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If you guess what we're all about you get magic coffee and jumping cookies. @Owen_Wyke @Amygcb

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All day long you've had it with that regular high Sky, with that ever-field of azure & those dreadful haze-muffins that drip on you sometimes. That was ages ago. Now look what's happened! A great, resplendent hunter's moon, stars & planets, & coffee!
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We're announcing a special issue, separate from our regular issues, dedicated to excerpts from yet-unpublished novels & novellas. Go to Gone Lawn and submit your excerpt! Approx. 3000 words or less. If it's a little over, we won't complain.
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Since we reopened submissions, stunned by the response. Yes! Keep them coming! I also really, really want to encourage you weirdo writers to submit more, you know who you are and you know you have it!
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I know I do these things quickly. Amy Barnes will be Gone Lawn's new co-editor, starting June 1. She appears in the upcoming issue, and also comes at Maura's high recommendation. Welcome, Amy! @amygcb
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Gone Lawn 50, our buck moon issue, is up, featuring 21 terrific authors and beautiful cover work by Kathleen Frank. We're proud of every issue and we're proud of this one.
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Submissions are open again for the summer solstice issue, #49 . Throw all of your odd animals this way.
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Rejections are so difficult. No editor enjoys it. It took the longest time to try to figure out a kind way to do it. I still don't think it works, but we've really tried. Sigh. It pains me when our form rejections appear online under poor light, as if we've failed.
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Just a note: we're still accepting regular submissions for #46 , our autumnal equinox issue! Both that and the unpublished-novel-excerpt issue.
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Congrats to Bethany Jarmul for making the Best Small Fictions 2024 anthology, twice! Her winning Gone Lawn piece, “Unprecedented Weather Patterns,” can be found here: New work from Bethany will be featured also in our upcoming issue on June 21.
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Gone Lawn 52, our harvest moon issue, is up!
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Gone Lawn 47 is up! A huge issue, including 23 authors, an interview with Ben Niespodziany, and cover art by Claire Lawrence. Check it out!
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Gone Lawn is now open for submissions for #57 , our hunter's moon issue. Go here, go here, go here :
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We are now open to submissions for our spring equinox issue, #48 .
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Gone Lawn has always been a weak horse, but we're proud of the niche we've cultivated regarding odd and quality literature in a culture desperately in need of it. We keep going!
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Gone Lawn is now open to submissions for our sturgeon moon issue ( #56 )! Bury us in your odd garden animals! If you still haven't received a response to your submission for #55 then it means that we're considering it for #56 .
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So, Maura Yzmore is now Gone Lawn's new co-editor!
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Gone Lawn 48, our spring equinox issue, is up! Featured: 21 amazing authors and cover sculpture by Neila Mezynski.
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We might have mentioned this before. Our rejections are by necessity kind of sterile. Nothing new to you and you're a grown person. Rejections are so hard (& time is tight), & they don't get easier over the years. Remember: We love seeing new titles and we're rooting for you.
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Our nominations for Best Microfiction!
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We are now open again for submissions! In the meantime, check out check out check us out New issue will appear on Thor's good day.
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#52 , our beaver moon issue, has arrived, with 22 terrific authors and cover art by Koss! Use this incantation to get there:
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Happy summer solstice! Gone Lawn 45 is up! Featuring new work by 21 amazing authors, and cover art by Güliz Mutlu.
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Our Pushcart nominees! Congrats, all!
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Don’t let our vague light fool you! We are more powerful than your cares. The strawberry moon issue of Gone Lawn is up!
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So, there's a thing where writers don't get paid. We can't pay writers, but we publish people whom others don't publish, we hope that's something. We wish we could pay writers millions. We have no money, however. We think/hope we have something else that's worthwhile.
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Two days early, here you go with the sturgeon moon, the only weird-curled moon that shows like a fierce eye! Check it out on this brilliant (or rainy) August, ever so whelmed! & don't forget the coffee. Why this issue appears early noted below.
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What would I do without my coeditor, @amygcb ? She is stellar. I think we work well together.
