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@swwim.bsky.socialOct 16, 2026, 4:03 PM

Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight #ShoutOuts

Weekly Spotlight SWWIM

Literary Magazines

Alaska Quarterly Review: Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, Jill Kitchen**, Alyse Knorr, Jeanne Wagner, Kathleen Winter

The Bloomin' Onion: Nancy Huggett

BOMB: Rosanna Young Oh (BOMB's 2026 Poetry Contest Winner)

The Georgia Review: Kai Coggin, Shara McCallum, Felicia Zamora

Latino Literatures: Andrea Dulanto, Carolina Hospital

Luna Luna: Kathleen Hellen

MicroLit: Kathleen Hellen, Laurie Kuntz

Odd Pocket: Susan Michele Coronel, Jill Crammond, Candice M. Kelsey (honorable mention issue #2), Janette Schafer (second place issue #2), Cynthia Ventresca

ONE ART: a journal of poetry: Julie Weiss

Phil Lit: Cynthia Atkins

Poetry Northwest: Hilary King, Megan J. Arlett, Leonora 
Simonovis, Atia SattarWeekly 
Spotlight

LITERARY MAGAZINES
Prairie Schooner: Anjanette Delgado, Jennifer Franklin, Ana Menéndez


AWARDS
2026 American Book Award Before Columbus Foundation: Adela Najarro

2026 Northern California Book Awards: Finalists: Julia B Levine, Mia Ayumi Malhotra

BOOKS

Alice James Books: Shara McCallum, Behold; Kelly Grace Thomas, Future Tense 

LSU Press: Jenny Molberg, The Medium

Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, YOU'VE BEEN POEMED anthology: Contributors: Malaika King Albrecht, Ellen Austin-Li, Beth Copeland, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Hayley Mitchell Haugen, Paula J. Lambert, Louise Robertson, Barbara Sabol, Hannah Stephenson, Laura Grace Weldon
Weekly Spotlight SWWIM

Features & Columns 

Good Times: Adela Najarro

Poetry Daily: Catherine Abbey Hodges

Poetry Town: Laura Grace Weldon

Reviews

MER: Reviewers: Christy Lee Barnes, Sharon Tracey; Reviewed: 
Ana Maria Caballero, Kelly Grace Thomas, Heidi Seaborn

2Jacket: Reviewer: Susan Rich

Interviews

Poetry Northwest: Hyejung Kook, Mia Ayumi Malhotra

*SWWIM Every Day Editors
**SWWIM Every Day Readers & Staff
***SWWIM Every Day Contributing Editors-at-Large
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 16, 2026, 1:03 PM

From “Spring Letter from Miami” by Joan Kwon Glass @joankwonglass.bsky.social

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/16/spring-letter-from-miami

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#SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #JoanKwonGlass

Image of a bright turquoise-blue ocean beneath fluffy white clouds against a slim pale sand beach with umbrellas and beach chairs and a few people and a quote in pale blue "I'm leaving room for paradise" by Joan Kwon Glass
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 5:08 PM

This event will be live-streamed on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

Join us in person or from wherever you are.

XO
SWWIM Team

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@swwim.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 1:03 PM

From “I Survey Friends About the Color Yellow” by Asa Drake @asaldrake.bsky.social

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/15/i-survey-friends-about-the-color-yellow

#SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #AsaDrake

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@swwim.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 1:04 PM

From “Think θɪŋk” by Phoebe Reeves

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/14/think-k

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#SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #Community #PhoebeReeves

Image of a silhouette of a woman leaping into the air to run against the last of a sunset sky with a quote in pale blue "The urge to break and run is unbearable" by Phoebe Reeves
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 4:03 PM

Marion Wrenn
“Harvest”

Jenny Boyar
“Mass Ascension”

#SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #BestSpiritualLiterature #BestSpiritualLiteratureAwards

