Hey gang! JAKE is looking a little light in his flash and nonfiction categories at the moment. He has agreed that any subs submitted in those categories today will get a rapid response by end of day Sunday, guaranteed!
Have you got a chapbook manuscript you're looking for a home for? Do you have a bunch of great stories or poems that vibe with each other, but maybe not enough for a whole collection? JAKE's reading chapbooks now! Details here:
It's officially after midnight here in Boston, so I think it's high time we announce this. Will engage with this in the A.M., probably. Have at it, nerds!
JAKE is proud to announce his first four chapbooks, coming early 2024:
"A Body in Motion" by
@melissacuisine
"Clownin' Around" by
@mossmiele
"Day Three of a Five Day Headache" by
@elliottcoates89
and "Poem of Color" by Willow Paige Delp
Can't wait to share more detail!
It's only a few weeks until JAKE has his next big live event, this time a reading and book signing with some literary friends in NYC. Come join EIC
@BeansBaker5
and Editor
@laurelgraceee
alongside
@hank_jost
and
@lexicola
Sunday March 24th at the Village Works Bookstore NYC!
Welcome, JAKE's, readers, and anyone who's TL we just happen to be crossing today. JAKE has some exciting things to announce as we close in on a year since the mag's initial announcement.🧵
JAKE has been talking with the Moon, and the Moon had an idea. What if JAKE ran a regular non-fiction column?
JAKE might like to read them to the Moon every so often. So, if you're a non-fiction author with a recurring column idea, let JAKE hear it! Or tag a non-fiction author!
We've got some big things to announce soon, but I'll just tease it a little now by mentioning that JAKE is open for guest editorial runs once again for this December! Link is now live here:
Hey folks! JAKE's going to be taking a hiatus from general subs in all categories except (Flash) Nonfiction starting May 1 and until our next big summer projects open up. This is to help us clear the queue/get ready for a Hot JAKE Summer!
JAKE's not sure what's better: waking up to a bunch of writers' names in the production queue that JAKE recognizes, or waking up to a bunch of names he doesn't!
JAKE is bummed to hear about the big shifts going down in the indie lit world (including some big venues functionally closing up shop). He's here to support any writers looking for new homes in the fallout.
Friend of JAKE
@Aaron__Burch
is gonna be in the neighborhood on November 18th, so JAKE and
@havehadhavehad
are doing a reading together!
JAKE could use 3-4 more friends so if you're in the Boston area on November 18 and want to read your work send us a DM to get the details
Briefly popping back over here to promote a limited time sub call! Looking for somewhere to send spooky writing this October? Interested in reading mythological stuff live? Got a weird obsession with
@mountain_goats
?
Making plans for next Friday or Saturday night? Interested in the best of what Anti-Literature has to offer? Come watch JAKE's first two live events, streaming on YouTube!
Contributors! JAKE loves promoting your longer form work as well! If you have a book or chap coming out, and you want him to help spread the word, tag the mag or DM him, and he'll reinforce it on the TL!
It's been almost a week since the official release of "A Body in Motion," " Clowning Around," "Day Three of a Five Day Headache," and "Poems of Color," the first four chapbooks from JAKE!
Sad news just in from
@anovelideaphl
about this Saturday's Stanchion reading. Super low RSVPs means it may have to be canceled if more people don't sign up to attend 😭
What are you up to next Friday? Saturday? Nothing? Well come on through and join JAKE for the The Big Stream, 24 straight hours of Anti-Literary nonsense! Featuring readings and other goofery from lots of JAKE's friends, including:
@carriganak
@slashnburnett
@gr8earlofhell
...
It's only a few days until JAKE goes live for 24 hrs straight with a bunch of cool guests! He's raising money for printing these four chapbooks by
@melissacuisine
@mossmiele
@elliottcoates89
and
@wxddod
, which you can preorder from JAKE's brand spanking new store right now!
Thinking about doing a "JAKE on Tour" kinda thing following this path in, say, a month? Do we have folks in these cities that would be down to read/hang out?
JAKE could use some more work to respond to live on the air! If you want a quick response to your fiction, nonfiction or poetry, drop it here, and you'll get a response likely by the end of the day Saturday!
Love waking up like JAKE did this morning to some praise for the mag! Thanks for the shout out in the latest
@chillsubs
newsletter
@karinakupp
! We're hoping to keep annoying the lit community for a long time!
New JAKE today! A story by
@PrismosPickle
Do you remember where you've heard that song?
