @phoebejournal.bsky.social, where this poem first appeared!

Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · Jul 6

"Elsewhere: leftover / pips solid as teeth, fruit lips / curled back in decay. A mouth / packed with loss."

Stefanie Kirby, from "As Demeter"
REMAINDER #AvailableNow

Remainder by Stefanie Kirby (Inch #64)

by Stefanie Kirby Inch #64, Summer 2025 17 pages, saddle-stapled ISSN: 1932-6149 Release date: June 24, 2025*

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Patricia Smith @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social · Jun 19

September 30!

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A Quiet Root @aquietroot.bsky.social · May 30

simultaneously one of the funniest and the most cutting poems I've read in ages, from Rebecca Hawkes in @phoebejournal.bsky.social

Birth Control - phoebe

Rebecca Hawkes “why suck the strap” why look at a sunset. why listen to your favourite song. why stop to smell the flowers. come on now – Tumblr user @bloodpups To live ethically in the present moment...

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samzabell.bsky.social @samzabell.bsky.social · May 15

I have a new story live in @phoebejournal.bsky.social
today! It’s about a funeral for a star. It was rejected 19 times and I'm so grateful to the editors at Phoebe for loving it as much as I always have 💫 phoebejournal.com/rigel-the-kn...

Rigel, the Knee - phoebe

Samantha Zabell 9:02 pm I am throwing a funeral for a constellation and if no one comes I will feel like such an idiot. And not just because I went to Heinen’s and bought a whole sheet cake that can p...

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audrey @audreylarson.itch.io · May 15

hey I’ve got art in this!! :)

phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · May 15

Our Spring issue, 54.2, is live! Please give it a read; we're really proud of this one. All of our contributors did an amazing job. The link to check it out is in our bio!!!

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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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Tim @7imnguyen.bsky.social · May 15

Delighted to have a poem of mine be featured here with so many talented voices. Please enjoy ❤️‍🔥🥂

phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · May 15

Our Spring issue, 54.2, is live! Please give it a read; we're really proud of this one. All of our contributors did an amazing job. The link to check it out is in our bio!!!

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Lydia @elliswkim.bsky.social · May 16

I have a leetle story in this issue of @phoebejournal.bsky.social, and please read the winning short story by Jumaana Abdu, “Two Burials.” It’s incredible.
TGIF, everyone. 💚
phoebejournal.com/54-2/

54.2 - phoebe

2025 Spring Fiction Contest Winner Two Burials by Jumaana Abdu 2025 Spring Nonfiction Contest Winner Notes on Property by Esther Ra 2025 Spring Poetry Contest Winner Bestiary by Seth Peterson Read com...

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Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social · May 18

It’s late summer and the light is glorious, spilling like white gold over the great dome of St Paul’s and glittering on the Thames’s expansive sweep.
But I don’t see the beauty, not really.’

Such a moving, involving story by @jaimegill.bsky.social in @phoebejournal.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity

Jaime Gill @jaimegill.bsky.social · May 18

“You loved maps showing lands like Prussia, Formosa, or Ceylon, lands that don’t exist anymore.

Like you.

I know I’m crying. Just fuck off, will you? It’s your fault.”

Very proud of my story “Mysterious Rooms”, and to be in glorious @phoebejournal.bsky.social

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Mysterious Rooms - phoebe

Jaime Gill September Well, this was a bloody stupid idea. About two months ago, you said, half-joking I think, that I should hire a therapist. “Don’t be absurd,” I said. “I’m not a neurotic twentysome...

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Mollie O'Leary @molliepoleary.bsky.social · May 19

new poem out at @phoebejournal.bsky.social :) excited to be featured alongside such cool poets--thank you to the wonderful editors!
phoebejournal.com/Touchstruck/

Touchstruck - phoebe

Mollie O'Leary I’d spent the morning staring down into a caldera, ropes of steam moving past me to pursue their own relentless cycles. I could see the city below, miniature buildings gathered tight al...

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · May 15

Our Spring issue, 54.2, is live! Please give it a read; we're really proud of this one. All of our contributors did an amazing job. The link to check it out is in our bio!!!

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Seth Peterson @sethpeterson.bsky.social · Apr 28

Such a surreal experience to win this while reading Corey Van Landingham’s latest book (which is amazing). Thanks to her and the whole @phoebejournal.bsky.social staff 🙏

phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · Apr 28

Happy to announce the winners of our Spring 2025 Contest for issue 54.2. Jumaana Abdu for Fiction, Esther Ra for Nonfiction, and @sethpeterson.bsky.social for Poetry. Stay tuned for the launch of 54.2 in May, where you can read these lovely pieces and the other finalists.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · Apr 28

Happy to announce the winners of our Spring 2025 Contest for issue 54.2. Jumaana Abdu for Fiction, Esther Ra for Nonfiction, and @sethpeterson.bsky.social for Poetry. Stay tuned for the launch of 54.2 in May, where you can read these lovely pieces and the other finalists.

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phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · Apr 19

Only a few more weeks left to submit!

So to Speak @sotospeakjournal.bsky.social · Mar 16

our subs are open for our summer digital issue until may 1!!!! 🦩
sotospeak.submittable.com/submit

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Taylor Franson-Thiel @taylorfthiel.bsky.social · Apr 9

Head on over to read our interviews! Corey's book is AMAZING!!!!!!!

phoebe journal @phoebejournal.bsky.social · Apr 9

Now up are two reviews of our Spring 2025 Poetry Contest Judge Corey Van Landingham's book Reader, I. Reviews written by our Poetry Editor, Victoria Jean Reynolds, and Assistant Poetry Editor, @taylorfthiel.bsky.social . Link in bio!

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