Love this! Nice work Megpokrass 🙌
October 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Love this! Nice work Megpokrass 🙌
Love this! Congrats Megpokrass 🙌
October 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Love this! Congrats Megpokrass 🙌
Great post. Nice work Megpokrass 🙌
October 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Great post. Nice work Megpokrass 🙌
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CNF by Meg Pokrass!
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies. Your mother called the neighbors "the rich Republicans," and the sound of that worried you too.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
CNF by Meg Pokrass!
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies. Your mother called the neighbors "the rich Republicans," and the sound of that worried you too.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
Meg Pokrass | Oak Patrol
www.claudineliterary.com
June 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
ICYMI
CNF by Meg Pokrass!
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies. Your mother called the neighbors "the rich Republicans," and the sound of that worried you too.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
CNF by Meg Pokrass!
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies. Your mother called the neighbors "the rich Republicans," and the sound of that worried you too.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
Thank you editor David Galef for featuring "Win" in the June issue of @VestalReview.bluesky.social I'm thrilled to be there with so many great writers among them: #MegPokrass #AvitusBCarle #TravisLFlatt #KipKnott & others www.vestalreview.net/win #flashfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity
Win — Vestal Review
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June 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Thank you editor David Galef for featuring "Win" in the June issue of @VestalReview.bluesky.social I'm thrilled to be there with so many great writers among them: #MegPokrass #AvitusBCarle #TravisLFlatt #KipKnott & others www.vestalreview.net/win #flashfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity
New micro CNF by Meg Pokrass!!
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
Meg Pokrass | Oak Patrol
www.claudineliterary.com
June 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
New micro CNF by Meg Pokrass!!
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
“Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies.”
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
It's an honor to have a rare CNF piece published at @claudineliterary.bsky.social ! Thank you to D.E. Harvey for publishing my memoir story. #FlashFiction #nonfiction #memoir #CreativeNonfiction #ShortStory #MicroFiction #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
Meg Pokrass | Oak Patrol
www.claudineliterary.com
June 1, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It's an honor to have a rare CNF piece published at @claudineliterary.bsky.social ! Thank you to D.E. Harvey for publishing my memoir story. #FlashFiction #nonfiction #memoir #CreativeNonfiction #ShortStory #MicroFiction #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
"Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies."
On the lookout with @megpokrass.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
On the lookout with @megpokrass.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
June 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"Your self-appointed job was to sample the juice of the oranges and to scout for enemies."
On the lookout with @megpokrass.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
On the lookout with @megpokrass.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
"To protect your mother from the Nixonites, you’d spy on them to see if they were making a bomb that could blow up the neighborhood." Love this @megpokrass.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
Meg Pokrass | Oak Patrol
www.claudineliterary.com
June 1, 2026 at 5:51 AM
"To protect your mother from the Nixonites, you’d spy on them to see if they were making a bomb that could blow up the neighborhood." Love this @megpokrass.bsky.social
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
www.claudineliterary.com/megpokrass
Here’s Meg Pokrass and “The Stranger Likes Soup” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features @megpokrass.bsky.social
Read the full poem here
www.ballastjournal.com/meg-pokrass
#contributorfeature
#poem
#poems
#ballast
#MegPokrass
Read the full poem here
www.ballastjournal.com/meg-pokrass
#contributorfeature
#poem
#poems
#ballast
#MegPokrass
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Here’s Meg Pokrass and “The Stranger Likes Soup” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features @megpokrass.bsky.social
Read the full poem here
www.ballastjournal.com/meg-pokrass
#contributorfeature
#poem
#poems
#ballast
#MegPokrass
Read the full poem here
www.ballastjournal.com/meg-pokrass
#contributorfeature
#poem
#poems
#ballast
#MegPokrass
Classic @megpokrass holiday spirit. No one does family, mushrooms, and angels like Meg. No one makes me want to laugh and cry simultaneously so often.
http://newflashfiction.com/meg-pokrass-5/
http://newflashfiction.com/meg-pokrass-5/
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December 5, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Classic @megpokrass holiday spirit. No one does family, mushrooms, and angels like Meg. No one makes me want to laugh and cry simultaneously so often.
http://newflashfiction.com/meg-pokrass-5/
http://newflashfiction.com/meg-pokrass-5/
It’s time! Best Microfiction open for magazine editors' nominations! Now until 12/15. This year's anthology judged by @DawnRaffel. Edited by @megpokrass & Gary Fincke. Editors: Sub 5 stories (up to 400 words each). #flashfiction #microfiction tinyurl.com/5aakrphh
November 13, 2024 at 2:04 PM
It’s time! Best Microfiction open for magazine editors' nominations! Now until 12/15. This year's anthology judged by @DawnRaffel. Edited by @megpokrass & Gary Fincke. Editors: Sub 5 stories (up to 400 words each). #flashfiction #microfiction tinyurl.com/5aakrphh
Delighted to share zoom time with so many awesome writers today in @megpokrass & @francinewitte's #ProseGarden reading. Had a chance to share a little bit of PARTS, too, and that was super fun! Thanks Meg & Francine!
