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Hi Pitt ENGWRT folks, congrats to ZHANG Ruihe and her essay 'What I Hear is the Murmur,' which will appear in Issue 13 of Hinterland magazine, available for sale here: hinterlandnonfiction.com/sho…. A digital version to follow soon.

Hinterland Nonfiction Magazine Issue 13 - Family History Special — Hinterland Magazine

The latest issue of the nonfiction magazine, Hinterland, is devoted to the ever-popular subject of family history. Including an interview with Davina Quinlivan about her nature writing/memoir/family...

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Hi Pitt folks (and everyone else), tomorrow night at the Understory—Heather Radke! This will be great.
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This week!
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Submit to the Loraine Williams Poetry Prize, judged by the esteemed a poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. thegeorgiareview.com/the-lor…

The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize - The Georgia Review

We are pleased to announce that Brian Teare will serve as the final judge for the 2026 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize. Each year one winner gets $1,500 and publication. We also publish three finalis...

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more congratulations—to @jmlaskas on winning Pitt's Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award! writing.pitt.edu/news/congra…
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congrats @AlexandraNRoss on your story in Public Source! publicsource.org/pittsburgh-…

UPrep’s resets: A school meant to bring Pitt’s resources to Hill students goes back to the drawing...

"The name has kind of become a little bit of an albatross around the school and an irony," says the principal, and the school should "serve our community and students where they actually are."

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@poorerthandead27 Feb 2023
Just saw the page proofs for my 1st round @marchxness match-up vs. "Mickey" by Toni Basil (repped by @paperhaus). This is going to be tough. As good as I know Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's "It Takes Two" is, she brings it with her essay. Much respect to a fellow @PittWriters alum.
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Amazing! Alum and ProPublica reporter @BrettMmurphy has won a Polk Justice Reporting award! Congrats, Brett. liu.edu/polk/winners
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ross Gay, and others on faculty—this will be amazing. northwoodswriters.org/
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[email protected]@dietotaku16 Feb 2023
Replying to @itsJeffTiedrich
Well-regulated = governed by many laws Militia = organized military Commas = markers of conditional clauses The rest = exclusive to the above in the context of a fledgling nation with no formal standing military.
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Replying to @whitewhalebks @fritesflagey @veschwab @nguyen_p_quemai @AAKnopf @fascicles @Milkweed_Books @tupelopress @asjaba @FeministPress @cambarnett89 @AlgonquinBooks @AutumnHousePrs
Friday, April 14 at 7pm ET @ First Unitarian Church in Shadyside: Reading & Conversation: You Could Make This Place Beautiful, @maggiesmithpoet (w/ @IrinaReyn1 of @PittWriters, Mother Country) @MacmillanUSA @OneSignalPub @AtriaBooks Tickets going fast! buff.ly/3XzxYw9
A green and pink flyer. In the upper left-hand corner, there is the White Whale logo and text reading WHITE WHALE BOOKSTORE. On the right side, there are pictures of the cover of YOU COULD MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL and of Maggie Smith and Irina Reyn. Text groups on the left read, "READING & CONVERSATION. You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith w/ Irina Reyn. April 14 // 7pm ET. First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. For more information and to get tickets: whitewhalebookstore.com/events.”

ALT A green and pink flyer. In the upper left-hand corner, there is the White Whale logo and text reading WHITE WHALE BOOKSTORE. On the right side, there are pictures of the cover of YOU COULD MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL and of Maggie Smith and Irina Reyn. Text groups on the left read, "READING & CONVERSATION. You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith w/ Irina Reyn. April 14 // 7pm ET. First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. For more information and to get tickets: whitewhalebookstore.com/events.”

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Mahogany L. Browne at City of Asylum--not to be missed! cityofasylum.org/program/mah…
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last day to get early bird pricing for the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia! conference.wcona.com/

WCoNA - The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia®

The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia is a conference for writers of all genres and levels of experience. The 2026 Conference will be held at Saint Francis University, and is a great place to...

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Writers—submit to Phoebe! phoebe.submittable.com/submi…
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JimmyG@JimmyG30325 Jan 2023
Replying to @Acyn
It’s only effective if the Executive Branch doesn’t call their bluff. This is a Legislative Branch issue and the Executive Branch should never engage. The GOP is weak and doesn’t have a hand to play.
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poets! cash money— frontier.submittable.com/sub…
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our beloved Bill Lychack post-gazette.com/ae/books/20…

Fred Shaw: Author William Lychack and the ‘gift curse’ of losing your father

Like many writers attuned to their emotional landscape, William Lychack, the Director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Writing Program, has come...

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longform writers—this one's for you . . . firstpagesprize.com/
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F(r)iction@FrictionSeries12 Jan 2023
LET'S GO! Our Spring #Writing #Contests are open and accepting #submissions! We've got fab judges too: @wrefinnej (Short Story), @CoCo4AfroPuffs (Flash Fiction), @kycarrerolopez (Poetry) and @theywordwitch (Creative Nonfiction)! Details at ow.ly/Tvba50Mp77W
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Hey poets—prizes, publication! theadroitjournal.org/scholar…
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