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Flash Fiction Contest Winners: “Outsider”
As part of this year’s One Read program and inspired by the themes of displacement, disconnection and longing for the feeling of home in “The Ruins of Us,” we challenged writers to craft a tale that somehow explores this idea of being … Continue reading
Flash Fiction Contest: Outsider
This contest is now closed. Thank you to all who entered! Winners will be announced by September 13. “Imagine. To live out your life in a country not your own. Imagine it.” – Keija Parssinen, “The Ruins of Us” This … Continue reading
One Read Art Exhibit: Call for Submissions
Home A One Read Art Exhibit Orr Street Studios (106 Orr Street, Columbia) “Your heart’s love has no land, no homeland, no address.” ~ poet Nizar Qabbani, as quoted by Keija Parssinen in “The Ruins of Us” Inspired by … Continue reading
2012 One Read Flash Fiction Contest Winners Announced
As part of this year’s One Read program and inspired by the themes of personal myth-making, superstition and family secrets in “The Tiger’s Wife, we challenged writers to craft a tale in which a secret is revealed or concealed. We … Continue reading