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“Haley and Celeste” by Cameron Shipley
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Issue #16 ~ Summer 2024

Release Date: July 30th, 2024

Featuring work from the 2024 HoneyBee Prize…
Fiction

Winner: Things To Talk To Jim About by Jaime Gill
Runner Up: Veer by Ryan Mattern
Honorable Mention: Echocardiogram by Olivia Torres

Bonus Fiction

Strawberry Moon by Megan Monforte

Creative Nonfiction

Winner: Origin Stories by Frankie Concepcion
Runner-Up: Eloise by Kelsey Ferrell
Honorable Mention: How to Be Made by Men, 1981 by Anne Falkowski

Poetry

Winner: Electric Eclectic Strong by Randy Bynum
Runner-Up: A Beginners Guide to Yoga by Genevieve N. Williams
Honorable Mention: Night Sweats by Molly Sturdevant
Honorable Mention: Beacons by Jamie L. Smith

With Artwork By:

Cameron Shipley, Matthew Fertel, Olude Peter Sunday, Emily Rankin, Sharon Reeber, Muhammad Ashraf, and Beth Horton

This week’s Micro Monday Feature…

micro fiction

The Echo of Footsteps by Ibrahim Abdulhakeem

Each step carried the weight of exhaustion, of dreams deferred and dignity swallowed in silence. Ayo would listen from his room, curled up with his homework, his hands clammy as he gripped his pen. Would today be different? Would the tension in the air dissipate, leaving room for laughter instead of raised voices?…

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In other news…

2025 Best of the Net Nominations

Hello friends. Despite being more than a few days late with this announcement, we are thrilled to reveal this year’s nominations for Best of the Net (which we managed to get submitted just before the clock struck midnight on September 30th).

Read on to learn which pieces were nominated this year…

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by Shyla Shehan

More exclusive interviews with our contributors…

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TGLR News

2024 Honeybee Prize Results
2024 Spring issue is HERE
Winter 2024 Best Of edition is available in print!
2024 New Year’s Revelations
TGLR is officially a nonprofit

More news and announcements here!

The Good Life Review nominates for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net

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2023 Pushcart nominations
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2022 Pushcart nominations
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from the archives:

“Guten Tag, Baby!” by Scott C. Sickles

“Guten Tag, Baby!” | Scott C. Sickles Cast of Characters  ELEANOR: 75-years-old, in early stages of dementia. Given to flights of nostalgia.   VIVIENNE: 42-years-old. ELEANOR’s daughter. Tired from the long…

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Limerence by Levi Cain

Limerence | Levi Cain   ok now i am beholding u / yes i am bewitched bythe stubby curl of yr ponytail the wide open arcof shoulders the single black…

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submissions:

We are currently open for all genres plus artwork! We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best New Poets, and… YES we are a paying market! ($75 per piece published in the seasonal issue, $25 per piece published in Micro Monday, $50 for cover art)

The Good Life Review is seeking previously unpublished work by writers from all walks of life. Please read submission guidelines and when you’re ready, head over to Submittable to submit your work.

COVER IMAGE:  “Depths of the River” by Tona Pearce Myers

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