Nominations upon Nominations
Additional Pushcart nominations from their Board of Contributing Editors, and our New Stories from the Midwest nominations
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Event Recap: The Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival
At the Robert and Adele Schiff Fiction Festival, readings from Gwen Kirby, Liv Stratman, Bess Winter, and Brenda Peynado left us breathless.
AWP Conference & Bookfair Round-Up!
We’ll be at AWP. Check out our deals–including those for people not going to the conference.
Tips: AWP and Conference Accessibility
For many writers the week before AWP is marked by a feeling of buzzy anticipation mixed with mild dread; for disabled writers, this pre-AWP anxiety is more complex.
Last Call: Reading Period Ends 3/1!
Submissions will close March 1st! Be sure to submit.
Leonard Cohen, a Greek Island, and Entering the Story
If we weren’t adults, we would call this phenomenon “play.” Maybe we should call it that again.
The Short of It
What makes a great short poem, and why are they so challenging?
Why We Like It: “How to Retile Your Bathroom in 6 Easy Steps!” by Gwen E. Kirby
Gwen E. Kirby’s “How to Retile Your Bathroom in 6 Easy Steps!” utilizes the conventions of an instructional manual to uniquely represent the interiority of a woman experiencing disruption and loss.
The Editor-Author Relationship
“I often describe the role of editor as similar to that of midwife—we’re helping something come into the world, but it will not be our baby.”
Best Small Fictions Nominations
Congratulations to these four pieces we chose to nominate for the Best Small Fictions anthology, which seeks “flash and micro fiction, haibun stories and prose poems published in 2019”: