Exploring the art of prose. Short & flash fiction, creative nonfiction, craft essays, interviews, & more. CRAFT 2026 First Chapters Contest deadline: 6/28/2026.
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Apr 20
Our First Chapters Contest is back!
Guest Judge Deb Olin Unferth will choose three winning excerpts. The winner receives a $2,000 award, publication, and a full manuscript critique of the novel or novella, up to 100K words, by Artful Editor.
Learn more: craft.submittable.com/submit…
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Jun 12
New #creativenonfiction:
"Aviators call it a holding pattern—turning again and again over a single point in the sky. Correcting for winds, I trace, retrace myself."
—@Laurajh
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Jun 5
New #creativenonfiction:
"Music and art and love, maybe they really can save everyone’s life. Maybe we really all can come together."
— @maquilone
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Jun 3
New #creativenonfiction:
"The television is safe. I can live in movies without anything staying on my body. The women on-screen have perfect skin; when they’re touched, they don’t carry the mark of it."
—@gabi_graceffo
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May 29
New #interview:
"The advice I’d give, for those interested in doing so...would be to try to reach out to the community you find interesting and that you and your work feel in conversation with."
—@aaron__burch
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May 27
New #interview:
"I wish I could say this is how I did it, this is how and why I structured the book this way, and this is how I knew what to put in and leave out…"
—Molly Gaudry in conversation with Amy Scheiner
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May 22
New #essay:
"Post-fact fictions weave a tangled knot of political messiness to disquiet our convictions and encourage difficult dialogues."
—@ryanhabermeyer
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May 20
New #essay:
"I’m drawn to characters who don’t easily express themselves. If they won’t share how they’re feeling, their emotions often manifest in behavior that can set a story in motion."
—Evan Calbi
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May 15
New #flashfiction:
"Rumors swirled around Mari like a second shadow."
—@christinaltudor
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May 13
New #creativenonfiction:
"I see the craggy peaks of my baby’s first molars erupting through his gums. I think about the price my family pays for good teeth."
—@first_daughter_energy
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May 8
New #fiction:
"I start with my grandfather’s death. For he is the tungelquq of my own spirit and soul, the spirit of my spirit. To give her me, I must give her him."
—Naomi Klouda
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May 6
New #flashcreativenonfiction:
"At five minutes, the lid rattled. Left too long, they would rupture, leak their hearts, and collapse into ruin. The pot hissed; I flinched."
—@rachanapathak99
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May 1
New #interview:
"Ultimately my choice to use a fragmented form emerged from the writing itself. Every time I would sit to write, fragments appeared."
—@martyrossdolen in conversation with @KsQreadsBIPOC
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Apr 24
New #flashcreativenonfiction:
"It was lonely in a house full of people who felt like strangers. And reptiles."
—@katyluxem
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Apr 17
New #flashfiction:
"It’s an unassuming Tuesday when a heart gives up too soon."
—Melissa Bowers
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Apr 13
Here’s some good news for your Monday: we’ve decided to extend the deadline for the CRAFT Award for Excellence!
The new deadline is now Sunday, April 19, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PDT.
You can review the guidelines and submit here: craftliterary.com/craft-awar…
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Apr 10
New #flashfiction:
"We waited for a bus that refused to come while the sky smeared gray as office buildings and the rain slicked streets and sidewalks."
—@juliastrayer
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Apr 3
New #flashcreativenonfiction:
"He drove a semi for the carnival, age sixteen, carrying transformers, his the bright yellow of the Zipper; he drove each Sunday to a new destination, driving all night, driving fast...."
—Cindy Skaggs
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Apr 2
New #flashfiction:
"The boy stood no chance, really. They were five against his one, young men like him no older than twenty-three."
—@chiioganihu
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Apr 1
New #flashcreativenonfiction:
"On the 150th day, when Will and I exchange the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth texts, we disclose shared vulnerabilities, and we’re no longer just coworkers. We become each other’s secret-keeper."
—@thelinhpreston
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