mnartists.org: miniStories: Late Summer 2008

miniStories: "Little Vladimir" by Marcia Peck

miniStories: Marcia Peck — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

A haunting piece by miniStories winner Marcia Peck, set in the miseries of World War II, about the balms of both music and memory in the face of incredible suffering.

image: Marcia Peck

miniStories: "Muse Not Yet" by William Alexander

miniStories: William Alexander — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

A tiny, wry tale about art, love, and longing by one of our winning miniStories authors, William Alexander

miniStories: "Bird and Deer" by Ben Weaver

miniStories: Ben Weaver — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

miniStories winner Ben Weaver's lyrical gem about the inherent strangeness lurking behind everyday routines.

miniStories: Late Summer-Early Fall Cycle

miniStories — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

mnartists.org begins publication of the second cycle's winning short-shorts for its new competitive literary series for Minnesota writers. Look for a new call for flash fiction entries for the late fall round to be announced by late-August!

image: Geoff Herbach

image: William Walsh

image: Brady Bergeson

image: Dawn Frederick

miniStories Summer Reading: A New Round of Winning Writers!

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:50:51 GMT

[b]miniStories[/b], a flash fiction competition and publication series by mnartists.org, is celebrating its summer quarter with a live reading at the lovely Ritz Theater in NE Minneapolis on Monday evening, July 28 at 7 pm. Join us for drinks, rub elbows with your fellow fictionistas, and sit in for a sampling of the victorious short-short stories as read by our round-two miniStories winners and judges. [b]Admission is free and open to the public, everyone is welcome![/b] P.S. If you missed the inaugural round's winners, you can read all the spring quarter's winning flash fiction by visiting the [a href="http://www.mnartists.org/resourceList.do?action=list&sortBy=6&rid=180438&pid=219"]miniStories archive[/a].

image: geoff herbach