"i distinctly remember sitting away from the window because i didn’t want the dog to know that i knew she was watching me."
Sitting around on a Saturday with nothing to do? JAKE still has more than 60 slots left for chapbook submissions! He's only open through July 31st, so send them while you can!
Have you got a chapbook manuscript you're looking for a home for? Do you have a bunch of great stories or poems that vibe with each other, but maybe not enough for a whole collection? JAKE's reading chapbooks now! Details here:
Planning two very different live events, one a month from now, another two months from now. If you're someone we're not already talking to, and you want to be involved, hit us up!
Announced this a few minutes ago via our Patreon as well, but here's a louder megaphone on it: JAKE is stoked to announce that
@ESichr
is joining the team as an editor at large! JAKE had so much fun working with them in December that he figured he'd ask them to join full time!
A reader friend just sent JAKE this horrible tool for figuring out which famous writers you sound like. And he put in two different stories and got DFW and Stephanie Meyer (which is a weird combo, but seems fitting). Link:
To quickly amend this tweet from the pre-discourse times: if you're listing every place you published that year and the number is in the range to get subtweeted about it, list all those fuckers!
Then there are the bios that list the writer's every achievement. These are honestly my least favorite usually, mostly because of the extra work that goes into making sure it hits the style guide correctly. But it's cool to see someone more accomplished come through, and it is...
Here's the first of the recently teased announcement. JAKE's brought on a couple more badass editors! Happy to publicly welcome
@ExtraSauce_
and
@heather_tries
to the team!
Rain, rain, go away. JAKE wants to go out and play.
JAKE is stuck inside and wants you to tell him a story. You would do that for JAKE, wouldn't you?
Submit to JAKE today.
Officially sold out of print copies for the debut run of
@elliottcoates89
's "Day 3 of a 5 Day Headache"!!! Thank you to everyone who ordered a copy and helped us raise enough funds to be able to do this project!
If you're in/near Boston, come hang out with me (and Aymon Langolis, Laurel Reynolds, Cheryl Pappas, &
@barrettbowlin
) next Saturday at what's gonna be a blast of a
@publishedbyJAKE
x
@havehadhavehad
event!
p.s. graphic design is my passion
Remember when JAKE said he's sending
@BeansBaker5
to AWP? Well, be sure to hit him up for one of JAKE's exclusive business cards. He'll have around 200 to give away next week!
JAKE is currently taking a breather on the couches by the entrance to the convention center. Come say hey to the not a literary magazine at something that isn't really a table!
excited to feature
@BangertBobby
's 1st acceptance today! (in between acceptance & today, looks like
@publishedbyJAKE
swooped in, stole 1st publication from us!)
"You get desensitized to the pain, the artist said, peering over her glasses as she worked."
"Katherine and Natalie are Anti-Time," our guest call co-edited by
@s2fjournal
, is live now! Go send them some more kick-ass work! There's already great stuff pouring in, but there can never be too much!
JAKE loves all the new work coming in across the board. As a reminder, he's always down to run reviews/interviews in the nonfiction sections. Hit him up!
"Katherine and Natalie are Anti-Time," our guest call co-edited by
@s2fjournal
, is live now! Go send them some more kick-ass work! There's already great stuff pouring in, but there can never be too much!
The days are getting shorter, and JAKE's bedtime is getting earlier. You all know JAKE likes to read past his bedtime, so send him something to read!
Give JAKE your poetry and prose, and anything funky. Not sure if JAKE would like it? Read on and decide
One year ago yesterday! Grateful to all of you who have given so much time and effort to making this goofy dream a reality. Excited for all the fun stuff we have on the horizon!
Stop, Drop, and Roll, because JAKE'S next week is 🔥🔥🔥
🧵
10/24: "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" by Shay Shabazz
10/25:No new pubs
10/26: "Punk Poem" and "Poem After a Poetry Reading" by
@young_bandido
10/27: "A Guide to Living and Dying in the Digital Frontier" by
@thelarkcalls
TFW you go to a craft store to buy stuff for making chapbooks right after being funded and you remember one of your favorite indie bookstores is like two doors down in the same center so you stop in to ask if they'd be interested in stocking some and they seem somewhat interested
Alright. It's Monday morning, this Twitter 2k follower thing is almost complete, and JAKE's got some stuff to announce. Get ready to have your minds blown noon 12 EST!
It's officially after midnight here in Boston, so I think it's high time we announce this. Will engage with this in the A.M., probably. Have at it, nerds!