FEBRUARY, 2019—BULLETIN #145

Upcoming deadline:

Henry and Dorothy, before he shipped out.
July, 1942 (more)

We're at the mid-point of our very last Fiction Open and Very Short Fiction contests, totaling $7,400 in prizes.

Deadline: 2/28/19

VERY SHORT

1st place | $2,000

2nd place | $500*

3rd place | $300*

300-3,000 words

$16 reading fee

Guidelines

FICTION OPEN

1st place | $3,000

2nd place | $1,000

3rd place | $600*

3,000-20,000 words

$21 reading fee

Guidelines

*Or, if accepted for publication, $700.
(1st place stories will be published in our final issue and every story is read and considered for publication.)

Both categories are open to all writers. Winners and finalists will be announced in the May 1 bulletin, and contacted directly the previous week.

Essays in this bulletin:

Scott Gloden: I learned how physical expressiveness was actually necessary to many people's daily lives, either ingrained from an early age, or always encouraged for its freeness, for the relief that pours over you while dancing. Somehow, everyone wanted to go dancing, and everyone needed to go dancing. (more)

Susan Messer: I realized somewhere along my way that a boiler carried significant metaphorical potential—a device in which pressure builds and where electricity combines with water, and gas combines with flame. I liked the aura of contained danger. (more)

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Best regards,

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