Author: Bethany

Submissions are open for Issue Nine. There is no theme for this issue, but, as always, your work must have some connection to the Finger Lakes region of New York. For more details, check out our Submissions page, linked at the top of the site. If you’re looking for inspiration and/or help, we hope you’ll Read More

Tricks? Treats? Both! Issue Eight is here! Our biggest issue ever, it’s filled with stories and poems that will send a chill up your spine. Grab a copy at Longs’ Cards and Books in Penn Yan, or hop over to Amazon. We hope you love this creepy edition as much as we loved putting it Read More

If you’ve been with us for any length of time, you know that we love things that go bump in the night. And while each issue has included a few pieces that lean toward the dark, we’ve long dreamed of doing an all-creepy edition. The time has finally come! Our next issue, launching in October Read More

Actually, it’s been available for a while now, but things got pretty hectic at the end of 2023. If you haven’t already gotten a copy, you can pick one up on Amazon, or at Longs’ Cards and Books in beautiful downtown, Penn Yan. You’ll find familiar names and new voices in Issue Seven, including several Read More

The special Summer 2023 issue of Bluff & Vine is here! It features Yates-focused short stories, memoirs, and poetry curated from the first six issues of Bluff & Vine, as well as a foreword from Tricia Noel, who serves as the executive director and curator of the Yates County History Center. The Summer 2023 issue Read More

Yates County was founded two hundred years ago, in 1823. To both celebrate and commemorate the bicentennial, we will be producing a special edition of Bluff & Vine this summer. That’s where you come in: We need an amazing cover for this one-of-a-kind issue! Visit the bicentennial page on the county website and the county Read More

It seems like we just started Bluff & Vine yesterday, and yet here we are with our sixth issue! This issue is chock full of history—of the nation, the state, the Finger Lakes, the towns we call home, the places that have made us who we are. Inside this issue, you’ll meet familiar faces, reminisce Read More

We are thrilled to announce the release of our fifth issue! It’s our biggest issue yet, chock full of poetry, fiction, and memoir about the Finger Lakes. This one even features our first-ever publication of a father and son! As usual, the issue is available on demand via Amazon (click here). It will be on Read More

It’s September 16, which means the submission window to be considered for Issue Five is now closed. We’re thrilled to report that we received more than double the submissions from last year! To all of the poets, fiction writers, memoirists, reporters, and artists who trusted us with your work: thank you. We literally couldn’t do Read More

After three years of showcasing writing focused on our beloved Keuka Lake, we are now accepting submissions for our second Finger-Lakes-wide edition—our fifth issue! Whether you dabble in poetry, share family history, spin worlds of fiction, or tell tales from your life—or some magical combination of any of these—we want to read your work. Submissions Read More