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Submissions Open April 26 to June 7!
Submissions to 805's 2024 issues are open April 26th though June 7th. This year we plan to publish one issue in August and a second in Novem
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Apr 221 min read
Best New Poets Nominations in 2024
We're excited to nominate two outstanding poems for the Best New Poets 2024 anthology.
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Nov 30, 20231 min read
Pushcart Prize Nominations for 2023
After much deliberation, we’re excited to announce our nominations for the Pushcart Prize below. Good luck to these talented writers who...
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Oct 1, 20231 min read
Best of the Net Nominations in 2023
We’re excited to nominate the following works for the Best of the Net anthology from Sundress Publications. Good luck to our talented...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Volume 9, Issue 1 is Here!
Welcome to our first issue of 2023, just in time for spring to unfurl itself in front of us, much like the gorgeous flowers on our cover...
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Mar 29, 20234 min read
Five Symbols of Spring to Enhance Your Writing + Five Litmags Open to Subs this Season
Another spring greets us this month with promises of new beginnings. With sunny days lasting longer and nature coming back to life,...
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805lit
Mar 15, 20231 min read
Epiphany Ferrell’s piece selected for Best Microfiction 2023
We’re excited to announce Epiphany Ferrell’s flash fiction “Jack and Jill's Final Adventure” will appear in Best Microfiction 2023!...
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Mar 1, 20231 min read
Best of Net Finalist Nina Tichava
805 contributor Nina Tichava’s artwork “You Don’t Even Know How Breathtaking You Are” was selected as a finalist for Best of the Net...
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Nov 4, 20222 min read
Jack and Jill’s Final Adventure, by Epiphany Ferrell
They hadn’t told anyone about Jack’s cancer. Not officially. Jill had known. Of course. She was there when he got the call, there to see...
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Oct 28, 20222 min read
The Girl Who Was Afraid to Die, by Gabrielle Skerpan
There once was a girl who was afraid to die. The fear knotted her stomach and caused her to shake. Her tears ran dry, and she could do...
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Oct 14, 20222 min read
Hula, by Heidi Turner
There’s nothing inside my coconut bra but the tourists don’t need to know that. They watch my hips, and the men grab their wives’ hands...
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Oct 3, 20221 min read
Best of the Net Nominations in 2022
We’re excited to nominate the following works for the Best of the Net anthology from Sundress Publications. Good luck to our talented...
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Sep 24, 20223 min read
Vacation, by Miranda Williams
My husband slips under the waves and never comes back up. I watch the tide claim his balding head from my beach towel. The aquamarine...
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Sep 14, 20223 min read
Radio II, by Alexander Eikenberg
From the passenger’s seat you reach over and turn on the radio. With the windows down at sixty-five the sound is stifled out of hearing...
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Sep 2, 20223 min read
The Computer's Lament, by Sheldon Kozushko and Nicholas Caleb Kozushko
Cycle 4000 entry 341 My master has not been tending to me as of late. I miss the touch of his fingers. The quick strokes he makes along...
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Aug 16, 20221 min read
Absolute Divisions, by William Doreski
A woodpecker razzing a tree rousts me from a dream set in a ruined clubhouse perched at the extremity of Brooklyn. Broken glass and...
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Aug 1, 20221 min read
Natalie at the Beach, by Florence Murry
Sunbathers soak in blasted brilliance. Umbrellas on the shore a kaleidoscope canopy. We unpack close to the break feel spray on our...
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Jul 24, 20222 min read
Someone's Someone, by Ashley Sgro
Jacket: on. Boots: laced and tight. Sweatshirt and sweatpants: saggy for loose maneuvering. I’m on the midnight prowl. I’ll start on...
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Jul 20, 20222 min read
Sunflower, by Lauren Schaumburg
Freckles dappling skin, how long can you lie in the sunshine before the burn comes to lay waste to your flesh? How long can you stand to...
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Jul 15, 20223 min read
The Grounding, by Keith ‘Doc’ Raymond
Anchor chains break, and ships drift to shore. Wrecks collect with the tide, rust, and recede. And every hundred years she comes to...
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