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Lori Cramer

@LCramer29

Writer, copy editor, baseball fan @Wigleaf top 50 longlist 2023, 2024, 2025 @bestmicrofic nom 2019, 2025, 2026 BoTN nom 2026 She/her

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Joined January 2016
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Still awestruck to be on the @Wigleaf Top 50 longlist alongside such amazing writers!
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Good advice from @LouiseWeebe !
Louise Jensen Duffy (also Ernest Jensen) (@LouiseWeebe) profile pictureLouise Jensen Duffy (also Ernest Jensen)@LouiseWeebe6h
Choose your friends wisely. Some will lie to your face and say things like “you have enough books” or “why don’t you read the ones you have?”
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Today's task: strengthening verbs. #amwriting
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Have you sent your micro to the @SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest yet?
SmokeLong Quarterly (@SmokeLong) profile pictureSmokeLong Quarterly@SmokeLongOct 29
You've got something like 17 days to enter, so you need to get on this. You can enter previously published work in this comp. What about that killer micro you published in 2006 in that wildly popular ezine that went defunct? Yeah, that one. smokelong.com/the-smokelong-…
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2026 - SmokeLong Quarterly

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automati...

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Love this!
Ben Niespodziany ☁️🐋 (@neonpajamas) profile pictureBen Niespodziany ☁️🐋@neonpajamasOct 28
While tracking down a writer's first two (out of print books), I found one used copy online, then messaged the author & he's happily mailing me the other Email your heroes
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Got a speculative story to submit to @VariantLit ?
Variant Literature (@VariantLit) profile pictureVariant Literature@VariantLitOct 27
Submissions are now open and we want to read your speculative fiction! Submit one speculative fiction piece of 1,200–5,500 words by November 20th.
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Happy to have a tiny baseball-themed poem in Only Human: A Senryu Journal. #amwriting #poetry
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Got some stuff to send to @electricpinkmag ?
electric pink ⚡️🩷 (@electricpinkmag) profile pictureelectric pink ⚡️🩷@electricpinkmagOct 16
this weekend we're offering another 24-hour response window. send us new stuff to read.
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When a certain word pops up so many times in the span of a few days--in song lyrics, overheard conversations--that it's clear you must write a story about it.
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Got some words for Some Words Anniversary Week?
Some Words (@SomeWordsLit) profile pictureSome Words@SomeWordsLitOct 9
It’s time to find some really good words to be part of Some Words Anniversary Week.
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Love this.
🎸 Rock History 🎸 (@historyrock_) profile picture🎸 Rock History 🎸
@historyrock_Oct 9
Every October 9th, on John Lennon's birthday, the National Trust leaves the light on all night in his childhood bedroom at 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool ❤️‍🩹
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I love @GooseberryPie99 Thursdays!
Gooseberry Pie Lit **OpenForSubmissions** (@GooseberryPie99) profile pictureGooseberry Pie Lit **OpenForSubmissions**@GooseberryPie99Oct 8
Gooseberry Pie Issue 47 is live with work by @bronwengwriter Guy Biederman Mikki Aronoff Steve Gerson Christie Chapman @KarenCrawford_ Tamizh Ponni gooseberry-pie.com/issue-47/
Issue 47 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Issue 47 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Such a Weight of Words by Brownen Griffiths Amuse Brioche Lilacs Likely Blooming Boneless, Skinless by Guy Biederman Wishes Ride Empty Trains Cracked Veneer by Steve Gerson Blueberry Farm by Christie...

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Cut a flabby drabble down to 75 words. #amwriting #microfiction
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Love this: "Try us even if you cannot figure out how to categorise your work."
The Hooghly Review (@HooghlyReview) profile pictureThe Hooghly Review@HooghlyReviewOct 4
We are open for Weekly Features submissions. Please read the full guidelines before sending work. 👇 thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-…
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Wrote a title today. No story. Just a title. #amwriting
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Game Three!
Joey Votto (@JoeyVotto) profile pictureJoey Votto
@JoeyVottoSep 30
The two best words in baseball. Game Three.
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Listen to @SlangsOnSports!
Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) profile pictureSarah Langs
@SlangsOnSportsSep 27
The postseason will be wonderful!! But before we get to it, SAVOR today — the final day with more than four MLB games this year!! No matter what’s in store for your team next, this is one to enjoy. And for fans of teams with something on the line, good luck! Baseball is the best
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What a sendoff for Justin Verlander 🫡
Justin Verlander’s daughter runs out to the mound to greet him during Saturday’s game. She wears a white No. 35 Verlander Tigers jersey.

ALT Justin Verlander’s daughter runs out to the mound to greet him during Saturday’s game. She wears a white No. 35 Verlander Tigers jersey.

Justin Verlander and his daughter embrace on the mound during his final game on Saturday.

ALT Justin Verlander and his daughter embrace on the mound during his final game on Saturday.

Justin Verlander tips his cap to the crowd during his final game on Saturday. He wears a white Tigers uniform.

ALT Justin Verlander tips his cap to the crowd during his final game on Saturday. He wears a white Tigers uniform.

A behind-the-back shot of Justin Verlander tipping his cap to the crowd during his final game on Saturday. He wears a white Tigers uniform and his No. 35 and last name are visible on the back.

ALT A behind-the-back shot of Justin Verlander tipping his cap to the crowd during his final game on Saturday. He wears a white Tigers uniform and his No. 35 and last name are visible on the back.

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I am in a complete puddle right now. Well done JV. You can go home now… Cooperstown awaits.
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Sometimes you start writing a story and it turns into a poem. #amwriting
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Just sent out my first submission in over a month.
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