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The Anti-Literary Mag. Here to ruin your feeds. Currently closed for submissions at duotrope.com/duosuma/submit/jake-anti-literary-magazine-QvF7M. Read the mag at jakethemag.com. Bargain brand tweets by @beansbaker5.bsky.social or @zreayellers.bsky.social

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

You didn't think JAKE forgot about BOTN, did you?😉

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 2d

Sike. He meant 10/20 😅

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 3d

Who's ready to send JAKE some weird shit? General subs open 8/20

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 3d

Who's ready to send JAKE some weird shit? General subs open 8/20

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Lauren Kardos @lkardos.bsky.social · 8d

AND a poetry BOTN from @publishedbyjake.bsky.social?? i would celebrate but need another round on the zipline first. thanks JAKE!

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

You didn't think JAKE forgot about BOTN, did you?😉

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brittany @britomatic.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats to the JAKE BOTN noms, esp @gavinopoet.bsky.social who submitted to DONT TXT UR EX last year xxx it’s a big hitter

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

You didn't think JAKE forgot about BOTN, did you?😉

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stephanie 💽 @whoastanderson.bsky.social · 9d

both honored and terrified that JAKE has seen my embarrassing younger self and decided to make BOTN read it <3

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

You didn't think JAKE forgot about BOTN, did you?😉

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats to all these fantastic writers! These were JAKE's favorite pieces of the year, the ones he kept coming back to again and again for one reason or another. Read all of JAKE's nominees here:
jakethemag.com/tag/botn-26/

Nominated for Best of the Net 2026 - JAKE

jakethemag.com

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

And For Nonfiction:

"To the Wendy’s Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying" by @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social
& "Gaming All By Yourself Handsome?" by @whoastanderson.bsky.social

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

& "The AUDACITY of the Young" by Sara Vernekar

For Fiction:

"Ask Me Something" by @mallorysmart.bsky.social
"Eduardo" by @martinezfjulian.bsky.social

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

"Gavin Garza Will Have His Revenge on Fresno" by @gavinopoet.bsky.social
"i had a dream last night that Stone Cold Steve Austin was helping me rearrange furniture and i kept calling him Stone instead of his actual name but he was fine with it" by Katy Haas
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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

For Poetry:

"In which the alien from 'Alien' plays basketball" by Erica Leslie Weidner
"Hold Me to Your Ground (Metalloid Maniac x Reader Fanfiction)" by @jennajaco.bsky.social
"We're Both Just Here for the Zipline" by @lkardos.bsky.social
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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 9d

You didn't think JAKE forgot about BOTN, did you?😉

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · 16d

Hey, what's up, what'd JAKE miss?

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Monarch Queer Literary Awards @monarch.gay · Sep 1

The Monarch Queer Literary Awards are now open for nominations until November 30, 2025!

Visit our website (monarch.gay) to learn more about us and how editors can nominate work. 🦋

We're open! Monarch Queer Literary Awards, September 1 to November 20, 2025, monarch.gay

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · Sep 8

SUB CALL!

We're open for Poetry & Art for Issue 7: The Urge.

Sept 1 - 22.

This time we wanna explore the feminine urge: to cave-dwell or home-make, towards tenderness or violence, giddiness or belligerence, nurturing or devouring...

Details: buff.ly/cQNscai

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · Sep 1

New Merch? Ducks?
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · Aug 22

“i think maybe this is what it’s like to be a comet and leave in your wake a trail of who you burn to be.”

Some adolescent angst in “I dot my eyes with stars” by @tracierenee.bsky.social in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social

jakethemag.com/i-dot-my-eye...

i dot my eyes with stars

at home the phone rings but never for me.

jakethemag.com

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Mike Prask @mprask.bsky.social · Aug 19

An evening story for the evening crowd in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today...the latest in my Bluff Country series.

jakethemag.com/night-rescue/

Night Rescue

“One of the goats is out."

jakethemag.com

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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · Aug 18

This is gonna be spectacular

Upcoming chapbook by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

Ben Shahon @beansbaker5.bsky.social · Aug 16

Re-reading @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's upcoming JAKE chapbook for edits, and damn, this is really a good one.

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · Aug 17

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · Aug 16

ICYMI, yes, Sumitra's book Mother Karma, is coming soon!

Ben Shahon @beansbaker5.bsky.social · Aug 16

Re-reading @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's upcoming JAKE chapbook for edits, and damn, this is really a good one.

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Kathryn Rw Reese @kathrynreese.bsky.social · Aug 17

I can’t wait to read this 🔥🔥🔥

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · Aug 16

ICYMI, yes, Sumitra's book Mother Karma, is coming soon!

Ben Shahon @beansbaker5.bsky.social · Aug 16

Re-reading @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's upcoming JAKE chapbook for edits, and damn, this is really a good one.

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Good Friend Lion (writing as Sumitra Singam) @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Aug 16

So a couple of years ago I feverishly wrote this thing about mothers and kids, pretending it had nothing whatsoever to do with my own mothering or childhood (hahahahahaha) and @publishedbyjake.bsky.social want to publish it (WHAT?). Coming towards the end of the year!!!

JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · Aug 16

ICYMI, yes, Sumitra's book Mother Karma, is coming soon!

Ben Shahon @beansbaker5.bsky.social · Aug 16

Re-reading @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's upcoming JAKE chapbook for edits, and damn, this is really a good one.

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JAKE @publishedbyjake.bsky.social · Aug 16

ICYMI, yes, Sumitra's book Mother Karma, is coming soon!

Ben Shahon @beansbaker5.bsky.social · Aug 16

Re-reading @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's upcoming JAKE chapbook for edits, and damn, this is really a good one.

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Ben Shahon @beansbaker5.bsky.social · Aug 16

Re-reading @pleomorphic2.bsky.social's upcoming JAKE chapbook for edits, and damn, this is really a good one.

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · Aug 15

The Shortlist for August 15:

Just a crazy amount of great reading this week.
New fiction on Turn & Work from Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social

Plus Nonfiction from
Barlow Adams @barlowadams.bsky.social‬ and Amanda Ashworth in ‪@reckonreview.bsky.social‬

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The Shortlist for August 15, 2025 - Turn & Work

There's a lot here this week. New fiction at Turn & Work, two nonfiction pieces and 10 short stories.

www.turnandwork.com

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Elena Sichrovsky @esichr.bsky.social · Aug 16

sooo excited to have a new scifi story out with
@translunartl.bsky.social! this one is inspired by the lore of the cult i was raised in (yes they believed in a triangular heaven literally lodged inside the moon🌚) translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/d...

Deliverance, by Elena Sichrovsky

My grandma used to say “every terrible thing will fade when that blessed day comes, my dear.” Now that it’s finally happening my only comfort is that she isn’t around to be disappointed.

translunartravelerslounge.com

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