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CONTEST: Blood Brother by Jeremy Haworth

Judge Dr. Chea Parton has selected “Blood Brother” by Jeremy Haworth as the Best Short Story for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest. Listen to Jeremy read his submission...

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CONTEST: Rebounders by Don Stewart

Judge Dr. Chea Parton has selected “Rebounders” by Don Stewart...

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Crossing the Pasture by Ruth Jones

Robert Andrews had a fondness for April, when rain fell...

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Roads That Lead Nowhere and Other Poems by Jeffery Alan Tobin

Roads That Lead Nowhere It isn’t the stillness they talk...

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2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Shortlist

The judge of the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest, Dr....

Fiction

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Crossing the Pasture by Ruth Jones

Robert Andrews had a fondness for April, when rain fell daily and water puddled ankle-deep in the low...

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Cigarette-roll by Gwyl Weatherford

“Coach, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow and our raisins are still drying on the ground. My father needs...

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Good Days and Bad by Chelsea Renée Roper

Mama laid her hands on my belly and told me to count my breath. A breath to the...

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Exploring the rural

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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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Growing Up with a Low Rent Robin Williams by Simon A. Smith

You never told anyone the whole story about your dad. You let most people think he was little...

Poetry

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Roads That Lead Nowhere and Other Poems by Jeffery Alan Tobin

Roads That Lead Nowhere It isn’t the stillness they talk about, the way the light spills over old...

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Maybe I’ll Catch a Second Wind and Other Poems by Luke Janicki

Picking Mushrooms With Papa In Woodinville In the moment, it was what you do. Looking back, it must’ve...

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The Parable of the Sower and Other Poems by Matt Thomas

The Parable of the Sower Two trees with bad roots Planted by Lamont, dead six years now He’d...

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