Shareen K. Murayama
@AmBusyPoeming
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poet.educator. HOUSEBREAK Bad Betty Press & HEY, GIRL, ARE YOU IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP Harbor Editions ('22).
Wilhelmina Rise, Honolulu, HI
Joined January 2015
It’s never too late to be a writer! Said fifty-five year old Murayama. Proud of my age, proud of my blossoming. And there’s hella more coming, people! ⚡️🌱 Grateful to be one of the five debut authors featured here. 🙏🏾🥰
It is never too late to be a writer and share your story with the world! Join us in celebrating five debut authors over the age of fifty who you’ll want to know: @WriteMadhushree @saribotton David Santos Donaldson @AmBusyPoeming and @JaneCam69010810. https://t.co/Y06bgj9KpE
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Our fellowship used to promise to pay one recipient for 4 workshopped stories, which worked out well for some, not so well for others. Our fellowship now offers monthly feedback for six months for up to 4 emerging writers. And now it's free to apply.
smokelong.com
Update! The 2026 fellows have been chosen. Meet the fellows HERE. For over a decade SmokeLong has supported emerging writers through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Quarte...
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The wait is over... Congratulations to our Best of Net 2026 nominees! Cortez @ManateeVanity
@sharkrado Annastacia Stegall Sarah Burke Sullivan Jordan Eric Roy Liam Chimba @esmepromise Garth Pavell Ruby Wang Ara Deinde Sewkhy Tan
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WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS, MFERS! https://t.co/gc5WRXDYzW
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I got my first picture of my official copy of Bitter over Sweet in the wild 😍😍😍 @SFWP Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET right here:
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Yes!! Please join us! I am so excited! 😍🥰❤️
Make sure to register for @lumchanmfa's book launch event with @DeeshaPhilyaw and @avitusbcarle over Zoom on November 7th at 7pm EST! https://t.co/s797vc9i50 Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET right here: https://t.co/TcwnMfojaM
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Yay!! Thank you @bestmicrofic for selecting my work and @ilanot_review for publishing and nominating my micro!
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How does a woman be in her body after tonight? Asking for a friend 💔
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I have a few spaces left in my pop up prompt session this Thursday, November 7 at 7 pm eastern. Dm me if interested
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Submit Submit Submit! Just a reminder that the reading period for Chestnut Review’s Spring Issue is open. Submissions are free in most categories. We respond in 30 days We pay $120. https://t.co/B1sbwQD85j
#chestnutreview #poetry #opensubs #literarymagazine #litmag
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Erin Vachon reviews Joseph Young's new collection, The Thing I was Trying to Tell You for SmokeLong! Spoiler: It's amazing. @josephayoung ://www.smokelong.com/review-joseph-youngs-the-thing-i-was-trying-to-tell-you
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Thrilled to have a story on this list.
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Thank you so much for all the support you've given my piece, @FracturedLit! ❤️ Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees.
We are so excited to nominate the flash from these writers! Congrats to you all! @MarioAliberto3 @DeeshaPhilyaw @pdforan @sarahillswrites @hannahoeko
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The best thing about a lit mag acceptance, is the endorsement of your writing, the validation that you are on the right track. Following yesterday's acceptance, I am full of confidence and energy again. Onwards and upwards! ✍️
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with Joe Aguilar, @chloe_alberta, @lucysky, @rebeccaibernard, @pdforan, @AmBusyPoeming, Adam Peterson, @megpokrass, @hannahsmothers_ , @EricScotTryon, @warther_natalie, and @Dango_Ramen
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Huge congratulations to our 2024 Novella in Flash winners selected by judge @JohnBrantingham. First prize @sfreligh & runners up @authorsudha & @JoWithers2018, highly commended @jupiterjonz & @ThomasMcColl2
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Huge congratulations to the winners and highly commended writers in our 2024 Novella in Flash Award, selected by John Brantingham. Read their bios below. Ad Hoc Fiction is publishing, Hereafter the…
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"maybe unearthing more Okinawan sweet potatoes in the next round, maybe less violence and victims of war..." --Shareen K. Murayama, from @wigleaf's SOLSTICE PLAYLIST (listen as well! It's a good mix 😊): https://t.co/vaLMhXYHy0
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