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Melissa Llanes Brownlee
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- I got an acceptance this morning. I am so damn happy! I have been sipping on rejectionritas in rejectionville for awhile...
- I have been sitting on this news for a couple of weeks - I got an acceptance from @swamp_pink you all!! I am so damn excited!! Possible November publication date! Woohoooo!!!
- YOU ALL!! First acceptance of the year... from @3pennyreview!! I was hoping for an acceptance before the end of January and the universe decided I needed a really damn big one! Look for it this fall!
- YOU GUYS!! @The_Rumpus accepted 6 of my micros!! I am so damn excited!! Thank you so much @reenashah!! I have no idea when it's going to be published but right now I am just going to bask in this glow! (Disco woot woots and obnoxious air horn sounds)
GIF - YOU ALL!!! I just got the BEST news! @The_Rumpus (and @reenashah) has nominated my micros for the O'Henry Prizes! This is my very first nomination for this!! I'm just speechless. Thank you so much The Rumpus and Reena Shah for believing in my work!! (Link to them below!!)
- Acceptance from @flashfroglitmag!! I'm so damn excited! I have been submitting for 2 years! Persistence and finding that right fit! Wooohooo!
GIF - OMGOMGOMG!! My big news is finally out!! Thank you so much @SFWP (Andrew Gifford) and @DeeshaPhilyaw! I am beyond ecstatic and still in shock! (I was asleep when it went live & then taught a workshop with Crow Collective, so I'm now catching up with the socials!!)Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner @lumchanmfa with BITTER OVER SWEET, & our two runner ups, Erica Kent with BLACK DOG, & Mathew Goldberg with NIGHT WATCH! Thank you everyone who entered, & thank you @deeshaphilyaw for returning as our guest judge! buff.ly/4bleeDY
- You all! I just signed my contract for a story in @CincinnReview's miCRo series!! I am so damn excited! Wooohooooo!!
- Acceptance from @Wigleaf this morning!! Wooohooo!! Finally! Should be out this fall! Thanks @garson_scott!
- I FINALLY get to share this news!! I am in @fivesouthlit's Issue 5 - my story was selected by Kathy Fish!! I am beyond excited!! Thank you @CourtlandAvenue and @kathyfish for choosing my work! It should go live on September 20th!! Woohoooooo!!
- This has been an awesome night! First, I received an acceptance from @SmokeLong! Thank you to the readers, editors and @Christopher_All! Second, I got into @bestmicrofic 2022!! So it's kanpai to all and I am going to snuggle under my blanket with an old fashioned!
- OMGOSH!! I just signed my contract with @CraftLiterary! They will be publishing 3 of my micros this fall (hopefully in November!). I am just so damn happy! Thanks as always to my workshop mates in @SmokeLong's Fitness where these little treasures were created!
- My short story collection Hard Skin is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and with my publisher @JuventudPress in paperback or e-book! I am just beyond excited! I am waiting for my copies to be delivered to me in Japan! You guys! I am freaking out!




