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sunflowers, by McKenna Themm
I’ve learned to resonate with the small and empty space between the brush strokes that comprise the wilting leaves shadowed beneath...
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805lit
- Nov 3, 2021
- 5 min
Footnotes on the Poet, by Mary Grimm
The poet left many papers, and his cousin, who appointed himself his literary executor, separated them into plastic boxes bought at a...
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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
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Lake Leavings, by Brinson Leigh Kresge
I. A three-year-old’s preamble: Let’s talk about ants. Ants can walk. Ants don’t have feet. Ants have feet...
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805lit
- Oct 20, 2021
- 7 min
Loyalty, by Judith Weckman
Maranda is twenty-five years old, has purple hair, a nose ring, and big blue glasses. She’s a trained opera singer, having graduated from...
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 1 min
Home is Here, by Mary Luna Robledo
The magnolia raises her petals, Embraced by the Carolina sun. Skins soaks in its rays, darkens by the afternoon Like honey tempting the...
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805lit
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Swing, by Jessamyn Violet
Willow Park was empty when she arrived. The thin strip of orange sunlight was melting at the bottom of deep blue. She stepped over an...
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805lit
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
When You’re Old (IV), by Robert L. Penick
This world has outgrown us outpaced and outlasted us left us in the rear view mirror waved goodbye with a middle finger advised us our...
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805lit
- Sep 13, 2021
- 5 min
Liminal Spaces, by Gwendolin McCrea
The summer that I was seventeen, I worked for my uncle and aunt at their rustic cabin resort in northern Minnesota. They gave me my own...
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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 10, 2021
- 1 min
touch the sun, by McKenna Themm
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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805lit
- Sep 8, 2021
- 6 min
In Kitchens We Trust, by Sarah Munn
Phone calls to the kitchen during service were a nuisance, so I was gruff when I answered. I regret that now. “Kitchen. Chef.” “Raych,...
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805lit
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
All About the Kid Lit, by Lisa Cain
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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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
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Leave a Message, by Thanh Dinh
When you say it like that, you make it so believable, I say. I can still remember the scenery. The sky is blue, the sunlight passes...
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805lit
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
A Library’s Home, by McKenzie Heileman
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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805lit
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
Summer Hunt, by Edward Valladao
When we were young We treasure hunted Under plum trees For what our arms Couldn’t reach, Our joy ripening As we picked Amongst the mushy...
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805lit
- Aug 20, 2021
- 1 min
A Present Tale of Concern, Desperation, & Fear Left Unanswered, by Sean Mayfair
This piece is part of our “Tails + Tales” teen summer writing initiative inspired by the 2021 national summer reading theme chosen...
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805lit
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
Maami, by Phebe Emmanuel
This piece is part of our “Tails + Tales” teen summer writing initiative inspired by the 2021 national summer reading theme chosen...
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