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Announcing Our Pushcart Prize Nominations
Ope here, Get in here! Come on in, you’ll catch a cold! Close the door behind you. Have a sit! Take a seat. Gosh, it’s been a while, huh? We have a lot of catchin’ up to do, you and me. A lot’s been happenin’ at Skipjack camp. Have you seen Issue 1? Darn purdy,…
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The Pouting Trout Life Jacket
Good morning and good day, you pretty, shining fishes and creatures. Behold: the sun rises with healing in its wings. Breathe deep and ascend! Meet these promises of chance—yours, now. Do you see? Horace Formerly the Tortoise asks: Greetings, Pouting Trout. Do you have time for a fish story? Most fishes don’t believe me when…
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Ope Here: A Call for Submissions!
Ope Here, Much as we’ll miss summer and the flood of excellent submissions we keep receivin’, here at the Skipjack camp, we’re now closed to submissions for Issue I. We’re movin’ on! Change is in the air! We’re excited for fall. The dog days of summer are dwindling down to a soft whine and autumn…
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Ope Here: The Dead Herring Prize
Ope here, Holy mackerel, it’s July! I just don’t believe it. Where does the time go? Makes me wonder. You know, I spend a lot of my time wonderin’. And, you know what else? It seems like, the more I wonder, the less I know. Ain’t that funny? Not ha-ha funny, you know,…
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Five Midwest Journals To Submit Your Writing
Storm Cellar: A literary journal of safety and danger Oof! Love, love, LOVE me some Storm Cellar. In the Midwest, they have these twisters, you see–land hurricanes. Zero water. Zip. But they can be just as deadly. Midwesterners dig hobbit holes in the ground which they then crawl into when the weather threatens to whisk…
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Ope!
Ope here, Excuse me. Pardon. You got a second? You know what I’ve been thinkin’ a lot about lately? Lately, I’ve been thinkin’ a lot about internal dialogue. I’ve been asking myself, Hey, Ope, what in the heck is going on inside people’s heads? Maybe I’m crazy, but all day long I look around and…
the water and the gills 