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Literary magazine dedicated to publishing literature & art about chronic illnesses, disabilities, & mental health🥄🔥
EIC: @kelwritesbooks2 (she/her)

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🚨 Issue 6 is out NOW! 🔥 Go read the issue here: https://flare-magazine.com/issue-6/

Our contributors:
@annasamsonwrites
@kitschylich.writes
@and_thesundancekid
@caititalks
@monsterhollowstudios
@cypherspace_101
@wildbluegrace
Patrick G. Roland
@ninapadolf
@raynealarcio
@rebekahnorris_hair
@wesleyorionwrites
@ewellswriting
@jenn.dee
@author.rhaven
@innerwisdomwayfinding
@by_emilyrae
@Cafecitowithjas
Makayla Edwards
@meljowilliams
@miaburk.art

(More tags in the comments) Happy Invisible Disabilities Week! 🥄♿️

#litmags #chronicillnessawareness #disabilities #mentalhealthmatters fall background with leaves: Issue 6 Is Out Now! Visit: https://flare-magazine.com/issue-6/ by @flarelitmag

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Well, we may not have placed on the Best Lit Mags for @chillsubs_official, BUT it’s still a win on how many lovely categories people voted for us! Thank YOU for voting for FLARE and telling us what you think of our literary magazine! 2026 will be great with our first free-to-enter but paid winners contest, more main issues/special themed issues, nominating great writers for awards, etc.! As EIC, I never expected for FLARE to take off like it did this year, and I’m so incredibly thankful that others also believe this is needed in the literary world! 💜💜

We hope as we grow as a #litmag, maybe someday we’ll be there on that list, but to us, it’s not about getting an award. It’s about bringing disabled, chronically ill, and mental health-related voices up and fostering a community that creates empathy and education to others in order to create a more accepting and understanding world!

Also, the biggest congrats to @asickmagazine who was featured on the Actually Inclusive list! They do something similar as what we do! Go check them out!!

#thankful #disabled #mentalhealth #chronicillnessawareness by @flarelitmag

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I'm so excited to share that my creative non-fiction piece 'Happiness Income' has been published as part of @flarelitmag's 6th issue!

Thank you to @kelwritesbooks2 for her amazing work putting this magazine together. Please read and support all the writers and artists, they have included some amazing stuff in this issue!

#publication #creativenonfiction #invisibledisability #chronicillness #FLARE by @flarelitmag

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A piece of my fiction (an excerpt from an unpublished novel) has been published in @flarelitmag! And wow — selected from more than 300 submissions! I’m honored.

Thank you Kelly at FLARE for all your work and including my writing.

This piece is loosely based on my real-life experience, when I went to San Francisco for a conference and ended up spending the whole time in the hospital. My character, Kaitlyn, also has chronic migraine and is working for a tech company in the middle of a private equity takeover.

Please check out my piece and others at @flarelitmag

https://flare-magazine.com/a-novel-excerpt-from-thank-you-for-not-quitting-by-jen-dupuis/ by @flarelitmag

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I’m really honored that my poem “the Seaside” is included in issue 6 of @flarelitmag. I’m in good company with some very talented writers. Check out my poem and more. #poetry #poetsofinstagram #writing #flarelitmag #chronicillnessawareness by @flarelitmag

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Today is the last day to submit a media review or blog post on our Substack! You have until 11:59 pm PST!

Also, Issue 6 comes out on Sunday (late morning Pacific Standard Time)!

#litmags #chronicillness #disability #mentalhealth wood background with white/green/orange pumpkins, acorns, and pine cones: Last Day to Submit a Media Review or Blog Post for Our Substack (by 11:59 p.m. PST)

Issue 6 releases on Sunday!! by @flarelitmag

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NEW MEDIA REVIEW ON SUBSTACK: Check out (@olivia.j.creates) Olivia J. Bennett's media review, "Magical Cures: The Problem with Disability Rep in Fantasy."

Read the piece here: https://flarelitmagnewsletter.substack.com/publish/post/218698583

If you're not already subscribed (for free) to our Substack, you should @ flarelitmagnewsletter! You still have time to submit a media review or blog post (see the guidelines on the FLARE website). Subs close October 16, at 11:59 pm PST!

#litmags #disabilityrepresentation #chronicillness #mediareview wood background with white/green/orange pumpkins, acorns, and pine cones: New media review up on Substack! @flarelitmagnewsletter
Magical Cures: The Problem with Disability Rep in Fantasy by Olivia J. Bennett by @flarelitmag

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Thank you to Riot in Your Throat EIC Courtney LeBlanc for highlighting this quote from my review of Kimberly Casey's second collection, Other Side of Broken - it's such a beautiful book and I loved spending time deep in its poems. So much gratitude to Kelly Esparza at FLARE 🔥 Magazine for publishing the review in the newlsetter. So happy it found a home here, among friends. ❤️ And of course, all the thanks to Kimberly for putting this gift out into the world!! by @flarelitmag

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I'm so happy to share my review of Kimberly Casey's stunning second collection, Other Side of Broken, out with Riot in Your Throat Press - thank you so much to editor-in-chief of FLARE Magazine, Kelly Esparza, for publishing this review in the magazine's Substack newsletter - and for her leadership and vision in curating FLARE Magazine. FLARE is a fantastic new literary journal dedicated to "those who deal with mental health, chronic illnesses, and disabilities, whether that means they’re writers, readers, and/or artists and is geared for the disabled as well as friends and family of the chronically ill and disabled people they know" (FLARE website). Kimberly writes elegantly, eloquently, and truthfully about the chronic pain of endometriosis, mental health, and addiction, and their impact on the self and relationships--with tender attention and devotion to the natural and animal world. This book is a must-read! Thank you to Kimberly for writing it, and to Courtney LeBlanc, editor of Riot in Your Throat, for launching Kimberly's necessary, beautiful, and gorgeously crafted work into the world!!
read it here: https://flarelitmagnewsletter.substack.com/p/new-book-review-other-side-of-broken by @flarelitmag

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NEW BOOK REVIEW ON SUBSTACK: Check out (@theresegcarr) Therese Gleason's book review "'Digging for the Bone of Joy:' Kimberly Casey’s Fearless and Tender Other Side of Broken."

Read it here: https://flarelitmagnewsletter.substack.com/publish/post/217769772

Make sure you're subscribed (for free) @ flarelitmagnewsletter to see posts first! We're still open for media reviews and blog posts by October 16th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PST!

#bookreview #poetry #litmags wood background with pumpkins of different colors, acorns, and pine cones: New book review up on Substack @flarelitmagnewsletter, "Digging for the Bones of Joy:" Kimberly Casey's Fearless and Tender Other Side of Broken by Therese Gleason by @flarelitmag

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Thought I’d share some of my poetry. This a poem for @flarelitmag I wrote on my winter #lupus flare during that annoying cold snap with the cold chill that seeped into my bones. To read more poetry and writings about chronic illness, disability, and mental illness be sure to check out FLARE Magazine. #poetry #poetrylovers #nycwriter by @flarelitmag

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