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2027 Best Small Fiction Nominations
Today we’re excited to announce our nominations for “The Best Small Fictions” prize.
For those who don’t know, The Best Small Fictions is an anthology series solely dedicated to curating the best short fiction published in a given calendar year. It features the best microfiction, flash fiction, haibun stories, and prose poetry from around the world. This year, the anthology will be a double issue including stories from both 2025 and 2026…
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Introducing Issue #25 ~ Autumn 2026
Autumn is always special for TGLR because we launched our very first issue in the fall. In 2020, to be exact. It’s a little surreal to think about the fact that we’ve been at this for six years, and headed into our 7th. And based on the bountiful issue we’re letting loose on the world…
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2027 Best of the Net Nominations
Hello friends. We’re behind on announcing this year’s nominations, but not to worry, they were sent in well before the September 30th deadline (or perhaps just a smidge before). In any case, it’s never too late to celebrate!
This year’s two creative nonfiction essays, two fiction stories, six poems, and three pieces of art…
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Introducing Issue #24 ~ Summer 2026
Welcome to the beating heart of summer… Days when the heat lingers long into the evening, and the cicadas serenade the sun as it slides out of view. Today, we are beyond thrilled to announce the winner of this year’s HoneyBee Poetry Prize, Mara Lee Grayson, and with this exciting news, the release of Issue…
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2026 Honeybee Poetry Prize Finalists
Hello friends! Happy almost-summer! Today, we’re pleased to report that the team has completed combing through the 1200 poems received for the 2026 Honeybee Poetry Prize and cherry-picked eight finalists. Poems from the following people have been sent to the fabulous MARYA HORNBACHER, who will select this year’s winner…
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Introducing Issue #23 ~ Spring 2026
Welcome to spring and the latest edition of TGLR. Winter here in Nebraska was uncharacteristically warm and mostly void of snow, but the return of spring has brought the rain and with it, a refreshing drenching of new work by talented writers and artists we matched with via our reading platform. We love all these…
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Free Subs for our Summer 2026 Issue
Guidelines are available on our submission page and the form to send work is available on Submittable (be sure to select the fee-free option, unless you want to give us moneys, which is OK too). Click the image to access the magic portal.
This opportunity will end on March 31st or when we reach…
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Fashionably Late, but Coming In Red Hot
We missed Valentine’s Day and all those feels. But being fashionably late is cool. All the hopeless romantics know that hearing “I love you” when it’s *almost* too late is so satisfying. (As evidenced by the frequent use in rom-coms in Hollywood.)
In all fairness, in our December newsletter, we also said we were gearing…
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Sub Window for Issue #23 Closes Soon
We are currently reading work for Issue #23. We publish poetry, short fiction and cnf (up to 5000 words), and flash fiction and cnf (up to 1000 words). We nominate for Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best New Poets, Best Small Fictions, Best Micro Fictions, and Pen Short Story Award, AND… YES we are a paying…
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We are currently open for all genres plus book reviews and artwork! We nominate for Pushcart and Best of the Net and are a paying market.
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.
Issue #13 Cover Image: “And Yet” by Ann-Marie Brown
