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Appalachian poet/writer, TAKE ME HOME ( @BellePointPress ), LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER (ELJ, 2025), Best Small Fictions 2024, Best Spiritual Literature 2023, 100+ pubs

Pittsburgh, Pa

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Bethany Jarmul

17 days

I'd had success with lit mags, but I didn't know what to do next. How to organize & publish a chapbook or collection with a small press? How to build up my writing career & grow my audience? I figured it out the hard way. Now, I'm sharing what I know:

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@BethanyJarmul

Bethany Jarmul

2 years

Last year, I published 2 pieces of writing. This year, I've had 28 pieces accepted for publication. Here are the changes that I made to prioritize writing and submitting. (Caveat: these worked for me, doesn't mean they're for everyone.) 🧵

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2 years

10 FREE websites that I use as a writer and how I use them. 🧵

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Bethany Jarmul

1 year

Please raise your hand if you are doing literary writing & do not have an advanced degree (MFA, MA, PhD) & are not a part of academia (teaching high school or college)— I just want to know I'm not alone and show you that you aren't either.

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

This year, I have received 127 rejections. 53 withdraws. 54 pending. 31 accepted. Add those up and I have submitted 265 times this year. Today just so happens to be the 265th day of the year. I submit an average of once per day. I submit like I brush my teeth—out of habit.

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1 year

It’s my birthday! I’m 31. Officially no longer a “young adult.” Ha! My mom shared this photo of me on FB. “A photo from the beginning of your writing career.” 😂🤗😆

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1 year

What’s one non-writing thing that you’re convinced helps your writing? For me, it’s taking a nature walk. 🍃☀️

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2 years

I want to read a book about the writing life or writing craft. Something inspiring & challenging in an encouraging way. I want a mug of hot chocolate for this literal and figurative snowstorm. What recommendations do you have?

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1 year

My husband thinks that part of the reason I have vivid dreams is because I’m a writer. So now I want to know—writers, do you have vivid dreams? Do you remember your dreams?

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

As a short-form writer, I'm doing my own writing challenge for November instead of NaNoWriMo. It's simple: Write every day. No word count goals or outcomes. Just write! Who wants to join me?😃

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2 years

16. I gave myself permission to fail. To try new things. To get rejected. Again and again and again. Because if it was easy, that would take away a lot of the fun. I also gave myself permission to learn from others. To see myself as a student again. .... END

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4 months

Looking for recommendations for poems that are amazing on a sonic level. What's a poem that has blown you away with its sound?

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

7. I decided to follow my passions. To write whatever I wanted. I decided to experiment, to dabble, to follow my whimsy. To write whatever gave me the most joy to write in that moment, not worrying about where it would get published or about staying in a genre.

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

The more writers I meet, the more convinced I am that the two most important things for any writer to have are PASSION and PERSISTENCE. 🔥🔥🔥

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

Submitting to lit mags became fun for me when I stopped basing my worth as a writer on if I got accepted. I'm a writer. I'm skilled at writing (& continue to grow my skills.) Getting rejected doesn't change who I am. (Yes, I have to remind myself of this truth often.)

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Bethany Jarmul

10 months

*PUBLISHING NEWS!* After only one month of submitting my full-length poetry manuscript and THREE offers of publication, I have signed with ELJ Editions ( @EmergeJournal ) to publish LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER, forthcoming February 2025! It's a perfect match & I'm ecstatic!!!🎉😃🎊

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14. If I'm too tired to write, then I read. If I'm too tired to read, then I sleep. I've learned to respect my body/mind when it tells me to rest. Pushing through exhaustion doesn't lead to good writing. Getting rest and exercise in my life helps my writing, it doesn't hurt it.

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2 years

1. I got serious about taking care of my mental health. My anxiety and depression were preventing me from writing. (I started therapy and medication.)

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4 months

OH MY GOSH!!! I'm shaking with excitement right now! The first lit mag I ever read or loved. The first lit mag I ever submitted to, at 19 years old. My long-time dream journal @brevitymag has just accepted my work!!! Dinty Moore said my work took his breath away!!! 😭🤩🤯

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4 months

Something I've learned: If your happiness is dependent on publications, you will be on a roller coaster ride of highs and lows. If you find joy in the daily writing practice, in participating in community, in reading good books, in sharing what you know—then joy is every day.

