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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 2h

Very cool, Laurie, & thanks for reaching out! Subs are "officially" closed but if you'd like to send some artwork I'd be happy to check it out. Collage is perfect for this issue esp. We're very low on art subs this time around & I'd rather have a real artist's work in it than my own filler. :)

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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 1d

📕 ✒️ "Vampire Verses" - out soon from @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social - has also shape-shifted into my Hallowe'en card. 🧛 🎃

📬 🦇 Coming soon to your mailbox! 🦇

@sfpoetry.bsky.social @swsworlds.bsky.social @hwany.org @hdwp.com @dmcwriter.bsky.social @leannareneehieber.bsky.social @alpbeck.com

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 1d

Many thanks! 😊

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 1d

Yay so glad to see these!😊

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 1d

Anytime! 😊

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 2d

Awhile back @apbrown.bsky.social was kind enough to send me a physical signed copy of Small Remedies. What a treat!

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 2d

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 2d

Free stickers!

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 22d

Check out our Store!
We've got FREE STICKERS.
Also added some Print On Demand T-shirts. We wanna experiment w POD in the hopes that maybe their sale can help provide for: (1) a fund used to pay each contributor, (2) a poetry contest next yr w $ prize, or (3) expanding into print.
Gotta dream big!

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 2d

beestung is hoping to raise just $136 more to keep us going for another year 🖤💛

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark

What is beestung: beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven

www.gofundme.com

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 2d

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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 3d

#WritingCommunity
📢 No-Fee CALL TO SUBMIT to Protean
🤛 Slant: for the political LEFT
🖤 ✒️ poems, reviews, critical essays, illustrations
⏰ rolling ⏰
💲 $60 - $400
@spacecowboybooks.bsky.social @alpbeck.com @joshuasiegal.bsky.social @bugthewriter.bsky.social
proteanmag.com/submissions/

Submissions

We accept article drafts and pitches, fiction pieces, and poems on a rolling basis for our online content.

proteanmag.com

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our store!
Engineidling.net/store for some interesting POD items as well as free microchaps and stickers!

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Fundraising Effort!
We're experimenting w POD items to fund our future! We wanna pay contribs, do a contest, & go into print.🤞 Pipe dreams perhaps but we'd be remiss if we didn't try!
Buy shirts/totes from our Store (buff.ly/U5WVpJJ) & $ goes in the fund!
Straight donations too: buff.ly/lGDOKer

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 6d

LOVE IT! 🖤

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 6d

me reading "okay" (originally pubbed in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social)

youtu.be/ryWxJoe0wAs?...

"okay" live at Ottobar

YouTube video by nat raum

youtu.be

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 7d

Working on layout for issue 7.

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our store!
Engineidling.net/store for some interesting POD items as well as free microchaps and stickers!

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 15d

⚠️ Fundraising Effort!
We're experimenting w POD items to fund our future! We wanna pay contribs, do a contest, & go into print.🤞 Pipe dreams perhaps but we'd be remiss if we didn't try!
Buy shirts/totes from our Store (buff.ly/U5WVpJJ) & $ goes in the fund!
Straight donations too: buff.ly/lGDOKer

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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 10d

*ride of the valkyries starts playing*

we have extended effervescent subs through 10/7!

duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

effervescent Digital Anthology Submission Manager

Submit to effervescent Digital Anthology (a project of fifth wheel press). Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.

duotrope.com

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Dishsoap Quarterly @dishsoapquart.bsky.social · 12d

Sending some prose out into the world? Here's some places that are super cool, fee free, and OPEN FOR SUBS!!!

@xraylitmag.bsky.social
@alocasiamag.bsky.social
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
@fahmidangroup.bsky.social
@bruisermag.com
@trampset.bsky.social
@wigleaf.bsky.social
@flashfrog.bsky.social

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 11d

#FF It’s HR Professionals Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “H” and “R”!
@hexliterary.bsky.social
@riotinyourthroat.bsky.social
@hollowoakpress.bsky.social
@hyphenpunk.bsky.social
@riverheronreview.bsky.social

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 11d

#FF It’s HR Professionals Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “H” and “R”!
@read.theforgottenfiction.com
@headpress.com
@hedgehogpress.co.uk
@remediatelitmag.bsky.social
@hempressbooks.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️

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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 11d

#FF It’s HR Professionals Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “H” and “R”!
@haikutsunami.bsky.social
@hauntedwordspress.bsky.social
@ratbaglit.bsky.social
@hauntpublishing.bsky.social
@haydensferryreview.bsky.social
Cont ⬇️

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 13d

aw shucks☺️

the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 13d

a great piece! can't wait to share!🤩

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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social · 13d

Our 2025 Poetry Competition is ✨ OPEN FOR ENTRIES ✨

Prizes: 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; Unpublished Poet Prize: £250
Judge: Liz Berry
Entry Fee: £10
Closes: 8 December 2025

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

Women's Poetry Competition 2025 - Poetry (Single Poem) - Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

mslexia.co.uk

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 13d

These are epic!🤩

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 13d

Absolute gems!🤩

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