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allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Writer. Teacher. PhD candidate UofU. Fiction Editor Waxwing. Poetry collection ALL THAT BLUE forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. Chapbooks: EDGE OF THE SEA (CutBank Books) and WITHOUT WOMAN OR BODY (FLP) allisonfieldbell.com
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The results are in! The winners of The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2025 are... www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

The Rumpus let me go today as the Multigenre Reviewer-at-Large as part of ongoing masthead changes under new ownership. I’m taking a beat off socials, but I want to express gratitude for the previous leadership, particularly Aram Mrjoian, who created my position.

The May SmokeLong Celebration is here! Help us congratulate the writers of these 40-something stories reported to us in May! Links to stories in thread! youtu.be/-37yzjLD5FQ?...

WOAH. Read this gorgeous / sad / furious flash story. Really. Read it. You will thank me.

“But I’m here now, and …” “I imagine my friend asking if I’m okay; she doesn’t, but I breathe in, steady, slow, and answer her anyway …” And “a layer cake of cloud and sky” @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in @riverteeth.bsky.social riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...

The air inside the plane is vodka. Allison Field Bell writes some of the most gorgeous and powerful CNF out there @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @riverteeth.bsky.social

"But I’m here now, and my body is my body again." My lord. This. I love this piece so much by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social 💙💙💙 riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...

Love Allison Field Bell's writing, especially her flash cnf. So great to see her in @riverteeth.bsky.social's Beautiful Things this morning!

So thrilled to have a story on this list! @smokelong.bsky.social 💙

“Beyond him is the window, portal to the outside. A layer cake of cloud and sky—blue, pink, cream.” -from "Screwdriver," this week's Beautiful Things essay by Allison Field Bell Read the rest: riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...

“Am I pretty? My body asks.” “My problem is: I know I want him. Not want but *want*.” “Later we …” “Later, I will …” “Later …” @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/05/01/i...

"Later, we will tear through the hotel hallways in nothing but towels. I will eat a rib from a tray outside someone’s door." @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social up at Milk Candy Review milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/05/01/i...

“I can’t keep track of time anymore. When which meds started and which meds stopped. When I drank this here or vomited there.” Medication by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social (p. 58) online.fliphtml5.com/ndtwa/qqlu/#...

I have 2 micros in this issue of @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social ! Thanks so much to the editors for including me 💙🥰

Some stories arrive fully fledged & others are a result of editing editing editing. 1st subbed this one in 2022 😆 Def the latter! Shout out to @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @pennypriddy.bsky.social @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social @daniellezacc.bsky.social for helping me finesse it in #Smokelong Fitness!

Eeeek!!! So thrilled to be nominated by @pinchjournal.bsky.social for Best New Poets! My first ever nomination!!!

We're planning more events than ever this summer. Join the liveliest—prettiest, but we are partial—flash community around May 24-July 25. We're mixing it up this summer. What's your cocktail/mocktail? #notacult www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-...

I'm behind with my AWP posts, bc I picked up a little something xtra in LA. Covid. Ha. One week out, tho, & I'm good. Since everyone I hung out w already posted ALL the photos, I'll just share my book haul pic! I was v disciplined & am happy w my stash! Lots of NIF-ish things to read & ponder...

2 prose poems in @passagesnorth.bsky.social 💙

A brief and lovely excerpt of Salmon Weather: Writing from the Land of No Return by CMarie Fuhrman--is it a bend in the river, or a dream? https://www.terrain.org/2025/nonfiction/the-bend-in-the-river/ #rivers #dreams #memory #community #summer

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Without Woman or Body by Allison Field Bell On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/with... Without Woman or Body reveals the #life of a #young #woman as she reconciles with her #sexuality, her #mental #illness, and the distinct #memories of #abuse that haunt her

Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social for featuring this interview! So thrilled to be on this list! And thank you @soflopojo.bsky.social for publishing my flash essay “Habit” 💙

It’s my 38th birthday tomorrow and to celebrate, I’m offering signed copies of my nonfiction chapbook! 15$ each, shipping included! DM me here or email me at [email protected]

A few OKD alums have books out this month! 😍 • @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social's "Edge of the Sea": www.cutbankonline.org/2025-chapbooks • @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross's "Don’t Take This the Wrong Way": eastoverpress.com/book/dont-ta...

@AllisonFieldBell.bsky.social is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at @utah.edu & she has an MFA in Fiction from New Mexico State University. She is the author of Without Woman or Body (@finishinglinepress.bsky.social 2025) and Edge of the Sea (Cut Bank, 2025). #poet #smartishpace #poetry

So thrilled to be part of this @smokelong.bsky.social reading! What a lineup! 😅💙

My story "No Promises" in @chestnutreview.bsky.social 'Allison Field Bell’s “No Promises” is a frank and open reflection on the beginnings of domestic violence and the difficulty to escape from it once one is ensnared in the cycle of manipulation and fear.' chestnutreview.com/allison-fiel...

This week the spotlight's on @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and her moving fiction piece "Camping." On self-care, Allison writes, "I think self-care is less about the action, more about the intention." How we love this! Read her work here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/... #namjooning

Our next online event is tomorrow! ✨ Discover how to make your flash fiction stand out ✨ Writerly insights from published #writers ✨ £10 / £1 tickets also available ✨ Sign up: www.crowdcast.io/c/fire-up-your-flash-fiction Plus, save the date for our short story online event, 19 March.

I had a blast doing this interview with @andrewcareaga.bsky.social. I spoke about MoonLit Getaway, as well as my story collection: Contact in Continuum. Mentioned: @michaelvadney.bsky.social @amykdebellis.bsky.social @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and others! andrewcareaga.com/2025/02/21/f...

BOTH of my chapbooks are now available to order! They even feature my photography as their covers 🖤 Thanks so much to CutBank Books and @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for believing in these projects! www.allisonfieldbell.com/books

It's always a great day when the contributor copies arrive! Excited to be included in the Fall 2024 issue of South Carolina Review with so many poets I admire, including @collinkelley.bsky.social and @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social #booksky #poets

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my friend @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social is KILLING IT, preorder one or BOTH of her amazing chapbooks now!

More good news! My Creative Nonfiction Chapbook, EDGE OF THE SEA, is available to order through CutBank Books! www.cutbankonline.org/2025-chapbooks

Eeeek! You can now pre-order my chapbook from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social Please support me and this wonderful press! www.finishinglinepress.com/product/with...