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Nora Maynard

@noramaynard.bsky.social

Writer & editor in NYC. Fiction in Gone Lawn, Tiny Molecules, HAD, Pangyrus. Soon in Moon City Review, hex, MoonPark Review. Runner, movie lover, beginner violinist. Co-founder & co-editor of -ette @ettereview.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/noramaynard

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Brand new episode! Music by Chester Jankowski ❀️

16.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New issue!

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New issue and newsletter dropping soon! Join our mailing list here ⬇️

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15.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Promo poster for -ette offsite reading at AWP, Wednesday, March 4 at Peter’s Pour House, Baltimore

Promo poster for -ette offsite reading at AWP, Wednesday, March 4 at Peter’s Pour House, Baltimore

Join us for our very first in-person reading!

Featuring @andrewbertaina.bsky.social
@avitusbcarle.bsky.social
Laura Cronk
Theodore Heil
@rachel-kowalsky.bsky.social
@amymarques.bsky.social
Devan Murphy
@caitlinohalloran.bsky.social

13.02.2026 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you, Matt!

01.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt started with what everyone once thought I should hide: my scar.”

This beauty by @noramaynard.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social.πŸ’™

29.01.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Melissa! πŸ₯°

29.01.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Carnegie Hall concert program page showing pianist Igor Levitt and listing 33 movements of Beethoven’s Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120

Carnegie Hall concert program page showing pianist Igor Levitt and listing 33 movements of Beethoven’s Thirty-three variations on a waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120

Second feature page of concert program listing movements of composer Frederick Rzewski’s The People a United Will Never Be Defeated (1975)

Second feature page of concert program listing movements of composer Frederick Rzewski’s The People a United Will Never Be Defeated (1975)

23.01.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Patricia! Love the Q & A!

22.01.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gone Lawn 63 : Nora Maynard

"I could hide behind being a monster: I never had to speak."

@noramaynard.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

21.01.2026 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

Leonard Cohen
Iggy Pop
JACK Quartet
Barry Harris
PJ Harvey

21.01.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks, Pat!

21.01.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Eileen! Yours is gorgeous! So great to be issue mates πŸ₯°

19.01.2026 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m excited to have a micro-excerpt from my novel-in-progress in this issue. Thrilled to be in such great company!

Finding an under 200-word, freestanding section to extract and submit was a difficult β€”but rewardingβ€”challenge. Big thank you to eds. @owenwyke.bsky.social and @amygcb.bsky.social !

17.01.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Knee socks were the gateway drug

16.01.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, Eileen! That story is a stunner!

04.01.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bookmarking!

31.12.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜”β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ

30.12.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oooh!! So eerie and exquisite!!

30.12.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Matt!

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Nighttime photo of crescent moon over water tower on top of building with Christmas tree lights visible in window below

Nighttime photo of crescent moon over water tower on top of building with Christmas tree lights visible in window below

The moon and New York City

27.12.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Movie still of actress Kim Novak holding a Siamese cat, dressed in black and looking mysterious

Movie still of actress Kim Novak holding a Siamese cat, dressed in black and looking mysterious

Annual Xmas viewing of Bell, Book and Candle πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸŒ²πŸŽ₯πŸ—Ώ

25.12.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is how it begins.

23.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Belated Caturday
Advent Calendar

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22.12.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯°

23.12.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! 🩷

23.12.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to have an acceptance from @moonparkreview.bsky.social !

22.12.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful, Eileen! So magical!

21.12.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's #blackfriday here at the ILT: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (2nd Dublin edn.) Two single-sided black pages face each other at pp. 56-57.

"The β€˜blackness’ is printed on both sides of the leaf with what appears to be a solid woodblock." The Laurence Sterne Trust

28.11.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
-ette logo

Best Microfiction 2026 
Nominees 

Jessica Barlevi - β€œForest of Light" 
Jose Hernandez Diaz - "The Search" 
Matt Leibel - "How to Buy a Snow Globe" Devan Murphy - "The Daughter" 
Emma Raimondo - "Death in Los Angeles" 

Best Small Fictions 2026 
Nominees 

Mathieu Cailler - β€œFour of a Kind” & β€œMy Evening with Marilyn" 
Laura Cronk - "The Chance"
Suzy Eynon - "Landlines"
Nora Esme Wagner - β€œCloser Than They Appear" 

Illustration of small lamb

-ette logo Best Microfiction 2026 Nominees Jessica Barlevi - β€œForest of Light" Jose Hernandez Diaz - "The Search" Matt Leibel - "How to Buy a Snow Globe" Devan Murphy - "The Daughter" Emma Raimondo - "Death in Los Angeles" Best Small Fictions 2026 Nominees Mathieu Cailler - β€œFour of a Kind” & β€œMy Evening with Marilyn" Laura Cronk - "The Chance"
Suzy Eynon - "Landlines"
Nora Esme Wagner - β€œCloser Than They Appear" Illustration of small lamb

Congratulations and best of luck to our 2026 Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions Nominees!

Jessica Barlevi
@josehernandezdz.bsky.social
@mattleibel.bsky.social
Devan Murphy
Emma Raimondo
Mathieu Cailler
Laura Cronk
@suzyeynon.bsky.social
Nora Esme Wagner

19.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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