@autumnwatts.bsky.social
Writer, Nevadan, former Guernica fiction editor (2014-2024), co-founder of litmatchcollective.com. She/her
Member Karen Karason has her 1st publication: a beautiful essay in @therumpus.net!
Got a draft to polish? Our editors treat your work like anything they'd have published at Guernica or @okaydonkeymag.com
Enrollment is open:
www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-work...
therumpus.net/2025/11/21/s...
Our December Calendar is UP!
🌲MFA-style Writing Workshops!
🌲Round 2 of the Residency Director Chat!
🌲A chat and Q&A with Elaine Hsieh Chou!
🌲A special "Admin & Apps" Accountability Session with Editor Steve!
🌲Plus prompts & sprints & more...
See our December newsletter for details!
Stephanie Vaughn was my thesis advisor, and so generous and ferocious and funny. She freely gave her time and bracing advice to the silly, self-absorbed young person that I was then. I adored her and Michael Koch. Both such loving, kind, and gracious people, who made my program feel like home 💔
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Most rapists operate on the premise that they can not only overpower the victim physically, but can do so socially and legally. They count on a system that discounts the voices of victims and only too often cooperates in silencing them...
18.11.2025 03:14 — 👍 748 🔁 195 💬 7 📌 0Tonight at 8pm! Don't miss it! 🔥
16.11.2025 21:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Don’t forget! Sunday, Nov 16, we’re diving into craft with Freund Prize winner and @lambdaliterary.org finalist @1demerith.bsky.social and EPOCH editor @jrobertlennon.com 🔥
Pre-game by reading “The Best Man” in @epochliterary.com or this scorcher in @therumpus.net:
therumpus.net/2022/06/13/r...
Welcome to the editing workshop by Editor @stevexisxok.bsky.social!
On identifying common problems and solving them.
Featuring pre- and post-revision versions of work from @okaydonkeymag.com
First up: BSF winner "1000" by @robroensch.bsky.social
www.theforeverworkshop.com/p/editor-ins...
Unbelievable.
06.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 1431 🔁 281 💬 43 📌 6Mamdani: Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall—your struggle is ours too
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Our plans for November are here!
🔥$15 Basic memberships!
🔥Chats with residency directors & @1demerith.bsky.social!
🔥A monthlong Write-More challenge led by @okaydonkeymag.com associate fiction editor @heidimarjamaki.bsky.social!
And more👇
litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/november-p...
This man is utterly disgusting. This is who shepherded Trump’s judicial nominees through confirmation. That should tell you A LOT.
27.10.2025 02:44 — 👍 1718 🔁 436 💬 86 📌 16Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same.
Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️
Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
22.10.2025 15:14 — 👍 1354 🔁 737 💬 44 📌 70ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers.
"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.
"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.
Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.
We love 3rd spaces and building community❤️🔥Better ways of life are possible!
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Got work to share? Want to beat stage fright?
We host live community readings in Discord last Sundays of the month & the vibe is super warm & supportive❤️
And on Oct 26 @benloory.bsky.social will read too!
So pop in. Subscribe to our newsletter for a trial membership litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com
While the vibe is still spooky here's one of our favorite ghost stories by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in @electricliterature.com
Is there actually a ghost in this story?
Well, that depends...
Is this thing haunted though?
Oh 100%
electricliterature.com/accidental-g...
Really enjoyed this relevant-to-my-interests ghost story:
electricliterature.com/the-difficul...
We've been keeping track of all of the atrocities Trump has committed since he took office in January. To be clear, this is not humor or satire, but maybe sometime in the future, our relatives will see this, shake their heads, and think, "What a hilarious shitshow of a timeline."
18.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 191 🔁 68 💬 2 📌 2Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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This Sunday, Oct 19 at 8PM ET!
We'll be chatting with our favorite fabulist @benloory.bsky.social about clarity, craft, and caring in our members-only Discord server.
Not a member? Not a problem.
Just subscribe to our newsletter for a 1-month trial 🔥
litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com
We've been trying to figure out how Ben writes pieces that feel fun and sometimes even silly but also ultimately moving and profound.
Many hypotheses! But maybe the answer is just: magic.
Really looking forward to diving in deeper this Sunday
Kate Cayley considers politics, art, and why we write the extra details.
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts
07.10.2025 18:46 — 👍 2520 🔁 822 💬 42 📌 61To the point of therapy maybe 🥲 So sign up to workshop with meeeee
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“To me, writing about sex work has always been writing about class. About struggle. About cavities and electric bills—the things most of us worry about.” Michelle Gurule on writing about sex work.
06.10.2025 15:30 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Just confirmed I'm one of the author victims of the blood sucking company Anthropic that stole my book to train it's LLM. I filed a claim and it felt really good. If you're an author who may have been victimized, you can find out here:
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/?_gl=...
“How to Write Topical Without Getting Preachy”
ICYMI: in September we chatted with editor @aaronburch.bsky.social and writer @jeffchon.bsky.social about “Nothing Personal,” Chon’s heartbreaking piece that takes on the murder of a healthcare CEO — from an angle that might surprise you.
