A journal by and for teachers. ​We publish writing about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the anything-but-perfect teaching and teacher world. Read us: https://www.porcupineliterary.com/https://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3mbkdxwfjac2yWe are in search of a social media manager for Porcupine! Email our EIC Jared Beloff at Porcupinesubmissions at Gmail if you are interested!!03 Jan 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkdxwfjac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3mbm4zzozes2cWe are always open for submissions!!04 Jan 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbm4zzozes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3mbm4zzozes2cWe are always open for submissions!!04 Jan 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbm4zzozes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3mbkdxwfjac2yWe are in search of a social media manager for Porcupine! Email our EIC Jared Beloff at Porcupinesubmissions at Gmail if you are interested!!03 Jan 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkdxwfjac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m6imjk7u6s2cCheck out this new poem by our EIC! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2025 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6imjk7u6s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m6imjk7u6s2cCheck out this new poem by our EIC! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2025 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6imjk7u6s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m5yfadjakk2qHey, it is our co-founder's birthday today. Show @writesloud.bsky.social a little love and visit one of her babies (our site) and share something you love. If you are a teacher, please submit your poems, stories and CNF about teaching! www.porcupineliterary.com/blog https://www.porcupineliterary.com/blog19 Nov 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yfadjakk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m5qwmq7chc2jWe could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read! porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit https://share.google/uHGIw52SgxBVneV4p16 Nov 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qwmq7chc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m5qwmq7chc2jWe could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read! porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit https://share.google/uHGIw52SgxBVneV4p16 Nov 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qwmq7chc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m4tldb427s2i@christinamrau.bsky.social has a wonderful new poem in Porcupine! Come read it! https://www.porcupineliterary.com/post/the-issue-with-the-bee04 Nov 2025 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4tldb427s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m4tlansjds2iRead this great new poem by JD Islip https://www.porcupineliterary.com/post/teaching-students-how-to-read-online04 Nov 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4tlansjds2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m27pldncxk2xStill true! Keep sending your work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27pldncxk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m4haojsf6k2iCheck out this great new fiction piece by Laurie King Billman! https://www.porcupineliterary.com/post/rural-teachers31 Oct 2025 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4haojsf6k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m4haojsf6k2iCheck out this great new fiction piece by Laurie King Billman! https://www.porcupineliterary.com/post/rural-teachers31 Oct 2025 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4haojsf6k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m2an2uifl22xRead this amazing interview with our amazing editors Judy McClure and Rachel Becker about their work here at Porcupine with @wildroofjournal.bsky.social https://open.substack.com/pub/wildroofjournal/p/the-anything-but-perfect-world-of?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web02 Oct 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2an2uifl22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m2an2uifl22xRead this amazing interview with our amazing editors Judy McClure and Rachel Becker about their work here at Porcupine with @wildroofjournal.bsky.social https://open.substack.com/pub/wildroofjournal/p/the-anything-but-perfect-world-of?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web02 Oct 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2an2uifl22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3m27pldncxk2xStill true! Keep sending your work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27pldncxk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3lzixrsdl3k2qTeachers! We need your words (now more than ever)! Send us your poems, CNF, and stories. We want your protests, your triumphs, your adoration, and your care. porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit https://porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit23 Sep 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzixrsdl3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3lzixrsdl3k2qTeachers! We need your words (now more than ever)! Send us your poems, CNF, and stories. We want your protests, your triumphs, your adoration, and your care. porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit https://porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit23 Sep 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzixrsdl3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/porcupinelit.bsky.social/post/3lzixn73ps22qWe came back this week after a short hiatus with this amazing poem from Violeta Garcia Mendoza titled "Teaching Romeo & Juliet" https://www.porcupineliterary.com/post/teaching-romeo-juliet23 Sep 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:pugh6npnsbrmv3wr2ygbfutm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzixn73ps22q