What’s in a name?
The Bluebird Word. A bit of alliteration, a snippet of rhyme. An adventure with flying friends and nontraditional tales. Like the bluebird who flashes in short takes across our paths, so too should the poems, essays and stories that fill these pages. Precious, delicate, and sometimes fleeting. That is the writing you will find on The Bluebird Word.
Why flash?
The Bluebird Word believes brevity in writing brings purpose. We are looking for flash writing (fiction and nonfiction) under 1,000 words and poems to capture short takes on life. This online journal’s space encourages slowing down, focusing on each word’s breath, and drawing in a story’s essence. Flash pops on the page. Poems pack punches. Let them reside side by side in this creative digital suitcase.
Who’s behind this?
The Bluebird Word launched in February 2022 as an online literary journal with aspiring and emerging writers in mind. Your founder & editor MK Keffer holds an MBA, an MFA, and is a writer like you. She has published poetry, flash nonfiction essays, and short story fiction online and in print.
How can you join this community?
If you would like to be part of this community of writers on The Bluebird Word, please review some of the journal’s past writing and review our Submission Guidelines. We look forward to receiving your work.
For now, thank you for reading. And thank you for being here.
