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Elizabeth Crowder

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Writer, editor, librarian https://www.elizabethcrowder.com/

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

05.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 464 πŸ” 332 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 57
A flyer for Speculative Fiction Intensive with Ruth Joffre. Online, all levels, 16 sessions, Tue. January 27 - May 26, 5 - 7 PM (Pacific) or 7 - 9 PM (Central). Under the details, there's an image of a floating island with a waterfall spilling over the edge.

A flyer for Speculative Fiction Intensive with Ruth Joffre. Online, all levels, 16 sessions, Tue. January 27 - May 26, 5 - 7 PM (Pacific) or 7 - 9 PM (Central). Under the details, there's an image of a floating island with a waterfall spilling over the edge.

starting in three weeks! a semester-length online class for emerging speculative fiction writers in search of structure, support, and accountability. I've taught this class before and it was a blast, so I'm excited to offer it again. register here: hugohouse.org/product/spec...

06.01.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I hear there are a lot of new people here this week. Here are some flash fiction writers for you to follow, if that's your kind of thing!

go.bsky.app/GHFjv7

17.10.2025 12:02 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Welcome to the neighborhood!

08.10.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My heart 😭. Loved this, congrats on the pub!

07.10.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Departures
by Dina L. Relles
    handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.
 
I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.
 
I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.
 
You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

Departures by Dina L. Relles handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry. I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again. I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate. You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

06.10.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 13

Whenevir Ich heare of the bear yclept "32 Chunk" Ich thynke it ys a Teixcalaanli name from *A Memory Called Empire*

03.10.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

❀️❀️❀️

20.09.2025 00:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I absolutely love this story by @ambersparks.bsky.social Recently, I saw a very grumpy call for submissions that listed all the things they did NOT want to see in their queue and this story fits a couple of those. Be open to brilliance and innovation, editors, and you will be rewarded.

16.09.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Barnacle boy

11.09.2025 00:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Unpredictable Choreography of Marriage, Identity, and Ambition - Electric Literature Lauren Morrow’s β€œLittle Movements” follows a Black choreographer who leaves her life behind to pursue her dreams

Lauren Morrow’s debut novel β€œLittle Movements” explores being a Black artist in a space not built with you in mind, and the toll of constantly having to prove your value. (@cherrylousy.bsky.social)

10.09.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol that tracks πŸ˜‚. Also hiii!

10.09.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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SWALLOW by Hannah Grieco The pharmacist has to get the key, which is missing for the moment. The tech apologizes. It was hanging by the fridge in the back, just yesterday. He’s not sure where it went, but the pharmacist will ...

oh wow, this flash essay by @writesloud.bsky.social hits in all the tenderest places πŸ’œ
xraylitmag.com/swallow-by-h...

09.09.2025 12:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s high praise as far as I’m concerned! πŸ˜‚

10.09.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You too! And congratulations on the pub!

08.08.2025 11:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this πŸ’•

08.08.2025 04:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
At the top of the page is a drawing of a pile of skulls. Underneath is today’s date: August 7, 2025. Then the title of the story and the name of the author: Maybe Someday by Anna Vangala Jones. 
Below that is the text of the opening lines of the story: β€œThey meet every Tuesday around 3pm at the same green bench in front of the train station. It’s crowded enough where they go unnoticed and loud enough near the tracks with trains coming and going where they go unheard. They could be two strangers just happening upon the same bench instead of two would be lovers arranging to meet exactly there.”

At the top of the page is a drawing of a pile of skulls. Underneath is today’s date: August 7, 2025. Then the title of the story and the name of the author: Maybe Someday by Anna Vangala Jones. Below that is the text of the opening lines of the story: β€œThey meet every Tuesday around 3pm at the same green bench in front of the train station. It’s crowded enough where they go unnoticed and loud enough near the tracks with trains coming and going where they go unheard. They could be two strangers just happening upon the same bench instead of two would be lovers arranging to meet exactly there.”

I have a new story in @havehashad.com today! so grateful as always to wonderful editor @aaronburch.bsky.social + all of you who read this one πŸ€πŸ’€ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/may...

07.08.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 9
Sigourney Weaver standing happily with the Alien queen

Sigourney Weaver standing happily with the Alien queen

*me and my book project

19.07.2025 00:06 πŸ‘ 302 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 59
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Haven’t written anything in days but did get my hair done and have been keeping a toddler alive and I think that has to count for something

19.07.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

10/10, flawless, no notes πŸ˜‚

18.07.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anime 101: A Guide for Librarians and Educators | Multimedia Reviews In this golden age of anime, these beginner-friendly films and series provide librarians withΒ a strong starting point for introducing the format to new audiences.

Anime 101: A Guide for Librarians and Educators | Multimedia Reviews

16.07.2025 10:56 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me 😭

16.07.2025 18:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds very luxurious πŸ₯°

16.07.2025 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I made a little clay wash and I’m using the last of my Melanin hair care products. How about you?

16.07.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I just took down my goddess braids which is where the exasperation is really coming from lol. I’m getting them redone this weekend at a full-service salon (glory be) so I don’t actually have to wash/deep condition/detangle but I want to anyway, just for the ritual of it.

16.07.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Same here and I’m dreading it πŸ˜‚ But also very excited to reread this πŸ’•

16.07.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe Payback” Highlights the Absurdity and Trauma of Massive Student Debt - Electric Literature Kashana Cauley on the crushing weight of loans, using humor as a way to be heard, and finding community with fellow retail workers

Marisa Wright (@marisa-wright.com) interviews Kashana Cauley (@Kashana.bsky.social) about her novel β€œThe Payback,” in which minimum wage workers scheme to erase their student loans and exact revenge on the institutions that trapped them.

electricliterature.com/the-payback-...

16.07.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Tax: The Back-to-Back-to-Back Breaking of Black Hair, Black Bank Accounts, and Black Beauty Salon Culture by Exodus Oktavia Brownlow - CRAFT Spring 2025Β  When did Black women get so impatient with our own selves? Is what I think alongside sitting underneath a hooded hair dryer for thirty minutes, the plastic cap bubbling a brewing smell of...

Wash Day this weekend! πŸ§–πŸ½β€β™€οΈGonna reshare an essay of mine because Black beauty is the work that lives in heart, to write with my hands, to give to my folks. πŸ’š

www.craftliterary.com/2025/05/14/b...

16.07.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Okay, I’m in!

29.06.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0