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| A Gift For You Okay fellow aficionados of the written word, a new year is upon us like (enter your father’s most atrocious metaphor here). It, so far, lacks promise but I believe we will see a time of celebration and maybe even progress. Historically, science, sociology, and creativity blossom following a global trauma. Think of the “Roaring Twenties following the flu pandemic, the 60s / early 70s following the Great Depression and the Cuban Missile Crisis. When we survive this pandemic there may just be a little craziness and I hope to participate. In the mean time I want to cheer you up by giving you free stuff! Who doesn’t like FREE STUFF, especially if there’s no catch? But First (heh-heh-heh) I need to remind you of a few opportunities that have almost passed you by. You have only FOUR DAYS to enter your story collection or poetry chapbook in our Contests HERE! Each contest has a $1200 prize for first place plus publication by Kallisto Gaia Press. We are also open for submissions to the next Ocotillo Review. This is our annual themed issue. This year’s theme is “MISTAKES”, as always, loosely defined. As you probably know, we offer monetary payment to everyone we publish. Submit HERE Now for the free stuff. We recently announced the winners to our` Chester B. Himes Memorial Fiction Prize and our Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. They are available in The Ocotillo Review Volume 6.1 which is at the printers as you read this and available for preorder. Check out the incredible cover art by my friend Michele Hernandez.  It’s amazing what can be done with cicada carcasses and Mardi Gras beads.On to the FREE STUFF!So, Edward Vidaurre, our judge for the Darling prize had this to say about the winning selection, “Severance” by William S. Barnes. “Severance is such a rich celebration of words filled with trust and vulnerability, colors and a visual thirst quencher for the mind, I felt the sun’s warmth and the wind as I tried catching my breath.” Read it HERE May Cobb had a difficult time choosing a winner she sent me five. I asked her to please choose one. She had this to say about “Then She Fell” by Susan Haar. “I found it to be utterly spellbinding and twisty with visceral prose and an emotionally resonant ending! It could be turned into a novel.” Read it HERE. I’ll make this brief so you can go read your free stories. Thank you for your continuing support and patronage. Check out the recent additions to our catalogue HERE Be Well & Have Fun! Peace! Tony Read More |
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