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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · 23d

It's almost sweater season... What's up your sleeve?
We are OPEN for submissions for ALL genres!

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

"She turns herself upright but otherwise remains still, like she’s choosing whether to give up or go on. It takes a moment to regain your bearings when you survive."
Read "Our Goldfinch Math Doesn't Add Up" by @andreabishop.bsky.social on our website!
Art: “Queencard” by Lindsay Liang

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Eileen Frankel Tomarchio @eileentomarchio.bsky.social · Aug 31

An honor to be a finalist! Thank you so much, @psmokejournal.bsky.social 🙏💚💜💙❤️

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 31

Our 2025 Summer Editor's Prize Contest has come to an end! We'd like to thank everyone for their submissions- it made our job so hard! Without further ado, here are our winners!

2025 Summer Editor's Prize
Poetry Winner: "The Odds" by Emily Portillo. Finalists: Sean Cho A. for "A cube who is growing. and growing unsure of himself. #4" and Sarah Moore for "Vampire Wife"
Flash Winner: "Orange Juice" by David Cohen. Finalists: Rosaleen Lynch for "Bodies of Water", Eileen Frankel Tomarchio for "Sad Library Things", and Kim Magowan for "On Her Way to the Corner Store"
Fiction Winner: "Teeth in All the Wrong Places" by Emely Taveras. Finalists: Emily Drew for "Terminal Break", Erin Striff for "Sustainable Living", and Gretta Trafficante for "Penny's Head"
Congratulations to all the winners, and we thank everyone for their submissions! Sincerely, Peatsmoke Journal

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Rosaleen Lynch @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congrats to the winners of the @psmokejournal.bsky.social Summer Editor's Prize! 👏 Delighted to be a finalist & be included in the next issue, in such fine company! 🥰

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 31

Our 2025 Summer Editor's Prize Contest has come to an end! We'd like to thank everyone for their submissions- it made our job so hard! Without further ado, here are our winners!

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 31

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 31

Our 2025 Summer Editor's Prize Contest has come to an end! We'd like to thank everyone for their submissions- it made our job so hard! Without further ado, here are our winners!

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

In case you've missed it... we are OPEN for art submissions!

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Paris and Pulitzer Prizes are good pearls for other pails. Only let me have eternity in the overalls of the ordinary."
Read "Full on Empty" by Angela Townsend if you are feeling toot-avoidant!
Art: "Lamb3" by Katie Lamb

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

Huge congratulations to Jennifer S. Lange for being selected for Best of Net 2025 with "Sticks and Stones" which was featured in our Winter 2024 Issue! Hurrah!

Congratulations! "Sticks and Stones" by Jennifer S. Lange Chosen for Best of Net 2025

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 4

Calling all poets! We are reopening our 2025 Summer Editor's Contest for poetry through this Friday, 8/8! We can't wait to see what you send our way!

Peatsmoke is a literary journal committed to publishing fresh and exciting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

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Gabriella Paz Hoggatt @gabriella-p-h.bsky.social · Aug 2

Check out some really cool work by emerging artists and writers! (Including myself, haha)

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our Summer 2025 Issue is HERE! www.peatsmokejournal.com
FLASH:
☀️Rachana Pathak
☀️Angela Townsend
☀️ @andreabishop.bsky.social
FICTION:
☀️ @gabriella-p-h.bsky.social
☀️Sarah Bess Jaffe
☀️Caroline Okello
ART:
☀️Rollin Jewett
☀️Brooke Walker
☀️Lindsay Liang
☀️Jennifer Lamb
☀️Subarna Talukder Bose

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 1

There are only a few hours left on our 2025 Summer Editor's Prize Contest! Submit on our website!

Peatsmoke is a literary journal committed to publishing fresh and exciting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Aug 1

We have been FLOODED with amazing pieces for our 2025 Summer Editor's Competition! Don't forget the competition closes tomorrow! We would love to hear from you!

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Andrea Bishop @andreabishop.bsky.social · Jul 15

So excited to be included in this lineup. Thanks @psmokejournal.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️ Looking forward to reading the other stories.

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our Summer 2025 Issue is HERE! www.peatsmokejournal.com
FLASH:
☀️Rachana Pathak
☀️Angela Townsend
☀️ @andreabishop.bsky.social
FICTION:
☀️ @gabriella-p-h.bsky.social
☀️Sarah Bess Jaffe
☀️Caroline Okello
ART:
☀️Rollin Jewett
☀️Brooke Walker
☀️Lindsay Liang
☀️Jennifer Lamb
☀️Subarna Talukder Bose

Peatsmoke

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jul 23

"The party ends. The aftertaste lingers." Read "The Host Family" by Rachana Pathak on our website today for a story that lingers!
Art: “Novalis 2025” by Milena Makani

Peatsmoke is a literary journal committed to publishing fresh and exciting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our Summer 2025 Issue is HERE! www.peatsmokejournal.com
FLASH:
☀️Rachana Pathak
☀️Angela Townsend
☀️ @andreabishop.bsky.social
FICTION:
☀️ @gabriella-p-h.bsky.social
☀️Sarah Bess Jaffe
☀️Caroline Okello
ART:
☀️Rollin Jewett
☀️Brooke Walker
☀️Lindsay Liang
☀️Jennifer Lamb
☀️Subarna Talukder Bose

Peatsmoke

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our Summer 2025 Issue, launching TOMORROW, is definitely bringing the heat. Please enjoy this beautiful art piece, "Lamb3", by Jennifer Lamb which was selected for the cover!

Color photo of the flowering weed, Common Teasel. One of the flowering heads is being pollinated by a butterfly and a bumble bee.

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jul 8

We would like to extend a big congratulations to William Hawkins for being selected for the Wigleaf Top 50 with "How Well You Know the Art of Love" which was published in our Winter 2024 Issue!

Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jul 1

In just a few short hours, our 2025 Summer Editor's Prize Contest will be live! The contest will last from July 1st-August 1, 2025. Find more information on our pinned post and our website!

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Peatsmoke Journal @psmokejournal.bsky.social · Jun 25

“Because you don’t have to be dead to leave a ghost.” If you need a hit to the heart, try “Eulogy for a Living Uncle”, a flash piece, by J. Condra Smith.

Art: “8” by Migyoung Yun

When Stars Are Just Stars — Peatsmoke

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Joel Hans @joelhans.com · Jun 15

OK having a good day so I'm posting one more—"When Stars Are Just Stars" started with a moment Mabel and I shared in Flagstaff then became something far different. Grateful to @psmokejournal.bsky.social for picking it up (oh gosh what is time) two years ago!

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Joel Hans There was a moment, when he stopped swinging his arms and legs but had not yet stood, where I thought he would tell me what came after, but that was when I realized there were things insid...