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Meet Sarah Daniels, our new Publisher and Executive Director at Mason Jar Press!

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We're Back! (not to be confused with a beloved, oft forgot childhood movie about dinosaurs) - Mason Jar is back and better than ever, and we didn't even have to wait 65 million years. Check out our new and revamped website - masonjarpress.com And stay tuned for more updates soon!

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An update from us at MJP 💚

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Apologies again for delays, but our formal update is taking us a touch longer than anticipated; please stay tuned for full information coming very soon. Thank you again 💙

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A quick update from us: First, an apology for the delay re further info; we've been working hard behind-the-scenes to decide on next steps for us as a press. We will have a letter with all the details posted on Monday. Thank you <3

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check it out! Tough Questions with @stevenleyva.bsky.social ⚡ Working the Lyric: Interview with Tara Betts on Employment, Activism, and Lyricism in the Academy and Beyond

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see you there 💙🩷

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COUNTRY OF UNDER by Brooke Shaffner (@masonjarpress.bsky.social). Reviewed by @rscalia.bsky.social.

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More information about the 1729 Prize. We will have updates and next steps that we are taking as a press, including a transition plan, by next week.

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1729 Prize Update 1/3

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A letter from our founding editor Ian Anderson

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We have received questions about our stance on Israel-Palestine so we wanted to make this clear: We stand with Palestinian people and condemn the actions of Israel—and the complacency of the US government—for what we believe is the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people.

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check it out!! love to see @older.bsky.social's ...AND OTHER DISASTERS on this truly fabulous list!

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HAPPY BOOK DAY, BROOKE!! Don’t miss out on this stellar, prize-winning novel! “This luminous novel of big heart and span is a wonder. I am changed for having read it. The story has become part of my soul.” — Diane Zinna, author of The All-Night Sun grab a copy! masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/...

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"These are stories for our future as well as a reflection of our present: from an AI built for empathy to an anthropologist who returns to Earth to study the dying civilizations. These stories will defy your expectations as well as inspire you to think deeply about the world around you."

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Happy Pub Day, Tager!! This collection rocks & so do you ⚡⚡⚡⚡

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Hello, friends! The 1729 Prize announcement will be delayed until April 15th (hopefully sooner). There's a variety of factors for this delay and we're happy to share if you'd like more info, but the short version is:

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you've likely heard about SPD closing & still have questions (we certainly do). rest assured, we're working on detangling what this means for us going forward. the heart of things remains the same though: support & celebrate small presses however you can

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10/10 since SPD bombed, how about a list of presses that that would love it if you bought books from them rn? I’d be remiss not to end with the great @masonjarpress.bsky.social (and they’re in Baltimore, you’re kinda obligated this week) masonjarpress.com

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Hello, friends! The 1729 Prize announcement will be delayed until April 15th (hopefully sooner). There's a variety of factors for this delay and we're happy to share if you'd like more info, but the short version is:

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Y'all, I'm a really good doodler. Plus you get a UK edition!

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happy birthday Molly Brodak 🎈

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I have to mail 100 book packages at USPS tomorrow for the @masonjarpress.bsky.social I talked to the manager who said “can you drop them off with your credit card and we’ll contact you when they’re ready?” I was like, sure!! He said, “umm, most people aren’t so trusting.”

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This is so good.

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lmao a few years ago Straczynski blocked me on twitter when I asked if Octavia Butler was still the only non-white writer in it, and now I don't even see her mentioned. "Keep science fiction white and male" is a dangerous vision all right, but only in the most boring way imaginable

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love this thread ⚡

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hot take: books are awesome

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5.5 more hours in the Locus Auction! Go check it out! Rare first edition of Children of Dune, Tuckerizations by Scalzi & Doctorow, Tiara by Sara Felix, Voicemail by Neil Gaiman, limited editions from Brandon Sanderson and Ted Chiang, art by Donato!! locus.betterworld.or...

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“Before gay marriage was legal, illustrator John Megahan was called to work on a revolutionary secret project: bringing to life, in painstaking scientific detail, the queer lives of the animal world.” The book was called “Biological Exuberance,” which is a very good title.

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HELLO SKY OF BLUE OUTLOOK SPRINGS HAS MADE ITS WAY TO YOU outlooksprings.com/issues/issue...

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Something fun: I had the joy of being on a panel for my alma mater #MountHolyoke a couple of weeks ago: Women Shaping Media with Martha Little and Tracy Gilchrist. We talked about our career paths, the state of journalism, publishing, AI and more! #AuntieEditor kaltura.mtholyoke.edu/media/Storie...

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Sooo.... is everybody in publishing kinda terrified all the time now, or is it just me?

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seconded!!!

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Get the library card and then use it, too -- sometimes library funding can be tied to or affected by circulation numbers.

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Artists hopping on bluesky once in a blue moon to promote something, no one's responding to your self promotion because you aren't cultivating community on this platform. You just dip in & out & don't forge bonds.

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Yall talking about the internet being down I am reading a book

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The Locus 2024 Fund Drive is live! 🚀 Awesome gift for donors: t-shirts, signed books, author chats, Tuckerizations, story crits, SWAG, and more! Help fund the magazine, the website, and the Locus Awards for 2024 with a tax deductible donation today! 🚀 igg.me/at/locusmag2024

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Semi-recently read Poe's PYM and Mat Johnson's PYM back to back and I highly recommend this, the experience is absolutely hilarious. I was going to write an essay about it but frankly, Johnson's book kind of incorporates that essay already. If I do write about this, it's gonna be about shoggoths tho

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the sun is out & Meta's down, lets celebrate with a book 🎉

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Imagine if this wasn't a glitch and Facebook was actually sinking into the ocean beside Atlantis. RIP to one of the worst to ever do it.

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Writers we're 7 weeks away from the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in DC on 4/13 and we're a little more than half sold out. Going to be a great, positive, productive day talking writing craft and publishing. Registration is just $75 and includes lots of stuff. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

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