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2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Shortlist

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Cigarette-roll by Gwyl Weatherford

“Coach, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow and our raisins are...

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Crazy Train by Simon Rowe

Our first summer storm arrived in the wee hours of a warm mid-January morning. As lightning flickered against...

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CONTEST: Blood Brother by Jeremy Haworth

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Crossing the Pasture by Ruth Jones

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67 Years Later, How a Farm Accident Changed our Lives by Carol Fellin

Even after so many years, tears still fill my eyes when I think of my brother’s farm accident....

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The Honor Gardens by Linda K. Allison

From the car’s passenger seat, I watch grain fields pass like a movie reel. I’m fascinated by the...

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My Mother Considers Her Callows Farm by Patrick Deeley

My Mother Considers Her Callows Farm From a parlour window I see sunlight creeping across the fields, and...

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Two Poems by Laura Grace Weldon

Foraging Pluck purslane and plantain for salad, shred it small so it slides by skeptics, know you’re kneeling...

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