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Gone Lawn's nominations for Best Small Fictions (Sonder Press): Elodie Barnes : Back Home Kelle Schillaci Clarke : From Here You Can Hear Them Scream Jacqueline Doyle : Ready or Not Sheldon Lee Compton : The Good Life Zizheng Liu : Stolen
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So, it appears that Gone Lawn is now a sexterly, or a bimoonly. Not a dimoonly, that would be weird. We're comfortable with the once-every-two-moons. Upcoming issue, reminder, is March 25. We've still a couple of places left, just for you I think, don't you think?
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Blessed Samhain and happy Halloween! Gone Lawn 42 is up! Featuring 21 terrific authors and featured visual art by Maria DeGuzmán.
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Fourteen authors so far in our new issue. We've still got some room left! Keep them coming! The #46 window closes after August 31. And those we haven't responded to yet: we're considering your piece. If you've been waiting a while, we're considering it strongly.
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Congrats, all!
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Remember: We have no word limit and we welcome long pieces. Please keep sending them!
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Gone Lawn 46, the autumnal equinox issue, is live! This issue features new work by 21 terrific authors and cover art by Koss.
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Gone Lawn 43 is up! This issue features 19 terrific authors as well as cover art by Charlotte Hamrick. Check it out!
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As it happens, our upcoming beaver moon issue, #52 , will appear on the day of moons, early November 27, all cobweb-glow and mysterious the way you like it. If you're a northerner, dress warmly and bring coffee. If you're a southerner, also bring coffee.
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We manage the submissions, they come in, we manage, they come in, soon we'll have to spend a good day managing. No discouragement, keep them coming! We need your submissions! The work is a work of love.
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Gone Lawn 49, our flower moon issue, is live! Featuring 21 amazing authors, and cover art by Catherine Skinner. Check it out . . . .
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Cover art by Kathleen Frank, the new worm moon issue is up! 21 terrific authors, we're proud of this one as we're proud of all of them. Don't be afraid, the worm moon is kind.
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Our hunter's moon issue is filled, but we're still open to submissions. We've had all-prose-poetry issues, this one is story-fattened which is nice. Hey, you know that totally weird thing you're working on? Finish it and send it to us.
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Also congrats on the Wigleaf longlist to: Eleonora Balsano, "Forgotten, Forgiven" Joel Hans, "A Protest of Tortoise" Bethany Jarmul, "Unprecedented Weather Patterns" Maria Poulatha, "The Happiest Thought"
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Our nominations for Pushcart: Anthony Varallo’s “Nicotine” Amy Li’s “On a Witch’s Grieving” Lorna McGinnis’s “When the Thing You’re Afraid of Is You” Leslie Walker Trahan’s “Preparation” Kathryn Kulpa’s “Layover” HC Bending’s “Bathtub Animals”
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Oh, the sky-spins, they've brought us a big, wild sky-wolf : #53 of Gone Lawn: Cover art by Jacelyn Yap.
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Our nomination in Fiction for Best of the Net: Fiction Amy Li : On a Witch’s Grieving : GL40 Kathryn Kulpa : Layover : GL41
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Well, as I posted on FB, Gone Lawn 40 is postponed due to my crippling depression. Probably April 1 it'll appear, but please don't hold me to that. Thanks, Owen.
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We are now accepting submissions for Gone Lawn 41, our summer solstice issue.
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How do people feel about our consistently long list of contributors? I've never asked this question of people, before, but it's one reason why I keep asking people to return. (I'm one of those with compromised attention so....) Why Amy and I do it: We love so many submissions.
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Just two weeks left for you to submit your odd animals for Gone Lawn 32!
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The summer solstice issue is up! Featuring 21 terrific authors, including Amy Barnes (now our new coeditor!), cover art by Edward Lee, and a featured digital poem by old friend Andy Campbell.
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Also, submissions are now open again. We're still getting through the backlog, mind you, so . . . if you haven't heard from us then hopefully, soon you will. We're going eldest to youngest, of course. Here's to hoping you enjoy the new issue!
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Kind words from readers & contributors keep me going. We're doing #44 , now, it's been many years. I believe in this gig. I feel it's important. It's been a long process of getting to a place where I feel so proud. & feelings toward my great coeditors over the years. — Owen.
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Sometimes we care too much for the writing that's sent to us, we're not one of these publications that sort out the best and most eminent of writers/writing. We publish what we love and then we close down. That's always been our thing.
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Hi there! Gone Lawn will open for all your rare garden darlings on June 1. Bury us in your words! #55 release: June 21. I svenska: Hej där! Gone Lawn öppnar för alla dina sällsynta trädgårdsälsklingar på 1 juni. Begrav oss i dina ord! #55 utgivning: 21 juni.
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Okay! So, we're full for the #47 issue, but submissions are still rolling for #48 . If you've had your submission with us for more than a bunch of days, we're considering it still.
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I know I'm the one who posts most on this page, but make no mistake, Amy Cipolla Barnes ( @amygcb ) is a real force.
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Like we always say, we're happy as punch about every issue, but #56 , the sturgeon moon issue, we think is a dazzler. Editing it now, we think you'll love it.
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Have we mentioned this? One of our things is reading a collection or chapbook and reading "originally published in Gone Lawn." It gives the shivers!
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We have three slots left. Looking for two sorts of writers, or variants of the sort: 1 : Total crazies 2 : Total exquisites Amaze us!
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Hope everyone is enjoying the new issue of Gone Lawn, we're really proud of this one, Amy and I.
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Happy new year, everyone! (Hopefully?) Ten days to submit for #43 !
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Thanks, gingerbread boys and spiral girls, the ones in the between and the ones who just don't care! We've hit 5000 followers and been breathing into a paper bag for five . . . six minutes. Max von Sydow's character knew how long a minute lasts.
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You cannot see us, because we are clandestine. Hidden , waxing , hidden , waxing . . . we will emerge imminently, a big, bad-ass strawberry thing, ascending into your dark sky, vague but serious.
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So, the worm moon issue is filled! We're still accepting submissions through at least the end of the month, maybe rolling, we're considering that. Keep sending keep sending! We're up to our ears but want to drown pleasantly. Pleasantly . . . .
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Gone Lawn is now accepting submissions for #39 , the winter solstice issue! Send us your odd animals.
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So, the spring full moon issue is filled, and we're now accepting work for the summer solstice issue. Throw 'em at us!
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Congratulations to our 2024 Best Small Fictions nominees! @bookbound2019 @BethanyJarmul @annakegler
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⭐️⭐️A big thanks to Eric for compiling the list and including Gone Lawn. Great literary company to be in!⭐️⭐️
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I compiled a count of the most-selected journals for the 2024 flash *Best of* anthologies/lists. Just a fun way to celebrate these fine journals and maybe learn about new markets. ✨
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Our PROSE POETRY noms for BotN: Lauren Camp : The Future of These days Nancy Huggett : The Inuksuk of Sorrows CJ Wackerman : Pliu Waterfall Richard Weaver : A myopic ostrich stood outside Susan L Leary : Mugshot Taylor Hamann Los : Noctrune
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Literary journal vs. Literary magazine . . . it seems to me that at one point in my life, "journal" became prominent, now it's back to "magazine" and I feel embarrassed for writing/using "journal" all the time to describe Gone Lawn. What do people think? Am I totally wrong?
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Issue #55 , the strawberry moon issue, is now closed to submissions, but just you wait until that battered globe rises, June 21.
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The reception to the harvest moon issue has delighted us and amazed us no end. We love most seeing people sharing other authors' material. <3
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Recalling from many years ago when a contributor emailed us asking us to remove a great piece of hers, because she was applying for an academic position and they looked down on online publication. Sigh. Really, web mags are superior to print in nearly every way I can think of.
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Thanks for all the well-wishes, everyone. This stuff is tricky, you never know when it's going to devastate you. Getting better. <3
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We at Gone Lawn are so happy with the upcoming issue. It was an abbreviated period, the next will be longer, and therefore more difficult, we hate cutting work we like, and there are many good pieces rolled over. Keep this in mind: We appreciate all your submissions.
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NEWS NEWS NEWS ! We're moving #52 up to Nov. 27, this will be the beaver moon issue. Better than the cold moon, right? Beavers are amazing. Submissions, then, will resume on Nov. 1. Let's all read the hell out of #51 then expect #52 to kill us beautifully.
