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Tanya Žilinskas

@tanyazilinskas.com

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Mostly plant content. Fiction in Shenandoah, Chicago Quarterly Review, TriQuarterly, Puerto del Sol, Southern Humanities Review, etc. Working on a novel about bad art friends and a surreal story collection set in a surreal Marin County. tanyazilinskas.com

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 11h

And scene. Thank you to everyone who shared their work!

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

Lol @havehashad.com

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

Okay, everything is read. Tomorrow is official stuff.

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

I got no tarot?!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

Pretty sure one of these submissions hexed me @jlyocum.com @havehashad.com

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

I think I maybe should have added an addendum not to hex me @havehashad.com @jlyocum.com

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

Lol @havehashad.com

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

Mood

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

It never hurts to disclose your sign

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

Lol @havehashad.com

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 1d

Tonight! 4 pm PST/7 pm EST. Send me your stellar, weird, inexplicable work (just make sure it’s 500 words or less).

HAD @havehashad.com · 1d

Here's the link for prose submissions.
guest ed: @tanyazilinskas.com

Link will be live at 7pm ET.
Will close as soon as it hits 77 submissions!!

havehashad.submittable.com/submit/33833...

"LUCK" — prose
The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 3d

This Tuesday! May the odds be ever in your favor:

HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

Obligatory quote repost so I can tag @havehashad.com and @tanyazilinskas.com

This is going to be about the most fun anyone might legally have on any given Tuesday!

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 3d

This is what we call foreshadowing

Two crystal skulls, one large and clear and one small and made of tiger’s eye, sit atop a marigold colored notebook next to a computer keyboard.

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 4d

I will die on this hill. I don’t know how “woah” became the prevalent spelling.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 11d

Please join me at Stories on Stage Davis for a performance of my story "Overview Effect" (originally published in @yourimpossiblevoice.com) on October 12. Full event info here:

storiesonstagedavis.com/authors/10-1...

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 15d

I didn’t even realize there was supposed to be a rapture when I had my generative writing class read @blackquisition.bsky.social’s “Erasure” last night:

kenyonreview.org/kr-online-is...

Erasure | Kenyon Review Online

Danielle Holmes was the first recorded disappearance. We didn’t notice right away. She had always been a quiet one, respectful, never speaking unless spoken to, never sitting at the conference […]

kenyonreview.org

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Sep 3

Brilliant

Poets & Writers @pw.org · Sep 3

“For every book that I read, I collect words for a word bank, take notes on meaningful quotes, and write down any ideas that come to me,” writes @taylorbyas.bsky.social, author of Resting Bitch Face (Soft Skull Press @catapultbooks.bsky.social). Read on: at.pw.org/WRByas

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Sep 2

Bay Area friends! I am teaching a *free* generative workshop starting this month at the beautiful Mill Valley Library, Mondays from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome--let's write together!

More information and register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/151191...

From Draft to Craft: POV and Perspective

Each week we’ll focus on a particular craft point (setting, POV, dialogue, tension, etc.), using an illustrative novel, story, essay, or memoir excerpt. After discussing the...

millvalleylibrary.libcal.com

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Sep 2

Yes! I love the particulars about how/why this freaks people out. I find the concept of deep space terrifying and it feels very on-brand.

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Aug 22

Because we are witches for guessing the same number and getting so close.

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Aug 22

Co-edited psychic/witch call!

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Aug 20

I must smell this. I also wrote a story a few years back about the weird world of perfume and perfume reviewers:

porterhousereview.org/articles/sil...

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Jul 29

The thing about having a bob with bangs is there's always one day where you look like Lord Farquaad

Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Jul 23

Editing obstacle

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Jul 17

So ready for this @isleofanalia.bsky.social! 🎉

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · Jun 29

Feel better soon!

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