ScribesMICRO  

​*  Managing Editor: Edward Ahern  *
*  Associate Editor: Alison McBain   *
*   Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas   *
*   Poetry Editor: Mary Keating  *
​*   Featured Contributor: Huina Zheng   *
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​Submission Editors:
* Sarah Anderson * P.C. Keeler * P.M. Ray * Ira Rosofsky *
* Felicia Strangeways * Amita Basu * ​Julie Cadman *​​
* Scott Bogart * Leslie Burton-Lopez *

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The Scribes Prize is open for subs!
Cash prizes, awards & more.
Our regular submissions are currently closed - they will reopen October 2, 2025.

New Issue! Click on over to Issue # 47

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Issue 47

June 30, 2025

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Val Athenar * Emma Burnett * William Cass *
* Chris Clemens * Chris Cochran * Haley DiRenzo *
* Hannah Greer * William Ogden Haynes * Tammy Komoff *
* Mike Lines * Amber Mars * Kelly Matsuura *
​* Monica McHenney * Arthur Shattuck O'Keefe *
* N.N.Petersen * Bud Pharo * Alissa Sammarco *
​* Greg Schwartz * Calla Smith *
​* Laura J. Vollmer * Van Wallach *

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​Check out the latest collection
​published by Fairfield Scribes!
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Mitzy Sky's debut collection of poetry takes the reader on a journey through her life—from her childhood growing up on the island of Jamaica, her tumultuous move to the United States, and her struggles and self-reflection as an adult and parent. Tackling universal experiences such as faith and body image, mental health and motherhood, racism and love, her collection of deeply revealing and emotional rhymed and freestyle verse will touch a place in every reader's heart.
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Available now to order on Amazon!

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Looking for older issues?
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​Prologue Issue (2020)

Issues 1-12 (2021)

Issues 13-24 (2022)

Issues 25-36 (2023)

Issues 37-46 (2024)

​Want to get published in ScribesMICRO? ​Check out our submission guidelines.

​An Inspirational Note
from ​our Head Honcho​
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​Dear readers and writers,

I’m the guy who gets the final vote on what you send to ScribesMICRO. Very possibly a mistake on the part of the other editors, but here’s a thumbnail description about who’s giving your words a last read.
 
I’ve been published a lot. Not always glowingly, but a lot. Over three hundred stories, poems, essays, and six books. Counting reprints, around seven hundred publication credits.
 
My fiction writing sputtered to life when I was sixty-seven, and poetry began oozing out at seventy-one. I've been rejected far more often than I've been accepted, and I encourage you, regardless of age, to submit to us and elsewhere until people say “yes.”
 
So, when your poem or story drops into my file, there’s a reasonable basis for evaluation. But not to fear. We encourage new writers, and even if we decline a piece, we’re apt to offer suggestions. We like both dense literary items and horror, but among my many biases is that writers write for readers and not just for themselves. If I don’t understand it, many of our readers won’t either, so lead me gently through a complex poem.
 
There’s minimal money involved, but if you are published with us, you get serious credit for being succinct and interesting. Starting in February, our issues will feature an interview highlighting one special contributor for each month. Starting in August, we'll add indie book reviews.

I hope to see your stuff.

~Edward Ahern

P.S. This is twice as long as what you need to submit.

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