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Joined December 2015
The Forge Literary Magazine retweeted
"Tori Amos and I live in a foster house off of Texas Highway 321. It’s temporary in the sense that we don’t matter." This piece is a triumph - that I wrote it, that I published it, that I survived it. Unending thanks to @forge_litmag for choosing it. Please give it a read.
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Huge congratulations to the winners of our 2024 Flash Competition! Fiction: Mother of Pearl by Dawn Miller Nonfiction: Standing in a TJ Maxx Selecting a Suitcase for my Dad's Ashes by Amy Strong Check out all of the finalists here: forgelitmag.com/2024/10/10/2…
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Congratulations to everyone on our shortlist!! Winners coming soon! (Please celebrate without naming your piece as our judging continues!)
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We are so happy to share the longlists for our flash fiction and nonfiction competitions. We are still reading/judging blind so please don't identify which flash is yours, but whooo hooo! forgelitmag.com/2024/09/24/2…
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