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Volume 9, Issue 1 is Here!
Welcome to our first issue of 2023, just in time for spring to unfurl itself in front of us, much like the gorgeous flowers on our cover...
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805lit
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Five Symbols of Spring to Enhance Your Writing + Five Litmags Open to Subs this Season
Another spring greets us this month with promises of new beginnings. With sunny days lasting longer and nature coming back to life,...
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805lit
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Epiphany Ferrell’s piece selected for Best Microfiction 2023
We’re excited to announce Epiphany Ferrell’s flash fiction “Jack and Jill's Final Adventure” will appear in Best Microfiction 2023!...
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805lit
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Best of Net Finalist Nina Tichava
805 contributor Nina Tichava’s artwork “You Don’t Even Know How Breathtaking You Are” was selected as a finalist for Best of the Net...
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805lit
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
Best of the Net Nominations in 2022
We’re excited to nominate the following works for the Best of the Net anthology from Sundress Publications. Good luck to our talented...
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805lit
- Feb 11, 2022
- 1 min
Big Changes to 805
We have big news for the future of 805 Lit + Art. After being published by Manatee Libraries (and funded by the Friends of the Central...
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805lit
- Jan 27, 2022
- 1 min
Best of the Net Finalist!
We’re thrilled to announce that Stephen Foster Smith’s creative nonfiction piece “Molasses Men Dance Wildly Under Flamingo Suns” was a...
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805lit
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
Best Small Fictions Nominations 2021
We’re delighted to announce our nominations for The Best Small Fictions with Sonder Press. This lovely anthology features short fiction...
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805lit
- Oct 28, 2021
- 1 min
Best Microfiction Nominations 2021
Literary anthology nomination season is in full swing, and we’re happy to announce our noms for Best Microfiction are: The Queen’s Eyes,...
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805lit
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
Pushcart Nominations 2021
We’re excited to announce our 2021 nominations for the Pushcart Prize! Good luck to our talented writers. Nonfiction Crossroad, by Helena...
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805lit
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
PEN/Dau Award Nominations
We’re proud to announce our nominations for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. The PEN/Dau prize is one of our...
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805lit
- Sep 2, 2021
- 1 min
Best of the Net Nominations
We’re proud to announce our nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology. Good luck to this amazing group of talented writers and...
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805lit
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Poet Ashley M. Jones Honors Teen Poetry Contest Winners
Accomplished poet Ashley M. Jones has honored our teen poetry contest winners by giving personal feedback on their poems. Jones has...
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805lit
- Jun 15, 2021
- 1 min
Congrats Helena Rho!
We just heard wonderful news about recent 805 contributor Helena Rho. Her memoir, American Seoul, is forthcoming with Little A, Amazon's...
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805lit
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Congratulations Neil Kennedy!
805 contributor Neil Kennedy’s first book of poetry, A Jigsaw Puzzle, is due out this fall with Finishing Line Press, and we couldn’t be...
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805lit
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
ESL Writers Needed for Local Anthology
We are seeking short stories and personal essays (150 to 2,000 words) from ESL writers in the Tampa Bay area. The theme is a sense of...
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805lit
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
805 Contributor Wins Literary Award
Congratulations to 805 contributor Laurette Folk for recently winning a literary award! Her novel, The End of Aphrodite (Bordighera...
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805lit
- Apr 19, 2021
- 1 min
Editors Speak: The Dos and Don'ts of Submitting to Literary Journals
Thank you to everyone who attended our "Editors Speak" event where we answered your burning questions about submitting your writing to...
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805lit
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Free, Virtual Writing Workshops!
Editor Julieanna Blackwell will present multiple writing workshop series throughout the spring and summer. All classes are free, virtual,...
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805lit
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
Vivian McInerny's Debut Children's Book Published!
We're proud to announce that 805 writer Vivian McInerny's first picture book, The Whole Hole Story, was published January 12, 2021 by an...
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