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2 years

10. I submit a lot. Each piece of writing, I submit to a minimum of 5 places, sometimes up to 12-15 places at once. I submit as often as I can, to a wide array of lit mags. The more you submit, the less the rejections hurt and the more chances you have to get published.

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

Wondering where you should be submitting your work? Here's a tip: Find two or three writers who are where you want to be in five years. Visit their websites and make a list of the places where they've published work.

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

8. I decided to focus on writing and getting published instead of trying to make money or trying to get into the most prestigious mags. Because writing and the sharing of my writing were the two things that brought me the most joy. I reframed writing as my super fun hobby.

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3. I joined Twitter and found the #WritingCommunity . The support, encouragement, and inspiration that I discovered here have been invaluable to me.

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11. When in doubt, I submit anyway. If the piece might fit the call. If there's even a tiny chance they could choose my work, I submit. I don't self-reject.

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Bethany Jarmul

1 year

Is it acceptable to update my bio to say "author" instead of just "writer" now that I have 2 chapbooks published/ forthcoming!?!

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Bethany Jarmul

5 months

AHH!!! Ya'll, do NOT give up! After 23 rejections, I just received an ACCEPTANCE from my #1 DREAM JOURNAL!!! I admire @RattlePoetry so much! It's an absolute honor to say that my poem "Ghazal: Like a Prayer" will appear in Rattle issue #84 ! Thank you @timothygreen and team! 🎉🎉

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9. As a mom to two young kids, I decided to write in whatever small pockets of time I have. And to write in messy, loud spaces. (Because if I didn't, I wouldn't write at all.) No more excuses about not having the time or the space. Limited time = motivation to get words down.

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2. I set a tiered goal for myself, to publish a certain number of pieces. Even if I couldn't achieve the top goal, one of the smaller goals could be achieved. I celebrated every time I reached a goal.

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6. I gave up other activities that were filling my free time—mainly watching TV and mindless Instagram scrolling.

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3 months

I just got PAID for a poem. What a great feeling! 😃

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2 years

13. I don't write everyday. But I do think about writing everyday. I brainstorming ideas, try to be aware of my surroundings... searching for interesting people, facts, places, ideas in whatever is happening around me.

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Bethany Jarmul

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It’s launch day!!! TAKE ME HOME is officially released into the world! 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you, @BellePointPress ! Link to order:

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12. I very rarely abandon work. I just keep editing and transforming it until it's something new/better. Or I pull pieces from one piece to use for something else. I only abandon it if I don't feel there's anything of value in it.

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

I'm not an academic & don't have an MFA. The literary world was intimidating at first. Lingo & acronyms, unwritten rules & etiquette. New writers—if you have any questions about writing or submitting to literary magazines, I will happily answer them. Comment below or DM me.

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4. I participating in writing classes and workshops to brush up on my skills and to force myself to meet deadlines.

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5. I joined one writing group and started a second one myself. Again, building community and accountability for my writing life.

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Bethany Jarmul

1 year

Ya'll. I JUST SIGNED A THING!!! @BellePointPress will be publishing my mini-memoir TAKE ME HOME (a nonfiction chapbook of flash CNF) about growing up in the hills of West Virginia, wrestling with the meaning of "home." Forthcoming late 2024/early 2025. I'M SO EXCITED!😃🎉🥳

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Bethany Jarmul

1 year

Keep everything you write. And keep track of everything you write. I recently had a poem accepted that I first wrote when I was 16—essentially half my lifetime ago. This was only possible because I recently started keeping a catalog of my work. And it's been game-changing.🧵

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Bethany Jarmul

2 months

I just received word that I have been accepted off the waitlist and will attend @kenyonreview online poetry workshop! I'll get to learn from Victoria Chang @VChangPoet , Jesse Nathan, & Shelley Wong! I'm so excited!!! Can't wait to learn so much! 🎉🎉🎉

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7 months

13 tips to SAVE TIME when submitting to literary magazines. 🧵

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1 year

Various SUBMISSION STRATEGIES for literary magazines, with their pros & cons. 🧵

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2 years

15. I befriended other writers in real life. And the few friends that I already had that wrote, I brought them into my writing groups and spaces. So now my personal life includes other people who are passionate about writing as well.

