Roanoke Review
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Home for new and established authors writing in traditional and experimental forms since 1967. Based in Salem, VA; run by Roanoke College students.
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Two recent news stories (plus revisiting a couple of these characters in my new piece in @bigscorelit.bsky.social ) have me thinking about "Goliath" from @roanokereview.bsky.social 2022:
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Goliath — Roanoke Review
K.P. Taylor It was almost midnight when the night crew shuffled in like a horde of caffeinated zombies. Some headed straight for the lockers to stow their pre-dawn lunches; others punched in at the t...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Two recent news stories (plus revisiting a couple of these characters in my new piece in @bigscorelit.bsky.social ) have me thinking about "Goliath" from @roanokereview.bsky.social 2022:
www.roanokereview.org/prose2022/kp...
www.roanokereview.org/prose2022/kp...
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“I was a fearful child and can sometimes be a fearful adult, but I’m still fearless in my writing, so I know there’s that other person inside me.”
—Judy Blume, interviewed by Lena Dunham
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—Judy Blume, interviewed by Lena Dunham
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A Conversation with Judy Blume - Believer Magazine
My mother gave me all of her childhood books: the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, the copy of Daddy’s Little Girl that, legend has it, was marked with the tears my grandmother shed while reading this somew...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“I was a fearful child and can sometimes be a fearful adult, but I’m still fearless in my writing, so I know there’s that other person inside me.”
—Judy Blume, interviewed by Lena Dunham
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—Judy Blume, interviewed by Lena Dunham
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Read new issue of Gooseberry Pie
Beth Konkoski Chad Foret @charhamrick.bsky.social Jane Yager @jennystalter.bsky.social
Elizabeth Meyer Gonzalez
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social
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Beth Konkoski Chad Foret @charhamrick.bsky.social Jane Yager @jennystalter.bsky.social
Elizabeth Meyer Gonzalez
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-35/
Issue 35 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Jeff Harvey Stories Gooseberry Pie’s nominations for Best of the Net 2026: Check out Flash Fiction Institute a new flash fiction educational and community hub offering virtual classes, craft ...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Read new issue of Gooseberry Pie
Beth Konkoski Chad Foret @charhamrick.bsky.social Jane Yager @jennystalter.bsky.social
Elizabeth Meyer Gonzalez
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-35/
Beth Konkoski Chad Foret @charhamrick.bsky.social Jane Yager @jennystalter.bsky.social
Elizabeth Meyer Gonzalez
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social @happilander.bsky.social @patiencemackarness.bsky.social
gooseberry-pie.com/issue-35/
If you’ve been thinking about sending us anything created with genAI . . . don’t. But all human submissions are welcome!
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If you’ve been thinking about sending us anything created with genAI . . . don’t. But all human submissions are welcome!
Great response so far—we’d love to see more flash (fiction and non) and prose poems, but we’ll read whatever you’ve got ready!
We are back from summer hiatus and open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, flash, poetry, and more. We are excited to read your words! www.roanokereview.org/submit
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September 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Great response so far—we’d love to see more flash (fiction and non) and prose poems, but we’ll read whatever you’ve got ready!
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Happy first of the month! OKD's free subs are back open until we reach our cap. Learn more about what we're looking for, then submit your best poetry or flash fiction: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions
September 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happy first of the month! OKD's free subs are back open until we reach our cap. Learn more about what we're looking for, then submit your best poetry or flash fiction: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions
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💚💫 Issue Eight has landed! 💫💚
This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences.
If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-...
#SFF #Horror
This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences.
If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-...
#SFF #Horror
August 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
💚💫 Issue Eight has landed! 💫💚
This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences.
If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-...
#SFF #Horror
This one includes a larger-than-usual number of ghosts and doubles, and the usual dizzying range of emotions and experiences.
If you're ready for a rollercoaster ride through our inner lives, check out the issue now: inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-eight-...
#SFF #Horror
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We've had another month of superb #shortstories. Our thanks to @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, Martha Keller, Beatriu Delaveda, J.D. Strunk, @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @lkardos.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/
September 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We've had another month of superb #shortstories. Our thanks to @rbhardy3rd.bsky.social Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, Martha Keller, Beatriu Delaveda, J.D. Strunk, @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @lkardos.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/
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We are back from summer hiatus and open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, flash, poetry, and more. We are excited to read your words! www.roanokereview.org/submit
Submit — Roanoke Review
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September 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
We are back from summer hiatus and open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, flash, poetry, and more. We are excited to read your words! www.roanokereview.org/submit
We are back from summer hiatus and open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, flash, poetry, and more. We are excited to read your words! www.roanokereview.org/submit
Submit — Roanoke Review
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September 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
We are back from summer hiatus and open for submissions of fiction, nonfiction, flash, poetry, and more. We are excited to read your words! www.roanokereview.org/submit
We wouldn’t consider this work previously published because it hasn’t been shared publicly. Workshops are great! No downside here 😀
➡️ Litmag editors, your thoughts? From time to time, I use my Substack for workshopping (paid subscribers only). The drafts posted are ONLY visible to that group. Would you consider those stories "previously published?" I'll be encouraging folks to delete their stories once the workshop concludes.
