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Editor @fracturedlit @uncharted_mag_ Teach @DallasWriters @wordwestpress @PocketMFA Flash @MoonCityPress @monkeybicycle Editing services available!

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Tommy Dean

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New Zoom class on writing Endings! Is This How It Ends? Wednesday, May 22, 2-4 pm EST Cost: Pay what you can/want Join me for a two-hour generative writing session focused on finding the perfect ending for several flash pieces. DM or email me to sign up/for payment options!

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4 years

Acceptance from @AtticusReview ! I’ve been submitting since 2013 and this is the 32nd flash they’ve read before getting this amazing news!

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So excited to announce I’m publishing my short story/flash collection with @altcurrent thanks to @leahangstman ! I can’t wait to hold this book in my hands!

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My grandpa passed away on Tuesday...Struggling with not having one of my favorite people here

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40 years old today, and I've got some feelings about it!

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I’m up to 83 rejections this year…I suppose I should push for 100 and see what happens

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I have a 140 page story collection ready to submit and my wife just congratulated me on writing a book and I demurred, saying it’s not a book until it’s published...and honestly, I’d rather she be right, and I think we should celebrate these accomplishments, yes?

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4 years

I’m so honored to announce that I won this contest! A million thanks to @lascauxreview @stephenparrish and all the contest readers! I’m a little speechless

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The Lascaux Review

4 years

Tommy Dean @TommyDeanWriter has won the Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction.

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Every story is chasing the compressed brilliance of Tracy Chapman's Fast Car

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Hey! I’m 39 today and it’s been a wonderful year! Thank you for your support, kindness, and encouragement!

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4 years

Exciting News! I'm transitioning from section editor @CraftLiterary to the editor of Fractured Lit, a sister site dedicated to showcasing flash fiction that explores the fractures of humanity by focusing on the roots and the future of the flash form and genre.

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3 years

Covid update: my wife and kids seem to have no lasting effects and are back to school! I tested negative for the 3rd time and so I somehow missed it this time! Thank you for all of your concern and care!

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3 years

Acceptance from @hobartpulp !!!!!

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I got my first shot of the vaccine!!!!!! I found an overflow dose! I feel so much relief!

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2 years

1/6 After reading over lots of 100 word stories in the last 48 hours, here are some thoughts on how they work: 1). Your opening line has to do so much work! Character, pov, setting, conflict are integral to getting the story started in the right place!

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3 years

I'd love to edit a flash anthology based on Hopper paintings!

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Summer Evening, 1947 #edwardhopper #americanart

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5 years

So thrilling when an editor accepts a story with such fierce love! It’s such a validating moment!

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7 months

So I had a hat trick of acceptances yesterday! Big thanks to the editors from @100word_story @gonelawn and @GhostParachute for a great, shocking day!

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2 years

It's launch day for Hollows published by @altcurrent I'm so excited to share these stories with readers! The feedback so far has been amazing! Order directly: or from Amazon: Or we're going to have a large stack at @awp22

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3 years

So excited to officially bringing @uncharted_mag_ to life! Come read our thrilling stories!

Home - Uncharted

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I'm so excited to be on the longlist! Fingers crossed!

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Regal House Publishing

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We are thrilled to announce our 2023 longlisted authors for the 2023 W. S. Porter Prize for Finely Crafted Short Story Collections! Congrats to our longlisted authors and heartfelt thanks to all who contributed their manuscripts this year!

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My daughter is positive for COVID...very mild symptoms luckily, but waiting to see how it affects the rest of us...we’ve worked so hard to mitigate our risk too...

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3 years

Excited to be on the longlist for the @Wigleaf Top 50! Congrats to all of the top 50 and my fellow longlisters! Thank you, wigleaf, for celebrating flash!

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5 years

So I won this! Big thanks to @vrflash for supporting writers! And @kimmagowan and @PitheadChapel for believing in this story from the start! Such an honor!

@VestalReview

Vestal Review

5 years

The final judge Katharine Weber has chosen three winning entries for @VestalReview VERA 2019 award. Our 5th year. Thank you, @katharine_weber for judging and @MythicPicnic for co-sponsoring. And all the editors for nominating. #flashfiction

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4 years

Friends! Here's my chapbook news! I'm so excited to work with Damon and Ariana and to bring you a small but fierce book of Dystopian micro and flash fiction!

@EmergeJournal

ELJ Editions

4 years

ELJ welcomes @TommyDeanWriter to the family. His chap, Covenants, is a crisp micro-flash masterpiece. We fell in love instantly & you will too.

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Breaking news! I'll be writing a 100 word story craft guidebook for @AdHocFiction I'm so excited to do a deep dive on writing 100 word stories! Huge thanks to @judehwriter for her trust in my ability to write this book in the next year!

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Not quite end of year stats: 236 Subs 21 acceptances 8.9 % 39 pending subs 31 Personal rejections While this is the most acceptances I've had since 2006, the best part is that I think my writing has really improved!

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Super excited to have a story in @BestSmFictions this year! Big thanks to @SoFloPoJo & @francinewitte for originally publishing this story! I can’t wait to read the other stories!

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My grandpa is in hospice and he let me take some of his books to sell or give to Goodwill, and I'm so sad to think that he is at the end of his reading journey...

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Submission stats 2023: 225 total Acceptance: 21 Rejection: 141 Withdraw: 31 Pending: 32 Acceptance rate: 9.3%

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3 years

Woohoo, acceptance from @nocontactmag ! I'm thrilled to have my work published in this exciting litmag!

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I just found out I’m teaching a section of Creative Writing at the community College!!!!!! Thinking of all the ways I can sneak in my favorite flash from this 🔥 writing community!

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So excited to win @ExpoReviewLit 's micro contest! "We knew a boy who carried around a microscope, a boy who would stop in the middle of the sidewalk..." Thank you, @LMariHarris for anonymously choosing it and her kind words about it!

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by Tommy Dean 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, August 2023: “Secret” Fiction We knew a boy who carried around a microscope, a boy who would stop in the middle of the sidewalk, who would drag us into the...

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5 years

Writers who read and comment on other writers’ stories/poems/essays are the saints of our community! And surely no one can read everything, but I see the million tiny ways you validate and affirm the pursuit of us all becoming better writers!

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I'm looking for great flash that are ghost stories, fables, and fairy tales! I'm working on a list to publish over at Fractured! Link others or your own!

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2 years

I have one on the shortlist!

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National Flash Fiction Day

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2 years

National Flash Fiction Day 2022 Microfiction Competition Shortlist

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1 year

Whoa! Excited to be nominated with some of my favorite writers!!

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Ghost Parachute

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2022 Push Cart Prize Nominations: "The Storming of Rome" by @nanopausa , "Juicy Fruit" by @anjuna2000 , "Say it Clean" by @Jake_Wolff , "You Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arrive" by @kathyfish , "Eddie" by @djpoissant , "Something Fierce and Unnamed" by @TommyDeanWriter

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My flash comes out in @hobartpulp on Monday and I can't wait! It's gritty and raw and I think one of my best stories!

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3 years

Cover reveal for my @EmergeJournal chapbook! Coming November 2021! If you want a personalized signed copy let me know so I can put in my orders!

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3 years

1st acceptance for 2021 from the wonderful people @fivesouthlit Coming out in March!

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2 years

Offering a writing class soon? Drop the info below! let's start a thread of upcoming classes!

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4 years

I woke up to two acceptances! One for my first flash cnf piece picked up by the generous @StateofKate for @PitheadChapel and I'll be returning to @100word_story thanks to @lynnfmundell and @grantfaulkner Both of these I wrote after the start of the pandemic!

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6 months

Thrilled to get an acceptance from @FictiveDream They’ve published so many of my favorite writers!

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3 years

My chapbook, Covenants, comes out in November published by @EmergeJournal ! Let me know if you'd like to help me promote it through readings, reviews, interviews, blog tours, etc.!

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2 years

So excited and humbled to have my micro "Nebraska" on the longlist! Big thanks to @FRiGGmagazine and everyone who put the list together @Wigleaf @kathyfish @laughingyeti What a robust way to celebrate flash fiction!

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2 years

The @Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2022 & the Longlist are here! Congratulations! Please join us in celebrating writers, editors, journals, & very short fictions—many thanks to our Selecting Editor @kathyfish , the Top 50 Masthead, & @garson_scott : ! ❤️

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My story, "Here, was nominated by the always supportive @kimchinquee for the @PushcartPrize This is my first nomination and I'm so excited! I wasn't sure anyone would love this story when I first drafted it...

