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irleywrites.bsky.social
CNF and textile art girlie. Uses the f-word in every way possible. Switches between sarcastic & painfully sincere without warning. 💁🏻‍♀️ irleywrites.com
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i’m reading a piece that (among many other amazing things) demonstrates the power of a simple credit: 1. explains a concept with words of an expert 2. shows research by writer it’s not the main thing about this essay, but it stood out ❤️ sonorareview.com/2022/06/26/i...

submitted 455 days ago • 1 comment

excited to see submissions coming in for The ASP Bulletin!! we are open until Dec 25 so burn those holiday calories by umm, typing furiously on your keyboard and high fiving yourself for sharing your work 🥰 @alansquirepub theaspbulletin.com/submissions/

submitted 460 days ago • 1 comment

The ASP Bulletin will open for general subs on Monday, November 27th! @irleywrites.bsky.social, @cameronecclarke.bsky.social, Liz Hazen, @nazbk.bsky.social, and Ashley Espinoza are eagerly awaiting your work!! theaspbulletin.com

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great writers steal into your chest incubate burst out when the transformation is complete in the host body

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just thinking about the mundane parts of the multiverse… like oh, this email was meant for me in a different reality, weird *deletes

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BEYOND excited to share this news with all the talented writers i know and invite you to submit work!! our new reading period is opening soon!

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one of the hardest parts of writing is saying no to plans that are more proveable 🥲 i think it hurts people’s feelings, but also i want to create art that evolves me in the process, and that takes cocoon time

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For the night crowd: @irleywrites.bsky.social is a gifted memoirist and I'm lucky she wanted to contribute to the first issue of @major7mag.bsky.social. Don't miss her take on Coldplay's "Yellow"

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Major 7th Magazine is a literary mixtape founded to collect the scraps of consciousness you connect to your favourite songs. We work in flash — fiction, CNF, poetry, essay, comics, and more — and today we go live. Now Playing: Volume 1 www.major7mag.com/post/literar...

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what is the German word for the very specific form of imposter syndrome that kicks in after a piece is accepted & you wait for the journal to write again to say oops wrong writer jkjk 🥺 anyhoodle expect mysterious updates until I finally believe it 💗

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Closing out your Tuesday with our ol' elusive pal, CNF. This little snippet is from "Release Me" by Shirley Chan @irleywrites.bsky.social and it'll grab hold of you for sure. Go see for yourself. It's live now! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/release...

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i’m imagining experiencing Star Wars fresh in this order and I WISH …this is totally why i’m into segmented essays 😌

submitted 518 days ago • 1 comment

holy shit that would be amazing… just rebuild actual Twitter here 😂

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Monday mood: meeting up with a demon and getting trapped 👿 ‘Release Me’ is live in the newest issue from Roi Fainéant

submitted 518 days ago • 1 comment

Alicia Keys files trademark to launch a line of honey called ‘Alicia Bees.’ @vinnythomas.bsky.social

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this piece is catharsis for me 🖤 I’m honored to share it soon as part of a journal I love

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i am “looks at dangly jewelry and imagines all the ways it could get caught on heavy machinery” years old

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yaaaaayyyy!!! one of my favorites!! every month is a wonderful art treat in the mail and omg the team is amazing and *gushes sincerely and embarrassingly foreverrrr follow themmm submit to themmm read themmmm

submitted 525 days ago • 1 comment

i signed up for 2 new apps because of a writing coworking space, was reluctant to give my phone number, but did it… i’ve had to block 5 spam texts in thenlast 24 hours 🤬 i knew this would happen & i’m pissed

submitted 525 days ago • 2 comments