Today’s share thaws a bit, it seeks a bit of sun, it’s Joseph Harris’s story “Was It Good for You?“:
This story originally appeared in SC 4.2. Nab a copy over here, and subscribe if you feel like receiving more delivered especially for you. Read on!
PS. We’ve got a flash contest on, check it out.
Enter the FORCE MAJEURE FLASH CONTEST here.
Top prize for a single flash $300; two runners-up $100 each.
DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. CST, 30th April 2017.
Two ways to enter:
Multiple entries are fine. Simultaneous submissions are fine; if a flash is accepted elsewhere, please notify us via a note on the submission within Submittable. Winning flash must not be (scheduled to be) published in print, ebook, or internet before August 2017.
All entries considered for publication in Storm Cellar.
What is a flash?
We encourage submissions by women, people of color, indigenous, disabled, lgbtq+, poor, and members of other under-represented groups. Authors who because of financial hardship cannot pay the entry fee should email the editors with a brief statement of their need so that we can arrange an entry.
Contest will be decided by the editors. Close friends, family, current & formers students, and employers of the editors may not enter. While not a member of the CLMP, we strive to achieve a similar level of transparency and virtue.
All proceeds will go to prizes and production costs. No fees may be refunded. “Extra” flashes within entries will not be read. We may disqualify entrants on the basis of harassing behavior. Entrants will be notified of their contest outcome by email, on or before June 30, 2017.
Handy link to examples of flash we’ve printed. Surprise us!
Dear Reader, here’s our last share of this Gregorian year, two poems by Erica Wright [>>], “American Burial Rites” and — one of our Pushcart Prizes nominees this year — “American New Year”:
These poems originally appeared in SC 5.2. Get yours here & DL the ebook. Consider subscribing (print &/or ebook formats) for more great art delivered by ehand to you!
PS. We will have a brief bonus free submission period for our issue featuring genderqueer (broadly construed) & women creators, Jan. 1–3. Bookmark this link.
Be with those who you’re with, readers, we’re merry this week for sharing one of our 2016 Pushcart nominees’ poem from SC 5.1, Virginia Smith Rice’s “I Meant to Close the Window”:
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After a dry season a wet one, after a cool season a hot — we have some seasons, mix-and-match, take your pick, ’round ‘yere. Our thanks to Ana Arredondo for sending us this big-contrast essay, which we nominated for a Pushcart this year, “Wild Silent Drums“:
This CNF piece originally appeared in SC 5.2, ebook here; & subscribe if you’re peacocking, it’s a great way to read more fab stories & songs. Read on!
PS – We’re still open for submissions of writing & art for an issue to feature women & genderqueer (broadly construed) creators, on any subject, in any style. Surprise us!
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