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An award-winning online journal of very short fiction -- under 1000 words.
Joined August 2009
I have taken.the beer.which was left.in the freezer. and which.you were probably.saving.for breakfast.or lunch.knowing you. Forgive me.or actually.maybe not.the can was about.to explode.on the corn.and the peas.as anyone.might have foreseen.who wasn't.a fucking moron.
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Asked kid where she went, and she said, We drove around the neighborhood playing indie music with the windows down so that everyone would know we’re the main characters.
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We went to a Halloween Party as Narrative Magazine. This involved dressing in expensive but dull fashion, and simultaneously ignoring everyone and directing them to stick twenties down our pants.
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Confession: I don’t really relate to the ‘writing-is-hell’ perspective. Writing is hard. But it’s also super fun. For me the only bad part is when you let yourself get pulled out by the question of whether other people will value what you’re doing.
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Hey all, submissions open at midnight tonite-- first time in '25. We'll stay open for a week or until we meet our sub limit. 🙂.
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Hey all: for the first time since November, we're open for subs :)))))).
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Our morning read: the Wigleaf Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions 2019 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction, and the 2021 Mythic Picnic Postcard Prize.
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Do we, for the 3rd time in 4 years, have amazing Pushcart news? YESSSSSSSS. Huge congrats, @writesfromla; can't wait to read you in Pushcart Prize Volume XLIX 💥.
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Hey all: Top 50 tomorrow! Want to thank and recognize, in advance, the team that has made it possible: @marcellepdx (in her last go round!), @laughingyeti , Michelle Dove, @KaraVernor @sennahaha @poetryduh @sslonewriter @monetwithlove @AEWeisgerber @pike_n_ike + @MaryUMiller! 👏.
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Can you tell yourself happy birthday? Why not. Happy 12th bday Wigleaf 🎈.
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Tonight at midnight--FOR THE LAST TIME DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION--we open for submissions 🙌🍾🌟
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Fond as I am of the Little Free Library, I wonder if the idea isn’t really, Let’s cook Dan Brown in there all summer long and see if something better comes out.
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Guess what's coming in a little bit? Wigleaf Top 50 2021. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
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Had to use the word ‘pedagogy’ today. If you’re unfamiliar with that word, it means goodbye summer.
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Thrilled to announce! The winner of the 2022 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction is Karin Lin-Greenberg, for her story, "Autobiography." ($150.00 ➡️ @klingreenberg) The winner of the 2022 @MythicPicnic Postcard Prize is Stephanie Austin. ($50.00 ➡️ @lucysky) Huge congrats!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟.
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TWO winners of the 2020 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction. Are you ready? They are. 🥁🥁🥁. Kyra Kondis, for "When You Become a Ghost," and Zac Smith, for "No Future." HUGE CONGRATS, @kyra_nicole_k and @ZacTheLinguist :))) $$ forthcoming 🍸🚀.
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Please be assured that we read your story carefully, that we in fact exhausted the poor thing with our scrutiny.
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We're open for subs this week (for the last time until late summer!):
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As the Wigleaf Top 50 team finalizes the 2025 Longlist, we can tell you that this has been @laughingyeti 's final year as Series Editor. Thank you, Shome—and BIG welcome to our next Series Editor, Sudha Balagopal @authorsudha 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟.
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My street at dawn. Over a foot of snow here and still coming. East coast, this is coming your way. I’m confident you’ll make a lot more noise about it.
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new for your reading pleasure: The Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2024, selected by @MauriceRuffin:
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The Wigleaf Top 50 team has been working hard to get this year's Longlist finalized. And they've just finished! Recognizing each of them here for their awesomeness. Series Editor (in her final year: we'll miss her!!): Marcelle Heath @marcellepdx 👏.
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new year, new masthead: say hello to your Wigleaf Top 50 2024 team (now hard at work on the longlist!): @laughingyeti.
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Hey all: subs open at midnight tonight and remain open until the month ends or we hit our Submittable limit. We return in Sept. with new stories. So much looking forward to that—and to our 3rd year of @MythicPicnic prizes (monthly + grand) :)).
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Hugest thanks to all of these writers--and all of our readers too! Happy new year, all.
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new new: "How Did You Attempt to Remove the Thorn/splinter from Your Body?" plus postcard, by Shiksha Dheda: @ShikshaWrites.
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Returning with new stories this coming Tuesday! In the meantime, we welcome to the masthead, as a team, the people who are working on the The Wigleaf Top 50 2025: @laughingyeti @authorsudha @Ruth_Joffre @AliceMaglio @colleenrothman . .
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Just updated our masthead! Welcoming to the Top 50 team: new Associate Ed., @ChiewElaine , and new Readers: @authorsudha @sydney_s_kim @AliceMaglio @thedwmckinney @colleenrothman and Megan Potter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
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Our most recent two stories are about dogs. Should we become an all-dog publication?.
