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Let's make some cool stuff together! 💜🌌☄️✨

It's that time of the month again, Second Sunday Poetry Jam, Juneau's only semi-regular monthly poetry open mic at Goldtown Nickelodeon in Downtown Juneau.

I've been missing a key group of (Indigenous queer) poetry books, and couldn't figure out where they were. Then today, I open a box in the storage shed, and there they are!

@mooninabucket we should do a Not Going to AWP Zoom reading :D

There are lots of reasons writers can’t go to #AWP. Some lack the $. Others can’t find dependent care. Others are sick/disabled. I won’t get into my own reasons for missing it (despite how close it is to me this year 😞 ). I’ll just say, to my fellow FOMO sufferers, solidarity 🫂

Maybe reading poetry for a third literary journal IS my vibe. 🤣🫣

@mooninabucket @LovesDiscretion Congrats! That is a pretty quick turnaround time!

Acceptance from @LovesDiscretion ! 😃 And the piece will be out in just a few days. So appreciate the kind respond and lightning- fast turnaround 💕

It's that time of the month again, Second Sunday Poetry Jam, Juneau's only semi-regular monthly poetry open mic at Goldtown Nickelodeon in Downtown Juneau. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, February 8, 2026, at Goldtown Nickelodeon Theater, downtown Juneau. The event is free!

@mooninabucket One away from a quartet?

What the Fox/dog/bear is going on here? 😅 #trippytuesday

We're going virtual with Second Sunday Poetry Jam in January due to the snowpacalpse. eventbrite.com/e/197983378013…

@mooninabucket Yellow is a tiered rejection, light blue is withdrawn and red for “will never submit again or defunct”

@mooninabucket I’m a spreadsheet girly. One tab to track individual submissions in chronological order and other that’s per poem (row) and each journal it’s submitted to (columns) so I can track where I need to withdraw from. Color coded orange for decline, green for accepted/published.

What’s the best litmag submission strategy? The one that appeals to & motivates you. Behold the submissions journal of an analog girl with ADHD 😂 Each acceptance gets a star. Apparently this works for me, because my acceptance rate in 2025 was my highest ever—over 26!😃

You really cannot ever tell what readers are going to connect with in a packet. The number of times I've had something picked that I didn't think was the strongest piece in a packet ... Which is why I encourage everyone to submit the max number of poems you can!

@mooninabucket I just got an acceptance! 🤣

@TrippJCrouse Oh, I’m sorry 😣 but certain this shall not be the norm for you 🫂

2025 Publication Recap: 🧵 (1/11) My numbers dropped a lot in 2025, but I’m proud of what I put out in the world, and I landed several dream mags after years of trying. Fiction Pubs - 2 Poetry - 15 CNF - 1 Subs - 45 (Solicited - 4) Acceptances - 10 Rejjies - 33 1st BSF win

@ngbosc Heard.

This year felt like getting hit by a truck and then that same truck hid a tracker in my body so it could keep hitting me over and over, so sometimes I am getting hit again and sometimes it’s just the anxiety of knowing the truck is coming. Anyway hope y’all had a lovely Chreema!

Ok who are the weird lit/horror poetry substacks to follow?

for the love of creator, title your poems before you submit them. And not some random number.

This is so much snow. 😬

@mooninabucket Love a good ihop self-date.

Solo pancake breakfast at IHOP. Because a single mom who works like a lumberjack should be able to eat like one 😊 #selfcaresaturday

And i literally had a journal tell me not to submit to them again. :'(

I've had an absolute shit 2025 when it comes to submissions. I'm on track to submit the same amount as last year, and I've only managed to get two acceptances, versus the 14 from 2024.