@swwim.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 1:02 PM

From “At Gossip the Lesbian Bar” by Mac Crane @mcrane12.bsky.social

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/13/at-gossip-the-lesbian-bar

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#SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #Community #MacCrane

Inage of three women in a nightclub in red smoky light with a quote in bright yellow "it's easy to tip the scales when your stomach is heavy with secondhand prayer" by Mac Crane
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:02 PM

From “Too Beautiful, in May” by Alice Duggan

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/12/too-beautiful-in-may

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#SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #Community #AliceDuggan

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@swwim.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:03 PM

Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight #ShoutOuts

Weekly Spotlight SWWIM

Literary Magazines

Allium: Elizabeth Garcia, Merna Dyer Skinner

MER Folio: Pichchenda Bao

Pinch Literary Journal: Leona Sevick, Lesley Wheeler, Shannon K. Winston

Plume: Susan Aizenberg, Patricia Clark, Diane K. Martin

Rat's Ass Review: Sarah Carleton, Wendy Taylor Carlisle, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Meg Freer

Rattle Poets Respond: Janna Schledorn

RockPaperPoem: Dagne Forrest, Jane Ann Fuller, Mary Beth Hines, Sonya Schneider, Melody Wilson

Villain Era: Paula R. Hilton

Whale Road Review: Dagne Forrest, Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, Katie Kemple, Anya Kirshbaum, Danielle Lemay, Annette Sisson, Lesley Wheeler
Awards

Mass Book Awards: Longlist: Carla Panciera, Catherine Strisik 

2026 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize: Finalists: Pam Crow, Kathryn Weld

Narrative Magazine's 18th Annual Poetry Contest: Finalists: Julia Kolchinsky

2026 ProForma Competition: Winner: Ellen Koombiyil; Shortlisted: Jen Karetnick*, Julia Kolchinsky

2026 RPP Poetry Contest: First Runner-Up: Dagne Forrest; Honorable Mention: Jane Ann Fuller, Melody Wilson

Books

Center for Humans & Nature, Sensoria anthology: Contributors: Elizabeth Bradfield, Lauren Camp, Brenda Cárdenas, Kai Coggin, Elizabeth Jacobson, Heather Swan

The Ohio State University Press: Amy Thatcher, Weird Girl

Seven Kitchens Press: VA Smith, Urbanity
Features & Columns

LitHub: Chelsea Rathburn

Poetry Daily: Arah Ko

Reviews

LA Review of Books: Reviewer: Heather Treseler

Publisher's Weekly: Reviewed: Erika Meitner

Whale Road Review: Reviewer: Emma Bolden, Reviewer: Crystal Stone

Interviews

Be Less Careful: Jenny Browne

Whale Road Review: Mary Ardery
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:30 PM

This event will be live-streamed on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

Join us in person or from wherever you are.

XO
SWWIM Team

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenPoets #Inclusive #SWWIMResidency #SWWIMReadingSeries #BleahPatterson #ZYasminWaheed

@littlemissbleah.bsky.social

@swwim.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:03 PM

From “Ballad” by Kathleen Winter

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/9/ballad

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#SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #Community #KathleenWinter

Image of a woman's silhouetted face in profile with hair in a bun and a quote in bright blue "She wishes I would reinvent herself, take herself to task, to heart" by Kathleen Winter
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:02 PM

From “Sewn” by Melanie McCabe

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/8/sewn

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#SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #Community #MelanieMcCabe

Close-up image of a spool of magenta colored thread with a quote in pale yellow "The spool between my daughter and me unwinds and rolls out of reach" by Melanie McCabe
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:00 PM

2026 nominees

Jessica Barlevi
“Before”

Mary Kovaleski Byrnes
“New Baby Haibun”

heather emmanuel
“unattended”

Melissa Ginsburg
“The mother”

Pam Williams
“We Got Future”

#SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #BestSmallFictions

@blacklawrence.bsky.social

@swwim.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:02 PM

From “Parable of the Claw Machine” by Samantha Strong Murphey

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/7/parable-of-the-claw-machine

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#SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #SamanthaStrongMurphey

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@swwim.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:03 PM

From “A Plump Wife & A Big Barn Never Did Any Man Harm” by Jennifer Jackson Berry

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/6/a-plump-wife-amp-a-big-barn-never-did-any-man-harm

#SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #Inclusive #JenniferJacksonBerry

Image of a a woman's thighs and lower legs in nylons and black boots under black shorts on outside steps with a quote in yellow "I could hurt him with a thunder thigh squeeze, a motorboat suffocation" by Jennifer Jackson Berry
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 1:01 PM

From “Self Portrait as a Bag of Breast Milk in a Restaurant Freezer” by Tyler Mills

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/5/self-portrait-as-a-bag-of-breast-milk-in-a-restaurant-freezer

#SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #Inclusive #TylerMills

Close-up image of a rust-pink and orange dried autumn leaf with a quote in pale blue "I, too, once lived in the skin, near the tidal swish of veins. Tingled and pressed." by Tyler Mills
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:30 PM

This event will be live-streamed on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

Join us in person or from wherever you are.

XO
SWWIM Team

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenPoets #Inclusive #SWWIMResidency #SWWIMReadingSeries #BleahPatterson #ZYasminWaheed

@littlemissbleah.bsky.social

@swwim.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 4:03 PM

Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight #ShoutOuts

Weekly Spotlight SWWIM

Literary Magazines

The American Poetry Review: Tiana Nobile

Birdcoat Quarterly: Romana Iorga, Jill Kitchen**

Calul Journal: Donna Spruijt-Metz

Colorado Review: Laura Villareal

Hole in the Head Review: M.L. Hedison, Judy Kaber, Abigail Michelini

The Lake: Valy Steverlynck

The Maine Review: Samantha Strong Murphey, Ellen June Wright

Mezzo Cammin: Barbara Crooker, Stevie Edwards, Anne Graue

Poetose: Tina Barry

Quartet Journal: Christa Fairbrother, Luci Huhn, Jennifer Mills Kerr, ​​​​​Jill Michelle, Yiskah Rosenfeld, Cynthia Ventresca

Sky Island Journal: Megan Stillwell

Still Point Arts Quarterly: Karla Van Vliet

Waxwing: Kelly Russell Agodon, Jenny Molberg
Awards

2026 Boggs Contest Winners: Finalist: Rosa Godshall

Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize: Runner-Up: Leah Falk

The 2026 New England Poetry Club Contests: Samuel Washington Allen Prize: Finalist, Carolyn Oliver; Amy Lowell Prize: Winner, Anastasia Vassos

Books

Sheila-Na-Gig Editions: Jen Karetnick*, Domiciliary

Features & Columns

Associated Press: Jennifer Franklin

Poetry Daily: Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné

Second Coming: Sarah Dickenson Snyder

Reviews

Brooklyn Rail: Reviewed: Arden Levine
RHINO Reviews: Reviewer: Susanna Lang; Reviewed: Kelli Russell Agodon, Jenny Browne, Arden Levine, Elline Lipkin

tweetspeak: Reviewed: Trish Hopkinson, Jen Karetnick*

Interviews

COMP: an interdisciplinary journal: Arden Levine

Green Linden Press: Arden Levine

Audio/Visual Spots & Podcasts

The Slowdown: Erika Meitner


*SWWIM Every Day Editors
**SWWIM Every Day Readers & Staff
***SWWIM Every Day Contributing Editors-at-Large
@swwim.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 2:03 PM

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@swwim.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:02 PM

From “Blue Manatee” by Catherine Bowman

Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/2/blue-manatee

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Image of ripples of deep blue fabric and a quote in pale blue "Tonight, the sky the color of a velvet blue boot, thrifted, long lost" by Catherine Bowman
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