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K. A. Polzin

@k-a-polzin

Stories in Subtropics, swamp pink, Gulf Coast, Wigleaf, X-R-A-Y. Humor in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Funny Times. Comics in Narrative, Electric Literature, The American Bystander, Funny Times.

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Thanks, and back at ya!

05.03.2026 20:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled to have my story "In Agreement" appear in The Adroit Journal. Many thanks to Prose Editor Cherry Lou Sy and the folks at @adroitjournal.bsky.social

29.01.2026 15:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thrilled for my story, "Eighth Grade," to appear today in Eckleburg.

www.eckleburg.org/eighth-grade...

Many thanks to Editor Rae Cline.

13.10.2025 14:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I'm thrilled that my story, "For Me," appears in Gulf Coast Issue 37.2. Many thanks to Leisa Loan, Miles Farrell, and all the folks at Gulf Coast Journal. gulfcoastmag.org/stories/for-...

19.08.2025 13:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I say this line around the house sometimes.

31.07.2025 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you’re talking about a cover letter to a literary journal, you should never explain the story. Let it speak for itself.

22.07.2025 14:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m thrilled that my story, “Sales,” in Apple Valley Review, made the Wigleaf Top 50.

29.06.2025 17:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m thrilled that my story, “Below,” appears in Pembroke #57 — Here it is, from draft to print. Many thanks to editor Peter Grimes.

05.06.2025 13:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Many thanks for the mention

23.05.2025 15:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Shortlist for May 23, 2025 - turn and work Stories by blog faves K.A. Polzin, Emily Rinkema and Amy DeBellis, plus first-timers Patrick Hueller, Luke O'Neil and Izzi Sneider

The Shortlist for May 23, 2025:
Fiction from blog faves:

K.A. Polzin @k-a-polzin.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social & Swamp Pink
Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
Amy DeBellis @amykdebellis.bsky.social ‬in Hobart Pulp

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23.05.2025 12:39 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1

Thanks. This is the first time I’ve been compared to Hemingway.

12.05.2025 21:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks!

11.05.2025 12:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I'm thrilled for my story, "Accomplishments," to appear in swamp pink no. 20. Many thanks to Editor Anthony Varallo.
swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/acc...

09.05.2025 14:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks!

30.04.2025 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled to have my story “Inside” appear in Reckon Review.

24.03.2025 21:30 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled that my story, “That’s All She Wrote” appears in the Garden issue of Catamaran. Many thanks to Editor Catherine Segurson.

03.03.2025 00:23 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Been using Feedly since Google Reader shut down in 2013.

30.01.2025 18:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m thrilled for my story, “Ken & Sirina,” to appear in The Forge Literary Magazine. Many thanks to editor Sommer Schafer.

30.12.2024 14:26 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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My Christmassy humor piece in the December Funny Times. Remember: Christmas falls on December 25th this year.

26.11.2024 15:38 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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My cartoon in the latest (December) issue of Funny Times — 24 pages of humor & cartoons mailed right to your door.

14.11.2024 14:32 👍 23 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0