(a Press 53 publication)

ISSUE 223, April — June 2022

In this issue you will find stories by Nina Miller, Sara Elizabeth Dowd, and Jillian Mills, winners of our FREE, monthly 53-Word Story Contest that is open to writers around the world; Poetry by Rick Campbell, Stephen Gibson, Mercedes Lawry, and Emily Townsend, selected by guest editor Adrian Rice; Short Fiction by John Fulton, Mary Taugher, and Treena Thibodeau, from guest editor Dennis McFadden; and our Press 53 Spotlight featuring Sean Sexton, Jacinta V. White, Ray Morrison, and Rhonda Browning White. We hope wherever you are that you are able to find a quite, peaceful place to enjoy these poems and stories.


Announcement

2023 Press 53 Award for Poetry now open for entries!

Judged by Press 53 Poetry Series Editor Tom Lombardo

$1,000 First Prize advance

Publication and 50 copies

Deadline: July 31

Visit our website for information on how to enter and a list of our previous winners