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5 minutes of life in 100 words. Submissions open! Est. 2020. fiveminutelit.com
"SoHo Nanny" by Arianne Oviedo. Arianne, from Venezuela, is a writer/editor established in New York City. She spends her time writing and thinking about the kids she used to babysit. www.arianneoviedo.com/about
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"New Message" by Barbara Ridley, an English ex-pat who lives in California. She’s published in numerous literary journals, and has two novels: When It’s Over (2017) and Unswerving (2024).
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Scribbler's Ink Flash Contest ends Nov 30.

How to Break the Glass Ceiling—Strategies Towards Int'l Publishing for Marginalized Writers w/ @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social. Dec 6.

Novel in 10 weeks w/ Angela Lam @gothamwriters starts January 7

More details—Nov. newsletter at Substack-5minutes100words.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"We Promised" by Heather Maat, a mama, a wife, and a writer of Creative Nonfiction. She calls Calgary, Alberta, home, but doesn’t mind leaving to travel.
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
High Fives to our contributors who published elsewhere recently: Rita Pomade • Emily Hall • Danielle Jones • Angela Lam • Christina Fugate • Theodore Wallbanger • Kelly Esparza • Eileen Vorbach Collins. Congratulations! All the details in our newsletter, 5minutes100words on Substack
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"With Love" by @salenacasha.bsky.social, Fall Contest 2024 Finalist (Theme: Flirt), in case you missed it
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Teenage Freedom" by Meg McGovern, an author, retired teacher, and speaker. Meg has a published book and is working on her memoir. Essays appear in the Brevity Blog.
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Instructions" by Héctor Hernández, who put his degree in civil engineering to good use for twenty-seven years. He is now retired and writes whenever inspiration demands his attention.
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Five Minutes is on TikTok, edited by The Hallway editors Tenley Cederholm and Kate Meen! The account serves as a way for us to explore our archives. If you make a TikTok about your piece, we’d love to share it on our TikTok: five_minute_lit. Ideas: fiveminutelit.com/tiktok
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Icebreaker" by Betsy Ellor in case you missed it
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Breathing" by R.S. Nelson, a Latina writer. Her work has been published in Twin Bird Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, Spillwords, Every Writer, SciFiSat, and elsewhere.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Rain" by Asmi Mahajan in case you missed it
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New newsletter is live ... prompts to get you writing, opportunities to learn with our contributors, ideas for where to submit next, and more ... 5minutes100words.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Springtime" by Catherine Humikowski, a pediatric intensive care physician, cancer survivor, and cardiac arrest survivor who writes about death and other fun topics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"It Wasn't Me" by John Holmes in case you missed it
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Fireworks" by Yolanda Ampomah in case you missed it
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Sweet Dreams" by @carlyanderson.bsky.social in case you missed it

November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"baby daddy 2.0" by Billie Oh in case you missed it
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Relief" by Dart Humeston, a coffee-addicted writer who lives in a quiet town in Florida with his wife and four cats. The cats are single.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Growing Babies" by Louise Kaestner in case you missed it
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Forgotten" by Bliss Goldstein, CALYX Journal's winner of the Margarita Donnelly Prize for Prose Writing. Her book in progress is "How Not to Be an Asshole."
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Tent Boy" by Dylon Medeiros, in case you missed it
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
November Reader Krissie Mulvoy Williams is a mother, wife, French teacher, translator, writer, reader, tennis player & hiker. Her teenagers, Lab & husband keep her life full. She's working on a novel, Mother Tongues. Get micros in to Krissie & the rest of the Nov. team: fiveminutelit.com/submissions
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM