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Storm Cellar #11.1 published!

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It’s pub day, today, and we’re so excited to share with you our latest, a bit late but arriving in its own time! Big love to all who contributed, and — Reader — you’re gonna love this one! Get it in glorious print or fabulous ebook editions.

CONTENTS:

Force Majeure Flash Contest winners:
1st prize – Tessa Swackhammer,
2nd prize – Mike Yunxuan Li,
2nd prize – Julian Mithra,
honorable mention – Erica Sharlette,
honorable mention – Mike Itaya,
honorable mention – Jill Bronfman,
honorable mention – Sara Fetherolf,
FICTION
Liza Wieland,
Katherine Sinback,
FLASH
Cameron Walker,
Gabriella Navas,
Kate Garklavs,
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Julia Kooi Talen,
POETRY
Jan Ball,
Zachary Lundgren,
Nnadi Samuel,
Jasmine Sawers,
Derek Otsuji,
Kristin Emanuel,
Chrissy Martin,
Grace Day,
Jane Vogel,
Kayleigh Norgord,
Carolina Esses translated by Allison A. DeFreese,
IMAGES
Debismita Dutta,
Yuko Kyutoku,
fatima abby tall,
Paul Rabinowitz,
Joseph Stern,
Favour Adetona,
Ami Watanabe

 

2023 Force Majeure Flash Contest Winners

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Finally, and with a great deal of hearty congratulations to all involved, the winners of our annual flash writing contest — this year we had some truly wonderful entries and you all made it so very hard to choose! Lo:

1st Prize “Pre-Elegy for My Sister” by Whitney Koo 

2nd Prize “A Brief World” by Uyen P. Dang 

2nd Prize “Bones” by Nathan Long 

honorable mentions: “Garden Statues” by Kendall Morris, “Midnight Zone” by Caleb Tankersley, and “Taint” by Veeda Khan.

All of our winners and honorable mentions will be published in issue #11.2, forthcoming in 2024!

Issue #10.2 is OUT NOW!

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Storm Cellar Vol. X No. 2, autumn ’22, nicknamed “Hobby Horse” → click for the delicious print and ebook editions. Contents links to PDF samples, [>>] for author site.

Contents

FICTION
David Busboom [>>] – The Prairie Is My Garden
Mandy-Suzanne Wong [>>] – Café Crypsis

FLASH
MAP – Knot
Carolyn Oliver [>>] – Nyctinasty
Ali Abid – The Mosque in Those Days
DM O’Connor [>>] – Round, Racy, Nut & Plum
JWGoll – Exodus

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Philip James Shaw [>>] – for when the ninths of a voice been a sacrifice
Theresa Lin [>>] – The Cult of Togetherness

POETRY
Tyra Douyon [>>] – The Gathering
Cecilia Díaz Gómez translated by Kiran Bhat [>>] – Ch’Ayem Ta Sjol Ko’ontik [I’m on My Way Walking]
Natalie Louise Tombasco [>>] – Fever Dream of Allen Ginsberg
Martha Zweig – Serpent
Rigel Portales [>>] – The Usual Barbershop Is Closed and I Need to Be Cut
Danielle McMahon – Madonna of the Rocks
Stephen C. Middleton – Frail Intuition (Under Assault)
Leigh Lucas [>>] – I’ll start Dear Vickie (use pen, be breezy)
Ranney Campbell  – End with Past Tense
Naomi Kanakia [>>] – Before Sleep

IMAGES
Lesley Finn [>>] – The Gardeners
Marija Mičić – Moonlight
Melody Serra [>>] – Stained Glass
Sijia Ma [>>] – Desire
Jean Wolff [>>] – Blue Rod Painting 3
Mario Loprete [>>] – FUCKOVID
Erick Buendia [>>] – The Champ
Dylan Willoughby [>>] – Rose

PLUS
Rejected Deadlines, cover by Maria Svartvadet Jakobsen [>>] – Growth

Storm Cellar #9.2 out now!

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Arrives today, Storm Cellar vol. IX no. 2, summer 2021, nicknamed “Fusion,” full of amazing writing and art for your gustation! Available in print and ebook formats. Click links for PDF samples, [>>] to author site.

Contents:

FICTION
Lisa Slage Robinson • Devil’s Hole Road 
Deva Eveland • To Display Our Infirmities on the Steps of the Temple
Jennifer Love • Lighthead
Sarah Arantza Amador • The Unfortunate Murder of the Infante
Jihoon Park • The Grandfather Museum 

FLASH
Jackie Yang • Media Vita
Austin Treat • The Health Inspectors
Karol Lagodzki • Martial Law Fact Sheet: Poland 1981–1983
Grace Q. Song • Self-Care for Kittiwakes 

NONFICTION
Valerie Witte • Ordinary Movements: Erasing the Boundary Between Performance and Reality

POETRY
Brianna Cunliffe • studio, bulb flickering, June
Beth Brown Preston • Blind Love
Mel Sherrer • Corn Silk
Anthony Aguero • Today I Offer Something Tender
Kelsey Day • duke energy: a pipeline protest poem
Berico Henry • My Many Lovely Katies
María Teresa Andruetto translated by Laura Chalar • Muchacha de Ucrania/2003 [Ukrainian Girl/ 2003] 
Sam Lane • Smoke in WA, September 2020 
Gwen Hart • Your Anxiety’s Middle Name Is “The Hard Way”
Sophia Liu • O Cousin, I Meet You 

IMAGES
Darren M. Edwards • Rebirth
K.R. Segriff • Moth, Eaten
Lauren Paredes • Acts of Nonviolence No. 1
Natascha Graham • A Walk in December
Sydney Yount [>>] • Meal Tray Series #3 & #14 

PLUS
Cover by Dawei Wang [>>]
Rejected: First Novel Titles 

2021 Force Majeure Flash Contest Winners!

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After a big eyeball-lift and a sluice of delicious writing, we’re panned out our most shiniest flakes of gold! It is our massive honor this year to announce the winners of the 2021 Force Majeure Flash Contest:

1st Prize: Serrina Zou, “Bái Chī”

2nd Prize: Sherrell McLafferty, “Can Elizabeth Bishop Relate?”

2nd Prize: Justine Teu, “The Water Cycle”

We are also pleased to note these flashes of distinction, our Honorable Mentions in this year’s contest:
• “Congratulations, You’re Approved! We Are Pleased to Welcome You to Your New Habitation!” by S. Erin Batiste
• “An Incomplete Inventory of What Once Belonged to My Mother” by Jax Connelly
• “Praisesong for Fornication” by Erica Frederick

All of these flashes will appear in Storm Cellar Vol. X No. 1, due in winter 2021-22. Our deepest thanks to everyone who entered the contest — we are exhausted in the best way by the volume of excellent flash we read this year. Thank you so much!