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Bethany Jarmul

9 months

I'm leading #JustWriteNovember again this year. This #NaNoWriMo alternative is a challenge to write every day in November. No word count goals. Just write! Each day, I'll be posting a photo writing prompt. Will you join me? Just follow along with the hashtag.

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Bethany Jarmul

1 year

Which lit mags are opening for submissions in March?

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1 year

I AM SPEECHLESS, YA'LL! When it rains, it pours... because my flash CNF "Cloudy" previously published in @thecitronreview just won first place in @womenonwriting 's essay contest. I am honored & humbled. Wow! Congrats to all my fellow finalists

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8 months

My first Pushcart Prize nomination! So honored! Congrats and good luck to all! Thank you, @PaddlerPress ! 🎉💗☺️

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Paddler Press

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Paddler Press is pleased to announce our nominations for the 2023 Pushcart Prize: @ModerTim @SteverinoD @KingRobertJ @Patienc77732097 @BarbaraLeonhar4 @BethanyJarmul . #SoMuchGreatWork

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9 months

And the award for best rejection email ever goes to @jaime_dill from @fullmoodmag . I couldn't even do an erasure of this beauty. 😍

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5 months

Today, I’m 32! 🎉 This photo is my answer to the question: “When did you first feel like a real writer?” 😂

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Bethany Jarmul

1 year

It’s my birthday! I’m 31. Officially no longer a “young adult.” Ha! My mom shared this photo of me on FB. “A photo from the beginning of your writing career.” 😂🤗😆

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5 months

Let it be known that my four-year-old son will be published by @RattlePoetry before me. 🤣😭🥹 Proud of my little poet. He loves dictating poems/stories, which I record on my phone. ☺️

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2 months

Received the most generous & heartfelt acceptance from Karan at @onlypoemsmag ! 😍 Made my day! Thrilled to have 6 poems forthcoming with them in October. So pleased that a group of my “storm” poems found a home together. 🏠☺️🎉

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2 years

Received the BEST email from a twitter follower:"Your account has become a vital resource as I embark on a journey as a writer that I have, until recently, been too afraid to begin." She just received her first acceptance!🥹😃🤩

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5 months

I've been ravenous for poetry lately and have been reading 2-3 collections per week. Which means, I need more suggestions for poetry collections to reserve from the library. What are the best poetry collections you've ever read? Bonus points if written by a living poet.

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7 months

I so appreciate when a rejection says “this is not our standard rejection,” so you don’t have to guess!

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2 years

Love getting rejections that “sparked a discussion among the editors.”I imagine the editors sitting around a table, sharing a pizza, arguing about my piece. Someone roots for it. They lose in the end. But wow, what an honor to write something worth fighting over. 😃😊

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18 days

I keep a "Words I've Cut" document with all the snippets of writing that I've deleted from various pieces. So on a day like today, when the blank page feels overwhelming, I get to go cherry-picking & make something new from resurrected lines. Here's hoping I find some gems!😃🤞

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11 months

Today’s reading material! This copy from the library is well loved.

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10 months

My writing to-do list: 1. Write something new 2. Edit something old 3. Submit something Join me?

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

In 2022, I've learned, grown, evolved so much as a writer. I started the year as a newbie CNF writer with 2 publications. I'm ending the year as a multi-genre writer with 52 publications and a Best of the Net nom. Grateful. Thankful. Excited for 2023. Let's do this!

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2 months

Shout out to all the parent poets, the scribble-it-on-a-napkin novelists, the midnight memoirists— to everyone stealing time to write amidst round-the-clock caregiving, working double shifts, handling family situations. Shout out to writing in chaos. Shout out to writing anyway!

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Bethany Jarmul

2 months

I’m thrilled to have TWO prose poems included in the 2024 Best Small Fictions anthology!!! 🎉🎉🎉 “Unprecedented Weather Patterns” published by @gonelawn & “As in the Days of Noah” published by Cease, Cows Links to read:

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Alternating Current Press

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The selections for the 2024 Best Small Fictions anthology have been announced! Congrats to these great authors & pieces!

