Friends, if you have a taste for flash-non-fiction, your submissions are warmly welcomed at my f-n-f site, American Stories NOW. In the past I've shared the work of emerging writers including Cassondra Ellis, Michelle Lee, John Summerfield, Boudreau Freret and Noreen Lape, along with my own experiments in the form. What is American Stories NOW? Developed out of an assignment I often give to apprentice writers, ASN invites you to work within specific parameters, and is a great exercise for enhancing observational and memory skills, listening for the story, writing away from the self and capturing detail. The guidelines are simple. ASN accepts:
--Original, previously unpublished work. Length: 500-1,000 words
--Non-fiction (i.e. "true" stories)
--Stories that focus on a recent ("NOW") event, conversation or encounter here in America
--Stories that focus not on the writer, but rather on another person (or people).
The charge is to develop ourselves, both as writers and human beings, as people who listen closely and generously to the narratives of others. Interested? You can send your story in the body of an email to stories@mylenedressler.com. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at that address. I do try to read and review stories as quickly as possible, and to post them within a few weeks after acceptance.
Happy listening, happy writing!
--MD
--Original, previously unpublished work. Length: 500-1,000 words
--Non-fiction (i.e. "true" stories)
--Stories that focus on a recent ("NOW") event, conversation or encounter here in America
--Stories that focus not on the writer, but rather on another person (or people).
The charge is to develop ourselves, both as writers and human beings, as people who listen closely and generously to the narratives of others. Interested? You can send your story in the body of an email to stories@mylenedressler.com. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at that address. I do try to read and review stories as quickly as possible, and to post them within a few weeks after acceptance.
Happy listening, happy writing!
--MD
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