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A publisher of straight-forward prose and poetry that’s just a little off. tweets by @meadwriter

Baltimore, MD
Joined April 2016
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2 months
An update from us at MJP 💚
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@masonjarpress
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3 years
Hello! We will open for novella-length Fiction and Nonfiction in April and we're looking for readers. We believe in recruiting from outside our group to diversify our taste and scope. We do not want to get staid! Groupthink is the enemy of creativity.
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5 years
Throwing this out there so it’s on the record: If you’re a small press or an author on a book tour and want do a reading in Baltimore but are unsure or the area/venues, we’d be happy to help you. Also, YOU SHOULD DO A READING IN BALTIMORE.
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4 years
**whispers while the sharks eat each other: okay, but small, indie publishers are still doing the important work**
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@masonjarpress
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2 years
We are OPEN for submissions! We want your work. We want it now. Send it to us! (Details below)
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3 years
We decided we wanted to do a print journal. It might be a one time thing. It might be yearly. It might be sporadic. We don’t know. What we do know is we’re open for subs right now! More info in the thread.
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2 years
Submissions opening next week! We’re helping with a publishing practicum for local university who offers an MFA in creative writing and publishing arts that for legal reasons we can’t mention. We’ll be open for manuscripts (10–20k words for prose; 35ish pages for poetry).
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3 years
We’re excited to share the cover for @DeMistyB ’s forthcoming poetry collection, PECULIAR HERITAGE! Pre-sales are up on the website for a discounted price. Copies ship late-August. #CoverReveal #Poetry #SmallPress #Publishing
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
The novella is the mini horse of the literary world. Look at this mini horse. And then check out the guidelines for our novella-length-thing submission call:
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@masonjarpress
Mason Jar Press
2 years
Now open! Free to submit! $1,000 prize! Book contract! Judged by @DianeZinna ! Supported by @TheIvyBookshop ! Full details on our website ()! We're very excited! ‼️!
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@masonjarpress
Mason Jar Press
4 years
🚨Author Announcement(s)🚨 We are thrilled to announce that we have signed three authors from our fiction collection open call. Please join us in welcoming Hisham Bustani ( @H_Bustani ), Sara Lippmann ( @saralippmann , and Zach VandeZande ( @yeahpathy ) to the MJP family!
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2 years
The story determines the length of a book; not the other way around. A lot of publishers/agents don’t see it this way…but a lot do, too. The answer to most publishing woes is always the same: Just keep looking for the folks who will champion your work.
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
We’re open for pitches, y’all. Aren’t we always open for pitches? Well, yes, but right now we’re especially open for pitches with more dedicated readers and an aim to have quicker response times. Check the link for details!
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
Hey, hey, how about a cover reveal? We’re pleased to present JERKS by @saralippmann . And presales are live so you can order your copy now at a discounted price. Books ship Marchish. 👉
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3 years
Hi everyone! A reminder that we're open for novella-length prose manuscripts. Send it to us and remember, novellas are the Jan Brady of manuscripts: important, interesting, overlooked. And ultimately the best.
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10 months
guess what! We're beyond delighted to share that we'll be publishing the one-and-only @aubreyhirsch ’s forthcoming comics collection! Watch this space for more info on how to snag a copy of her Title TBD Awesome Comics Compilation, busting out into the world in spring of 2025!
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
An update: We’re extending our open call for short story collections one week. New deadline is midnight on June 7. Any money from the extra week will be donated to one of the bail funds or similar.
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11 months
fun fact: when you pick up an old library book to smell it, it smells you back
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Mason Jar Press
6 years
We are excited to reveal another anticipated release here at MJP... *drumroll* Tyrese Coleman’s ( @tylachelleco )How To Sit. Here is the #coverreveal Her collection will be released in September! #howtosit
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3 months
We have received questions about our stance on Israel-Palestine so we wanted to make this clear: We stand with Palestinian people and condemn the actions of Israel—and the complacency of the US government—for what we believe is the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people.
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2 years
We have some big news! Introducing the the 1729 Book Prize (in prose). More on our site but here's the key points: 🟦 free to enter 🟦 $1,000 prize 🟦 Book contract 🟦 Judged by @DianeZinna 🟦 Only possible with the support of @TheIvyBookshop 👉
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
An important staffing update: We are thrilled to announce that Tomas Moniz ( @tomas_moniz ) has joined the press as our Acquisitions Editor. In addition to being an accomplished writer and editor, Tomas is a rad human, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome him to the team.
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
Thank you to everyone who submitted to our first ever journal call. We were blown away by the quantity and quality. Everyone who submitted should have received a response by now. Sooo...let us know if you didn’t hear from us? A breakdown for transparency in the thread👇
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TFW you log on to announce some good news and your twitter is blowing up with that good news. We can’t wait to get DeMisty’s brilliant work into the world!
