A moment for June,
I hope this month has treated you gently. Summer has a way of stirring things up. I know many of us have been moving through intense days. If things have been hectic, I hope you’ve found a small window to catch your breath and take in any beauty that persists through the haze of 2025.
[Image: Substack in June - Desktop Version]
I typically send one email a month: our monthly recap of news/updates, upcoming community events; as well as, links to recently published poems, essays, and recommended reads. If you’re a new subscriber, then welcome to your first short-stack, if you’re a longtime reader and/or paid contributor, please know that your support truly fuels my work, so thank you.
Exciting News!
We begin a Choose Your Own Adventure Series next month, it’s a community event, a bit of an escape, and fun! The sections will be posted every Tuesday, the first one on July 1st, and voting will be active for 1 week. Then we will continue in the same format for nearly 3 months. You do not have to vote every week to participate. Here is the link for details.
Astral Academy will most likely be published at the end of August.
Introducing Phil-Lit Books: an annually published anthology (mostly essays and poetry) starting in December. The books are free for paid subscribers.
June’s Poems
June’s Essays
JUNE’S READS
The Carrying By Ada Limon (POETRY)
The Mysticism of Sound and Music by Hazrat Inayat Khan (NON-FICTION)
EVENTS IN JULY
JULY 1st — SEPT 16th (Choose Your Own Adventure — Community Style)
JULY 10th (Monthly Open Mics for Poetry & Prose)
July's Writing Contests & Opportunities
·Below is a carefully curated selection a few great vetted opportunities to keep you writing and submitting without analysis paralysis. Every month, I post 1-2 top-tier opportunities in the following categories that are worth your time and $ to submit
*This isn’t a full list of everything published in June, so drop by, say hi, on Substack.
