When I turned 40, I had 320 short story rejections and no books published. A few years later, I've published a short story collection and two novels with another on the way. Believe in yourself like someone who loves you.

Hey! Here are some literary journals opening for submissions in September! Some are also open now & some will close soon. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary, & dates are tentative. I think these are all no-fee submissions. There are more resources & journals out there! Good luck!

WHAT HAPPENED WAS by Katharine Haake (11:11 Press). Reviewed by Patrick Thomas Henry. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/what-h…

Good morning, mid-atlantic writers: we are a few weeks away from our affordable, fun, practical, and energizing conference at Temple U in Philly. Full info + registration below, and please brace yourself for some conference highlights🧵

Well, it's been almost a year (!!!) since I did one of these, so I've put together a webinar full of my favorite things that I chatted about at conferences in 2024. Come join me for a talk about query letters, first pages, and what often works the best. ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2024/10/1…

Happy October! Submissions opened yesterday, and the first 300 are free. As of right now, 117 remain, so hop on over! sundoglit.submittable.com/submit

I did not have running and operating three different Instagram accounts on my career bingo card, but time makes fools of us all.

Don't miss "Practice for Becoming a Ghost" by Patrick Thomas Henry, recently out from Susquehanna University Press 👻

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Join our team! Bloomsbury U.S. / Bloomsbury Academic are seeking a Senior Acquisitions Editor for Politics (with a focus on US Politics). #PublishingJobs #AcademicJobs #BookJobs #NowHiring You’ll find more info about the role here: recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/job….

One of the absolute highlights of my month: seeing my book PRACTICE FOR BECOMING A GHOST (Susquehanna University Press) included in Electric Literature’s list of 15 small press books to read this fall! Thanks to Wendy J. Fox for including my book, and for promoting the work of small presses! ☺️

A little easy thing you can do to help a small-press book get out in the world: consider requesting that your local library order a copy of a small-press book (mine if you are so inclined! But also just any.)

Project 2025 is, among other things, going to be very bad for the freedom to read the books we want to read. lithub.com/the-republican…

Watching Gen Z men veer right hits different for Millennials. We lived through Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, 2008 crash, 2016 election, covid, abortion bans, & now this. We watched institutions repeatedly fail us while older generations selfishly protected the status quo. 🧵1/

🚨 THE 2025 STORY PRIZE LONGLIST IS HERE 🚨 Details here: thestoryprize.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-st…

In this week's #SundressReads, Natalie Gardner reads and reviews Patrick Thomas Henry's short story collection Practice for Becoming a Ghost, available now from Susquehanna University Press! sundressblog.com/2025/06/09/sun…