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
Book giveaway! Okay, book fans, today’s game is ingeniously titled “The Gif That Keeps on Giving.” Post a gif in the comments of how you’re handling quarantine, and we’ll respond with a gif of how you’ll feel when we can finally go SAFELY outside. Well pick a winner at random.
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2 years
Well, well, well, look at the Jerky little title at the top of the list. Congrats, @saralippmann !
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Mason Jar Press
9 months
it’s already time to get out your AWP calendars!! be sure to save Friday night for a literary dance party with us, @TBQuarterly , @splitlipthemag , & @barrelhouse ! give us a shout if you wanna participate & don’t forget to request a song for the mix ⚡️
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
A reminder: we will be open on April 1 for submissions of novella-length fiction and non-fiction! More details on our website. Get your manuscripts ready because we want them. Very badly.
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Mason Jar Press
2 years
You have 4 days to submit. Get those wonderful manuscripts in or miss out forever (or until we open up next).
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
We’re pleased to announce that we will be publishing @nancystohlman ’s After the Rapture as the fourth installment of our novella series. Nancy’s full bio can be found on our website .
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Mason Jar Press
5 years
Friends! We’ve been keeping a secret. That secret is that we want to publish your chapbook for our fifth anniversary. We’re open for one week or 100 submissions. Whatever. Comes. First. More details here:
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
Look at all these delightful pre-sales for @DeMistyB 's book, Peculiar Heritage. For normies, it comes out in like three weeks. But if you want it sooner, order between now and like 3pm tomorrow, when we go to USPS.
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4 years
Book giveaway! In times like these, even minor accomplishments should be rewarded. What have you done lately that you’re even marginally proud of? Add a comment, and we’ll pick 1 at random to win a free MJP book. Made possible thanks to a generous donation from @MythicPicnic ❤️
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4 years
Last day to get those pitches in, y’all! The worst thing that can happen is that we’ll pass. Which will put you in the same position you’re in right now, ya know?
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
We’re about halfway through our open submission window for shorty story collections! Just three short years until May 31, so don’t dilly-dally.
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Mason Jar Press
2 years
IIRC AWP operates by pirate law and @IamRageSparkle is now the EIC of @barrelhouse .
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2 years
We’re excited to share a new project coming very soon to Mason Jar Press. Introducing Tough Questions with @sdleyva . Via monthly essay/interviews on our site, Steven will ask writers from all over the literary landscape what they think on the "big issues.”
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5 years
ATTENTION WRITERS!! Mason Jar is OPEN for not just one but TWO submissions today! One is for poetry and the other is for our horror anthology—both to be released in 2020!!! 🥳🥳😱😍 #writers #poets #poetry #horror #anthology
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5 years
#WeAreBaltimore too. By birth and by choice. Let’s be clear: The President says racist things because he is a racist.
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Mason Jar Press
2 years
Who gave us photoshop?
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4 years
We didn’t know how apt this title would be when we came up with it more than a year ago. Well, maybe we did a little. Here’s the #CoverReveal for our new anthology, The Horror is Us. Out this Halloween. Presales available now at a discounted price.
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5 years
We’re slinging books at #HampdenFest today! If you’re not sure which table we are, it’s the worst set up one.
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#AWP24 friends! come join the party with us, @splitlippress , @TBQuarterly , & @barrelhouse ! no readings, just dance!!
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
You have a novella-length book? Fiction or nonfiction? Why don't you send it our way. We're open for another month, but ain't no time like the present.
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
Still open for full-length short story collections. And we needed a tweet to pin.
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
As good a time as any to mention that we’ll have a free giveaway for our 2,014th follower since that’s the year we started. We’ll also draw some names from our other followers for some giveaways. Cuz that’s just how we roll.
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5 years
Did we mention we’re open for the month of August for nonfiction manuscripts? Well we are. Check the link for details:
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5 years
Happy #Halloween , you ghouls! What better day is there to announce the selected stories for our socially-minded horror anthology, The Horror Is Us? The answer is none. There are no other days. So here it is!
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Mason Jar Press
1 year
Today is The Jarnal release! Praise us! Praise @TaraCampbellCom ! Praise our authors! Buy the Book! You guys get it.
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2 years
We're pleased to announce that we have selected a book for our Publishing Practicum Project: "trans [re]incarnation" by E. Kerr. You can find their info on Instagram at E_Kerr15.
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5 years
New year; new cover to reveal! This haunting poetry collection by @exclamate_ will drop April 7, but you can preorder starting today. Link in the thread! 🎀🐺
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Join us in congratulating our finalist and semi-finalists for the 1729 book prize! The finalists are with our judge, @DianeZinna , for her consideration.
