Bluff & Vine: A Literary Review

14/11/2024

Hello, friends! Now that Issue Eight has been out in the world for a while, we'd love to see your photos of your copy. Bedside table? Living room? Reading nook? Show us! Pose with your copy for a selfie, or asked a loved one—furry friends count, too!—to pose. We can't wait to see your photos!

11/10/2024

Ready to curl up with a spine-tingling book? We've got the perfect one: Bluff & Vine Issue Eight! Just released, this all-horror collection of Finger Lakes-themed prose and poetry is just what you need to truly enjoy the spookiest of seasons. Check below for details—and stay tuned for copies on shelves at Longs' in downtown PYNY!

31/07/2024

It all ends today! Submissions close at midnight tonight—or maybe the witching hour, if you're (un)lucky. Send us your scariest, creepiest, weirdest, strangest Finger Lakes stories, poems, and artwork, so we can give everyone chills when we launch Issue Eight in October!

30/07/2024

Terrified? All the cool cats know you only have until tomorrow to get your creepy submissions in for Issue Eight!

29/07/2024

Ahhhhh! Only two days left to get your submissions in for Issue Eight!

28/07/2024

It's highly unlikely that, here in the Finger Lakes, you'll run into what co-editor Bethany Snyder finds scariest: giant underwater sea creatures! Then again, Seneca Lake is reallllly deep. Three days until submissions close for Issue Eight!

27/07/2024

Feel that cold breath on the back of your neck? That's the feeling of submissions closing in four days!

26/07/2024

Please join us at this lovely event Saturday afternoon!

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26/07/2024

The COUNT down is on (see what we did there?). Five days left to send us your creepiest, weirdest, most mysterious and macabre stuff about the Finger Lakes!

25/07/2024

💀According to our co-editor Alex Andrasik, there's nothing scarier than skeletons playing the xylophone on their own ribcages. What's your "nothing scarier," and did you know you have six days to write it up and submit to for consideration for Issue Eight?! 💀

25/07/2024

One week from today, submissions close for Issue Eight. Poems, short stories, memoirs, cover art... what creepy content will you be sending us? We're cowering under our blankets and can't wait to find out!

23/07/2024

The shadow lurks ever closer...
Just 8 days left to get your submissions in for Issue Eight!

22/07/2024

Do you feel that chill in the air? That's the unsettling feeling you get when there are only nine days left to get your submission in for Issue Eight!

21/07/2024

Ten days until submissions close for Issue Eight. What's lurking in your shadows? We can't wait to find out!

19/07/2024

No bones about it—submissions for Issue Eight close in 12 days! What haunting horrors have you dreamed up? We can’t wait to read them… under the covers, of course! 💀

14/07/2024

The countdown is on! 17 days until submissions close for Issue Eight: In the Shadows. How's your spine-tingling work coming along? We can't wait to read it! (Please do us a favor and spread the word by sharing this post. Thanks for helping to promote and preserve the literary legacy of the Finger Lakes!)

09/07/2024

There are so many shiver-inducing nooks and crannies in the Finger Lakes... what will you find when you start poking around? We're only 22 days away from our Issue Eight deadline!

02/07/2024

The featured poets will be familiar to you from our pages!

Nature Poetry at the Garden, Saturday, July 6, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at the Penn Yan Community Garden (at the end of Pleasant Avenue, off South Ave.)

Penn Yan Public Library, Keuka Writes, and the Penn Yan Community Garden are teaming up for a poetry reading to celebrate the beauty of nature. Join us on a Saturday morning at the Garden to hear from a variety of poets, all of whom have been featured in the local literary magazine Bluff & Vine and all of whom have unique and moving take on the living world around us. We will also share a talk and tour about the Garden itself, which has recently undergone a variety of exciting upgrades! We look forward to sharing these poets’ work with you, as well as the mission and features of our Community Garden.