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September 14, 2026

Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Vignette||August Edwards|”HEARING ‘DRIFT AWAY’ BY DOBIE GRAY FOR THE FIRST TIME”

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July 24, 2026

Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Vignette||Jennifer Anderson|”RATTLESNAKE”

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July 23, 2026

Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir/Vignette||Jennifer Anderson|”ELECTRIC YOUTH”

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May 18, 2026

FLASH NONFICTION: ALL MILITARY|Flash Memoir, CNF, or Vignette||Charles Jacobson|”To Saigon”

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April 7, 2026

FLASH NONFICTION: ALL MILITARY|Flash Memoir, CNF, or Vignette||Clement Valot|”April 2008, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean”

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April 6, 2026

FLASH NONFICTION: ALL MILITARY|Flash Memoir, CNF, or Vignette||Clement Valot|”February 2008, Straits of Hormuz, Arabian Gulf”

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January 12, 2026

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Miranda Barfuss|”ROSEANNE”

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November 21, 2025

Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Essay/Memoir/ Vignette||Alida Dean|”Someday”

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November 20, 2025

Flash Nonfiction|CNF/Essay/Memoir/ Vignette||Alida Dean|”I Try to Understand My Fear”

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November 20, 2025

Flash Nonfiction|Essay||Kimberly Kearns|”When the Game Ends”

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