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Big if true.
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Started by @IanAndersonEtc and @IamRageSparkle , @masonjarpress is hosting their first 1729 Book Prize in Prose. Writers can submit prose manuscripts free of cost by July 15 and have the chance to win $1,000 and publication. #SmallPressPoints
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4 years
We quietly opened subs for short story collections yesterday. Send us something, won’t you? Full guidelines here:
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2 years
We are OPEN for Submissions. Check out the link in the next tweet. And send us your pretty, pretty manuscripts of prose and poetry.
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5 years
While we’ve closed for poetry manuscripts (thanks, y’all!), we are still open for our horror short stories anthology. It’s free to submit and we’re paying. What alternate reality is this?
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4 years
We’re very disappointed to announce that we’ve canceled our #AWP20 plans this year. We were so looking forward to seeing all of you, but we decided it was the best choice for us, as a press and personally, not to go. To those still going, we wish you the best of times and health.
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted to our extended open call this week. With your help, we raised $194.62! We donated $100 each to the ACLU and the National Bail Fund Network. Receipts below. Now it’s time for us to get reading!
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3 years
Happy Pub Day to @DeMistyB ! PECULIAR HERITAGE is *officially* out in the world, and we couldn’t be prouder of DeMisty’s work. Real ones know already, but DeMisty is an absolute treasure. You can pick up a copy here or at your favorite indie bookstore.
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5 years
On a serious note: Our sincere gratitude to anyone who’s ever considered blurbing one of our books! Blurbs often get a bad wrap. They’re seen as marketing tools. Because they are. But they’re also evidence of community and selflessness in the lit world. And that can’t be all bad!
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friends, enemies, and in-laws! an updated address for the party with us, @splitlippress , @barrelhouse , & @TBQuarterly ! be there or be at some other weird address for some reason
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4 years
Sara collection, JERKS, will be out spring of 2022. Sara’s work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Millions, Fourth Genre, Slice Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Diagram, Squalorly. She co-hosts the Sunday Salon NYC. Lean more 👉
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hey you gorgeous writers out there, you got this; we can still feel you and your weirdness through the static; don’t give up
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Mason Jar Press
5 years
Check it out: @tylachelleco continues to accomplish SO much and we are very proud of her! #HowtoSit is remarkable and so is she! Congrats Tyrese!
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PEN America
5 years
The finalists for the PEN Open Book Award, honoring an exceptional book-length work of any genre by an author of color, are @shaunabarbosa , @tylachelleco , @buffalopoet11 , @TisforThompson , and @jennymxie
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3 years
The Jarnal is here. Today is the wonderful, exciting release day for the best little journal that could (tied with all the other literary journals that do their thing and uplift writing and their authors). Get your copy here!
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Mason Jar Press
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...and here it is. We are pleased to share this #CoverReveal for @m_older ’s collection of short stories (and poetry!). ...and Other Disasters will be available this November.
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2 years
We’re about halfway through our submission window for vol 2 of the Jarnal (guest editor @atwittya ). Free to submit, and we pay a little bit. 😎 Deadline is midnight on March 6.
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3 years
Proofs off to the printer is a good time to remind folks that @saralippmann ’s JERKS is available at a presale discount right now on our site. Get it now, because the sale won’t last forever.
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Send us your work! Tara is the best and she wants your best!
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2 years
The @saralippmann is hanging out at T1348 to sign copies of JERKS. Stop on by!
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3 years
Six days left to submit to our Novella open submissions. We accept fiction, nonfiction and rap battles. We would love to see your work in our queue! (actual footage of what we hope is everyone finishing their manuscript)
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3 years
To do list says “tweet about our open subs,” which seems weird but okay...
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3 years
Submittable tips (before fees): $186 [gee whiz, thank you!!] Submittable tips (after fees): $115.32 Book sales: $199  (our authors would thank you as well!) Submissions: 435 Acceptances: 22 Acceptance rate ~5% Poetry: 12 Fiction: 7 Nonfiction: 3
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Hey, everybody, get in here! It’s pub day for @saralippmann ’s JERKS. Starred review in @PublishersWkly . Most anticipated in @The_Millions . Raved about by many. Honest to goodness, the hype is justified.
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4 years
Is this how you thirst trap? Last week to get your copy at pre-sale price.
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3 years
Cover reveal and pre-sale time! It's our very first journal, appropriately titled "The Jarnal" because we are not above puns. It's amazing and releases on 10/26. Pick up your copy for a discount through the month of September!
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1 year
JERKS is best seller again. Congrats, @saralippmann !
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4 years
🚨Author Announcement🚨 We are pleased to announce that we will be publishing Danielle Zaccagnino’s nonfiction manuscript, “Suppose Muscle, Suppose Night, Suppose This in August” in late summer, 2020!
