July 2023
If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
~Roald Dahl
Lorraine Hanlon Comanor’s nonfiction flash, “Compliments,” appeared in Apple in the Dark.
Scott Hess’s reflection “Mythology-Making” appeared in American Art Collector Online.
Suzanne Hick’s “The Fish House” appeared in Roi Fainéant Press.
Ann Leamon’s review, Finding Hope Among the Scars, of John Fulton’s collection of short stories, The Flounder, appeared in Tupelo Quarterly.
Diane Lefer’s “Nothing Out of the Ordinary” appeared in Stickman Review.
Ray Nayler’s The Mountain in the Sea won the Locus 2023 Award for Best First Novel and was the Barnes and Noble Speculative Fiction Pick of the Month for June.
Mandira Pattnaik’s “Dark Matter,” published in Contrary, was chosen for this year’s Wigleaf 50. Her microfiction “WHEN THE TRAIN RATTLES PAST, AT THE STREET CORNER” was also shortlisted for the 2023 Micro Madness competition—published on June 6th.
Check out the latest review on our new reviews page: Flash Fiction America.
Our InConversation event with Denton Loving and Erika Nichols-Frazer brought on a great discussion about poetry, memoir, and personal writing. Here is the link to the recording if you missed it.
May’s MicroLit Almanac contained work by Marsha Recknagle, Phil Alcabes, Ann Leamon, and Lucille Fultz.
Mix & Meet will start back up in the fall. See you then! Meanwhile, check out Kaleidoscope for the summer!
July 9-16 and August 12-20, 2023 (asynchronous, self-paced)
Beat the summer heat and commit to your writing with a week of stories, essays, poems, and prompts, all designed to help you create new work. All writing will be eligible for early review and inclusion in MicroLit Almanac.
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Cat & Max
