Amy L. Clark, Elizabeth Ellen, Kathy Fish, and Claudia Smith come together in this flash fiction book published by Rose Metal Press. It’s insanely cool. And you can win a copy of it. How? Visit SmokeLong News and read the review. The details are there. The esteemed Kathy Fish will be judging. Get those entries [...]

The lovely Gayle Brandeis has made her decision! Please give it up for Sharon Hurlbut and her entry “For Safekeeping.” You can read Sharon’s story, along with the other contestants’, in the comments section of Gayle’s profile interview. Click here. About “For Safekeeping,” Gayle said:
Every entry was so rich and evocative–I enjoyed reading all [...]

If you read Gayle Brandeis’ interview (below) and want to enter the Self Storage contest, but aren’t exactly sure what “self storage” means, this announcement is for you.
Gayle says: “Feel free to interpret the theme widely. Write about items you or someone you know has packed away. Write about losing items you once put in [...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the one sentence Hobart contest! The winner is:
Steve G
Marinda was clipping thorns from a rose bush in the back yard when the cell phone rang; when she reached into her basket of gardening tools, groping for the receiver, her hand came first to the revolver, and she [...]

Give me your best sentence.
Yep. That’s how.
The sentence can be about anything, in any style, just make it count. The person with the best sentence (judged by me, who knows little and is prone to fits of boredom and rage) will win Hobart #8 and the new Hobart Calendar.
Hobart 8 features writers from [...]