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Until midnight 6/30, we're running a raffle-for-charity! Buy a book from us, or any indie press, & you'll have a chance to win a complete set of our esteemed Novella Series. 25% of all proceeds will benefit @TransMaryland . Skip the middleman, donate directly, you can be entered.
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11 months
some cool news from Mason Jar way: we’re excited to welcome @meadwriter on as our Social Media Editor!
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3 years
🚨 Author announcement! 🚨 We are pleased to announce that Brahidaliz Martinez ( @brahidaliz ) is joining the MJP family. Their chapbook, COQUI’S SONG, was selected during our open call for pitches. Learn more about Brahidaliz on our authors page!
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1 year
With great excitement, we are pleased to announce the winner of our first ever 1729 Book Prize in prose, as chosen by our judge @DianeZinna , is Brooke Shaffner and her novel, Country of Under! The book is set to release in 2024.
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Are you looking for a book that is undeniably honest and inspiring in so many ways? The kind of honesty that is very much needed in today's world where we constantly question anything and everything. Well, I have got the book for you. Pre-order @tylachelleco "How To Sit" today!
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Attn: Poets! The 1729 book prize in poetry is now OPEN. Same deal as last year’s prose call: 👉 free to enter 👉 $1,000 prize 👉 Book contract 👉 Judged by @chenchenwrites Full guidelines on our site.👇 Hope to see you in our queue! …
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Mason Jar Press
5 years
. @MisterCaine & @tylachelleco books get more stickers than a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper.
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
We have some damaged copies (like scuffed-cover kind of damaged) that we can’t sell in good conscience. So we’re giving them away! Leave a rec for an indie book below, and we’ll pick one of y’all at random. Happy Friday!
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Mason Jar Press
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MJP is super excited to announce our NEWEST author joining us... @m_older ! Her book of short stories will be published in 2019. Malka has already written some pretty rad books, including the third book of her trilogy "State Tectonics" featured here:
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Taylorswift_as_books crushes it again for @saralippmann ’s JERKS. Check them out on Instagram if you’re not familiar already!
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
Officially less than one week until our call for short story collections comes to a close. Get those weirdo gems into our queue by midnight (EST) on May 31!
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Mason Jar Press
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We’d also like to let you know about the submission call for transparency: 🔹136 submissions 🔹2.2% acceptance rate 🔹 $5 sub fee or “free” with purchase of a book = $890 ($712 after submittable fees) 🔹 $200 donated to bail funds and ACLU 🔹 21 folks purchased a book
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Mason Jar Press
3 years
Generating lots of content with @oldtownbooks ’s Prompts in the Park! If you want to play at home: Write down 10 to 20 story/poem titles without worrying what the story is. Then pick your favorite and make it a thing.
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A #CoverReveal (or three!): We are pleased to share the covers for our upcoming novella series featuring the work of @NicoleLooped , @jaimefountaine , and @tomas_moniz . Available July 16! 💙 💜 🧡
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Tyrese!
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Ok so remember when I said I had good news 🤗
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3 years
Give us your tired, your poor, your wan little husks yearning to breathe free. In one week!
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Mason Jar Press
4 years
Book Giveaway—Day 3! Today’s game is all about the songs that have been helping us get through these trying times. We’re calling it “The Quarantine Shuffle.” Add a song to the comments and we’ll share the playlist. Winner picked at random. We’ll start:
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In honor of the full moon and its power over poets, and specifically our dear friend Mandy May, we are honored to announce her posthumous book of poems, Bone/Blood/Blossom, will be published in May, 2024.
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Mason Jar Press
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We’re really excited about this book by Danielle Zaccagnino that we’re releasing in September. We think it’s genuinely brilliant. Today, we share the cover. Pre-sales are also up on the site now.
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Thank you to all the folks who played our giveaway games this week! Y’all are the best. And everyone should thank (and follow) @MythicPicnic who donated the $ to cover the 5 books 🙏.
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Would you like a copy of Lesser American Boys by the amazing, transcend Zach VandeZande (aka @yeahpathy )? If so, like/comment/retweet and you'll be entered into the raffle.
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Hey! Hey! @tomas_moniz is a finalist for the Hemingway Award! We get to work with some rad people, ya know? #PENLitAwards
@PENamerica
PEN America
4 years
Today, we are excited to announce the 5 Finalists for the 2020 Hemingway Award. Congrats to the #PENLitAwards family, @ReginaMPorter , @tomas_moniz , @madelineffitch1 , @JamilJanKochai , and #RuchikaTomar !
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@masonjarpress
Mason Jar Press
3 years
Yup, life moves pretty fast.
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0
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