Nerve to Write

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Sending out Monday morning acceptances to make things merry and bright!

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Our fall submission period is officially closed. Many thanks to everyone who submitted work to our inaugural issue. We’ll reopen January 1st!

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Spooky season is the perfect time to submit! We’re open for submissions from disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers until tomorrow!

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Our fall submission window has gone so fast it’s scary! This is our last week open for submissions until next year, so get your nonfiction, fiction, poetry hybrid work, and art in by November 1st!

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Nerve to Write is open for poetry submissions until November 1st!

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Nerve to Write is open for art submissions until November 1st!

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Nerve to Write is open for hybrid submissions until November 1st! Send us your graphic poetry and narrative, comics, erasures, speculative work, and more!

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The only thing scarier than spooky season is everyday ableism! Here’s to carving out an inclusive space for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers!

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Nerve to Write is open for fiction submissions until November 1st! Send us your flash fiction, full-length stories, and more!

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Nerve to Write is open for nonfiction submissions until November 1st! Send us your flash nonfiction, lyric essays, memoir, and more!

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We’re halfway through our submission window! You have until November 1st to submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid writing, and artwork.

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Last in our meet the editors series is @froid.bsky.social!

We are open for submissions until November 1st!

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Are you a disabled, chronically ill, or neurodivergent writer with a recent or forthcoming book? If so, query us about our new book review and interview series. We'd love to celebrate your work!

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Next up in our meet the editors series is Mialise Carney!

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We’re spending the morning reading submissions! Have you sent work in yet?

A raspberry background features black text reading “Meet the Editors” and “Sarah Fawn Montgomery” “Editor-in-Chief.” The black image of a neuron sits next to a photo of a pixie haired woman in round glasses and a cream sweater smiling in a bright forest. The bio reads in black text “Sarah Fawn Montgomery is the author of the craft text Nerve: Unlearning Workshop Ableism to Develop Your Disabled Writing Practice and Quite Mad: An American Pharma Memoir, which The Atlantic says, “Exemplifies a nuanced approach to life with mental illness” and The Paris Review describes as “The wakeup call we need.” She is also the author of the essay collection Halfway from Home, the flash collection Abbreviate, and three poetry chapbooks. She is an Associate Professor at Bridgewater State University.”

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be introducing you to our editors! First is founder and editor-in-chief @sfmontgomery.bsky.social.

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Nerve to Write is a new online magazine for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers to showcase creative innovation and build crip community. We are officially open for free submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid writing, and artwork!