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​*  Managing Editor: Edward Ahern  *
*  Associate Editor: Alison McBain   *
*   Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas   *
*   Poetry Editor: Mary Keating  *
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​​Submission Editors:
* Sarah Anderson * P.C. Keeler * P.M. Ray *
* Felicia Strangeways * Amita Basu * Leslie Burton-Lopez *​​
​* Vincent Convertito * Benjamin Barouch *

​​Editors Emeritus:
* Ira Rosofsky * Micah C. Brown * Scott Bogart *​ Julie Cadman *

Check out our latest issue! Click on over to Issue # 54.
​​Want to get published in ScribesMICRO? ​Check out our submission guidelines.

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Issue 54

January 31, 2025

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Robin Blasberg * DG Bracey * Michele Catalano *
* Chris Clemens * M.A. Dosser * Elliott Fielding *
* Franki Halliwell * Lee Hammerschmidt * Christy Hartman *
* Vali Hawkins-Mitchell * Beetle Holloway * Jon Krafchek *
​* Diane Lee * Sarah Nolan * J.S. O'Keefe *
* Julia Rajagopalan * Marla Sterling * Ann Stolinsky *
 * T.L. Tomljanovic * Van Wallach * Huina Zheng *

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​Check out the latest poetry collection
forthcoming from Fairfield Scribes!
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Poetry is a labor of love, and sharing poetry is a gesture of affection for its readers and listeners. The Connecticut Poetry Society’s Wilton workshop goes back at least thirty years, starting in a Borders bookshop. The bookshop threw the group out as too disruptive discussing poetry and politics, and it migrated through Barnes & Noble, Fairfield University, and for many years now, the Wilton Library. This little book, compiled from fifteen Connecticut poets, lets readers listen in on our rowdy sessions. You’ll have to imagine the banter and byplay, but the poems express their emotions pretty well.
 
There have been four moderators--Guss Stepp, Sherman Poultney, Ray Rauth, and Ed Ahern--and hundreds of members, many of whom went on to publish their own poetry books. The group meets in person at the Wilton Library from 2-4 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month. Feel free to join us.
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Available soon to preorder 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)

Issues 47-53 (2025)

​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. Our issues will feature an interview highlighting one special contributor for each month and/or an indie book review.

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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