Brecht De Poortere

The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏

@SmashedEars Happy birthday!

I’m 45 today. In honor of having not died yet, I’d like to send someone a free, signed copy of my last novel. DM me if interested.

@ByFanGao It was a little strange sometimes. The things that bothered me the most was the length (as always with his movies) and also the moral, which was a little simplistic. But it was very enjoyable and beautiful.

@brecht_dp Oh good! Excited to see the scenery. Did the modern vernacular work? It did seem strange in the trailer.

Cramming like I am back in school because I got ticket for the IMAX 70 mm showing next weekend 😆

@poetbynecessity Let's hope that's a lucky number!

@brecht_dp 13

I'm bored. So I counted the number of submissions I have out. 33. How about you?

Our summer issue is live! Hope you enjoy the poems, fiction, and creative nonfiction in this issue. We open again for submissions on August 1. baltimorereview.org

@traceythiessen Yes, but only the acceptances matter!

@brecht_dp Thank you. But to clarify—far more rejections than acceptances. 😂

@ca5eyj0 They were nearly dead, but sprung into life again!

@brecht_dp Oh those look like some gorgeous monsteras hiding behind that curtain!

Good morning! Let's brew some ☕ and ✍️!

@marcokatz 🙂

@brecht_dp Excellent idea! I'll be right over…

@StacieTurner My bedroom, every morning 🙂

@brecht_dp pretty shot!

Even in Iran they access my lit mag rankings! 💙

@davpol8112 It's quality not quantity that matters!

@brecht_dp Yup but then that’s poetry for you.

My writing is even slower than usual, but the problem I was dealing with last week has been solved, and I just crossed the 28k-word mark ☑️

@davpol8112 3 words? 🙂

@brecht_dp I got 3 good ones down last week.

@LarkinWarren I cannot wait for this horrible person to disappear...

Yipes. This would be comedy if only it wasn’t real and totally terrifying.

@KemalOnor Yes, I think about that a lot. I can't stand it. People are such sheep. I watched a film about Charles Aznavour the other day. He spent an inordinate amount of time and money marketing himself.

How does anything become popular? I no longer believe it's talent and hard work.

@greytraynor Glad to hear - take care please!!

@brecht_dp Thanks for asking, honey!! I’m healing and pain-free—I’ll be right as rain soon!

Stranger: Didya break your ankle skiing or skateboarding?! Me: …um, walking down stairs…

@lakelady2282 @EunoiaReview Congratulations Debbie!

Just got an acceptance of a poem from @EunoiaReview So happy! It's been a very quiet few months.

@ShannonKenny031 🙏🙏🙏

@brecht_dp Pleasure - and may your writing go swimmingly

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