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7 months

THE TOP 78 POETRY MAGAZINES for 2024 I created a "Best Poetry Magazines" list based on Clifford Garstang's 2024 list (Pushcart Prize) & BookFox's list (Best American Poetry). I only included a magazine if it was on BOTH lists. Here you go:

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2 years

Just got a "This story sparked a discussion among our editors" rejection from @SmokeLong ! This feels like an accomplishment. 😃

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2 months

My husband asked me: “Is your goal to get published or to get better at the craft of writing?” I felt a huge relief and weight lifted when I remembered my answer to that question. Grateful for the reminder!

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Bethany Jarmul

1 year

AHHH!! I’m absolutely THRILLED to announce that my debut poetry chapbook is now available from Bottlecap Press! 🎉🎉🎉 This collection of prose poems explores identity and the weirdness and joys of parenthood with hints of surrealism and magic. 💜☺️

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

Whenever I need a break from writing, I will draw and make art. I decided to start submitting my art, just for fun. I JUST GOT MY FIRST ACCEPTANCE FOR MY ART!!! I definitely just added "artist" to my bio, which is perhaps hubris?!? But I don't even care!

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Bethany Jarmul

9 months

2021: 2 pieces of writing published in lit mags 2022: 52 pieces, 4 nominations/awards 2023: 51 pieces (so far), 5 noms/awards, 2 chapbooks, 1 full-length collection (forthcoming) Finally giving writing my best effort = 1 of the best decisions of my life! See thread below for HOW

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

Last year, I published 2 pieces of writing. This year, I've had 28 pieces accepted for publication. Here are the changes that I made to prioritize writing and submitting. (Caveat: these worked for me, doesn't mean they're for everyone.) 🧵

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They’re here!!! My author copies of TAKE ME HOME have arrived. Enjoy my awkward unboxing video. Thank you, @CasieDodd @BellePointPress ! 😃☺️

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8 months

Instead of year-end links to my work, I'm sharing a thread of what I've learned, tips to help other writers who want to improve their writing, get published in lit mags, get nominated for awards, etc. (For context: I write poetry & flash CNF/fic.) 🧵

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1 year

Just updated my my website & discovered I recently received my 100th acceptance from a literary magazine! Woah! My first was in March, 2021. I'm so proud of how much I've learned & grown in 2.5 years. Finding community here was a huge part of that. I'm thankful for ya'll! 😃🙏

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3 months

Today, my daughter graduated from physical therapy!!! And we can start to transition her out of her ankle braces! Yay! 🎉🎉🎉 She was in therapy since she was a baby. She’s 2.5 now and no longer has a gross motor delay! She can jump and run and climb stairs! 😃🎉🎉

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Bethany Jarmul

3 months

AHHH!!! I'm THRILLED to announce that my mini-memoir TAKE ME HOME is now available for preorder from @BellePointPress ! I poured my heart & soul into this little book. It would mean the world to me if you would consider preordering it:

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2 months

It’s real!!! 😍😍😍

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Belle Point Press

@BellePointPress

2 months

Coming soon: this little beauty. Pre-order yours here:

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Whatever "talent" I have is just hard work. (You can do it too!) In 3 years, I've read 19 craft books, attended 7 classes/workshops, participated in 5 writing groups, read anthologies, collections, lit mags, written 5-6 days a week. 500+ rejections The secret: don't give up.

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2 years

My one piece of writing advice—join or start a vibrant, supportive writing group. It's not just good for your writing; it's good for your soul. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingadvice

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Wow! Two of my pieces made the @Wigleaf Top 50 long list! Thank you to @gonelawn & @GhostParachute and to Shome & his team! ☺️🎉💜

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The @Wigleaf Top 50 2024 & the Longlist are up! Thank you to our Guest Selecting Editor @MauriceRuffin & to our Readers & Associate Series Editors! Let’s celebrate writers, readers, & journals—all for very short fictions. All for the love: ! ❤️🌻✨

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Once you decide that rejections can’t stop you, that you’re going to keep going, keep writing, regardless—they completely lose their power. You are a writer. No rejection can change who you are.

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First acceptance of 2024!!!🎉😃 (I think it bodes well for the year that my first response of 2024 is an acceptance. Let's hope!)

