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Congratulations and good luck to our Pushcart Prize nominees: POETRY Doralee Brooks, “Hips” Carolina Hotchandani, “Chiaroscuro” Hilary King, “Investigations” Natalie Solmer, “I Am a Great Lake” FICTION Cheryl J. Fish, “A Seven-Year-Old Left Alone Shivering” NONFICTION Cheliss Thayer, “Co-Sleeper”

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 Congrats to our nominees! POETRY Anna Abraham Gasaway – The Kenmore Refrigerator Elinor Ann Walker – I will hunger Nicole Greaves – Scars R. Erica Doyle – Wander Caridad Moro-Gronlier – For My 21-Year-Old Son, Who Cals Me on The…

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MER vol. 22 Ages/Stages Issue Launch Reading Sunday June 9th, 6 PM EDT Watch the reading on our @merliterary YouTube channel Get the print issue here Get the PDF issue here Hosted by Cindy Veach, Jennifer Martelli, and Marjorie Tesser…

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Come to our Off site Event at AWP with SWWIM, NELLE, and Whale Road Review! Featured Readers MER: DeMisty D. Bellinger, Eileen Cleary, JP Howard, Abby E. Murray, Anna V.Q. Ross NELLE: Melissa Ginsburg, Rachel Richardson, Nicole Callihan, Beth…

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A Launch Reading Celebrating MER 21 Friday, June 16th 7 PM (Eastern) Online via Zoom Register: https://bit.ly/MER21zoomlaunch\ Featured readers: Margo Berdeshevsky, Annelies Zijderveld, Carrie Bennett, Mary Bonina, Robert Carr , Eileen Cleary, Ashley Cundiff, Merridawn Duckler, Suzanne Edison,…

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Seeking poetry, fiction, creative prose and art on theme “Ages/Stages” through the lens of motherhood. Regular Submissions ($3) are open until 7/15/23. (Need-based scholarships available; please see guidelines). NOTE: Early Bird submissions are now closed (as of 4/28) as we…

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