Gearing up for our 2023 Creative Non-Fiction Contest (deadline July 1)? Check out the first-place work from last year’s contest — “Clink Canoe,”
by MƏLIDI (SYDNEY ROBERTS) — featured in ROOM 46.2: Ley Line.
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ROOM 46.2: Ley Line Sneak Peek
Step into the in-between with a sneak peek from ROOM 46.2: Ley Line.
Review of CONDOLADY by Elisabeth Belliveau
CONDOLADY By Elisabeth Belliveau Conundrum Press 112 pages, $10 Elisabeth Belliveau’s CONDOLADY is a pocket-sized graphic story that follows her life of social distancing for two years in a 680 square foot condo in Edmonton. Belliveau uses soft grey-scale hues to...
Review of A is for Acholi by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
A is for Acholi By Otoniya J. Okot Bitek Wolsak & Wynn 120 Pages, $20 A is for Acholi is a collection deeply connected with the concepts of place and displacement. In the opening stanzas, the poetic voice interrogates the concept of home, nation, and belonging....
Review of Nine Dash Line by Emily Saso
Nine Dash Line By Emily Saso Freehand Books 266 pages, $23 Emily Saso’s Nine Dash Line is a tale of survival as, Zi Shan, an exiled Chinese national, and Jess, a US naval officer on a classified covert operation, navigate hostile environments in the South China Sea....
Review of Test Piece by Sheryda Warrener
Test Piece By Sheryda Warrener Coach House Books 80 pages, $23 A test piece, Sheryda Warrener informs her readers near the end of the collection, “is a record of an experiment/ with unconventional materials,” a trial run to see “how they might behave or/ transform...
Review of Modern Fables by Mikka Jacobsen
Modern Fables By Mikka Jacobsen Freehand Books 224 pages, $23 A lie’ is one of three definitions for “fable.” “Fable” can also mean a story that’s intended to convey “a useful truth,” especially if the story involves anthropomorphic animals. Or it can describe a story...
World Poetry Day: You Who The Earth Was For by Steffi Tad-y
This World Poetry Day, we’re serving a sneak peek from ROOM 46.1 Around the Table: Asian Voices.
The Chipmunk
The Chipmunk is the Third Place Winner of Room’s 2022 Short Forms Contest, as judged by Alix Ohlin. You can find the full list of winners, and what judge Alix Ohlin had to say about each winning piece, here. ___ The Chipmunk At the campsite, my sister and I knot...
Short Forms Contest 2022: The Winners
We are so very pleased to announce the winners of our 2022 Short Forms Contest. A huge congratulations to the following three writers whose works were handpicked by our amazing judge, Alix Ohlin. We won’t keep you waiting any longer: here they are! ____ First Place:...
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