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This issue, we have more Maybes than we can handle! So many of them! Well, we're slowly getting through them, it's difficult deciding these, we're on the fence. I have an old guiding query, "Will I regret not taking this piece?" That is very much in my head. — Owen.
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Just two weeks until the summer solstice issue pops up in the interwebs! We're excited about this issue. So happy to have the contributors we've had. It gets more difficult, every issue, figuring whom we should take or dismiss. It's not fun.
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We're so to the brim with brilliant poetry, what we want now is the weird, the surreal, the uncanny, the unlikely. Please! Send them along!
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Okay! So! Chaos over, back to editing and writing, and Gone Lawn 55 will be scheduled for May 23 (flower moon). I think you'll all like it bunches, we're happy with it so far, it's an interesting one. (Not that we don't find them all interesting!) :)
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Gone Lawn 37, our summer solstice issue, is up! Featuring new work by twenty one amazing authors, including cover art by Lauren Silex. Check it out!
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Our Best of the Net nominations! Congrats, all!
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Submissions for the buck moon issue are closed, now opening harvest moon submissions, but Hey! Hey! Look at #49 , our flower moon issue! Isn't it terrific?
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Gone Lawn 46 is full. The new issue is scheduled for September 22. All submissions from now on, and those remaining, will be considered for the autumn issue.
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Since Beth's departure, I've been horribly backlogged, and I need a tempering influence. If you're interested in applying for co-editor, previous publication in GL is my only criterion. Let me know if you're interested!
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Nowaboutswise, we're finalizing our picks for Best of the Net. (Yes, that's right, we're early this time!) We've got our favorites and we're throwing lines from other works at them, just to see if they flinch. Foolproof.
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We've begun coding the new issue. Love every piece. We say this of every issue, of course, but this one will be bigger than ever! 23 authors! Release date: Dec. 21. Presentation art is a seeecrettt!
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Congratulations to all the @bestmicrofic writers, but especially to @gonelawn contributors @lindymbiller for Paper Doll and @williamwoolfitt for Buying Snowball Pumpkins in Athens, Tennessee! 🎉
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Our COVER ART & FICTION noms for BotN: COVER ART: Catherine Eaton Skinner, Shift VI Neila Mezinkski, Elephant I Koss, The City FICTION: Olga Katsovkiy : What We Are Made Of Mandira Pattnaik : Collector of Souls Comes to the Shadow Shop
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The cold moon issue is filled! Faster than hands, faster than any issue we've published. Should I say, more quickly? It's a terrific issue! We're proud. Dec. 26. We will be closed for submissions until Dec.1, but in the meantime, hey!
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Here's the thing: EVERY creative writer is an artist. There is no writer and also artist. You are an artist, full stop.
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Flower moon rising, four weeks until Gone Lawn 55, the strawberry moon issue, hits you like a sweet, sweet red thing. In the meantime, you know where your butt can go:
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Gone Lawn 33, our summer solstice issue, is up! This issue features new work by 25 amazing writers. Check it out!
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Happy winter solstice!
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Going through the latest issues, for the BotN nominations, I'm struck by how many squirrel stories we've published. Wow!
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I don't think I've asked, this, ever. How is everyone? I hope everyone is well. We live in interesting times, according to the curse. Things are bad in every little corner. How are things, in spite of everything? We have to hold up and that's what makes us.
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Gone Lawn 40, our spring equinox issue is up! This issue features new work from 21 amazing authors, and cover art by Jacque Davis. Check it out!
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So! We're going to surprise everyone! The summer issue ( #49 ) is filling up so quickly already that we've decided to move it up to May 5, that will be the Flower Moon issue . . . therefore #50 will be the summer solstice issue. Everyone gets a car! Sorry, no car. #48 in a week!
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Just a little more than a week left to submit your work for Gone Lawn #39 , our winter solstice issue.
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Hey, poets and prosers and freaky-types, this following Thursday, next Thursday, man, that’s when it shines. That's the spot and this happening goes down like egg nog, you dig? Until then we’re all about the number 52 gingerbread house and you know what that’s all about, right?
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Remember, we're always open to submissions of visual art for our covers!
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