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AHHH! Great news!!! I'm so honored that my prose poem/ flash "As in the Days of Noah" first published by Cease Cows was selected for Best Small Fictions 2024, to be published by @altcurrent ! Read the piece here:

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2 months

Many writers have word count goals and cheer when they write 5,000 words in a day. As someone who writes poetry, micro & flash, I cheer when I cut my 500-word piece down to 150. Or when I find one word—that one perfect word. 😃😆

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2 years

What should be included in a cover letter to a literary magazine? 🧵

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Sometimes I read something and think: “Wow! I’ll never write like that.” Then I remember, I don’t want to write like them. I want LEARN from them but WRITE like me. My voice, my writing strengths, quirks, obsessions. I want to write the stories, the truths that only I can.

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This year, I received my first Pushcart nom, my first Best Small Fictions nom, and now my first Best Microfiction nom! Huge thank you to @gonelawn editors @amygcb and @Owen_Wyke for believing in my work! 💗 Congrats and good luck to all!☺️

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Gone Lawn, a journal of word-things

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Congrats to all! 🎉

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1 year

Lots of rejections this weekend. So what do I do? Send out more submissions. Shoot for the moon! Why not? In this submissions game, the rejections don't matter. Only the acceptances.

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I've decided to start sharing poems that I've "retired" from sending to lit mags, but that I still like. Here's the first one.😃☺️

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Two acceptances in one day!?! On my 8th attempt, I have an acceptance from @BendingGenres for a prose poem that I love. I really admire the work that they publish, so I'm thrilled to have this piece forthcoming with them in February!😃🎉

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3 months

Can anyone recommend contemporary poetry collections (by a single author) about chronic illness?

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Bethany Jarmul

7 months

2023—one for the BOOKS! 400 subs 60 pieces published 15 noms/awards 1 poetry chapbook published 1 nonfiction chap forthcoming @BellePointPress 1 full-length poetry collection forthcoming @EmergeJournal 2 toddlers wrangled 1 autoimmune disorder diagnosed Unending gratitude!💗

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1 year

If you could only recommend one poetry craft book what would it be and why?

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2 years

Got my first rejections of 2023. Eh, flies on the windshield. Time to send out more submissions to wipe them off. 😂

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1 year

I'm up to 65 active subs on Submittable! 👀

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Bethany Jarmul

10 days

I finally received my contributor copy of @RattlePoetry summer issue! So thrilled to have a poem in this magazine that I admire so much! ☺️🎉😃

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11 months

ACCEPTANCE! 🎉Thrilled for a (paid) acceptance for my poem "Belonging" from @yellowarrowpub ! Yay! Forthcoming in November. ☺️

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Bethany Jarmul

2 months

Once you collect 10 tiered rejections, you should be able to exchange them for an acceptance! And two from the same mag should count for double points.

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

A helpful habit on Twitter—whenever I see a call for subs from a lit mag or contest, or a piece posted that I want to read, I bookmark it. Then when I have time, I go through my bookmarks and submit, explore, read each one—removing the completed ones as I go.

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2 years

Just signed the contract! Absolutely thrilled to have a micro-fiction piece forthcoming from Journal of Compressed Creative Arts! So many amazing writers are published there! I’m honored and humbled to be among them. ☺️😃

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Bethany Jarmul

2 years

It’s been a tough day. Got a difficult rejection. My husband lost his keys and got stuck at a conference. Baby is sick. Toddler is well, a toddler. But… I managed to write three sentences. Three sentences, y’all. And I’m proud of them. #JustWriteNovember

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Bethany Jarmul

9 months

@fklein907 Yikes! The worst one I've received said "I have no use for these." 😳

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2 months

I made this slide as part of my upcoming prose poetry workshop. But I thought it might be a helpful thing to share!

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Bethany Jarmul

1 month

Would anyone be interested in a webinar based on this idea: “So you’ve published in lit mags—now what?” About developing & submitting a chapbook/ collection & building your career/audience/ craft.

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6 months

Who is NOT attending AWP? I'm hosting a couple of hangouts for writers and poets who are not attending AWP but would like to connect with other writers. Let's hangout, eat lunch, and chat! Registration links: Wednesday: Friday:

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