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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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- Mar 29
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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- Mar 15
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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- Mar 1
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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- Oct 3, 2022
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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- Feb 11, 2022
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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- Jan 27, 2022
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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- Dec 3, 2021
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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- Oct 28, 2021
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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- Oct 27, 2021
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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- Sep 10, 2021
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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- Sep 2, 2021
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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- Jul 14, 2021
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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- Jun 15, 2021
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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- Jun 7, 2021
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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- May 24, 2021
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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- May 17, 2021
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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- Apr 19, 2021
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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- Apr 14, 2021
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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- Jan 21, 2021
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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- Jan 7, 2021
Best Small Fictions Nominations for 2021
Good luck to the five writers we nominated to the Sonder Press' Best Small Fictions 2021 Anthology. The anthology was founded by Tara L....
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- Jan 7, 2021
Laurette Folk's Novel Featured on NewPages
NewPages, a popular resource for writers, featured 805 contributor Laurette Folk's second novel on their book review site. Folk's book,...
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- Dec 31, 2020
Attention LGBTQ+ writers and artists!
Submit Your Work To celebrate Pride Month in June 2021, 805 Lit + Art will publish a special issue of writing and art by LGBTQ+ creators....
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- Nov 30, 2020
Noms for the Pushcart Prize 2020
We are excited to send out our nominations for the Pushcart Prize Anthology. The Pushcart Prize has been celebrating small publishers...
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- Nov 24, 2020
Noms for Best Microfiction for 2020
We nominated six stories for Best Microfiction ,an anthology that celebrates short stories up to 400 words. Good luck to our writers!...
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- Nov 16, 2020
Noms to the PEN/Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
Check out our nominations for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. This award celebrates writers' debut fiction...
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- Oct 27, 2020
Watch Our Virtual Reading to Celebrate Black Women Writers
Fourteen authors from our 19th Amendment Centennial Issue to celebrate Black women writers read their work during our virtual reading on...
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- Sep 28, 2020
Best of the Net Nominations!
The Best of the Net Anthology by Sundress Publications is the only literary anthology to honor stories, essays, and poems originally...
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- May 8, 2020
805 Poet Laurette Folk Publishes Second Novel
Laurette Folk's second novel, The End of Aphrodite, was published by Bordighera Press in April 2020. This beautifully written novel...
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- Mar 17, 2020
Teen Poetry Contest!
Calling all teen poets in Manatee County! Submissions are open for Braden River Library's Teen Poetry Contest. Submit up to two original...
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- Mar 16, 2020
Call for Subs from Black Women Artists and Writers
To honor the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, 805 Lit + Art will publish a special issue featuring art, poetry,...
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- Jun 13, 2017
805 featured in Authors Publish
805 Lit + Art was featured in the Authors Publish article as one of "20 Literary Journals for New Writers" written by S. Kalekar. Read...
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