Tumbling our blog posts • stormcellar.org • A literary journal of safety and danger §§
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Text
Storm Cellar #11.1 published!
It’s pub day, today, and we’re so excited to share with you our latest, a bit late but arriving in its own time! Big love to all who contributed, and — Reader — you’re gonna love this one! Get it in glorious print or fabulous ebook editions. CONTENTS: Force Majeure Flash Contest winners: 1st prize – Tessa Swackhammer, 2nd prize – Mike Yunxuan Li, 2nd prize – Julian Mithra, honorable mention –…

View On WordPress
#11.1#Allison A. DeFreese#Ami Watanabe#announcement#art#Cameron Walker#Carolina Esses#Chrissy Martin#cnf#creative nonfiction#Debismita Dutta#Derek N. Otsuji#digital photography#drawing#Erica Sharlette#fatima abby tall#Favour Adetona#fiction#flash#flash cnf#Gabriella Navas#Grace Day#illustration#Jan Ball#Jane Vogel#Jasmine Sawers#Jill Bronfman#Joseph Stern#Julia Kooi Talen#Julian Mithra
1 note
·
View note
Text
WINNERS! of the 2023 Force Majeure Flash Contest — full announcement: https://wp.me/p1tViT-19z
1st Prize "Pre-Elegy for My Sister" by Whitney Koo
2nd Prize "A Brief World" by Uyen P. Dang 2nd Prize "Bones" by Nathan Long
honorable mentions: "Garden Statues" by Kendall Morris, "Midnight Zone" by Caleb Tankersley, and "Taint" by Veeda Khan.
#flash#flash fiction#short story#flash CNF#flash nonfiction#literary magazine#print magazine#writing#contest#winners#prizes#honorable mention
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
2023 Force Majeure Flash Contest Winners
Finally, and with a great deal of hearty congratulations to all involved, the winners of our annual flash writing contest — this year we had some truly wonderful entries and you all made it so very hard to choose! Lo: 1st Prize “Pre-Elegy for My Sister” by Whitney Koo 2nd Prize “A Brief World” by Uyen P. Dang 2nd Prize “Bones” by Nathan Long honorable mentions: “Garden Statues” by Kendall…
View On WordPress
#2023 Force Majeure Flash Contest#announcement#Caleb Tankersley#FMFC#Kendall Morris#Nathan Long#prize#Uyen P. Dang#Veeda Khan#Whitney Koo#winners
0 notes
Text
ICYMI "Big Shoe Dance" by Arlandis Jones, from SC #8.2, up now! https://wp.me/p1tViT-19q • Full essay as a free PDF.
0 notes
Text
Arlandis Jones: Big Shoe Dance
We’re champing to be get back on the shoe on the other foot, or something like that. Here’s “Big Shoe Dance,” a gem of a personal essay from Arlandis Jones: [continue reading…] This CNF piece originally appeared in Storm Cellar 8.2, available as an ebook over in our shop (print sold out).

View On WordPress
#8.2#absence makes the heart#ankle monitor#Arlandis Jones#beef#cnf#countdown#creative nonfiction#dead letters#do the work#drinkers#drinking#essay#friendship#gay#gym buddies#heartache#incarceration#inside#kafka-esque#nonfiction#personal essay#plantation system#prison abolition#prison time#queer dating#queer love#running#snacks#socially conditioned roles
0 notes
Text
Negesti Kaudo: The One Where My Femme Swallows You Whole
The winner! The winner of the 2020 Force Majeure Flash Contest 1st Prize, this blessed flash by Negesti Kaudo, the one where her femme swallows us whole, dear Reader: This flash originally appeared in SC 9.1, available in print and ebook editions in our store. Read on!
View On WordPress
#9.1#African American#be water#black femme#body#cnf#determined#divine feminine#dress for success#essay#experiment#femme#filling#flash#flash cnf#flash essay#flash nonfiction#force#force of nature#high tide#hunger#inevitable#love#loyalty#lust#many things and one thing#Negesti Kaudo#passion#possession#power
1 note
·
View note