Andrea Damic

Mark, I said it before and I’ll say it again. You are too kind. Thank you 😊

Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social Yes, thanks to your workshops, Holding Back was published in Ghost Parachute 🪂 in Jan26. Love your workshops 🥰

The SmokeLong Workshop Celebration – January/February 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...

Congratulations to all of your workshop participants who've reported publications in January and February! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Straya is where I live now, and after twenty-odd years it’s still hard to get used to summer beginning in wintertime, winter in summertime, but that’s how things are where I live now, instead of pigeons…

I am back in the wonderful Mad Swirl with my poem Straya. Thank you so much. 🥰

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🤣 why not!

We are accepting submissions for our 7th issue. (6th issue scheduled for April).

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We are a new journal, but if we are to go by the palette of writers submitting to us, from new names to writers published in TIME, The New York Times, The Atlantic, etc. we are here to stay!
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What compares to getting your first #chapbook published? I really didn't think anything could make me feel so many things at once as this first review did. Thank you, Mark. I am speechless. Available on Amazon.

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@pictura.bsky.social open call for our August 2026 issue. We accept stories/poems year round and now we are open for your artwork as well. Limited spots for our print issue.

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Update: My debut hybrid collection, ‘All the Losses' is available on Amazon. This is a dream come true.

Amazon AU www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0GMQP5Q4Q
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*All the Losses* My debut hybrid collection of art, poetry and prose, All the Losses is now available on Amazon. Thank you Alien Buddha Press. This is a dream come true. Amazon Australia – still pending (hopefully the update will be available soon). In the meantime, it can be ordered through Amazon UK for delivery to Australia. Amazon US Amazon Canada…

*All the Losses*

My debut hybrid collection of art, poetry and prose, All the Losses is now available on Amazon. Thank you Alien Buddha Press. This is a dream come true. Amazon Australia – still pending (hopefully the update will be available soon). In the meantime, it can be ordered through…

Winter 2026 issue from @centaurlit.bsky.social is here! What a lineup! Thank you @lynnmundell.bsky.social for the cover art opportunity. Read all the amazing pieces by here from @belindarowe.bsky.social and many others. Congratulations 🎉

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Thank you to my wonderful friend whom I have known for nearly 20 years. Your support has been invaluable. My debut hybrid collection is scheduled for release on 1st Feb US time, which is 2nd Feb Australia time so I have to be patient for a few more hours. 🙄😅 I’ll share the links soon-ish.

My Mother Told Me — Ghost Parachute not to misbehave in church as I might not go to heaven when the time comes; not to yawn under any circumstance, what will the reverend say; not to forget to make signum crucis before I eat, a sign of ...

Thank you Ghost Parachute, and estimated editors Brett Pribble, Marelize Roets and Genevieve Anna Tyrrell for including my story ‘My Mother Told Me’ in your upcoming anthology. Looking forward to smelling the pages.

You can read my story here:

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“Auld Lang Syne” by Andrea Damic Photo by Taryn Elliott on Pexels.com I remember – pitch-black hovering above my city not a sound on the road just the street lights provoking the night’s shadows. I remember – my father and our tra…

Thank you MasticadoresUSA for my poem ‘Auld Lang Syne’. Sometimes we have to hold on to the child inside.

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Love this 👏👏👏

Thank you so much Matt. It means a lot.

*Morning Decompress* My photograph Morning Decompress got published on LENSCRATCH website (my first publication on their website) under the call for 'The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2025' (my photo is under part 7 area, 15th in line). You can check the whole exhibition here:

*Morning Decompress*

My photograph Morning Decompress got published on LENSCRATCH website (my first publication on their website) under the call for 'The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2025' (my photo is under part 7 area, 15th in line). You can check the whole exhibition here:

Thank you Brett 😊

Thank you Bronwen 😊

*Holding Back* Flash Fiction in Ghost Parachute You can read the story here:

*Holding Back*

Flash Fiction in Ghost Parachute You can read the story here:

Huge gratitude is owed to our EIC Alicia Wright for all the work behind the scenes. I’m so proud to be a part of this team. Our submissions are always open and always free @pictura.bsky.social
Thank you to all our contributors 💐
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Issue 90 of SmokeLong Quarterly with image of worn stone steps up from darkness towards a light stone wall with hand prints painted on it. There is light coming from above the wall but the source isn't visible. Names of contributors over the top

Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/

Best Small Fiction 2026 Nominations are out from Pictura Journal. Congratulations to everyone, and good luck 💐

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*15th Nature Art Exhibition – LST (LightSpaceTime Art Gallery)* Honoured to be among the finalists of Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery 15th Nature competition with two photographs: 1. Achromatic - Special Merit Artist 2. Caught Red-Beaked - Special Recognition Artist The link to the whole exhibition: Thank you to Gallery Director Valerie Hoffman for the opportunity to show my work at this online art exhibition. It's good to be back.

*15th Nature Art Exhibition – LST (LightSpaceTime Art Gallery)*

Honoured to be among the finalists of Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery 15th Nature competition with two photographs: 1. Achromatic - Special Merit Artist 2. Caught Red-Beaked - Special Recognition Artist The link to the whole…

Congratulations 💐

*Dormant – cover art* My photo 'Dormant' is on the cover of Gone Lawn's cold moon issue 62 (Dec25). Thank you, Owen Wyke and Amy Cipolla Barnes, for this honour. It's good to be back. Looking forward to reading everyone's work:

*Dormant – cover art*

My photo 'Dormant' is on the cover of Gone Lawn's cold moon issue 62 (Dec25). Thank you, Owen Wyke and Amy Cipolla Barnes, for this honour. It's good to be back. Looking forward to reading everyone's work:

Pushcart Prize 2026 nominations from @pictura.bsky.social 🎉 Congratulations to everyone, and good luck!

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I hope so 😊 Thank you so much

Best Microfiction 2026 nominations from @pictura.bsky.social 🎉 Congratulations to everyone, and good luck!

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*I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About the Butterflies* So happy and thankful to Bright Flash Literary Review and EIC Kristen Henderson for this flash fiction publication. A great way to end the week. Yay!

*I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About the Butterflies*

So happy and thankful to Bright Flash Literary Review and EIC Kristen Henderson for this flash fiction publication. A great way to end the week. Yay!