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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · 3d

☆ Announcing our contributors for Issue 04! ☆

It's a smaller issue this time, but the the work is so good! Stunning art, gorgeous poetry, and gut-churning fiction. We can't wait to share it with you!

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Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · 26d

Best of the Net is now accepting nominations for the 2026 anthology! Submissions must come from the editor of the publication, or, if the work is self-published, it may be sent by the author. The deadline is September 30th, 2025. bestofthenetanthology.com

Best of the Net – Best of the Net Anthology

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for the shout out! ❤️

The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 26d

#FF It’s Video Games Day 🎮. To celebrate, give some ❤️ & a follow to these publications in the lit community that begin with “V” & “G”!
@vestalreview.bsky.social
@galleon-books.bsky.social
@villaineralit.bsky.social
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social
@viridinelit.bsky.social
@garlicpresslit.bsky.social

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Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · Sep 8

Happy Monday! Anything is possible! The sun is shining! The geese are honking! Send us your whimsy! Your light! Your screaming! We 🫶🏻 you! sillygoosepress.submittable.com/submit

Silly Goose Press Submission Manager

Honklo, Goose! Welcome to The Pond!Submissions for SGP6 will be open September 1-30, 2025! Here are the guidelines:- Use standard formatting (i.e., 12 pt font, 1 inch margins, some sort of serif/sans ...

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 29d

You have until the end of September to submit to our Halloween issue 4! "Foxglove" is our poison issue, so get your subs to us in the next 3 WEEKS ☠️

Submit your poetry, art, translations, fiction, and nonfiction pieces inspired by our theme here: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissions

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 29d

We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave a reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human.

Send us work exploring September’s theme of impermanence.

October’s upcoming theme is space/place.

buff.ly/RMWpi4x

#writingcommunity

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 29d

SUBMIT TO THE URGE!!

🖤

ENGINEIDLING.NET

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Sep 4

☆Announcing our Best of the Net nominations ☆

Good luck everyone! Get to our website and give these brilliant pieces a read.

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our next issue has already shrunk by a few pieces 🫠

Please remember to withdraw your work if it gets picked up by another publication before we send out our responses, as other writers could have had those spots.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Sep 1

We are currently open to submissions September 1–15 via the Moksha system. Send the story that scares you, changes you, beguiles you. We are hungry and waiting.

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A Coup of Owls Press 2025-26 PUBLICATIONS KICKSTARTER LIVE!! @acoupofowls.bsky.social · Sep 1

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN

⌛ 1st to 7th Sept
📖 Winter Issue
📝 100 to 8000 words
❄️ Any theme or genre, but please note if you send something very clearly related to Spring etc, it probably won't make this issue.

acoupofowls.com/submissions/
#writersky #booksky #writersofbsky #submissionsopen

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ALT: a close up of an owl with the words woot woot written below it

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The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social · Sep 1

We are once again OPEN for submissions to both our print journal and miCRo! We strongly encourage you to submit to the print journal within the next day or so, as we tend to reach our cap just days after opening up.

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X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · Sep 1

it's tha 1st of tha month, which means that subs are open for...

short stories
flash
micros
creative nonfiction

until we reach our monthly cap. thank u !

xraylitmag.com/submissions/

XRAY Submissions

XRAY Literary Magazine submissions are open for fiction and creative nonfiction up to 7500 words. Pitch interviews & essays.

xraylitmag.com

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Aug 31

We like to think we're not too punishing 😂 Happy to have you on board, June!

June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · Aug 31

I gave them something and they said yes!!! So delighted to be punished by @viridinelit.bsky.social very soon. ❤️

Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Jul 20

☆ SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 04 ARE OPEN ☆
Theme: CONTAGION

Give us contagious laughter. Give us catching feelings. Give us plague. Give us mob mentality.

Submit here: forms.gle/N8HUjshpzWrZ...

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 25

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! We can't wait to read your stories!!! buff.ly/xB0IZOX

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · Aug 29

Doric Literary is ALWAYS open for submissions!

Fiction 1000-8000 words
No fee
Tiny honorarium
Editor reads every submission
No cover letter required
Submit via email
Top 10 fastest response time listed @duotrope.com

doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

Submissions

To submit, simply attach one short story, saved as an MS Word document, to an email and send it to: [email protected] No cover letter is required* but be sure to include your story’s t…

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Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · Aug 30

sillygoosepress.com/submissions

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Gone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · Aug 31

Submissions are open, but say you're in detention. Forget why you're there, we know what you've done. The point is you're breaking out. You've a gem to submit to Gone Lawn and the time is now. Do it! We're waiting just for you.

gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines

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The Belfast Review @thebelfastreview.bsky.social · Aug 31

The final countdown till submissions close - at midnight.

We read all submissions no matter how last minute.

Procrastinators - it’s your time!!!!

Link below

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · Aug 31

ICYMI We are open for #submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction #translations and look fwd to reading your work #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Aug 28

We've now responded to all Issue 04 submissions! As always, if your email hasn't arrived for some reason, shoot us a message so we can sort it out.

Pink text on textured green background: Responses have been sent. Check your emails! (with envelope graphic)

Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'm giving you all until around 9pm (UK time), or after I've done the bedtime battle with my son, and then I'm closing the submission form. Last call, procrastinators!

Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Aug 23

Taking a reading break for noodles.

Subs are still open until tomorrow! We haven't had as many as usual this time, so you'll be in with a better shot at acceptance.

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Aug 21

We're real short on art subs. And scripts and essays, but mostly art. Don't self-reject! Throw your hat in the ring, and your work could be our next cover.

Subs are open until Sunday 👀

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Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Aug 12

Submissions seem to have stalled. Give us something to get our teeth into!

Viridine Literary @viridinelit.bsky.social · Jul 20

☆ SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 04 ARE OPEN ☆
Theme: CONTAGION

Give us contagious laughter. Give us catching feelings. Give us plague. Give us mob mentality.

Submit here: forms.gle/N8HUjshpzWrZ...

Submissions open. Theme: CONTAGION. Deadline: 24th August. Background: virus microbe.

Poetry: 1-3, 40 lines max. Fiction: 1-2, 2k words max. Script: 1-2, 15 mins max. Essay: 1-2, 2k words max. Art: 1-5. Full guidelines on our website.
Background: virus microbe.

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