Michael Jortner

Urge Congress: Save Our Stations Act now to prevent more station closures in communities nationwide.

Public media stations have already announced closures. More will follow unless Congress restores local station funding. Speak up now to #SaveOurStations. bit.ly/3JrahVC

😍 Earlier this year I made a commitment to developing as a writer. That's why I signed up for this @narratively workshop with @carolinerothstein on digging deep to come up with raw and personal essays. So far I'm loving it. 🔥 #essaywriting #writingcommunity #nonfiction #publishing #stories

😮 I'm plotting a murder mystery, y'all, so I attended this @writersdigest.bsky.social webinar taught by the wonderful Jennifer Dornbush. What does happen at a crime scene? Who decides if it's murder? So many questions #mysterybooks #crimefiction #fiction #booksbooksbooks #authorsofinstagram

October is one of @parisreview.bsky.social's open submission months so it was my pleasure to send them my work. If published, it will be my first piece in a literary journal 😮 #nonfiction #literarymagazine #authorsofinstagram #publishing #writerlife

🔥 I find Tessa Hadley's writing amazing. For instance, this sentence from her short story "Funny Little Snake" #fiction #shortstory #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #stories

The Letter Review 🔥 is dedicated to publishing new writing. Which is why I just submitted a personal essay to their quarterly contest for consideration #essaywriting #authors #publishing #nonfiction #writinglife

😍 I've written an essay about how I responded to homophobic bullying in high school. It feels gratifying to submit it to prestigious literary journals like @newenglandreview.bsky.social
#literarymagazine #nonfiction #essaywriting #publishing #writingcommunity

🔥 Just submitted my new essay about how I handled homophobic bullying in high school to @pshares.bsky.social -- such an esteemed publication, would be awesome to get into their pages #publishing #authors #booksbooksbooks #nonfiction #essaywriting

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In her new book As A Jew, Sarah Hurwitz writes eloquently about the importance of knowing about Jewish history and Judaism's rich traditions. Can't recommend it highly enough during these troubled times ❤️ #jewishpride #jewishhistory #judaism #booksbooksbooks #publishing

Applying to residencies for writers like those at @vermontstudioctr.bsky.social is new for me--but I'm starting to like tossing my hat into the ring 😘 Gotta start sometime! #writingcommunity #vermont #nonfiction #publishing #artistresidency

❤️ This may be one of the truest statements I've ever come across: "Making up is a very mysterious thing." #fiction #creativewriting #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #inspiration

🔥 So excited to submit my new essay "What Do We Do with Bullies?" to @yalereview.bsky.social. I really enjoy their content and it would be an honor to be published in their pages. #literarymagazine #yale #nonfiction #publishing #essaywriting

They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦‍♂️

😍 Here I go again! Just submitted my essay on confronting homophobic bullying in high school to the amazing @grantamag.bsky.social. September is one of their open submission months! #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #nonfiction #essaywriting #publishing

Finally did it. Submitted an #essay to HuffPost Personal -- about the time I confronted homophobic bullying in high school back in the day 😘 #nonfiction #personalessay #writingcommunity #publishing #HuffPost

😮 The best part of The Dazzling Paget Sisters is the first section when the twins are young and have only each other to confide in. Later, despite affairs with notables like Albert Camus and George Orwell, well, I just didn't care all that much. Have to say I didn't finish. #nonfiction #books #story

@writing_workshops is doing their NYC Publishing Workshop in April and I just applied with pages of my gay coming-of-age memoir WHEN WILL I BE LOVED - would be so awesome to get in! 😘 #publishing #writingcommunity #booksbooksbooks #networking #authorlife

Awesome! Just sent you my latest #essay "What Do We Do with Bullies? We Stand Up to Them" #writing

I really enjoy the #nonfiction in @longreads so I looked up their submission guidelines and just sent them my new #essay for consideration 😍 #writingcommunity #publishing #literarymagazine #authors #writinglife

Check out the author and her newest book here: www.mcnallyeditions.com/ariane-banke...

I'm enjoying reading The Dazzling Paget Sisters by @arianebankes. In this quote she's describing writer Arthur Koestler who eventually married her aunt Mamaine. I think I recognize myself in this description omg! 😂 #nonfiction #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #authors #publishing

Learned of Thirteen Bridges Reviewn yesterday so I just submitted my new #essay about how I handled a bully in high school. Gonna get published someday, somewhere, somehow, please God haha 😘 #literarymagazine #nonfiction #publishing #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram

😍 Getting into the #groove of submitting my new #essay - about how I handled a bully's harassment in high school - to one #literarymag after another. This time to @kenyonreview.bsky.social 😘 #feelinggood #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #publishing #nonfiction

Submission Guidelines Photo by Kaitlyn Baker on Unsplash General Guidelines When: We accept submissions for the print journal generally during three time periods: September, December, and May. Those reading periods w...

You can submit your work too! www.cincinnatireview.com/submission-g...

😍 @cincinnatireview.bsky.social is open for submissions in #September so I sent them my new #essay about how I handled a bullying episode in high school. It feels good to use writing to process trauma, doesn't it? #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #publishing #literarymagazine #nonfiction

“Project,” by Rachel Cusk Reality became malleable, was always giving way and changing its rules.

Read her story here: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Just loved RachelCusk's latest #shortstory PROJECT in @newyorker.com. Her #prose and life insights remind me of another #british #author: Tessa Hadley ❤️ #fiction #stories #authorsofinstagram #publishing #literaryfiction

Sweet! I'm submitting and essay and short story #writing

George Saunders interview We speak to Booker Prize winning author, George Saunders about his latest collection of short stories, LIBERATION DAY

Read his interview here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...