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MFC Feeley

Pushcart Prize Nominations

November 28, 2020 By Announcement

This year’s nominees: The River at Dawn by Evan James Sheldon Those Who Grow Horns by Miranda Williams Beehive by Karen Gonzalez-Videla July, 1944 by Shaemus Spencer Two Moons and a Hummingbird by Jo Varnish Hester’s Mom by MFC Feeley

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Evan James Sheldon, Jo Varnish, Karen Gonzalez-Videla, MFC Feeley, Miranda Williams, Pushcart nominations, Pushcart Prize, Shaemus Spencer

Ten Things George Floyd Protests Share with the Boston Massacre

May 31, 2020 By MFC Feeley

1. Soldiers/Police Attacked their Fellow Citizens. The Boston Massacre was not a battle between soldiers and rebels, but between a peacekeeping force and the people they were meant to protect. In 1770 the colonists were still citizens of England. At the subsequent trial, future US president John Adams defended the British soldiers, but stated: “I […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Boston Massacre, essay, George Floyd, listicle, MFC Feeley, Protests, Writing

Pushcart Prize and Best Microfiction Nominations

November 29, 2019 By Announcement

Congratulations to all of our nominees! Pushcart Nominations Why I Love Penguins by MFC Feeley Little Will by Patricia Q. Bidar Things I Did with my Phone by Scott Garson Arnie Upstairs by Audrey Lindemann Malibu Lacey by Tara Campbell Polite by Kelle Schillachi Clarke   Best Microfiction 2020 Why I Love Penguins by MFC […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Audrey Lindemann, Best Microfiction, Best Microfiction 2020 Nominations, James R. Gapinski, Kelle Schillachi Clarke, MFC Feeley, Patricia Q. Bidar, Pushcart nominations, Pushcart Prize, Pushcart Prize nominations, Scott Garson, Tara Campbell

What My Dog Taught Me About Writing

March 8, 2019 By MFC Feeley

Dogs Make Excellent Writing Partners Writing can be lonely, but friends are distracting. Dogs are companionable, without being conversational. You can type quietly, suddenly talk, then stop mid-sentence without repercussion. You can test a phrase nineteen different ways. Twenty. Hit delete. Start over; your dog’s happy. Skip the Purina Garvey will eat anything but commercial […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: dogs, essay, MFC Feeley, nonfiction, teaching, Writing

Pushcart Prize Nominations

November 30, 2018 By Announcement

We are proud to announce our 2018 Pushcart Prize nominations: “First Mars, then the Moon” by Ciera Horton McElroy “Disneyland” by Robert Vaughan “Let’s Get Loud” by Vanessa Gonzales “The Fifth Amendment: Yearning to Be Free” by MFC Feeley “The Siren” by Alyssa Pearl Fusek “N n’ N” by Rosa Boshier

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: Alyssa Pearl Fusek, Ciera Horton McElroy, MFC Feeley, Pushcart nominations, Pushcart Prize, Robert Vaughan, Rosa Boshier, Vanessa Gonzales

Rest Here

March 24, 2018 By MFC Feeley

Wind, power, speed; we zoom up the mountain to the place that prints the papers, where you can get The Wall Street Journal early. I love the orange motorcycle the way other girls love ponies. At three, I have my own helmet and know to hold on tight, but I must not be holding tight […]

Filed Under: Words From The Other Side Tagged With: childhood, essay, flash nonfiction, MFC Feeley, motorcycle, nonfiction, Writing

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Best Small Fictions Nomations

January 21, 2023 By Brett Pribble

The Storming of Rome by Slawka G. Scarso Juicy Fruit by Katie Coleman You Were Only Waiting for This Moment to Arrive by Kathy Fish Eddie by David James Poissant Something Fierce and Unnamed by Tommy Dean

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