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Grindstone
Jul 18, 20191 min read
Blogging should be personal, don't you think?
Blogging is making a comeback!
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Grindstone
Jun 14, 20191 min read
The Writer's Revolt is changing.
Changes to our literary magazine.
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Grindstone
Apr 7, 20192 min read
Catherine Cho to Judge 2019 Flash Fiction Prize
We're ecstatic to announce that this year's Flash Fiction Prize winners ill be chosen by the fabulous Catherine Cho! Catherine is expert...
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Grindstone
Apr 7, 201916 min read
Agent Interview: Catherine Cho
Last year, one of the biggest features in the first issue of our Literary Magazine was a great interview with Catherine Cho of Curtis...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 201910 min read
Winners: Kyle Crocker - When Miracles End
When Miracles End Short Story Prize - Winner The truck bumps up and down on the dusty, cracked road. It used to be a freeway, three lanes...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20198 min read
Winners: Paul Brockbank - Baggage Allowance
Baggage Allowance Short Story Prize - Shortlist It was serenely quiet on the island that morning. No hubbub of comings and goings. No...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20196 min read
Winners: Michael Thompson - Pet Hospital
Pet Hospital Short Story Prize - Shortlist ‘That fucking dog will be the death of me,’ Ronnie said, gazing over the street at the...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 201911 min read
Winners: Katie Reed - God of Small Colours
God of Small Colours Short Story Prize - Runner Up She is born in colour. This in itself is unremarkable; it is the way most people are...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20193 min read
Winners: Thomas Firth - Ignis
Ignis Short Story Prize - Shortlist The sky is on fire. For an instant, there’s a blinding flash. Something is entering the atmosphere....
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20196 min read
Winners: Julia Molloy - The Pianist
The Pianist Short Story 1500 - Runner Up Two men carry a piano across a field. Frost clings to their skin and their breaths leave a trail...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20195 min read
Winners: Ryan Stone - Catching Tigers
Catching Tigers Short Story 1500 - Shortlist I was carrying a tiger snake in a hessian sack when I came across my old man and Mrs....
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20196 min read
Winners: Annie Muscutt - The Salesman
The Salesman Short Story 1500 - Shortlist White. Bright enough to make you blink, like a rabbit in the headlights. It was supposed to be...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20196 min read
Winners: Venetia Carter - Resource Management
Resource Management Short Story 1500 - Shortlist Erin's father-in-law had been at the sherblat fuzz again. She could tell by the...
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Grindstone
Feb 6, 20196 min read
Winners: Laura Laakso - The Life of a Kabuki Doll
The Life of a Kabuki Doll Short Story 1500 - Shortlist You lean against the door to shut it and kick off your shoes. The pain in your...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Fiona Morgan - Saint-Lo
This potent piece of prose was something that all struck a chord with us. The thing we liked the most was that it showed something...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Winners: Henry Meier - 501 Latin Verbs
Flash Fiction is a strange beast. Often, writers think that it has to be a story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. But, it's not...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Fran Egan - Mary Schiller: School Girl
We really enjoyed this piece for a couple of reasons. It had a subtle complexity to it that felt well rounded and nuanced, and it made an...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Oonagh McBride - Popcorn
Complexity and quality never have to be synonymous, and we see so many pieces that overreach, only to fall short at the last hurdle....
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Winners: Roseanna Whitty - This Beggar's Opera
We loved the way that this story played out. It's rawness and honesty and vivid imagery, combined with its desire to be what it was, how...
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