Gessica Sakamoto Martini

Excited to have my prose poem “My Mother’s Body” featured in Verse Daily! This poem was originally published in DMQ Review. versedaily.org/2025/mymothers…

You can now preorder my book "The Lighthouse Tattoo"! @acre_books preoder here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

Orion’s Belt is now open for submissions until May 15! 🚀 We are accepting speculative fiction, micro fiction, poetry, translations, and reviews! For more information on submitting, including the link to our Duosuma submission manager 👉orions-belt.net/submissions

🌕I’m excited to share that Orion’s Belt will reopen for submissions from March 1 to May 15! We’ll be seeking spec flash, micro, & poetry, as well as translations & reviews! Most importantly, our payment for poetry & art will increase. Follow & support us on this new adventure!🌕

A little announcement: Orion's Belt is now on 🔵sky! Find us among the stars:✨orionsbeltmagazine✨

🎉 Prose Poem Acceptance from Whale Road Review 🎉

このたび「文芸思潮」主催・第18回銀華文学賞にて、拙作『蛇の仮定法』が最優秀賞を受賞いたしました。 現在、Amazonを除き、東京の大手書店（ジュンク堂池袋店、紀伊國屋新宿本店など）でのみ取り扱われているようです。 ご興味をお持ちいただけましたら、ぜひお手に取っていただければ幸いです。

OK, this is not a proper ranking, but it's a little fun I had with the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016-2025. 2 pts for every featured story, 1 pt for every notable. 2025 weight = 1, decreasing to 2016 weight = 0.1 Full list (67 journals) available from my website.

Lovely acceptance of one of my prose poems from MudRoom magazine 🎉💜

Our Year Five Anthology is now available for purchase on Amazon. It is the last anthology of my tenure here at Orion's Belt. Buy it to commemorate our emotionally poignant voyages into strange yet intimate worlds. amazon.com/dp/B0G5JYWC2R

New flash in @Wigleaf 💕 Also: this story was nominated for a Pushcart Prize!!!

酒も煙草もほぼやめたが、猫だけはやめられないんだよなぁ。

Please share this around to anyone who might be interested. We have Poetry Editor and Fiction Editor positions available at Orion's Belt. If you or anyone you know might be interested, send them our way! More details here: orions-belt.net/volunteer

We are now accepting applications for Fiction and Poetry Editors to join our team at Orion’s Belt! If you are passionate about speculative fiction or poetry, please send CV & cover letter at orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com I’d love to hear from you!✨

We have Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor positions for 2026 now open. If you desire to join our starship (especially if you have experience at a spec-fic magazine), please send a cover letter/CV to orionsbelt.submissions@gmail.com. Details: orions-belt.net/volunteer

Rest in peace, Ellen Bryant Voigt. You were a force of nature and one of the sharpest people I've ever known. You will be greatly missed.

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Christopher Citro & Dustin Nightingale

I’m so pleased to share that my poem “My Mother’s Body” has been nominated for Best of the Net. I’m beyond grateful to the editors of DMQ Review for this nomination, thank you!! 🙏🏻🧡

Back home after a three-day conference in Brussels at the European Writers Salon. I had the chance to teach a workshop on prose poetry & liminality, join a panel on the submission process as an editor, & meet so many wonderful & talented writers! So grateful for the opportunity!

@Natsuhiko_km Hello! Thank you for your message! Shoreline of Infinity is a great magazine, and I’m really glad to hear you also like Can Xue! :) By the way, your magazine Jem vol.2 looks amazing. Really best of luck with the launch!!

@GJMartini Thank you for following my account! I saw your profile, and one of my Japanese friends has contributed for Shoreline of Infinity as well! Can Xue is one of the writers I have had special affection for.