Our incredible cover artist:
Verena Raban is a Series-LXXXVII Replicant from the storm-swarmed planet Saturn09. She writes & draws poems & punks & flowers. (full bio at our site)
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
Literary voices for the Queer South. Alabama-based. Always reading! Issue 21 is live; reading for Issue 22 now! Edited by @emmabolden.bsky.social, rachelnix.bsky.social, and Alesha Dawson screendoorreview.com
Our incredible cover artist:
Verena Raban is a Series-LXXXVII Replicant from the storm-swarmed planet Saturn09. She writes & draws poems & punks & flowers. (full bio at our site)
13 contributors for y'all to yell at the moon about &/or google until google gets tired:
๐ธJulia Norza
๐ธDaniel Nathan Terry
๐ธIain Grinbergs
๐ธ[anonymous]
๐ธLouis Balsamo
๐ธAngela Acosta
๐ธTy Dunn
๐ธColleen S. Harris
๐ธGraham Griffith
๐ธEdwyn Morgans
๐ธBethany White
๐ธShelby Edison
๐ธCora Schipa
๐๐ฆIssue 21 is here! ๐ป๐
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-21/
We're reading. ๐
And y'all can read what we've been reading soon.
Issue 21 is coming in October so get those submissions in!
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
We're thrilled to have you with us! ๐งก
27.08.2025 20:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thrilled that @screendoorreview.bsky.social has accepted my #poems "When I Say I Love You This Much, I Mean" and "Aubade with Hound"!
#poetry ๐๐ #booksky ๐ #writing ๐ #ReadMorePoetry
Not to brag, but Emma is one of our editors. โจ
(We recommend reading this poem at least 8 times & sending it to everyone who can read.)
People are like: "It's the end of Pride month."
Lol, nah-uh. July's ready for us.
re-posting because...it's queerly relatable. ๐
23.06.2025 17:16 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0...k-i-s-s-i-n-g ๐ฝ
23.06.2025 14:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I've got 3 new poems in this sparkling issue โจ๏ธ
Thanks so much to the editors for including my work ๐ You are a bright spot in a dark world.
We love your work, Rebecca! Glad to have you with us! ๐
23.06.2025 13:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Excited to have work in this issue! Thank you @rachelnix.bsky.social for your encouragement
23.06.2025 13:33 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0YโALL the pride issue of @screendoorreview.bsky.social is out and Iโm so excited to share it with you. itโs an absolute beauty. happy pride, and please support our trans and nonbinary family!
22.06.2025 17:47 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We're big fans of you and your poems. ๐ฅฐ
And obviously our journal has a crush on your journal because...well, obviously.
Y'allllll I've been so excited about this issue and it's insanely good and you can all finally read the poems and stories I've been loving on for a while. And I said and a lot and I don't care. :)
21.06.2025 23:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We fell for these poems immediately--absolute stunners! ๐
22.06.2025 16:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0whoa, i'm in here too! honestly kinda sorta hyped about it bc these are three new poems i thought no one would love, but these nice queer southern folks did. they're my favorite, give them some love? ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ ๐ (thank u screen door i love y'all)
22.06.2025 15:53 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Happy Pride Month! We got y'all a gift. It's Issue 20 & you'll love it. ๐
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-20/
We're not in the business of promoting apps but Everywhere Is Queer is pretty neat. It makes it much easier to find queer-owned businesses anywhere in the world.
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Find it wherever you find your apps. ๐
Psssstt...tomorrow's the day. Issue 20, our Pride issue, is coming. It's not a secret despite the psssstt thing. Tell anyone. Tell everyone. Also let them know all of our issues are Pride issues. ๐
20.06.2025 14:32 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm offering an online, generative writing workshop twice in July, with the proceeds going to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social. Suggested donation of $100, but please take the workshop regardless/ feel free to reach out with Qs.
Finding Shape in the Dark (on writing difficult narratives) - July 5 & 19
this is true information and you can tell everyone:
QUEER + SOUTHERN WRITERS ARE MAGIC โจ
calling all queer southern artists! @screendoorreview.bsky.social is looking for cover art for our pride issue! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
23.05.2025 18:08 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 0Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :)
screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit
#FF Itโs Sock Monkey Day! Give some โค๏ธ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with the letter โSโ and โMโ:
@sentinelcreatives.bsky.social
@mgenderedmums.bsky.social
@screendoorreview.bsky.social
@mgliterary.bsky.social
@sfwp.bsky.social
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Cont โฌ๏ธ
Issue 19 is live & it's full of Queer Southern voices!
Let it be a balm for your sadness, a podium for your pride, & a middle finger to those trying to silence queer folx. We won't hush. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/
that's our Emma.
you'll wanna hear her poems.
we have & it's one of 926 reasons we love her.
not to brag but issue 20 is looking so dang good. like, y'all may not be able to handle it. seriously.
get in on it: send us your queer southern magic! ๐๐
www.screendoorreview.com