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"Encouragement" by Angela Lam, an artist and writer. She sells her artwork at Made Local Marketplace and teaches creative writing @gothamwriters.bsky.social. #encouragement #concussion #sofa #useless #mute #son #catalogue #paper #nevergiveup #determination #micromemoir
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Loved it, Tracy, so glad to have it!
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"Apprehension" by @tracyroyce.bsky.social, whose writing appears in/is forthcoming in Bending Genres, Does It Have Pockets, The Dribble Drabble Review, Scrawl Place, Villain Era, and elsewhere.
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"Making the Cut" by Chase Troxell, who graduated with his BA and MBA from the University of Findlay. He lives in Findlay, Ohio, with his two kids, Ethan and Felicity. Read more at fiveminutelit.com
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"Released" by Jennifer Gippel, an economist and writer who enjoys wandering in the wildish places near her home in Jindabyne, Australia

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.—"Unfit for Use" by Catherine Levine in case you missed it
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"Tightrope" by Mridula Morgan, a South Asian writer living on the unceded Indigenous land called Canada. She's currently a student @twssfu.bsky.social
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Thanks for sharing it with us!
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"Kindness" by @emhall47.bsky.social, whose prose has appeared, or is forthcoming, in places such as Portland Review, Passages North, 100 Word Story, Necessary Fiction, and Cherry Tree.
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"Zairian Road" by Andrea Montgomery, in case you missed it, more micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com
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"Dad's Trombone" by Albert DeGenova, an award-winning writer and poet. He is the publisher and editor of After Hours magazine. DeGenova is also a blues saxophonist. More micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com.
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"Words of Wisdom" by Miguel Ángel Calvo in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com
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"Writing Horror" by Karin Round in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com
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"Earliest Memory" by @FiiJ20.bsky.social, who writes short, dark-themed fiction and nature-themed nonfiction. More micros at fiveminutelit.com
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Thanks to the August writers whose pieces inspired these prompts! Everyone else, get writing.
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"Nick at Nite" by Didem Uca, in case you missed it. More micros at fiveminutelit.com.
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"Lifespan" by Nicole Irizawa, who grew up in landlocked Ohio and has made Japan her home for over twenty years. She works as a communications professional in Tokyo. More micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com
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This month's Submissions Spotlight: The Hallway, the high-school branch of Five Minutes. Same as Five Minutes, but you can submit 3x a month & you must be in high school. Find more good news you can use in our latest newsletter (5minutes100words) at Substack.
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"Gum" by Jalen Giovanni Jones in case you missed it, more micros at fiveminutelit.com
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"Deleted" by Katie Veltum, a licensed massage therapist in private practice in upstate New York, more micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com
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"Compliant" by Elizabeth Erin Thomas in case you missed it
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High Fives to our contributors who published in other journals last month! Head to our newsletter to find out what and where, and make sure to share your good publishing news!
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"Arcade King" by James William Wulfe in case you missed it, more micromemoirs at fiveminutelit.com
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"Fake I.D." by @kathybac.bsky.social in case you missed it. More micros at fiveminutelit.com