Publication of writing and art by Maryland-based creatives SUBS OPEN https://www.artistsfrommaryland.org/https://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3magocjl4oc2yArtists from Maryland is proud to announce the final microchapbook in our inaugural digital publishing run! This collection comes from Una Zelić. Check out How to Heal A Scar at the link in our bio!20 Dec 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3magocjl4oc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3m7utje5cnc2qArtists from Maryland is proud to announce the second microchapbook in our inaugural digital publishing run! The second collection comes from the great Ashley Elizabeth (@aetheblkpoet.bsky.social). Check out bite-sized at the link in our bio!13 Dec 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7utje5cnc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3m7e74piokk2sArtists from Maryland is proud to announce that we are starting our inaugural digital microchapbook series! The first collection comes from the wonderful nat raum (@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social). Check out totaled at the link in our bio!06 Dec 2025 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7e74piokk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3m3xu7nqwus2mWe're excited to announce our MICRO COLLECTIONS series! Check out our website and our NEW Duosuma page for more! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Oct 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xu7nqwus2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3m2zxn6p7ek2s@writersinbmore.bsky.social does a lot of great things for young writers in Baltimore: please support them if you can! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Oct 2025 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2zxn6p7ek2shttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lzebxmdnik2vArtists from Maryland's 2025 Genrepunk Awards (@genrepunkmag.bsky.social) noms! EDITOR'S CHOICE: Kelci Tillman, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Jordan Byrum WILDCARD AWARD: @whoastanderson.bsky.social HAUNTING AWARD: Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Breasia "Bree" Boyd, @aetheblkpoet.bsky.social21 Sep 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzebxmdnik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lwucsr2x3226Artists from Maryland's 2025 Best of the Net noms! POETRY: Otis Sprow, Patricia Adelizzi, Kay Mi, @matoro.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Breasia "Bree" Boyd CNF: Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Kelci Tillman ART: @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Judith Skillman20 Aug 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwucsr2x3226https://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lwu7qjtpyc26A reminder: at the moment, we are open for rolling subs for our monthly posts! Maryland-based artists and writers, try us out! Guidelines here: www.artistsfrommaryland.org/guidelines/20 Aug 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwu7qjtpyc26https://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lr2ai7zeik2mISSUE TWO of Artists from Maryland is out! Many thanks to our wonderful contributors, and to our awesome Issue 2 judges nat and Diamond! Check the issue out here: www.artistsfrommaryland.org/issue-archive/ Also, rolling subs for Maryland Artist of the Month are open NOW!07 Jun 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr2ai7zeik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lqldsxga3s2lKeep an eye out for AFM: I2 to drop on JUNE 7TH. Kay Mi, @matoro.bsky.social, @whoastanderson.bsky.social, Hayley Igarashi Thomas, Breasia "Bree" Boyd, Judith Skillman, @aetheblkpoet.bsky.social, Kelci Tillman, @eldritchjellyfish.bsky.social, Davin Faris ... and subs open 6/8 for monthly features01 Jun 2025 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqldsxga3s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lnyhzef63c2oResults are IN for Artists from Maryland's Issue 2 contest! Congratulations to the winner, the runner ups, and the finalists, who will all be published in the coming weeks in Issue 2!29 Apr 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnyhzef63c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lnsisu7tek2rSUBMISSIONS HAVE CLOSED for Artists from Maryland's second issue! Submitters, expect a response early May. We're currently in our final deliberation stage!27 Apr 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnsisu7tek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3ln6rbrl4pk2hThere's a week left to submit to AFM I2! If you're a Maryland artist and have some writing and/or visual art, send it our way! Details in the link in our bio.19 Apr 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln6rbrl4pk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lm5ch7s6l22eWe're excited to announce that this week (from 4/6 to 4/13), you can have the option of getting feedback from our editor-in-chief, Aldrin Badiola! Ends 4/13, midnight EST. (AFM can only offer this to ten people; you have to specifically press "Yes" when asked if interested in feedback on the form.)06 Apr 2025 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5ch7s6l22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lln2p7hwhs2rTo advertise AFM Issue 2; we're sharing pieces from Issue 1 we love! I2 subs close Apr. 26, it's free to submit, and all contribs. are paid. Details in bio. Here are two poems from Issue 1: "romanticism as midtown pothole" by nat raum (an Issue 2 judge!), and "ditchin' days" by Patricia Adelizzi31 Mar 2025 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lln2p7hwhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lkyugesnkc2sTo encourage submissions to AFM's Issue 2; we're sharing pieces from Issue 1 that we can't stop thinking of! Subs close Apr. 26, it's free to submit, and all contributors are paid. Details in bio. Here are two poems from Issue 1: "Backward Train" by Thu Nhat Pham, and "For Beginnings" by Otis Sprow22 Mar 2025 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkyugesnkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lk7u3d364c2kWe've loved the subs to AFM's Issue 2; keep them coming! Subs close Apr. 26, it's free to submit, and all contributors are paid. Details in bio. For insight on what our EIC Aldrin Badiola wants to see more of, check out these poems by Ashley Elizabeth in her collection "CHARMed" (fifth wheel press)13 Mar 2025 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7u3d364c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3ljy7jr6xxc2mContinuing with our promotion for AFM's second issue, we're happy to announce the two wonderful judges: Diamond Abrams (@jiminologyx on Instagram) and nat raum (@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social)! Submissions close on April 26th! Paid opportunity!09 Mar 2025 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljy7jr6xxc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3ljxs4mbbfk2hWe are excited to announce that we are opening contest subs for AFM: ISSUE TWO! We will be PAYING all contributors for this issue! We'll be announcing the judges for the contest soon. You'll have until APRIL 26th, 2025 to submit! Details at www.artistsfrommaryland.org/guidelines/.09 Mar 2025 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxs4mbbfk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lia6sypkq22yA reminder that submissions for Artists from Maryland are ALWAYS OPEN! If you're from Maryland, we'd love to see you submit visual art or writing (prose of any sort, poetry of any sort)!15 Feb 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lia6sypkq22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/artfrommaryland.bsky.social/post/3lg22yejggc23Artists from Maryland is excited to present its first Maryland Artist of the Month: nat raum (@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social)! Find their series of photos taken throughout Baltimore and their artist statement here: https://www.artistsfrommaryland.org/january-2025-nat-raum/18 Jan 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:bykyddyl6mfshe4dlefkheba/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg22yejggc23