December 1, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Delighted to share zoom time with so many awesome writers today in @megpokrass & @francinewitte's #ProseGarden reading. Had a chance to share a little bit of PARTS, too, and that was super fun! Thanks Meg & Francine!
Yesterday was a great day for book mail! @WasafiriMag @MalarkeyBooks @janaprikryl @megpokrass
November 23, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Yesterday was a great day for book mail! @WasafiriMag @MalarkeyBooks @janaprikryl @megpokrass
Taking a weekend @megpokrass workshop and, seriously... the micros are so good... and here I am on a Sunday morning, in tears, after reading three pieces. And I need to wipe my eyes, wash my face, and breathe before I read the others. Thanks, Meg, for awesome prompts!
December 1, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Taking a weekend @megpokrass workshop and, seriously... the micros are so good... and here I am on a Sunday morning, in tears, after reading three pieces. And I need to wipe my eyes, wash my face, and breathe before I read the others. Thanks, Meg, for awesome prompts!
About Being a Trusted Reader
Thoughts about being an editor and/or trusted reader
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December 1, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Loved @megpokrass newsletter. False praise :(, honesty is best, but distinguishing craft from opinion/taste/preference & reading with generosity of "how can I help you be a better you" not"how can I teach you to be me" is the stuff of brilliant...
December 1, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Loved @megpokrass newsletter. False praise :(, honesty is best, but distinguishing craft from opinion/taste/preference & reading with generosity of "how can I help you be a better you" not"how can I teach you to be me" is the stuff of brilliant...
A gorgeous story by @megpokrass! I was so honored when she invited me to collaborate with her and create visual art for this. Thank you to Midway Journal for agreeing to publish them...
December 1, 2024 at 7:33 PM
A gorgeous story by @megpokrass! I was so honored when she invited me to collaborate with her and create visual art for this. Thank you to Midway Journal for agreeing to publish them...
@MarioAliberto3, @MkenWrites, @megtuite, @megpokrass, @lumchanmfa, Mikki Aronoff, @nancystohlman, @nikkidudley20, Pamela Painter, @PatriciaBidar, @rgvaughan, @process_peace, @trinidecombe.
December 1, 2024 at 7:58 PM
@MarioAliberto3, @MkenWrites, @megtuite, @megpokrass, @lumchanmfa, Mikki Aronoff, @nancystohlman, @nikkidudley20, Pamela Painter, @PatriciaBidar, @rgvaughan, @process_peace, @trinidecombe.
Also...
MacQueen's 21st Issue is the first publication of my prose poem "We are Made of Scraps" (thank you to @megpokrass, @MkenWrites, and @KelliBorges2) which will also be featured as the closing piece of Duets (anthology coming...
MacQueen's 21st Issue is the first publication of my prose poem "We are Made of Scraps" (thank you to @megpokrass, @MkenWrites, and @KelliBorges2) which will also be featured as the closing piece of Duets (anthology coming...
December 1, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Also...
MacQueen's 21st Issue is the first publication of my prose poem "We are Made of Scraps" (thank you to @megpokrass, @MkenWrites, and @KelliBorges2) which will also be featured as the closing piece of Duets (anthology coming...
MacQueen's 21st Issue is the first publication of my prose poem "We are Made of Scraps" (thank you to @megpokrass, @MkenWrites, and @KelliBorges2) which will also be featured as the closing piece of Duets (anthology coming...
Delighted to have three little epistolaries (1st born in @BendingGenres epistolary workhop, 2nd in @megpokrass workshop, 3rd in @francinewitte popup) in #FlashBoulevard today! Thank you, Francine!! And thank you to those who read/workshopped with...
December 1, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Delighted to have three little epistolaries (1st born in @BendingGenres epistolary workhop, 2nd in @megpokrass workshop, 3rd in @francinewitte popup) in #FlashBoulevard today! Thank you, Francine!! And thank you to those who read/workshopped with...
Delightful acceptance (I promise, the rejections this week have been enough to patch together a weight blanket) from #FlashBoulevard for epistolaries born in @BendingGenres + @francinewitte pop ups + @megpokrass workshop! I kind of love how they're all letters to/from absents.
December 1, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Delightful acceptance (I promise, the rejections this week have been enough to patch together a weight blanket) from #FlashBoulevard for epistolaries born in @BendingGenres + @francinewitte pop ups + @megpokrass workshop! I kind of love how they're all letters to/from absents.
Deadline Aug 1: Summer Lightning Flash Contest sponsored by @CleaverMagazine; submit unpublished fiction or nonfiction up to 500 words to win $500; judge: @megpokrass; fee: $20 for first story, $10 for additional stories |...
February 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Deadline Aug 1: Summer Lightning Flash Contest sponsored by @CleaverMagazine; submit unpublished fiction or nonfiction up to 500 words to win $500; judge: @megpokrass; fee: $20 for first story, $10 for additional stories |...