Celebrate October Success...
And Micromance Stats
It's that time again, when we celebrate our contributors and their most recent literary successes….
First up, we have the gifted wordsmith,
… at the start of October, his memoir of a poem, Let Me Practice Walking First, was published at one of my favorite places to both visit and be published, Dearbooze.com. Check it out here:🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃
had two books released in October - Roughneck Cowboy, part of her Texas Heat series, is a steamy contemporary western romance, while Once Upon a Halloween, a novella in her new Mistwood Bay series under the pen name Shelby James, brings a sweet romance just in time for Halloween. Unlike her usual spicy small-town stories, this new series leans into heartwarming moments and idyllic settings. Both are ONLY available digitally at the CurtissLynn Publishing store:https://curtisslynnpublishing.com
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Our good friend,
, had another busy month with, at least, 4 awesome little stories…Elysian Fields was published in The Twin Bill, a journal dedicated to baseball:
https://thetwinbill.com/elysian-field/
Bacalaito, a coming of age tale, found a home in the popular and somewhat exclusive Flash Fiction Magazine…
https://flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/10/16/bacalito/
Cody made an appearance at Dead Mule:
https://deadmule.com/scott-mcleod-cody/
And Listomania was well-received in Underbelly Press:
https://underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/blog/writing-prompt-lists
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had a poem accepted on Oct 1 called "This is My Truth" by CultureCult Magazine, for inclusion in an anthology called "Powerless". Publication is tentatively set for November '24. We'll share the link once the story goes live.She also had a reprinted short story called "Perfect Day" win first prize in Symbiont Labs "Summer of Cyborg" writing competition. The link follows: it takes you to where the stories are shown, and you click on individual stories.
https://symbiontlabs.io/blogs/news/summer-of-cyborgs-writing-contest-winners
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has an upcoming book signing in Nyack, NY
And finally, little ol’ me had my poem, Just Another Night, nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Raw Lit…check it out here:
https://rawlit.weebly.com/4_13.html
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Micromance Stats for October
We had another awesome month!! Thank you all!!
We had the most monthly views thus far, coming in just below 11,000:
10,956 views
We maintained a daily average of 353 views per day throughout the whole month…
Each post averaged about 250 views
We had 106 submissions… still making some decisions, but ~35 acceptances (33%)
We had the biggest boost in subscribers/followers, currently at nearly 675 combined
We reached 126 followers on Facebook and had some of the highest reach and engagement since we began…
We were included in the database of the 1000 best lit mags to submit to in 2025, ranking 976 overall ... ranking 173 out of 213 themed lit mags
And The Cupid Prize Literary Award for Excellence in Love Lit officially opened for nominations from other lit mags October 31…
And coming soon…
BestMicrofiction and Best Small Fictions nominations
Lots of good is happening…with the best yet to come!!!
Thanks everyone!! And happy writing/reading!
Gail Lynn 🥰
Thanks for sharing! Congratulations to all on your amazing achievements!
Congratulations to everyone! I love being part of the Micromance Magazine community.