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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 6: Nostalgia now!

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Read Issue 5! Epistemiclit.com Fully digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social

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More info on @melruthwrites.bsky.social Poetry for Pets Project and how to get involved!

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Stoked about this honour. Thank you so much โ€ช@epistemiclit.bsky.social

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This is Melissa - wondering if there are any fellow dog and/or pet lovers in the #epistemicfamily and #poetry community who'd be interested in collaborating with me on a volume of poems about pets with the proceeds being donated to the rescue I volunteer with? Inspired by @1dgrn.bsky.social

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Thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social for nominating my story "Sweet Girl" for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!

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Read it here!

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24.11.2025 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m so honored by how much @epistemiclit.bsky.social believes in my story โ€œPig Flu.โ€ They are a dream to work with, send them your stuff next time they are open!

24.11.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday!

24.11.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Grateful to Oatleaf Poetry Magazine for nominating my poem "Inversion" for a Pushcart Prize. www.tumblr.com/oatleaf/8009...

And to Epistemic Literary for nominating my poem "There Will Be Warnings."

These are my first Pushcart nominations (and both came on the same weekend). Thank you!

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So well-deserved! Congratulations!

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@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social โ€” If the Concrete

***Coming Soon in Issue 7: Integrity***

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James B Nicola โ€” Evangelical Supper

***Coming Soon in Issue 7: Integrity***

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SWEET GIRL - As April leans against the doorway, a pigtailed tot sitting in the sunlight plunks a dark-haireddoll into an empty plastic basin and scrubs her with a faded

@loricramerwriter.bsky.social - Sweet Girl

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BAND OF GOLD - Peter and I parade our scarlet guardsmen on the parquet floor of our playroom: drummers andtuba players, saxophonists and trumpeters. Mum gets them from the

@chriscottom.bsky.social - Band of Gold

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PIG FLU - The virus has taken hold, but I grip the arm of my chair and try to keep it at bay. Insidemy skull, tusks are forming. Dead skin and cells that would have

@lyfaulk.bsky.social - Pig Flu

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Best Microfiction 2025
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LY FAULK โ€” PIG FLU
CHRIS COTTOM โ€” BAND OF GOLD
LORI CRAMER โ€” SWEET GIRL
JAMES B NICOLA โ€” EVANGELICAL SUPPER
BRONWEN GRIFFITHS โ€” IF THE CONCRETE

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Best Microfiction 2025 Epistemic Literary logo LY FAULK โ€” PIG FLU CHRIS COTTOM โ€” BAND OF GOLD LORI CRAMER โ€” SWEET GIRL JAMES B NICOLA โ€” EVANGELICAL SUPPER BRONWEN GRIFFITHS โ€” IF THE CONCRETE Background image: small green bookshelf with books on it in front of a large potted plant

More award nominations!

Best Microfiction!

24.11.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Thank you - that means a lot to us ๐Ÿงก

23.11.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a dream come true! Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social ๐Ÿฉต

23.11.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜Š absolutely our pleasure!

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Congratulations ๐ŸŽ‰

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Seriously, everyone โ€” shoot your shot!

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I almost didnโ€™t sub this piece (fear, shame). Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for being such amazing supporters of me and the writing community. Humbled by this Pushcart nom ๐Ÿงก

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MY BROTHER LECTURES ME ABOUT GAUGUIN - He says, โ€œArt is in the eye of the beholder.โ€I say, โ€œSo you want to behold a naked fourteen-year-old Javanese girl whom he bought as asex slave?โ€And he says,

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social - CNF - My Brother Lectures Me About Gauguin

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REAL LIKE A SUNG PRAYER - My husband leaves our hotel room to ask for fresh towels, but the housekeepingwoman doesnโ€™t speak any English (bless him, heโ€™s earnestly telling her weโ€™re

@cake-girl.bsky.social - CNF - Real Like a Sung Prayer

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THERE WILL BE WARNINGS - First published in Mobius (May 2024)

@jameslilliefors.bsky.social - Poetry - There Will Be Warnings

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BRIGHT YELLOW SAD - .

Yoda Olinyk - Poetry - Bright Yellow Sad

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HAUNTER OF THE SHORE - Do you believe me?

@bdcutkomp.bsky.social - Fiction - Haunter of the Shore

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@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social - Fiction โ€” If the Concrete

**coming soon in Issue 7**

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PUSHCART NOMINATIONS 2025 

Fiction
BRONWEN GRIFFITHS โ€” IF THE CONCRETE
BETHANY CUTKOMP โ€” HAUNTER OF THE SHORE

Poetry
YODA OLINYK โ€” BRIGHT YELLOW SAD
JAMES LILLIEFORS โ€” THERE WILL BE WARNINGS

CNF
KAREN BAUMGART โ€” REAL LIKE A SUNG PRAYER
SUMITRA SIGNAM โ€” MY BROTHER LECTURES ME ABOUT GAUGUIN

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PUSHCART NOMINATIONS 2025 Fiction BRONWEN GRIFFITHS โ€” IF THE CONCRETE BETHANY CUTKOMP โ€” HAUNTER OF THE SHORE Poetry YODA OLINYK โ€” BRIGHT YELLOW SAD JAMES LILLIEFORS โ€” THERE WILL BE WARNINGS CNF KAREN BAUMGART โ€” REAL LIKE A SUNG PRAYER SUMITRA SIGNAM โ€” MY BROTHER LECTURES ME ABOUT GAUGUIN Background image: trophy

Announcing! Our #Puschart Prize nominees!

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