Love Claire Polders's essay on shedding possessions and her nomadic writing life in The Smart Set From Paris to Nowhere thesmartset.com/from-paris-to-…

“…I survived only by breathing the thin straw of moonlight between the curtains until the first rays of sunrise shot through, turning the vampire boa to dust.” Powerful prose by Francesca Leader in Milk Candy Review. milkcandyreview.home.blog/2023/12/07/let…

Trap or Treasure? My most recent newsletter on travel recommendations and how to find what matters to us in a world of (dis)information. A dispatch from Bali and a photo of the Amed coast on a full moon night. clairepolders.substack.com/p/trap-or-trea…

Award season continues, and we're proud to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions, including Alyson Mosquera Dutemple, Claire Polders, Addison Zeller, Uyen P. Dang, and joe kapitan among others. Congratulations to all the nominees! buff.ly/3RKQ1jp

When two writers you admire have an intimate talk… Here's a gift for the holidays to us all. Maggie Smith Alina Stefanescu The Rumpus therumpus.net/2023/12/20/int…

Thank you BULL for publishing my road rage story "Randall's Commute"! (A early morning surprise. I didn't think Randall would be on the freeway today.)

NEW DIAGRAM ft Jay Barrett, Janée J Baugher, Maddy Chrisman-Miller, Jack Christian, chae, Dante Fuoco, Richard Greenfield, Janis Butler Holm, Jessica Hudson, Melissa Fite Johnson, Cindy King, Sean Lovelace, Angie Mazakis, Rosie Ninesling, Claire Polders, slugerina ballerina : thediagram.com/23_6

Love Claire Polders's pieces in the new DIAGRAM. Can't wait to read more.

For the past 10 years, no one has read my debut novel, Living in Cemeteries, besides my wife, my mom, and my agent. Blurbs are starting to come in from writers whose work I love and deeply respect and it’s so surreal and wonderful and scary…and I really hope you all like it :)

"The women wonder—but never out loud—if this is all there is to their lives, if they’ve reached their true potential, or if their higher self spins somewhere out in the universe, one inch out of reach." Love this story by Dawn Miller at Milk Candy Review: milkcandyreview.home.blog/2024/03/07/the…

The luxury of having author friends (1): During a joint coffee break, I pitch several essay ideas on one subject and see their instant reactions come in, followed by their argued feedback. When they leave, I know just what to do.

TODAY’S THE DAY!!!!!! After 10 years of writing, and rewriting, and endless editing, Living in Cemeteries is out in the world…and I couldn’t be happier!!!

We are featuring flash fiction all week. We kick off Monday with Claire Polders and her piece, "Closed Circle." bit.ly/4aGgSny

Need cash? Got a manuscript? Let me tell you about an opportunity ... vineleavespress.com/international-… #CNF #Contest #cashprize #getpublished #ownvoices

Just a reminder that you can be both genuinely excited for other people's accomplishments and disappointed if you didn't get an award, publication, etc. Both can exist at once. Celebrate others and be gentle with yourself.

The photo essay I published today is an exploration through seven meaningful moments that made me pause. Most of the photographs are taken by Daniel Presley, including the one of this hiker; the writing is mine. clairepolders.substack.com/p/19-who-are-t…

On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day #WEAAD. read Claire Polders on what happened to her father-in-law. Something similar happened in my family when a caregiver embezzled money from my elderly mother. The caregiver was never prosecuted. clairepolders.substack.com/p/my-dysfuncti…

Devastating and gorgeous. How grief comes to find us when we least expect it.

My husband looks at accommodations and swoons. I look over his shoulder and say, “That’s not the view you wake up to, sweetheart. You’re not a drone.”