Author: Bethany

If you weren’t able to join us for our Virtually There online reading on April 11, have we got news for you! We recorded our writers and poets, and will be bringing them to you one by one over the next few weeks! First up, our co-founder and co-editor Alex Andrasik, who reads a (gently) Read More

Join some of the writers featured in our first three issues as they read their work live via Zoom! We can’t gather in coffee shops or concert halls right now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t spend an evening appreciating local artists and their craft. Use this link on Saturday, April 11th at 8pm to Read More

Welcome to 2020, and welcome to the new Bluff & Vine! We’re thrilled to announce that we are now accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from the entire Finger Lakes region! Whatever your connection to the Finger Lakes, we want to read about it! Check out our Guidelines page for all the details. With this expansion, Read More

Issue Three of Bluff & Vine is now available! Click here to order a copy (or 12) on Amazon. If you’re in Penn Yan, keep an eye out for it at Longs’ and at the Penn Yan Public Library. If you’re not local, ask your local bookstore and library to carry it. And don’t forget Read More

We are closed for submissions for Issue Three. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements about the future of Bluff & Vine!

The winter flew by (except when we thought it would never end—how are the people of Westeros going to survive it?!), and you know what that means: Our submissions period is now open! We’re accepting fiction, nonfiction (including memoir), and poetry from now until September 1, 2019. Details can be found on our Submissions page. Read More

Last night we held a reception celebrating the release of Issue Two. Our friends at the Arc of Yates were kind enough to host. They showcased some of the incredible pieces made by the artists at SkylArc Studio, and provided food, drink, and merry music! We loved mixing and mingling with old friends, new friends, Read More

Thanks to reporter Susan Clark Thomas, Bluff & Vine was featured in the Finger Lakes Times on Sunday, November 11. Check out the article here!

We’re thrilled to announce the publication of Issue Two of Bluff & Vine! This issue includes twenty five pieces of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, that evoke the essence of life in and around Keuka Lake, and photography from our friends at SkylArc Studio at The Arc of Yates. Grab a copy (or a dozen!) on Read More

Summer always seems to go by in a rush, which is why we’re extending our deadline for submissions for Issue Two! You now have until September 1, 2018 to submit your fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and poetry to us at bluffandvine@gmail.com. Don’t forget to check out the Submissions page for all the details. Have a great Read More