Suzanne Hicks

My story “Sandy the Penny Pony” is in latest issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social! Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social for giving it a beautiful home. 

gooseberry-pie.com/bloodsucker/

Gooseberry Pie's Story of the Week, From Our Archives "Bloodsucker" by @suzannehicks.bsky.social published May 16, 2024 Story link in comments. gooseberry-pie.com

This is your roughly 24-day notice to get your micros under 250 words in. Grand prize $1000. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished work considered. Deadline Nov 15th! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

I’m honored to have my story, In the Blood, nominated for Best Small Fictions! 🥰 Thanks @psmokejournal.bsky.social and good luck to all the nominees! 🙂

We are excited to talk to writers who've recently published collections/chapbooks. Nov 8, 5pm NYC. Join us as we talk to Christina Tudor, Beth Sherman, @travisflatt.bsky.social, @aniking.bsky.social, and @marioaliberto3.bsky.social. Zoom link in The Village. smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/publis...

I have a favor to ask. My uncle is 92 and is an amazing artist (really) and he’s just started to share his art, from the last 70 years, on Instagram. If you are on IG, please follow kellnerchuck and show him some love. He is one of the best humans I know. Thank you—and spread the word!

I haven’t lived in the Midwest for 18 years, but yesterday I said to someone, ope sorry! And just like that, I’m back.

Issue 53 is now published @bendinggenres.bsky.social today! Thanks to our BG editors and writers for sending us these terrific poems, fiction and CNF. Also, thanks to David McNicholas, for stepping in as IT specialist! bendinggenres.com

Over the moon that my book is out today. Heart overflowing with gratitude to @vanwinkle.bsky.social who gave these families a perfect home & is a joy to work with. Ty @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social team. And thank you @amymarques.bsky.social for creating this gorgeous cover. Hope you'll give it a read.

ICYMI - Sign-up, its free 👍🥳 www.smokelong.com/promptember-...

IT’S BANNED BOOK WEEK 📚 @veronicaklash.bsky.social & and I are spilling all the ☕️ with Tonya Todd on why we love this week’s banned book, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel García Márquez. youtu.be/igEy9AlQPtk

The 10 Year Anniversary Issue of Ghost Parachute is here! Cover illustrated by @genevievetyrrell.bsky.social. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Super excited and incredibly grateful to receive my first Best Small Fictions nomination! 🎉🎉🎉

Forget Cool, but don't forget to check out Issue 1, featuring totally rad writers like @majda.bsky.social! forget.cool/issue-1/issu...

Forget Cool, but don't forget to check out Issue 1, featuring totally rad writers like @erinkeane.bsky.social! forget.cool/issue-1/issu...

Everyone must be happy these days because our @brokenheartslit.bsky.social submissions inbox is empty. Send us some fall heartache! One micro or poem up to 50 words and an image that represents your heart break. This week's poem from Chris Lihou: brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr...

SoFloPoJo August Issue # 42 (We are now reading for November) www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com

“In Neverland, a girl’s either found or invisible, and those aren’t even her options. They’re designations. There is no choice.” @melostrom.bsky.social in @necessaryfiction.com

I’m so sick of not being able to speak with a human when I call places. It truly takes longer to get answers or an issue resolved. Plus it just feels yucky. 

Web submissions are open for historical fiction. 14th-20th September, 1,000 words or fewer. The usual guidelines apply and can be found here: ellipsis-zine.com/submit

Time to dust off those #submissions! The Nook is opening a little earlier than previously announced. Our next reading period will run September 15–October 15, coinciding with the release of our Sept. issue. 🦉✨ A note: #micropoetry & #haiku subs are now limited to five pieces per reading period.

@smokelong.bsky.social Do you know about The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest? It's an annual comp now, open to fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished, and also translations. We want it all. Deadline Nov 15. 250 words or fewer. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Read more #microfiction and poetry from our May issue here: www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu... #shortfiction #loneliness #speculativefiction #isolation #readersofbsky #space #bosonstar #amreading

Hey friends, I have a question for the dog people out there. Do you have any recommendations for car harnesses? 

Issue 1 is now LIVE! forget.cool/issue-1

“And I want to believe …” @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @switchmicromag.bsky.social www.switchonline.org/about-1#:~:t...

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Our first birthday is coming up. . . a thread!!!!!! 🎉🐈‍⬛ To celebrate our phenomenal 1st year, we’re hosting a pair of readings! Micros galore and some chapbook goodness, too. Unbelievable line ups. Nothing but bangers! Live on zoom!! Sept 4th at 5pm & Sept 6th at 8am (PDT)

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RIP Dolly 💔

Staff meeting: Jane has an agreed to a 10-day internship for these two literary kittens. Please welcome Tommie (black) and Jones (gray)! We’re starting to read for January. 2027, humans. Whew! Get those resolutions ready. Our birthday issue is just two weeks away!! 🎉🎂🐈‍⬛

If anyone wants some books or magazines, that'd be great. Everything is Buy 2 get 1, no coupon code needed. Just put 3 things in your cart. Will ship today. Please & thank you.

Going to start doing a thing on a Monday where I give away a free workshop recording to one winner each week. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec... All you have to do to get your name in the hat is reply with the name of someone who's a cheerleading superstar in the writing community.

"I spent more and more time watching the sun go down alone, lying in the grass or climbing the tree that shed helicopters in fall." Go read "In the Blood" by @suzannehicks.bsky.social. Then, go hug your sibling. Art: “Crows” by Anita Dime

My contributor copy of the 10th @bathflashaward.bsky.social flash fiction anthology arrived! “More Than This” about my Mothman was shortlisted in the 30th award contest.  💜🎉💜🎉💜

"In the home goods area, I ran my hand across a gauze blanket like the one I had on my bed back home, flinching when I pulled a thread that caught on a hangnail" Wonderfully immersive piece from @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @soflopojo.bsky.social

Heads up, flash writers! I will be opening registrations for an all-new round of my popular 3-in-90 workshops on Monday! 🧡

So sad that the Welkin Genre Prize has come to an end. Missed any of these brilliant pieces? Or just want to read them again? So many gems to discover / re-discover here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stories

We can't wait!

Bending Genres Issue 52 is now LIVE!! Full of fascinating, amazing CNF, poetry and flash fiction. Check it out here: bendinggenres.com

My micro “The Space Between” is up at @switchmicromag.bsky.social. Many thanks to the editors for giving it a home! This one began in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop. 

For the evening / US crowd - who wants help with something they're writing? I currenlty have a very quiet inbox and would love to help you with your works-in-progress. Do get in touch!

I looked at you on that horse, remembering how you were like a light I’d wanted to bask in.... Enjoyed reading this @suzannehicks.bsky.social @soflopojo.bsky.social 👇

"You wonder what it would be like to disappear. If you started to dissolve, how long would ..." @suzannehicks.bsky.social in @ellipsiszine.bsky.social www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/lost...

🏛️🏰📜 WINNER of the History Prize, "Outside a Vet’s Office: Boston, 9/11/2001" by @sfreligh.bsky.social A brilliantly-rendered microcosm that projects outwards in such a tragic way towards global events: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...