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We all live poorly here. Use mail-in rebates at the hardwood store, get drunk at Sammy’s on Friday nights, and let our childr…

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4 years

I'm on the longlist!

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2 years

Writing friends, please consider adding a website! Sometimes I need to know more about a writer and there's no information!

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2 years

Exciting acceptance from @thecitronreview

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4 years

So thrilled to be nominated and among these fantastic writers! I ❤️ Pithead so much!

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Pithead Chapel

4 years

Delighted to announce our 2021 @bestmicrofic nominations! @MaryRuth69 @TommyDeanWriter @swellspoken @DDressick @_NathanElias @writesloud

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3 years

Fun Fact: My grandfather is James dean's second cousin! I also have a little brother named James Dean

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Classic Hollywood(GP)

3 years

"Only the gentle are ever really strong." Happy Birthday to farewell young James Dean! (1931–1955)

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It’s my birthday today! So grateful for the friendship and community I’ve found here! Cheers to another year of stories and fellowship!

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3 years

I’ll be teaching a class for @gothamwriters in Jan/February! I’m thrilled to see a teaching/writing dream come true!

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3 years

Acceptance from Emerge! One of my Faith micros!

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6 months

I’m thrilled to be nominated by a favorite litmag for my favorite yearly anthology!

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Flash Frog

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6 months

We are thrilled and honored to be able to nominate these incredible stories for the 2024 @bestmicrofic anthology! @onbonbon7 , @bbl_brett , @AbbieMBarker , @TommyDeanWriter , Ryan Griffith, Aaron Sandberg

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Thrilled to have a story we published in @fracturedlit make it into the famous Pushcart Prize!

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5 years

So I think my 7 year old daughter is a writer 😍😳🔥

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1 year

SO thrilled to have two stories included in 2023 @bestmicrofic Thank you to @thecitronreview & @altcurrent for nominating! Judge Deb Olin Unferth, and @megpokrass & Gary Fincke for putting together an essential anthology!

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2 years

So unexpected! Thank you!

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3 years

Acceptance from @lostballoonmag ! Another faith Micro! Thank you to @chelsvoulgares and @maddieanthes

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Acceptance from @LaurelReview One of my favorite print magazines!

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Acceptance from @VestalReview

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2 years

Back in the game!

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2 years

I'm so excited to share the final cover for Hollows! I'm so humbled and honored by @kathyfish and @AndrewPorter01 's generous and kind words! Leah's ( @altcurrent ) cover design is just gorgeous! Preorder here:

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2 years

So humbled and honored!

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Good River Review

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2 years

Congrats to our @SundressPub Best of the Net noms! @big_bad_stories @TommyDeanWriter @jessytai , Akhim Yuseff Cabey, Naoko Fujimoto, @januaryoneil @JuliaKoets @AndrewNajberg and F. Daniel Rzicznek

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3 years

My flash collection, Hollows, is open for preordering! Shipping from @altcurrent in February 2022! Huge thanks to @leahangstman for the amazing cover design!

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3 years

Great news from @nationalflashfd ! "We’re pleased to say that we enjoyed your flash, 'A Pondering of Velocity...', and would like to publish it. It will appear on the FlashFlood journal at around 12:10 a.m. (BST) on Saturday, the 26th of June 2021"

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3 years

Hello 38!

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The first week of May is @FracturedLit ‘s 1 year anniversary! I’d love to celebrate somehow! Maybe a reading or a free generative workshop? Maybe on May 4th?

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Big exciting news! @kathyfish has invited me to co-teach a day of her Fast Flash workshops in 2020! I’m so honored to work with Kathy and you on some exciting prompts!

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3 years

My daughter is doing quite well! So thank you for all of the good wishes! I've had a horrible headache for the last 3 days, my test results come back early next week, so we'll see...All of your love and concern is such a light! Thank you, friends!

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My daughter is positive for COVID...very mild symptoms luckily, but waiting to see how it affects the rest of us...we’ve worked so hard to mitigate our risk too...

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Thrilled to get an acceptance from @trampset !!

