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Rob Hardy
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Former Poet Laureate of Northfield, Minnesota (2016-2023)
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CONGRATULATIONS to our latest #PushcartPrize nominees! 🎉 Since 1976, the Best of the Small Presses series is the most honored literary project in America.

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December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My story "The Presbyterian Settee" has been selected for the short list in History Through Fiction's Short Story Contest.

The ten shortlisted stories "stood out for their strong narrative voice, historical resonance, and emotional depth."

#HistoricalFiction #ShortStoryContest
October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I have a new poem in the Fall 2025 issue of Glassworks Magazine @rowanglassworks.bsky.social You can find the entire beautiful issue here: issuu.com/glassworksma... #newpoetry
Glassworks Fall 2025
Issue 31: a publication of Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing
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October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have two new poems, "Prompt" and "Easter to Pentecost," in the Fall 2025 issue of Willows Wept Review @willowswept.com You can read about the new issue and find a link here: willowswept.com/2025/09/20/i... #newpoetry
Issue Thirty-Eight: Fall 2025
Fall has begun to arrive—slowly, and felt more in cool wisps of pre-dawn air than anywhere else. Storms linger offshore and make their afternoon way here less frequently, but the afternoon sky hold…
willowswept.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My story "The Presbyterian Settee" was selected for the long list in History Through Fiction's 2025 Short Story Contest. www.historythroughfiction.com/short-story-... #historicalfiction
September 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Throwback Thursday: Here's a short essay about an elementary school poetry workshop that appeared in @riverteeth.bsky.social Beautiful Things in 2017. riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
Metaphor Lesson
By Robert Hardy There are three girls in Poetry Club. Tra’niyah, the third grader, walks around the classroom looking at everything through a magnifying glass—the leaves of the plants, the point of…
riverteethjournal.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My latest piece for Minnesota History is now available online. It's about the 1865-1866 diary of Thomas Cahill, the son of Irish immigrants from Shieldsville, Minnesota. storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-sup...

#MinnesotaHistory
August 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reposted by Rob Hardy
ICYMI today's story is Poem by Rob Hardy, a marvellous #shortstory about #censorship, suppression and #language. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/01/p...
August 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM