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I have taken
the beer
which was left
in the freezer
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
or lunch
knowing you
Forgive me
or actually
maybe not
the can was about
to explode
on the corn
and the peas
as anyone
might have foreseen
who wasn't
a fucking moron
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Asked kid where she went, and she said, We drove around the neighborhood playing indie music with the windows down so that everyone would know we’re the main characters.
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We went to a Halloween Party as Narrative Magazine. This involved dressing in expensive but dull fashion, and simultaneously ignoring everyone and directing them to stick twenties down our pants.
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Confession: I don’t really relate to the ‘writing-is-hell’ perspective. Writing is hard. But it’s also super fun. For me the only bad part is when you let yourself get pulled out by the question of whether other people will value what you’re doing.
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Hey all: for the first time since November, we're open for subs :))))))
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Our morning read: the Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions 2019 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction, and the 2021 Mythic Picnic Postcard Prize.
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Do we, for the 3rd time in 4 years, have amazing Pushcart news? YESSSSSSSS. Huge congrats,
@writesfromla
; can't wait to read you in Pushcart Prize Volume XLIX 💥
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Hey all: Top 50 tomorrow! Want to thank and recognize, in advance, the team that has made it possible:
@marcellepdx
(in her last go round!),
@laughingyeti
, Michelle Dove,
@KaraVernor
@sennahaha
@poetryduh
@sslonewriter
@monetwithlove
@AEWeisgerber
@pike_n_ike
+
@MaryUMiller
! 👏
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Can you tell yourself happy birthday? Why not. Happy 12th bday Wigleaf 🎈
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Fond as I am of the Little Free Library, I wonder if the idea isn’t really, Let’s cook Dan Brown in there all summer long and see if something better comes out.
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Tonight at midnight--FOR THE LAST TIME DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION--we open for submissions 🙌🍾🌟
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Guess what's coming in a little bit? Wigleaf Top 50 2021. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Had to use the word ‘pedagogy’ today. If you’re unfamiliar with that word, it means goodbye summer.
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Thrilled to announce! The winner of the 2022 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction is Karin Lin-Greenberg, for her story, "Autobiography." ($150.00 ➡️
@klingreenberg
) The winner of the 2022
@MythicPicnic
Postcard Prize is Stephanie Austin. ($50.00 ➡️
@lucysky
) Huge congrats!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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TWO winners of the 2020 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction. Are you ready? They are... 🥁🥁🥁... Kyra Kondis, for "When You Become a Ghost," and Zac Smith, for "No Future." HUGE CONGRATS,
@kyra_nicole_k
and
@ZacTheLinguist
:))) $$ forthcoming 🍸🚀
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Please be assured that we read your story carefully, that we in fact exhausted the poor thing with our scrutiny
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We're open for subs this week (for the last time until late summer!):
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My street at dawn. Over a foot of snow here and still coming. East coast, this is coming your way. I’m confident you’ll make a lot more noise about it.
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The Wigleaf Top 50 team has been working hard to get this year's Longlist finalized. And they've just finished! Recognizing each of them here for their awesomeness. Series Editor (in her final year: we'll miss her!!): Marcelle Heath
@marcellepdx
👏
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new new: "How Did You Attempt to Remove the Thorn/splinter from Your Body?" plus postcard, by Shiksha Dheda:
@ShikshaWrites
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Hey all: subs open at midnight tonight and remain open until the month ends or we hit our Submittable limit. We return in Sept. with new stories. So much looking forward to that—and to our 3rd year of
@MythicPicnic
prizes (monthly + grand) :))
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new year, new masthead: say hello to your Wigleaf Top 50 2024 team (now hard at work on the longlist!):
@laughingyeti
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Hugest thanks to all of these writers--and all of our readers too! Happy new year, all.
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Just updated our masthead! Welcoming to the Top 50 team: new Associate Ed.,
@ChiewElaine
, and new Readers:
@authorsudha
@sydney_s_kim
@AliceMaglio
@thedwmckinney
@colleenrothman
and Megan Potter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Our most recent two stories are about dogs. Should we become an all-dog publication?
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Hearts and stars for our new group of Pushcart nominees ♥️♥️♥️🌟🌟🌟
@lucysky
@ruth8ken
@rebeccaibernard
@kathyfish
@lizzie_ml_
@g_liew
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Meet your 2019 Finalists for the Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction! (Winning story will be revealed live on Twitter at 3:00 PM Central time tomorrow.)
@MythicPicnic
@thelegitKAR
@LoriSambolBrody
@ritaciresi
@LeonoraDesar
@toddedillard
@kathyfish
@CndyHouse
@genekwak3
@kimmagowan
...