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3 years

Acceptance from @FRiGGmagazine So excited about this one because along with @SmokeLong and @Wigleaf , it's one of the first flash magazines I found back in 2004!

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3 years

Could you all give @uncharted_mag_ a follow? This is my new project! Submissions opening soon!

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I got an acceptance today from @xraylitmag !!!! Birthday wishes do come true!

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6 years

Those #litmags holding on to my acceptances, tomorrow is my birthday, and you know what to do!

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Acceptance from @BendingGenres !!!

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2 years

#flashtip Need to cut to get under 1k words? 1. Check after dialogue explanations 2. After dialogue gestures 3. Explanations of feelings before an action 4. 2nd paragraph backstory 5. similes that are conventional 6. great details followed by over-explaining

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2 years

My story was Highly Commended! Congrats to the winners! I'm excited to have this story in the anthology!

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2022 NFFD Microfiction Competiton Results

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3 years

I'm kind of thinking about writing a craft book on writing flash...

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Thrilled for an acceptance from @flashfroglitmag

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Thrilled to receive an acceptance from @monkeybicycle !! Thanks as always to editor @JamesTateHill

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Raise your hand if you're holding out for one last acceptance for 2023!

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3 years

Here's my first letter attempt! The Power of Flash Fiction! I'd love for you to share it if you find it worthwhile!

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The Power of Flash Fiction

Implication and Inference

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2 years

Waking up to an acceptance is better than coffee!

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1 year

I don’t say this enough: writing flash fiction is hard! It’s a different writing muscle, one that needs practice and conditioning. #flashwritingtips

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4 years

If I were to run 4-5 flash writing classes/workshops for the next year, how many of you might be interested?

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I really just want this place to be a great place to find, read, and share literature.

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2 years

Excited to get an acceptance from @CeaseCowsMag

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One of the harder lessons, when I started submitting, was figuring out if it was a wrong fit for the litmag or if the story just wasn't ready...Still struggling

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Acceptance from @gonelawn for 2 micros!

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4 months

Just thrilled for this nomination, of that extra love for this story!

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Congratulations to our 2023 Pushcart Prize nominees! Order a print or digital copy today to enjoy their poems, essays, and stories--and all the other treasures within.

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AWP books!

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I received some of the best writing news today! Like career validating! I’m kind of in shock, but I can’t say anything yet...

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3 years

Thrilled that @LascauxReview nominated my prize-winning story for Best of the Net! @SundressPub

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Tommy Dean

@TommyDeanWriter

4 years

So thrilled and honored to have my story “Here” published by @kimchinquee from New World Writing included in this incredible anthology of one of my favorite forms of writing! So many amazing writers and stories to share the a space with! Thank you @megpokrass and editors!

@bestmicrofic

Best Microfiction

4 years

Our Best Microfiction 2020 winners are in! Here is the list! We’ll be contacting the winners by email shortly. Thank you to all of the magazines who nominated their stories! Congratulations to the winners as selected by @4foraQuarter Michael Martone!

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Tommy Dean

@TommyDeanWriter

4 years

Since we're all struggling with rejections, thought I'd mention that those past 3 acceptance road a wave of 17 rejections since January 1st, with more to come...Let this be a place we welcome the success of others! celebrate any positive movement in your creative endeavors!

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Tommy Dean

@TommyDeanWriter

4 years

Hello Flash friends! I need more writers to participate in my mini-interview series! Let me know if you're interested in participating! Or recommend a writer!

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Tommy Dean

@TommyDeanWriter

3 years

Excited to be one of the finalists for the @LascauxReview Flash Contest! Congrats to @LaurieMMarshall for the win!

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Tommy Dean

@TommyDeanWriter

1 year

Acceptance from @GhostParachute !!!

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Tommy Dean

@TommyDeanWriter

4 years

Excited to make it on the longlist with a flash published by @lostballoonmag very excited to settle into reading the top 50 this week! Congrats, everyone! And thank you, @Wigleaf team!

@laughingyeti

shome dasgupta

4 years

The 2020 @Wigleaf Top 50 is up! Congratulations to all! So much amazing writing:

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Tommy Dean

@TommyDeanWriter

2 years

Thrilled to get an acceptance from @MoonCityPress for a segmented flash!

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