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I write stories. I'm only human (she/her)

Toronto
Joined June 2011
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This is lovely and scary and open and free. Thank you
"Where does form begin and does it have a happy ending? I am twenty-five in second year, second time around, sitting in a short fiction class on love, sex and death.” Find the form with Kristine Sahagun here: tnq.ca/finding-the-form-with…
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🚨The Hunger reopens for submissions TODAY!🚨We are thrilled to read your weird and wild poetry, prose, and hybrid work Nov. 1 through April 1. We also accept free submissions without fees in December!👀 Submit here✨: thehunger.submittable.com/su…
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Nervous and happy. Thank you @thenewquarterly for making my story available as a free Featured Read this week. I'm on a cloud. tnq.ca/story/first-movement/
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Disabled writers, writers with disabilities and writers who experience ableism: Arc 102 and our guest editor Therese Estacion are looking for your writing! Send us your poems, prose, essays, and reviews by May 15th, 2023 to be considered: ow.ly/1h6W50KZkmL!
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Our submissions are open! We would love to see experimental poems grounded in sensory details, ekphrastic poems, poems that step away from "I" and "you", poems about what you love, poems about your city, poems about your town, poems, poems, poems, poems!
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Is this a dream? My contributor copy of @thenewquarterly issue 163 arrived today. It took me 10years to write my little story. You can hunt for this stunning issue at Indigo or order a copy here: tnq.ca/product/issue-163/ I'm all aglow and diving in.
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Writing the Book I Wanted to Read - Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop (University of Mississippi Press, Sept 2020) For K-pop artists, fans, journalists and their friends! kpopkollective.com/2020/04/2…
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The true achievement of Squid Game is how raggedy they made Jung-jae look.
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Mother moon, come out to play. Her strawberry energy makes me whole in this light.
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UPDATE re. submissions: We have had to close our poetry submissions on Submittable as we're almost at our cap, and Canthius is unable to fund the upgrade currently. However, we don't want writers to feel like they've missed out. We've decided to open poetry submissions from BIPOC
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uke out cup of tea and I can feel vocal chords peeling
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We don't usually do contest extension, but I'm wondering if anyone was affected by the weather and would like to still submit to our Ghost stories contest?
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Less than a week until we open to submissions. :) Feb 21st -- get the date down!
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Drafts are like pancakes - you always fuck the first one up.
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Feeling full of life right now after captioning @NYULGBTQ Virtual Brunch with @sonofasouthernc Such a fun and lovely group of people creating a beautiful space. Now I'm inspired to cook! ✨
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It's astounding how catching up with a friend in Germany can completely lift my mood and change my outlook on life. Storytime works wonders
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Next Saturday is now this Saturday is TOMORROW! Or TODAY, if you're there already—it's all quite confusing but we will SEE YOU THERE! At 8am for the brave on NYC time, 1pm in the UK, 9pm in Hong Kong/Perth. 2pm in Germany and Nigeria. (And 5am in LA. Sorry...😕) 🎉🥳⚡️
Want to brighten up next Saturday? SLQ is having another flash party! Readings from @JiksunCheung, @jmgatford, @GillOshaughness, and @jemmawei⚡️Breakout room chat vibes, random giveaways and all of those smiley nice faces to cheer you up. Bring a bottle or a cup of tea—your call.
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