The deadline for Irreantum’s ficiton contest and the Charlotte and Eugene England creative nonfiction contest is this Sunday, May 31. We’d originally published a deadline of May 30, trying to avoid that pesky “last-minute editing and sending out essays and stories on Sunday” thing–but then a deadline of May 31st was inadvertently published in a [...]
Musings by Lisa Torcasso Downing I have a moving image in my mind that I replay as if it were film. It stars a child ( a boy I think, even if his hair is long) and he sits, hidden away in a dark recess–an attic, a basement, an old, empty barn–with only his eyes [...]
Two contest deadlines are approaching. The deadline for the 2009 R. L. “Buzz” Capener Memorial Writing Contest in Comparative Religious Studies is May 31, 2009. First place receives $750. For the Brookie and D. K. Brown Fiction contest, entries are due June 30, 2009. Winners receive up to $400 each. Click here to see the [...]
(Editor’s note: following is a sneak peek at issue 155, which will be landing in your mail boxes in about a week.) By Amy Chamberlain Living in Dubai means that after a while, you become immune to the incredibly mish-mashed wash of cultures around you. You no longer notice Indian women in silk saris queuing [...]
by Features Editor Shelah Miner I spent yesterday afternoon at home with a sick kid instead of at church. She was just barely sick enough that we didn’t want to inflict her on the other kids at nursery, so I stayed home with plans to plop her in front of the television and write this [...]
True admission: the amount of money I’ve made as a writer over the last decade is probably enough to buy a couch and a love seat. Or maybe one of those cool Rainbow swing sets. (But not one of the SUPER cool ones. One of the medium cool ones.) Just last night my husband and [...]
I hate them. I hate writing them. I procrastinate the task so long that practically all of mine begin with “I apologize for the unconscionable delay…” Occasionally, I hate writing one because I’m not sure I’ve made the right decision and I’m afraid I’ll want the paper/essay/poem back in a few days. But mostly I [...]
Well, here it is: the bird cage lining I’ve been slaving away at for the past two months. I uploaded the files for issue 154 to the printer today. And the printer was nice enough to send me a confirmation email: “Your file has been uploaded and a notification has been sent to your sales [...]
by Features Editor Shelah Miner The temperature is supposed to hit 90 this afternoon. In my mind, the first 90-degree day signifies the official beginning of summer, no matter what month it is. For me, an ideal summer is all about a comfortable lounge chair, a good pair of sunglasses, and a stack of books [...]
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