We want to give a quick congratulations to Mike Sweeney, Hilary Gan, and Chloe Caldwell, all of whom had their stories selected as storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Stories. Here’s hoping we’re lauding you again in a few weeks when the top ten are released.
And we’d also like to give an even quicker congrats to Jersey Devil Press for being a runner-up for best new magazine. Woo! Thanks, everyone, for helping with that.
3… 2… 1… aaaaand we’re closed to submissions.
We’ll reopen around June 1st. We’ll let you know. If you’ve already submitted, rest assured we’ve got it and we’ll respond as quickly as we can.
Our newest Brilliant Disguise story is prepped and coming down the line at you: “The Working Life,” by Matthew Oldridge, based on Springsteen’s “Factory.”
The machine was usually used to punch a hole for the electrical cord in the side of a nearly finished chest freezer. The freezers rolled down the assembly line twelve times per minute, which was the company’s required speed. Except for the times when the line went down. That was bad for the company, but good for the workers. Production is down, morale is up, we always say. Hard to keep morale up when the machine is latched onto my arm.
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