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Here's my favorite recent cover letter, in its entirety: "I wrote this brief story after making cabbage soup."
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There's so little good news but here's some: 13 days til our new season starts (and subs open again next Tuesday).
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Open for subs for the... (checks calendar)... last time in the current decade 👀
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We're so much looking forward to our September restart! Here are just some of the brilliant writers we've got in the queue:
@_alisaus
@LutiviniM
@maryfjjones
@amy_stuber_
@davidkgibson
@ingram_wallace
@JiksunCheung
@_joeaguilar
@RobertSwartwood
@katjolewis
@erinlyndal
@WKoewing
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We have SO MUCH good stuff coming up this season. Anybody think it should start a couple days early? Today? It could happen, with a little encouragement.
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Okay, all: this year there are TWO winners of the Mythic Picnic Postcard Prize (both receiving full prize $). They are.... 🥁🥁🥁.... Ian Anderson and JJ Peña!!! Big congrats to them :))) 🍸🚀
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When I'm feeling low, I send a story to Wigleaf and then go to the inbox and accept it. Just for fun.
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Quick PSA: We’re going to be opening for November submissions late, on Sunday, and staying open a couple of days into December to make up for it. (Safe travels to everyone traveling <3 )
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new new: "My Life Is Not a Horror Movie Starring Lupita Nyong'o," by Elisabeth Ingram Wallace:
@ingram_wallace
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Here are the November
@MythicPicnic
picks... Congrats
@pdforan
, whose story "I Sang the Telephone Book” is a finalist for the 2021 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction, and
@frauleinlayla
, who is a postcard finalist. 🌟🌟🌟
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Here are the April
@MythicPicnic
picks. Congrats
@fabulistpappas
, whose story "How to Cure Loneliness" is a finalist for the 2022 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction, and
@kathyfish
, who is a postcard finalist. 🌟🌟🌟
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new new: "A Person's Essence Feels the Smallest," by Jennifer Wortman:
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Tomorrow at 2pm CST, we announce the winners of the 2022
@MythicPicnic
Prize in Fiction, and Postcard Prize. Some last applause for our finalists! (read/reread them on our site: )
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And then all the mags closed down and became writing workshops and there were writing workshops for everyone who had PayPal and there was happiness in the land.
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Readers! Contributors! Friends! Mark your calendars and join
@hexliterary
and us for an epic night at AWP K.C. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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new new: First of season! "What Were You Even Looking At, Robert?" by Steve Edwards (
@The_Big_Quiet
). Plus postcard.
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I really love this one really weird story of mine and it finally got loved back by a mag so that is my news today yay
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Summer reads: the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2022 (Selecting Editor,
@kathyfish
) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟:
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So many things suck on the internet but very short fiction is not one
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new new: "Friday Night," by Gwen E. Kirby (we'd been hoping she'd send something our way sometime; read this and YOU WILL SEE WHY):
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Current read: the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2020 (ok, reread)
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News! "Our Vices," by Dominica Phetteplace, has been selected for inclusion in the 2022 volume of the Pushcart Prize anthology. Huge congrats,
@fetaplace
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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new new: The Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2023 (Guest Editor: Venita Blackburn):
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How good was our February? Apparently good enough to produce FIVE Finalists for the 2019 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction! Congrats Lori Sambol Brody, Todd Dillard, Jeremiah Moriarty, Amy Silverberg, and Amy Stuber ($50➡️each)
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new slogan: Wigleaf! Good mag! No intention of shutting down and monetizing!
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“Wait let me put it in Garamond so you’ll like it.” Daughter before showing me her creative writing assignment.
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NPR: We went out and found a complete fucking ignoramus, and here’s what they said.
Me: Thanks?
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See 'ABOUT' on our main page for: news! Wigleaf!
@MythicPicnic
! $500.00 story prize with no sub fee!
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PSA: subs open in a few days, and by the end of the month we should be back with new stories.
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new new: story by Kathy Fish--AND--postcard--AND--2 1/2 Q's Interview with Kathy by
@sierraoliviayye
(thanks so much
@kathyfish
for helping us celebrate our 10th bday year!):
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Dood there’s no good age to write a good book. Never easy to write a good book. If u manage it at any age congratulations.
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Down to maybe a dozen stories in our inbox. Which is to say that we've sent out a lot of responses lately. Most of those have been no's, but that doesn't characterize the reading experience. (thread)
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Feel like the quality of work being submitted lately, just in general, is higher than ever. Good things happening in very short fiction 🙌
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