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Hearts and stars for our new group of Pushcart nominees ♥️♥️♥️🌟🌟🌟 @lucysky @ruth8ken @rebeccaibernard @kathyfish @lizzie_ml_ @g_liew
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Here's my favorite recent cover letter, in its entirety: "I wrote this brief story after making cabbage soup.".
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Meet your 2019 Finalists for the Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction! (Winning story will be revealed live on Twitter at 3:00 PM Central time tomorrow.) @MythicPicnic @thelegitKAR @LoriSambolBrody @ritaciresi @LeonoraDesar @toddedillard @kathyfish @CndyHouse @genekwak3 @kimmagowan.
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There's so little good news but here's some: 13 days til our new season starts (and subs open again next Tuesday).
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Open for subs for the. (checks calendar). last time in the current decade 👀.
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We're so much looking forward to our September restart! Here are just some of the brilliant writers we've got in the queue: @_alisaus @LutiviniM @maryfjjones @amy_stuber_ @davidkgibson @ingram_wallace @JiksunCheung @_joeaguilar @RobertSwartwood @katjolewis @erinlyndal @WKoewing.
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We have SO MUCH good stuff coming up this season. Anybody think it should start a couple days early? Today? It could happen, with a little encouragement.
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Okay, all: this year there are TWO winners of the Mythic Picnic Postcard Prize (both receiving full prize $). They are. 🥁🥁🥁. Ian Anderson and JJ Peña!!! Big congrats to them :))) 🍸🚀.
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When I'm feeling low, I send a story to Wigleaf and then go to the inbox and accept it. Just for fun.
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Quick PSA: We’re going to be opening for November submissions late, on Sunday, and staying open a couple of days into December to make up for it. (Safe travels to everyone traveling <3 ).
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new new: "My Life Is Not a Horror Movie Starring Lupita Nyong'o," by Elisabeth Ingram Wallace: @ingram_wallace.
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Here are the November @MythicPicnic picks. Congrats .@pdforan, whose story "I Sang the Telephone Book” is a finalist for the 2021 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction, and .@frauleinlayla, who is a postcard finalist. 🌟🌟🌟.
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Tomorrow at 2pm CST, we announce the winners of the 2022 @MythicPicnic Prize in Fiction, and Postcard Prize. Some last applause for our finalists! (read/reread them on our site: )
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Here are the April @MythicPicnic picks. Congrats .@fabulistpappas, whose story "How to Cure Loneliness" is a finalist for the 2022 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction, and @kathyfish, who is a postcard finalist. 🌟🌟🌟.
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new new: "A Person's Essence Feels the Smallest," by Jennifer Wortman:
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new new: First of season! "What Were You Even Looking At, Robert?" by Steve Edwards (@The_Big_Quiet). Plus postcard.
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Readers! Contributors! Friends! Mark your calendars and join @hexliterary and us for an epic night at AWP K.C. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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I really love this one really weird story of mine and it finally got loved back by a mag so that is my news today yay.
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Ok here's our full list of this year's Mythic Picnic fiction finalists. Go read these stories! Join us in saluting these writers and thanking @MythicPicnic for backing one of the only prize purses anywhere with no submission or entry fees 🌟
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And then all the mags closed down and became writing workshops and there were writing workshops for everyone who had PayPal and there was happiness in the land.
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new new: The Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2023 (Guest Editor: Venita Blackburn):
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News! "Our Vices," by Dominica Phetteplace, has been selected for inclusion in the 2022 volume of the Pushcart Prize anthology. Huge congrats, @fetaplace 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟.
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How good was our February? Apparently good enough to produce FIVE Finalists for the 2019 Mythic Picnic Prize in Fiction! Congrats Lori Sambol Brody, Todd Dillard, Jeremiah Moriarty, Amy Silverberg, and Amy Stuber ($50➡️each)
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Current read: the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2020 (ok, reread)
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See 'ABOUT' on our main page for: news! Wigleaf! @MythicPicnic ! $500.00 story prize with no sub fee!
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Summer reads: the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2022 (Selecting Editor, @kathyfish) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟:
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new new: "Friday Night," by Gwen E. Kirby (we'd been hoping she'd send something our way sometime; read this and YOU WILL SEE WHY):
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NPR: We went out and found a complete fucking ignoramus, and here’s what they said. Me: Thanks?.
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new slogan: Wigleaf! Good mag! No intention of shutting down and monetizing!.
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So many things suck on the internet but very short fiction is not one.
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PSA: subs open in a few days, and by the end of the month we should be back with new stories.
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“Wait let me put it in Garamond so you’ll like it.” Daughter before showing me her creative writing assignment.
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We have our first ever sweep of the Mythic Picnic awards. Steve Edwards has been an MP Finalist in the past. Join me in congratulating him on his first MP win(s)! @The_Big_Quiet
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Just seeing that @chloe_alberta's Wigleaf story, "Meal Support," got a Special Mention in the 2025 Pushcart Prize anthology. Congrats, Chloe! 💥.
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