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February 20, 2023
Ask the Editors: Save the Date!
Ever wanted to just sit down with an SFF editor and ask them what they’re thinking? Soon, you’ll be able to do just that.
Starting in January 2023, Metaphorosis Magazine is launching a periodic video #AMA with #editors of #SFF #magazines. This will be a Zoom-type format — about 40 minutes of discussion with a rotating panel of 3–4 editors each time.
Join Interstellar Flight Press Managing Editor Holly Lyn Wa...
January 10, 2023
Write with What You Have
Emily Dickinson’s Envelope Poems, The Power of the Fragment, and a Writing Prompt for the New Year
December 12, 2022
Forthcoming in April 2023: Numinous Stones
From Elgin Award winning author Holly Lyn Walrath, a haunting collection of poetry about grief and the sacred that digs deep beyond a fairytale world into the grave. Told in the circular pantoum form, Numinous Stones is a poetic graveyard littered with horror — from sentient scarecrows to silent skeletons to scorched sacred spaces. As each line repeats, new meaning gleams like bones unearthed in a shattered re...
November 28, 2022
New Workshop Alert + A Free Prompt
New Workshop Alert!!I have a new self-paced workshop up at The Poetry Barn. This class came out of NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month), which happens every year in April. Similarly, the goal of this self-paced class is to write 30 poems in 30 days. However, you might write one poem a day, or several poems in a day, and then give yourself a break. It’s totally up to you!
Whether you’re writing to a specific theme, assembling a gro...
November 21, 2022
Awards Eligibility Post — Holly Lyn Walrath
The gash of your mouth opens
wide around the cold
porcelain of the condemned —
the lonely, the wasteful, the lavish
like a kitten dead in the road
all things are wanting to you
Wow, I really can’t believe this year is almost over. This year, I am very glad to have published in some outstanding anthologies and pro markets. I want to thank all the editors and publishers who continue to support my writing — I would not be here w...
November 19, 2022
New Workshop Alert: 30 Stories in 30 Days
Celebrate National Flash Fiction Month in July!July is the unofficial flash fiction writing month. It also happens to be the month when the Bath Flash Fiction conference occurs. This year, I’m planning a super-special workshop meant to give you 30 story starts.
Class Starts Saturday, July 1st, 2023Led by Holly Lyn Walrath, whose speculative work has appeared in Analog, Strange...
November 15, 2022
The Gravity of Existence by Christina Sng ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH!
Howdy Space Partners!
This is just a note to let you know we’ll be hosting a virtual book launch for Christina Sng’s new book of poems, THE GRAVITY OF EXISTENCE.
Here are the details. Sign up via Eventbrite to join us!
Date: Monday, December 5th at 12pm NOON EST / 11am CST
Online via Zoom/Eventbrite
You will receive info from Eventbrite on how to access the event after you register. This event is free to atten...
October 10, 2022
October 5, 2022
NaNoWriMo: The Ultimate Preptober Checklist
Everything You Need for a Perfect November to Smash Your Word Count Goals
October 3, 2022
HAUNT and the Halloween Haunted House
When I was a kid growing up in the 90s, I was obsessed with Halloween. I trick-or-treated right up until age 14, which I remember vividly as my last Halloween — I finally realized I was too old for the practice.
I grew up in a small town in Texas. Halloween was a big deal in our town, mostly because, as a conservative religious community, Halloween was the one chance kids got to explore otherwise taboo subje...
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