For many of us, the main reason to go to AWP’s annual conference is that it is the greatest grouping of lit mags this side of early 20th century Modernism. Not even Powell’s Books has as many lit mags in one room. [Read more]

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James Robison‘s “Mars” is technically flawless. [Read more]

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“All of these things come out of passion.” [

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Dybek

I had one of those Dr. Seuss “All About Me” books as a kid, and where it asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wrote “Writer-doctor-Olympic figure skater-mother.” Two out of four isn’t bad! [Read more]

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Writing “The Palatski Man” had a liberating effect in that rather than trying to exert control, I was able to surrender to the story. It was a border I had to cross and it was also something I had to learn to do by allowing myself to do it. To exert control had required that I copy other writers. When I was finished writing “The Palatski Man,” I realized the story had taken me to a place I could have never gotten to without writing it. That’s the first I still feel the most indebted to. [Read more]

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Sari Cunningham’s story “The Egg Whisk” is the second Fictionaut story chosen by Significant Objects to raise money for Girls Write Now. Congratulations, Sari! You can bid on the significant whisk on eBay. [Read more]

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Mad Hatter Review offers a unique blend of (mainly collaborative) art, music, text (poetry [including visual/conceptual works]), fiction, columns, creative non-fiction, drama, whatnots, wit & whimsy’s), plus films/new media/video’s and audio’s. Each text is accompanied by custom-made art and audio, either composed by a volunteer musician, or recited by its author. [

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Fictionaut Board of Advisors
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Stacey Richter

The challenge: write a story (or poem) with the words: “just kidding” in them somewhere. The deadline: April Fool’s Day. The amount of work I just did: monumental. [Read more]

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Not a joke — Christian Crumlish, the curator of Yahoo!’s pattern library and co-author of Designing Social Interfaces, has joined the illustrious Fictionaut Board of Advisors. [Read more]

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