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We wouldn’t consider this work previously published because it hasn’t been shared publicly. Workshops are great! No downside here 😀
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This year’s Young Writers Issue is live! Read the winning entries of the 2025 High School Fiction and Poetry Contest: www.roanokereview.org/2025-young-w...
2025 Young Writers Issue — Roanoke Review
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May 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This year’s Young Writers Issue is live! Read the winning entries of the 2025 High School Fiction and Poetry Contest: www.roanokereview.org/2025-young-w...
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Issue 128 has popped out of the earth like a grasping zombie limb or possibly a buttercup! Share it with your most discerning chums:
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Issue 128, April 2025
Mine 17, Randy Brooks”elevator shaft darkens / going down / a joker’s light” Hugs Hunny and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Alessandra Nysether-Santos”If I was a drag queen, …
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May 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Issue 128 has popped out of the earth like a grasping zombie limb or possibly a buttercup! Share it with your most discerning chums:
www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=8984
www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=8984
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The answer is write more, unfortunately
April 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The answer is write more, unfortunately
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Happy Saturday!
April 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Happy Saturday!
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Defenestration is once again open to short story and poetry submissions. We're reading for our August 2025 issue: bit.ly/105Enuu
April 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Defenestration is once again open to short story and poetry submissions. We're reading for our August 2025 issue: bit.ly/105Enuu
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From "Something Wicked, This Way Goes" by Vaishnavi Pusapati. Check out the whole poem in the Roanoke Review website!
RR website: www.roanokereview.org/poetry2024/v...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
From "Something Wicked, This Way Goes" by Vaishnavi Pusapati. Check out the whole poem in the Roanoke Review website!
RR website: www.roanokereview.org/poetry2024/v...
RR website: www.roanokereview.org/poetry2024/v...
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Better hustle. #FlashVillain early-bird period ends in about 12 hours. #writingcontest
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a green parakeet is standing on a glass table next to a pile of books .
ALT: a green parakeet is standing on a glass table next to a pile of books .
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March 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Better hustle. #FlashVillain early-bird period ends in about 12 hours. #writingcontest
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We're going to pay $150 for prose, poems, art, and beyond, for TBQ8, which will also be in print and released in the fall. We open 4/20. Official call and guidelines coming soon! Follow us, read all of our back issues online for free, and live más!
March 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We're going to pay $150 for prose, poems, art, and beyond, for TBQ8, which will also be in print and released in the fall. We open 4/20. Official call and guidelines coming soon! Follow us, read all of our back issues online for free, and live más!
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A lesser-known power of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' is where it comes in its collection.
Spoilers, but I suspect you know how 'The Lottery' ends. It's famous for a reason.
But this is important: Jackson arranged the collection it was named after, and she chose the arrangement. 1/
Spoilers, but I suspect you know how 'The Lottery' ends. It's famous for a reason.
But this is important: Jackson arranged the collection it was named after, and she chose the arrangement. 1/
March 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A lesser-known power of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' is where it comes in its collection.
Spoilers, but I suspect you know how 'The Lottery' ends. It's famous for a reason.
But this is important: Jackson arranged the collection it was named after, and she chose the arrangement. 1/
Spoilers, but I suspect you know how 'The Lottery' ends. It's famous for a reason.
But this is important: Jackson arranged the collection it was named after, and she chose the arrangement. 1/
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It's Sunday night, so here is a Villanelle about Villanelle from Killing Eve.
It's called Villanelle Villanelle & it's featured in the latest @hogriverpress.bsky.social 🐖
It's called Villanelle Villanelle & it's featured in the latest @hogriverpress.bsky.social 🐖
March 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's Sunday night, so here is a Villanelle about Villanelle from Killing Eve.
It's called Villanelle Villanelle & it's featured in the latest @hogriverpress.bsky.social 🐖
It's called Villanelle Villanelle & it's featured in the latest @hogriverpress.bsky.social 🐖
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Issue 20 Spotlight @emcwritesthings.bsky.social 🧡
February 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Issue 20 Spotlight @emcwritesthings.bsky.social 🧡
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"Or the jealousy of hair. Shaking the last note out of the green guitar, expanding the muscles of the throat under a mirror of your ten-story window."
—Robin Arble
—Robin Arble
Two Poems by Robin Arble – beestung
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February 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Or the jealousy of hair. Shaking the last note out of the green guitar, expanding the muscles of the throat under a mirror of your ten-story window."
—Robin Arble
—Robin Arble