https://www.cosmicwriters.org/writing-democracy

#WRITING #DEMOCRACY
A #dystopian & #utopian #fiction #contest

in a collaboration with vote.org, we invite young writers to use DYSTOPIAN & UTOPIAN fiction to express their beliefs about democracy.
WRITING DEMOCRACY SUBMISSION FORM
https://www.cosmicwriters.org/writing-democracy-submission-form

..."In honor of America’s 250th birthday, we want YOU — young writers in 3rd–12th grades — to tell your own utopian and dystopian stories. This is how you can make civic impact even before you’re old enough to vote"...

https://www.cosmicwriters.org/writing-democracy

#WRITING #DEMOCRACY
A #dystopian & #utopian #fiction #contest

in a collaboration with vote.org, we invite young writers to use DYSTOPIAN & UTOPIAN fiction to express their beliefs about democracy.
WRITING DEMOCRACY SUBMISSION FORM
https://www.cosmicwriters.org/writing-democracy-submission-form

..."In honor of America’s 250th birthday, we want YOU — young writers in 3rd–12th grades — to tell your own utopian and dystopian stories. This is how you can make civic impact even before you’re old enough to vote"...

I'm supposed to be working, but something's getting in the way. Something too fluffy and adorable to move

I should be writing the 2nd book in our Underspace series (book 1 is available now - about a girl who finds the doorway to another world on the roof of her school - you might like it!)

But I think I have to stay here and pay attention to Molly. She's being highly persuasive (pic for evidence). I don't think I can talk my way out of this one...

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #pets #writing #fantasy

words stacked like split wood
like knives sharpened
like rolled bandages

no clear fire nor harm
nor healing
needed

words like grey waves
and the grained sands
and the rain slow and fat

but the ache of the gaps
silence framing the noise
tears and blood redacted

#SmallPoems #Poetry #Writing
#MastoPrompt 6 February 2026 - quiet.

words stacked like split wood
like knives sharpened
like rolled bandages

no clear fire nor harm
nor healing
needed

words like grey waves
and the grained sands
and the rain slow and fat

but the ache of the gaps
silence framing the noise
tears and blood redacted

#SmallPoems #Poetry #Writing
#MastoPrompt 6 February 2026 - quiet.

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116018702085140492

UPDATE: they rejected me 😭

Usually, I send them right back out (go find a home, little story!) but I'm mulling self-publishing a collection of Weird Solarpunk this would be perfect for🤔

Lifetime(~4yr)Stats✍️
- Pieces: 25
- Submissions: 120
- Rejections: 97
- Acceptances: 8
- Pending Submissions: 4

#writing

The #MastoPrompt for Friday 6 February 2026 is:

#quiet

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.

#Writing #SmallPoems #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories

I started my career in writing and publishing 30 years ago. Here's a light-hearted take on what young writers face in comparison:

https://field15.com/how-to-break-into-writing

#writing #publishing #ai #socialmedia #humor #friday

I started my career in writing and publishing 30 years ago. Here's a light-hearted take on what young writers face in comparison:

https://field15.com/how-to-break-into-writing

#writing #publishing #ai #socialmedia #humor #friday

A reminder, so people don’t forget. Substack unabashedly platforms and promotes literal Nazi publications.

If you publish on Substack or support authors there, you are paying rent for nazis. It’s that simple.

Refuse to support authors there, and they will move.

Ghost awaits:
https://ghost.org/

The nazi problem:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/substacks-nazi-problem-wont-go-away-after-push-notification-apology/

#Substack #Nazis #NaziProblem #Ghost #Publishing #NaziBar #Writing

This is Ampuriire Shiela’s story. She wanted to study but life got in the way. Despite this, she still showed up for film training with her baby by her side. Through film, she found a way to tell her own story and speak about things she had carried for a long time.
The full story is on the blog.
https://sisifilmcollective.org/i-like-to-study/
#film #sisi #blog #writing #filmmaking #movies #art #cinema #filmmaker

I'm supposed to be working, but something's getting in the way. Something too fluffy and adorable to move

I should be writing the 2nd book in our Underspace series (book 1 is available now - about a girl who finds the doorway to another world on the roof of her school - you might like it!)

But I think I have to stay here and pay attention to Molly. She's being highly persuasive (pic for evidence). I don't think I can talk my way out of this one...

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #pets #writing #fantasy

If I want people to buy my books, I must write them first.

The world is very unfair. #writing

If I want people to buy my books, I must write them first.

The world is very unfair. #writing

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116018702085140492

UPDATE: they rejected me 😭

Usually, I send them right back out (go find a home, little story!) but I'm mulling self-publishing a collection of Weird Solarpunk this would be perfect for🤔

Lifetime(~4yr)Stats✍️
- Pieces: 25
- Submissions: 120
- Rejections: 97
- Acceptances: 8
- Pending Submissions: 4

#writing