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Saturday, May 03, 2008
Five-Star Literary Stories
Check out this cool new site--Five-Star Literary Stories:
Five Star Literary Stories combines three integral facets of the writing life: publisher, story, and reviewer. Each story is editor nominated and considered one of the best the mag has published.
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 5:18 AM 0 comments
Narrative Magazine Contest Announcements
Catching up on news from this week:
NARRATIVE MAGAZINE CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS AND FINALISTS IN THE 2008 LOVE STORY CONTEST
First Place ($2,500) Elizabeth Stuckey-French Interview with a Moron
Second Place ($1,500) Maud Newton Conversations You Have at Twenty
Third Place ($750) Janet Burroway Blackout
Ten Finalists ($100 each)
Heather Brittain Bergstrom Shallow Sea
Mermer Blakeslee Digger’s God
William Borden The Real Thing
Beth O’Gara Connor Accommodations
Masha Hamilton It Always Does
Christian Lewis It’s a Joy to Serve You
Ron Tanner Renovation
Sarah Towers On the Universal Tendency Toward Debasement in the Sphere of Love
Lesley C. Weston I Believe
Yuvi Zalkow Blue
The Narrative First-Person Story Contest with $7,000 in prizes opens May 1,
for entries of fiction and nonfiction. Entry deadline: July 31.
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 5:18 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Ron Currie, Jr. wins Young Lions Award
Other finalists this year were Ellen Litman, The Last Chicken in America; Peter Nathaniel Malae, Teach the Free Man; Dinaw Mengestu, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears; and Emily Mitchell, The Last Summer of the World.
Congratulations, Ron!
Labels: Ron Currie Jr., Young Lions Award
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:27 PM 0 comments
Monday, April 28, 2008
FRiGG is five years old!
They're not making much (any) ado about it, but the latest issue of FRiGG Magazine is number 20. And they're quarterly. Do the math...Happy fifth birthday, FRiGG!
As always, it's a dynamite issue, featuring short fiction by Daphne Buter, Scott Garson, Michael Leone, Mark McLaren, and Gabriel Orgrease; and poetry by Terri Brown-Davidson, Cheryl Chambers, Thylias Moss, Kristine Ong Muslim, and Joseph R. Trombatore.
Go! Read!
Labels: FRiGG Magazine
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:19 PM 0 comments
Sunday, April 27, 2008
handwritten
If you are a storyteller with terrific penmanship, you might consider submitting to Keyhole's intriguing By Hand issue. Here's the info:
We're looking for hand-written poetry, fiction, or anything else literary.
If you have the ability to scan documents, feel free--send to submissions@keyholepublications.com (also include a separate .doc file with text).
If you can't scan yourself, mail to:
Keyhole
1307-B 15th Avenue South,
Nashville, TN 37212.
Keep the size in mind. The journal is 6x9 inches. Write on any paper size but keep text within a 6x9 area. May use multiple pages if necessary. Write it out on any surface that can be scanned. Illustrations are welcome too.
If we get a good response we want to put out an extra, completely hand-written issue.
Labels: Keyhole Magazine
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 6:09 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
In Profile: Writer J.M. Patrick
SmokeLong contributor J.M. Patrick is profiled at the Writer Profile Project. Her story "Portrait of a Mother Beforehand" appeared in issue 17. Click here to read about the school where she learned to juggle and ride a unicycle, how her family has reacted to the dysfunctional families in her fiction, her definition of success, and more.
posted by Kelly Spitzer at 8:10 AM 0 comments
Monday, April 21, 2008
examiner.com
I've just started covering the Seattle literary scene for examiner.com. Check it out. And if you have Seattle lit news you'd like shared, let me know!
Labels: Dave Clapper, examiner.com
posted by Dave Clapper at 12:15 PM 1 comments
Friday, April 18, 2008
Elizabeth Ellen at 3:AM Magzine
Smokelong Contributor Elizabeth Ellen has three new flashes at 3:AM, titled "Broken," "Borrowed Time," and "Some Women Like to Travel." "Broken" is my favorite of the bunch, and includes this especially witty exchange:
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war," you said and I thought about how I'd already read that on the bumper of your car.
"I'm not preparing for war," I said, "I'm preparing for defeat."
"Either way," you shrugged.
I uncrossed my arms; let them fall limply at my sides. I wanted you to put back on the porkpie hat. Without it you looked too much like every other man I knew. I was no longer sure you were capable of overseeing the atrocities I wished you to inflict upon me.
As usual, Elizabeth's got killer dialogue and sharp narration to spare. Also, a gentle reminder: Her new chapbook, Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix, is now available as part of the collection A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness, along with chapbooks by Amy Clark, Kathy Fish, and Claudia Smith.
posted by Matt Bell at 9:43 AM 0 comments
Katrina Denza in wigleaf and Storyglossia
What a treat! Here is an excellent flash by the darling and dear Katrina Denza at wigleaf--soap--and a wonderful (generous) interview with her at Storyglossia.
Labels: Katrina Denza, Storyglossia, Wigleaf
posted by Myfanwy Collins at 6:36 AM 0 comments
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