@ShortReadsOrg

Flash nonfiction, emailed weekly.

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Feat. two writers living in WV! If you're in or around PITTSBURGH this weekend, we're doing a double celebration! 3 year anniversary of @ShortReadsOrg & book launch of Bigger by Ren Cedar Fuller! 7pm Sat March 28! Details: whitewhalebookstore.com/even…

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Join us at #AWP26 for our first-ever offsite reading! Thursday, March 5, 7-9 p.m. at Luckie's Liquors in Power Plant Live. Co-hosting with Beautiful Things, @ShortReadsOrg, & @SweetLiterary.
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Duotrope@DuotropeJan 21
Short Reads @ShortReadsOrg (Nonfiction; pays) opened to nonfiction submissions. duotrope.com/magazine/short-… #amwriting
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I love this flash essay by Beverley Stevens (@beverleystevens) via @ShortReadsOrg. short-reads.org/out-the-fron…

Out the Front Door

by Beverley Stevens | Making a fuss.

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I love this flash essay by Dinty W. Moore (@brevitymag) via @ShortReadsOrg. short-reads.org/there-was-a-…

There Was a Time in My Life When I Knew

by Dinty W. Moore | The soundscape of a childhood.

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Another @ShortReadsOrg gem this week! Good morning to Ollie and Ollie only. short-reads.org/neighborhood…

Neighborhood of the Air

by Lucinda Guard Crofton | Around here, close is a relative term.

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Today’s Short Read landed just the way we like it: with a beautiful punch in the gut. Read “What Are You?” by Sammi LaBue (@latenitepoetry) via @ShortReadsOrg at short-reads.org/what-are-you…

What Are You?

by Sammi LaBue | Eight and three-quarters.

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Who knew an essay about Flamin' Hot Cheetos could be such a heartwarming delight! @ShortReadsOrg short-reads.org/hot-chips/

Hot Chips

by Michael Copperman | Land of the Hot Cheeto, Home of the Brave.

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CLMP@CLMPorg19 Jun 2025
Short Reads (@ShortReadsOrg) is a finalist for the Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut! Celebrate with us on June 26: clmp.org/event/2025-firecrac…

2025 Firecracker Awards Ceremony - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

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"I can’t tell you why my brother and I no longer talk." Great flash essay by Darien Hsu Gee (@dariengee) via @ShortReadsOrg. (Loved seeing Darien Hsu Gee in an AWP panel recently.) short-reads.org/artifact/

Artifact

by Darien Hsu Gee | Faults and fractures.

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@ShortReadsOrg has been kind enough to drag me back out into the light. Thanks for giving this little birthday remembrance some love. short-reads.org/celebration-…

Celebration #50: August 2010

by Barry Maxwell | A birthday toast.

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for now, she is Margot until she presents her passport at the border, when she will become someone else, though only for a moment, because she has been, always will be, Margot powerful essay about hope by @JeanetteMroz @ShortReadsOrg short-reads.org/literally-an…

Literally Any

by Jeanette Mrozinski | In search of hope.

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Mia Herman@MiaMHerman11 Apr 2025
I've returned to this @ShortReadsOrg piece by Brenda Miller for three Passovers now, making it a yearly tradition of sorts. "Elijah" gives me a bit of everything--grief, faith, hope, and inspiration--and I am so grateful for it. 🙏💙 short-reads.org/elijah/

Elijah

by Brenda Miller | At Passover, opening the door to possibility.

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I love this flash essay by Casey Mulligan Walsh (@CMulliganWalsh) via @ShortReadsOrg (& originally published in @splitlipthemag). short-reads.org/still/

Still

by Casey Mulligan Walsh | Knowing yet not knowing.

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I had no idea when I wrote this piece, "Still," about the death of my beautiful son that it would live forever (or what seems like it). So now Eric and his big energy, his light, live on too. 🩷 Thanks so much to Short Reads for giving it another round. short-reads.org/tag/casey-mu…
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#FlashFriday Today we recommend, “Dig” by Lori McDole found on @ShortReadsOrg! The captivating imagery, bits of alliteration and urgency in this piece completely suck you into the narrator’s world. Definitely give it a read!! short-reads.org/dig/

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by Lorri McDole | A spy in the house of God.

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This little flash ran in @ShortReadsOrg this year and is my favorite thing I’ve ever written: short-reads.org/haunted/

Haunted

by Steph Liberatore | How soon is too soon to panic?

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Great flash essay by Montserrat Andrée Carty (@montse82) via @ShortReadsOrg. short-reads.org/would-have-b…

Would Have Been

by Montserrat Andrée Carty | The road not taken.

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The wonderful folks at @ShortReadsOrg were generous enough to share my flash essay “Faster,” originally published in Foglifter Journal! short-reads.org/faster/

Faster

by Jackie Domenus | Love at 35 mph.

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This story hits like liquor, stays with you
Short Reads@ShortReadsOrg5 Feb 2025
“Where you from, young man?” he asked, wrapping his arm around my neck to pull me closer. ... Today's Short Read, by Robert Yune (@robertyune): a bar story. short-reads.org/the-thirty-e…

The Thirty-Eighth Parallel

by Robert Yune | Replaying history.

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