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
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.
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.
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.
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 💥
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.
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!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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 🍸🚀
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.
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
👏
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) :))
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.
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 :))) 🍸🚀
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 )
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. 🌟🌟🌟
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: )
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. 🌟🌟🌟
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 🌟
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.
News! "Our Vices," by Dominica Phetteplace, has been selected for inclusion in the 2022 volume of the Pushcart Prize anthology. Huge congrats,
@fetaplace
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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)
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
new new: story by Kathy Fish--AND--postcard--AND--2 1/2 Q's Interview with Kathy by
@sierraoliviayye
(thanks so much
@kathyfish
for helping us celebrate our 10th bday year!):
Down to maybe a dozen stories in our inbox. Which is to say that we've sent out a lot of responses lately. Most of those have been no's, but that doesn't characterize the reading experience. (thread)