SWWIM

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SWWIM publishes, promotes, & celebrates poets who are cis/trans women, female-identifying, non-binary, intersex, & belonging to other gender expansive communities. Co-founded by Catherine Esposito Prescott & @kavetchnik.bsky.social. linktr.ee/swwimmiami

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The SWWIM Reading Series has moved! While our residents are still hosted by the lovely & generous Betsy Hotel, the readings are now held at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Join us next Friday, October 16 at 6:30pm (EST) for a reading with Bleah Patterson & Z. Yasmin Waheed at Books & Books.

Flyer that reads "SWWIM A Poetry Reading & Conversation with Bleah Patterson and Z. Yasmin Waheed, October 16 6:30PM Books & Books" with images of both women
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Please note that SWWIM’s Fall Workshop Series has been postponed until the spring. All workshop participants will be contacted via email and offered a refund or reenrollment in the spring workshops. XO SWWIM Team

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Congrats to our Best Small Fictions nominees! 2025 Maya Bernstein “What Was the Sensible Decision?” Alexis Rhone Fancher “Paternity” Taylor Franson-Thiel “Sacred Vows” Maegan Gonzales “After my stepson’s mother tells me she is having another baby in January” Wendy Mannis Scher “Cleavage”

SWWIM Best Small Fictions Nominees 2025 Maya Bernstein “What Was the Sensible Decision?” Alexis Rhone Fancher “Paternity” Taylor Franson-Thiel “Sacred Vows” Maegan Gonzales “After my stepson’s mother tells me she is having another baby in January” Wendy Mannis Scher “Cleavage”SWWIM Best Small Fictions Nominees 2026 Jessica Barlevi “Before” Mary Kovaleski Byrnes “New Baby Haibun” heather emmanuel “unattended” Melissa Ginsburg “The mother” Pam Williams “We Got Future”
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Please note that "Poems That Speak to Other Poems" with Alina Stefanescu has been postponed until the spring. All workshop participants will be contacted via email and offered a refund or re-enrollment in the spring workshop. XO SWWIM Team

Flyer advertising Fall Workshop Series / Poems That Speak to Other Poems with Alina Stefanescu / POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING with an image of a long-haired woman with glasses on a background of wildflowers
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The SWWIM Reading Series has moved! While our residents are still hosted by the lovely & generous Betsy Hotel, the readings are now held at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Join us Friday, October 16 at 6:30pm (EST) for a reading with Bleah Patterson & Z. Yasmin Waheed at Books & Books.

Flyer that reads "SWWIM A Poetry Reading & Conversation with Bleah Patterson and Z. Yasmin Waheed, October 16 6:30PM Books & Books" with images of both women
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