I feel so proud to say that my story “Run” made the longlist for this year’s Wigleaf Top 50. This is my second year making the longlist. I’m grateful to the editors at Gravel, who originally published the piece, and the Wigleaf Top 50 editors, who I know spend so much time and effort on this list every year.
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Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist and More!
I just returned from Houston, where I was a panelist for Writefest. It’s a gorgeous city, and I met a ton of talented and friendly writers, editors, and industry folks.
While I was there, a reprint of my story “A Thousand Butterflies” went live over at Flash Fiction Online. You can read the piece here. Big thanks to editor Anna Yeatts and the rest of the staff for giving this piece a second home. I also found out last week that my flash “Hotbox,” published in New World Writing, made the longlist for Wigleaf‘s Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions of 2019. This is the first time one of my stories has made a best of list like this, so I was over the moon when I saw the news.
I feel incredibly grateful to the Writefest organizers, as well as the editors over at Wigleaf, New World Writing, and Flash Fiction Online. Writing can be a quiet, lonely endeavor, full of disappointment and rejection, but then I’m reminded of how much everyone works to lift each other up, and it’s pretty amazing.
Finally, I will be reading with a group of other writers at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square on June 22nd. Stay tuned for more information on that event.
My Story “Run” Up at Gravel
I’m stoked that my flash piece “Run” is up today in the new issue of gravel. An earlier version of this story received an honorable mention from Glimmer Train during one of their Very Short Fiction contests. You can read “Run” here.
Runner Up in the Gertrude Press Chap Contest
I’ve known this for a little while now, but was waiting for the official announcement before posting… I was named a runner up in the Gertrude Press fiction chapbook contest for my manuscript GRAB THE SHARPEST BLADE!
I’ve decided to shelve this manuscript, which is sad because it made the finalist list in three different contests. After a full year of submissions, it didn’t make sense to continue sending it out. I’m hoping, however, that one day these stories will appear in a full-length collection instead.
Chelsea Voulgares 