Gone Lawn Journal
@gonelawn.bsky.social
If you can describe us, you get magic coffee and jumping cookies.
Editors: @owenwyke.bsky.social & @amygcb.bsky.social
Current issue: https://gonelawn.net/
Editors: @owenwyke.bsky.social & @amygcb.bsky.social
Current issue: https://gonelawn.net/
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Here it's snowing, tonight it will be dark for all. But guess what will be bright? Gone Lawn 63 will be! This is the micro-excerpt issue, featuring thirteen brilliant authors. Enjoy!
Art by BEE LB.
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Art by BEE LB.
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Happy snow moon, everyone! Boy, is that snow bright . . . and deep . . . and cold. In one more moon will be #64, the worm moon issue, and we're still accepting work for #65 under the blue moon.
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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February 1, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Happy snow moon, everyone! Boy, is that snow bright . . . and deep . . . and cold. In one more moon will be #64, the worm moon issue, and we're still accepting work for #65 under the blue moon.
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It must be Dinosaur Week at Gone Lawn, so many dinosaur pieces! We like dinosaurs.
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
It must be Dinosaur Week at Gone Lawn, so many dinosaur pieces! We like dinosaurs.
Hey! Hey there! We're always looking for cover art, you know! Send us some!
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Hey! Hey there! We're always looking for cover art, you know! Send us some!
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Apologies for the handful declined before remembering it's an effective holiday, today.
Hope everyone's doing okay in the storm. :(
Hope everyone's doing okay in the storm. :(
January 25, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Apologies for the handful declined before remembering it's an effective holiday, today.
Hope everyone's doing okay in the storm. :(
Hope everyone's doing okay in the storm. :(
We're reopening submissions at Gone Lawn. Same old thing, you know what we like & you've got it.
& as always (not to be judged!), please consider a donation to keep a struggling mag afloat, if you can. Bad times, bad times.
And come the next full moon, dance under it!
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& as always (not to be judged!), please consider a donation to keep a struggling mag afloat, if you can. Bad times, bad times.
And come the next full moon, dance under it!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
January 20, 2026 at 12:06 PM
We're reopening submissions at Gone Lawn. Same old thing, you know what we like & you've got it.
& as always (not to be judged!), please consider a donation to keep a struggling mag afloat, if you can. Bad times, bad times.
And come the next full moon, dance under it!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
& as always (not to be judged!), please consider a donation to keep a struggling mag afloat, if you can. Bad times, bad times.
And come the next full moon, dance under it!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Here it's snowing, tonight it will be dark for all. But guess what will be bright? Gone Lawn 63 will be! This is the micro-excerpt issue, featuring thirteen brilliant authors. Enjoy!
Art by BEE LB.
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Art by BEE LB.
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
January 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Here it's snowing, tonight it will be dark for all. But guess what will be bright? Gone Lawn 63 will be! This is the micro-excerpt issue, featuring thirteen brilliant authors. Enjoy!
Art by BEE LB.
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Art by BEE LB.
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
Congrats to Liam Strong for winning in the Monarch awards for "the year of lost limbs,"
also Robert McDonald for inclusion in Best Microfiction for "Jane Goodall of the Mantid Kingdom!"
also Robert McDonald for inclusion in Best Microfiction for "Jane Goodall of the Mantid Kingdom!"
January 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Congrats to Liam Strong for winning in the Monarch awards for "the year of lost limbs,"
also Robert McDonald for inclusion in Best Microfiction for "Jane Goodall of the Mantid Kingdom!"
also Robert McDonald for inclusion in Best Microfiction for "Jane Goodall of the Mantid Kingdom!"
The micro-excerpt issue, #63, is closed to submissions. Thanks to all who submitted! This one is scheduled for January 18.
If we haven't gotten back to you about your submission, yet, we will soon.
Always open to submissions for cover art and other media, by the way!
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If we haven't gotten back to you about your submission, yet, we will soon.
Always open to submissions for cover art and other media, by the way!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
The micro-excerpt issue, #63, is closed to submissions. Thanks to all who submitted! This one is scheduled for January 18.
If we haven't gotten back to you about your submission, yet, we will soon.
Always open to submissions for cover art and other media, by the way!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
If we haven't gotten back to you about your submission, yet, we will soon.
Always open to submissions for cover art and other media, by the way!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Thanks to all who submitted for #64, the issue of the worm moon! It's now filled and we'll be closing submissions for the month of January for prose & fiction. All other categories still open for #65, the strawberry moon issue.
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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January 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Thanks to all who submitted for #64, the issue of the worm moon! It's now filled and we'll be closing submissions for the month of January for prose & fiction. All other categories still open for #65, the strawberry moon issue.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Also if you have artwork to contend, you have fewer than twenty (20) Suns to submit to us your work for consideration, otherwise . . . well . . . you'll get something and you'll like it or you won't. But if you want to like it, you know what to do!
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
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December 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Also if you have artwork to contend, you have fewer than twenty (20) Suns to submit to us your work for consideration, otherwise . . . well . . . you'll get something and you'll like it or you won't. But if you want to like it, you know what to do!
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Four days to submit your micro-excerpt (≤200 words) from your novel-in-progress or wayside-novel (or novella)!
Yes, it's difficult, yes it's on purpose, na nah!
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Yes, it's difficult, yes it's on purpose, na nah!
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
December 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Four days to submit your micro-excerpt (≤200 words) from your novel-in-progress or wayside-novel (or novella)!
Yes, it's difficult, yes it's on purpose, na nah!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Yes, it's difficult, yes it's on purpose, na nah!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
You have until January 1 to submit your novel/novella excerpts
(≤200 words) for the special micro-excerpt issue, #63! Go!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
(≤200 words) for the special micro-excerpt issue, #63! Go!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You have until January 1 to submit your novel/novella excerpts
(≤200 words) for the special micro-excerpt issue, #63! Go!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
(≤200 words) for the special micro-excerpt issue, #63! Go!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Just barely avoiding our bottom, this month.
1 . We don’t believe in Giving Tuesday.
2 . Gone Lawn will always be free to submit to.
3 . These are killing times for us in the USA.
4 . Donate only if you can afford it, though we hate asking.
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1 . We don’t believe in Giving Tuesday.
2 . Gone Lawn will always be free to submit to.
3 . These are killing times for us in the USA.
4 . Donate only if you can afford it, though we hate asking.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : About
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December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just barely avoiding our bottom, this month.
1 . We don’t believe in Giving Tuesday.
2 . Gone Lawn will always be free to submit to.
3 . These are killing times for us in the USA.
4 . Donate only if you can afford it, though we hate asking.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
1 . We don’t believe in Giving Tuesday.
2 . Gone Lawn will always be free to submit to.
3 . These are killing times for us in the USA.
4 . Donate only if you can afford it, though we hate asking.
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Our nominations for Best Microfiction!
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Our nominations for Best Microfiction!
Did you miss it? Look! The cold moon is in your sky! Featuring new works by 20 brilliant souls, and artwork by Andrea Damic, read and read!
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December 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Did you miss it? Look! The cold moon is in your sky! Featuring new works by 20 brilliant souls, and artwork by Andrea Damic, read and read!
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
O, pale Moon, key to Sun, here you are!
Can you see? #62 is here!
New writing by 20 writers, and visual art by Andrea Damic.
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Can you see? #62 is here!
New writing by 20 writers, and visual art by Andrea Damic.
gonelawn.net
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
O, pale Moon, key to Sun, here you are!
Can you see? #62 is here!
New writing by 20 writers, and visual art by Andrea Damic.
gonelawn.net
Can you see? #62 is here!
New writing by 20 writers, and visual art by Andrea Damic.
gonelawn.net
If we had a million dollars, we swear, it would be gone in less than a week, on its way to artists. But we wouldn't be like those stupid 80s Hollywoods turning romance out of being poor, we'd find a way to stay comfortable, in our own way.
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If we had a million dollars, we swear, it would be gone in less than a week, on its way to artists. But we wouldn't be like those stupid 80s Hollywoods turning romance out of being poor, we'd find a way to stay comfortable, in our own way.
Word development:
Re-collect
Re-member
Mis-take
Re-volve
De-volve
Re-collect
Re-member
Mis-take
Re-volve
De-volve
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Word development:
Re-collect
Re-member
Mis-take
Re-volve
De-volve
Re-collect
Re-member
Mis-take
Re-volve
De-volve
Kristin Hersh
Helium (before their first record)
Jessica Bailiff
Stereolab
Blonde Redhead
Helium (before their first record)
Jessica Bailiff
Stereolab
Blonde Redhead
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Sinéad O’ Connor
Fugazi
King Kurt
Henry Rollins
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Sinéad O’ Connor
Fugazi
King Kurt
Henry Rollins
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
The Replacements
Liz Phair
Bob Dylan
Fishbone
PJ Harvey
The Replacements
Liz Phair
Bob Dylan
Fishbone
PJ Harvey
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Kristin Hersh
Helium (before their first record)
Jessica Bailiff
Stereolab
Blonde Redhead
Helium (before their first record)
Jessica Bailiff
Stereolab
Blonde Redhead
And also . . . !
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
And also . . . !
Our nominations for Best Small Fictions, just logged:
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Our nominations for Best Small Fictions, just logged:
Nominations are difficult this time around. So many good pieces! You know who you are. You're ensorcelling us.
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Nominations are difficult this time around. So many good pieces! You know who you are. You're ensorcelling us.
In uplifting news, we've got ten (X) pieces lined up so far for the micro-excerpt issue, #63, scheduled for January 18. Keep them coming! This will be a sneaky issue, sliding between normal issues, because it is, well, strange. Be strange with us!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In uplifting news, we've got ten (X) pieces lined up so far for the micro-excerpt issue, #63, scheduled for January 18. Keep them coming! This will be a sneaky issue, sliding between normal issues, because it is, well, strange. Be strange with us!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...