Scribes*MICRO*Fiction

* * *   Managing Editor: Edward Ahern   * * *
*  Associate Editor: Alison McBain   *
*   Submissions Editor: Sarah Anderson   *   Submissions Editor: P.C. Keeler   *
*   Submissions Editor: P.M. Ray   *   Submissions Editor: Ira Rosofsky   *
*   Submissions Editor: Felicia Strangeways   *
*  Featured Contributor: Matthew P.S. Salinas  *

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New Issue Published!
Check out Issue # 24 *HERE*

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Issue 13

January 15, 2022

​Featuring the short scribblings of:
* John Grey * Bethany Jarmul * Mary Keating *
​* Leslie Hopper Keeler * Melissa Marie Keeping *
* Alastair Millar * Marlou Newkirk * B.G. Smith *
​* Phillip Temples * Sally Wagner * Stuart Watson *
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Issue # 14

February 15, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Jason P. Burnham * Gregg Chamberlain *
* Gabi Coatsworth * ​Dr. Eugene Garone *
* David Henson * Doug Jacquier * Bethany Jarmul *
* Shelly Jones * Melanie Maggard ​* Mark J. Mitchell *
​* Matthew P.S. Salinas * Karen Southall Watts *

Issue # 15

March 15, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Guy Belleranti * Michael Brodin * RC deWinter *
​* Halimah S. Dilazak * Clara Frank *
* Peggy Gerber * Clive Aaron Gill *
* Lee Hammerschmidt ​* Mary Keating * Julia LaFond *
* Terri Mullholland * Matthew P.S. Salinas *
​* Karen Southall Watts * Marla Sterling *

Issue # 16

April 15, 2022

​Featuring the short scribblings of:
* K.D. Barakat * Jason P. Burnham * RC deWinter *
​* Eugene Garone * Gene Goldfarb * John Grey *
* David Henson * Victoria Hochman *
​* Melissa Marie Keeping * Grove Koger *
​* Denny E. Marshall * Raymie Martin * Robert Runté *
​* Matthew P.S. Salinas * Nelly Shulman *

Issue # 17

May 15, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Amita Basu * Jason P. Burnham * Gene Goldfarb *
​* Lee Hammerschmidt * Gabriella Herkert *
* Mary Keating * Melissa Marie Keeping *
* Elizabeth Leyland * Alastair Millar *
* Maria Nestorides * Marisca Pichette *
* Robert Runté * Matthew P.S. Salinas *

Issue # 18

June 15, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Austin Alexis * Jason P. Burnham * David Henson *
​* Victoria Hochman * rani Jayakumar * Mary Keating *
* Jaden Pierce * Joyce Rachelle * Susmita Ramani *
​* Robert Runté * Matthew P.S. Salinas * Wayne Scheer *
​* Shoshauna Shy * Karen Southall Watts *

Issue # 19

July 17, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Jim Anderson * Renny Barrett * Amy Bleu *
​* Jason P. Burnham * RC deWinter * Joseph Dunnigan*
* Mel Fawcett * Hazel J. Hall * Lee Hammerschmidt *
​* Joyce Jacobo * Coco Jane * Mary Keating *
* Nicola Russell Johnson * Matthew P.S. Salinas *
* Michael Stroh * Susan Taitel * Edward Voeller *
​* Karen Southall Watts * Donna Williams *

Issue # 20

August 17, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Jim Anderson * Renny Barrett * Jason P. Burnham *
​* Samantha Carr * Joseph Dunnigan * Darlene Eliot *
* Priscilla Goins * John Grey * Karin Hedetniemi *
​* David Henson * Joyce Jacobo * Chiyeung Lau *
​* Matthew P.S. Salinas * John Sheirer * Cheryl Snell *
​* Phillip Temples * Hannah Trico * K. J. Watson *

Issue # 21

September 15, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Victoria Brun * Jason P. Burnham * Samantha Carr *
​* LL Garland * Bethany Jarmul * Anushka Kulkarni *
* Yvonne Lang * Monica McHenney * Alastair Millar *
​* Mark J. Mitchell * Marisca Pichette * Robert Runté *
* Matthew P.S. Salinas * Kanishk Tantia *

Issue # 22

October 16, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Brett Abrahamsen * Scott Bogart * Lexi Butler *
​* O. S. Curran * RC deWinter * LL Garland *
* David Henson * Anushka Kulkarni *
​*  Emily Macdonald * Mary Anne Mc Enery *
* Ken Poyner * Don J. Rath * Matthew P.S. Salinas *
​* Cailey Tarriane * Cate Vance * John Villan *

Issue # 23

November 15, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* William Baker * Amita Basu * Gary Bloom *
* Scott Bogart * Jason P. Burnham * Maryangel Chapman *
* Tony Covatta * Shade Day-Thorne * H. A. Eugene *
* Nicole Hart * Frederick Charles Melancon *
​* Lisa Molina * M. Nicole * Matthew P.S. Salinas *
* Matt Weatherbee * Rosemary Williams *

Issue # 24

December 15, 2022

Featuring the short scribblings of:
* Amita Basu * Gary Bloom * Scott Bogart *
​* Sasha Brown * Tim Dadswell * Janel Gradowski *
* John Grey * A.J. Hanson * Kelly A. Harmon *
* David Henson ​* Mary Keating * Mary Anne Mc Enery *
* Michele Rule * Robert Runté ​*
​* Matthew P.S. Salinas * J. J. Steinfeld *
​* Larissa Thomson * Molly Weisgrau *

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Congratulations to our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees!
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"The Old Woman in Charge of Creating Stars" by David Henson
"Ordinals" by Marla Sterling
"Visitation" by Karen Southall Watts
"Insidious" by Mary Keating
"First Coffee of the Morning" by John Grey
"Stolen Encounter" by Ken Poyner

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Looking for older issues?
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Issues 1-12 (2021)

Prologue Issue (2020)

​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 Scribes*MICRO*Fiction. 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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