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WELL READ Magazine's Best of 2023 Volume One
Paperback
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
Published: Mar 31 2024
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In January of 2023, WELL READ Magazine began accepting submissions for prose, poetry, and visual art. I received a wonderful mix of fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction, and poetry along with some amazing artwork. Some of the pieces will make you laugh and some will pull at your heartstrings-there are a few pieces that might make you cry or get your blood boiling. There are no prompts or themes for the submissions so I never know what I'm getting into until I dive in. Every single one is a surprise and a treasure.
I was honored to publish them in WELL READ and share them with our readers online, as well as with some great book-loving, reader-filled sites on social media. But I wanted to do more. By creating these anthologies, readers can hold the collections in their hands, make notes in the margins, smell the pages, and underline their favorite lines. I decided to split the submissions into two anthologies, Volume One-January through June-and Volume Two-July through December-for two different reasons. The first reason is because I wanted the book to be the perfect size for readers to carry with them to appointments, restaurants, and while traveling-wherever a good book comes in handy when readers need some company. The second reason is that it gave me a chance to feature two artists' work that was published in 2023 on the covers.
In Volume One, you'll find thirty-eight submissions written by a fantastic mix of award-winning authors and poets plus new ones to the scene. Three submissions in this volume were nominated for a Pushcart Prize: Miller's Cafe by Mike Hilbig, Sleeping on Paul's Mattress by Brenda Sutton Rose, and A Hard Dog by Will Maguire. The cover art is by artist, Lindsay Carraway, who had several pieces published in February's issue. Enjoy!
Contributors: Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Phyllis Gobbell, Brenda Sutton Rose, T. K. Thorne, Claire Hamner Matturro, Penny Koepsel, Mike Hilbig, Jon Sokol, Rita Welty Bourke, Suzanne Kamata, Annie McDonnell, Will Maguire, Joy Ross Davis, Robb Grindstaff, Tom Shachtman, Micah Ward, Mike Turner, James D. Brewer, Eileen Coe, Susan Cornford, Ana Doina, J. B. Hogan, Carrie Welch, Ashley Holloway, Rebecca Klassen, Robin Prince Monroe, Ellen Notbohm, Scott Thomas Outlar, Fiorella Ruas, Jonathan Pett, DeLane Phillips, Larry F. Sommers, Macy Spevacek, and Richard StimacAlso from
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