Announcing our Best of the Net nominations!

For work published from July 2023 through June 2024:

"Foothills to Whitney"

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Kathleen Frank

"Just Missed Ya"
Carla Burns

"I Never Die"
Séamus Scanlon

"Bracken"
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"A Cellist for Mariupol"
F. Kevin Murphy

"There Will Be a Wedding"
Jeanette Steinman Shelburne

"A Studio Apartment in Munhak-dong"

Jamella Chesney

"The Hammer"
Gilbert Arzola

"this again"

Caroline Reigel

Congratulations and best wishes to our nominees!

Our 15th annual Poetry Open is open for entries! The winner receives $1,000 plus online publication. Entry: $10 for three poems. Deadline: January 2, 2025. Any style, subject or length. Read the 2014 winner "When Do I Pray?" by Susan Miller.

General submissions are open year round. We welcome your most creative work, and do not charge a fee for general submissions.

As of this writing the official death toll from Hurricane Helene is over 200, with hundreds more still missing. Entire towns in the southeastern United States have been wiped out, especially in North Carolina. If you are interested in helping victims of the storm, here is an excellent link with numerous resources.

Peace!

David Bright, Editor