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short story submissions
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Writing Guidelines
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Boston Review — Contest
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In this episode, Tom Occhipinti continues to discuss how to write Historical Fiction.
AmericanWriters.com Podcast by Tom Occhipinti

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One Real Story is having our annual cover contest. The hard-copy edition of One Real Story is coming and we need a great cover to present all your hard work. No theme and the same rules for submissions apply i.e. no racism, sexism… you know when you’re wrong.
Be political, be racy… be seen!
Even if you’re [...]

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Do what I tell you to do
your face is like flour dough
your nose like a slant directionally
unknown like an adverb–
tossed into space.
Your hat is like an angel
wedding gown draped
over vodka body
like a Christ shield
protecting you in innocence.
It is here I kiss your lips as a total stranger;
bring myself closely to your eyes;
camp out on your [...]

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Gary Shteyngart reads Andrea Lee’s short story “Brothers and Sisters Around the World,” and discusses it with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.
Andrea Lee’s short story Brothers and Sisters Around the World
“Brothers and Sisters Around the World” was published in the February 7, 2000, issue of The New Yorker and is collected in the [...]

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