We want to celebrate the 39 stories on our Anthology Four shortlist! We loved reading these stories, and we can't wait to see which ones Judge Morgan Talty chooses! tell me how it works Protocol for What to Do After Hearing Another Rape Story in Exam Room Five...
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Fractured Lit Elsewhere Prize Winners & Shortlisted Writers
And the winners are... Sideways by Cassandra Parkin Canarsie Zuhitsu by Geri Modell Every Thought and Prayer by Stephen Haines Thank you to all of our writers on the shortlist! We know so many of these stories will find the right home soon! Siempres & Wedding Cake...
Fractured Lit Anthology Volume 4 Longlist
We want to celebrate the 52 stories on our Anthology Four longlist! An eclectic group of fantastic flash fiction that we read with excitement! Our shortlisted titles will be announced early next week! tell me how it works Protocol for What to Do After Hearing Another...
Fractured Lit Elsewhere Prize Shortlist
We're sending these 25 stories off to judge Rion Amilcar Scott! We're excited to find out what stories he chooses for the winners! Siempres & Wedding Cake The right to bear arms Bethany Keratin High Love Love Salsa Camping with Jeff In the Next Life, Spring Comes...
Fractured Lit Elsewhere Prize Longlist
Once again, we had trouble deciding which stories should make the longlist, so here are 51 stories in contention! We'll be back shortly with the shortlist! Siempres & Wedding Cake The right to bear arms Mud Angels Bethany Keratin High Peasant Legs The Eulogy You...
Fractured Lit Flash Fiction OPEN Grand prize Winner and Finalists
We'll be publishing 16 total stories from this contest and we're so excited about Judge Sara Lippmann's choices! Thank you all for trusting us with your writing! Grand Prize Winner: For a Short Time Only by Holly Burns 15 Finalists (in alphabetic order) are: Pairs by...
The Beauty Still Remains: An Interview with Ra’Niqua Lee
Hi Ra’Niqua. It’s a time for you. Your first collection, flash fiction, For What Ails You, comes out from ELJ Press on November 6, and not too much after, there’s the matter of the twins you are carrying coming out. Congratulations on all of it. Besides being...
Fractured Lit Flash Fiction OPEN Shortlist
25 stories made it to our shortlist for this contest! Thank you all for trusting us with your writing! Judge Sara Lippmann is now reading and will make her choices soon! Pairs possible future for our daughter #683 Rowdy Yates Slept Here Roadkill Is Now and Ever Shall...
Fractured Lit Flash Fiction OPEN Longlist
51 stories made it to your longlist for this contest! Thank you all for trusting us with your writing! We'll be narrowing down our Shortlist of 25 for Judge Sara Lippmann's review! Pairs possible future for our daughter #683 Rowdy Yates Slept Here Roadkill Is Now and...
We have to be Honest: An Interview with Kathryn Silver-Hajo
Wolfsong (ELJ Editions 2023), Kathryn Silver-Hajo’s first full-length publication, is a gorgeous hybrid collection of flash fiction and CNF stories capturing formative moments in girls’ and women’s lives. There is pain in these stories. And longing. There are bad...
Follow the Language: An Interview with John Fulton
I think I found John Fulton's short story collections somewhere in my early writing days; after reading stories by Carver, Baxter, Bausch, Jean Thompson, and Tobias Wolff. I've always found a warmth and a beating heart in John's stories, a way of seeing the world in...
“Undying Wind”: An Interview with Myna Chang
Myna Chang’s new flash collection, The Potential of Radio and Rain (out now from CutBank Books), is a revelation on the ferocity of human need set against the epic forces of nature. Her sentences snap as fast as a cyclone, whipping misfit characters across a prairie...