Call for Submissions for the North Coast Squid
The North Coast Squid, a literary magazine that embodies the beauty, spirit and eccentricity of Oregon’s northern coastline, is now inviting submissions for its 2023 edition. The Hoffman Center for
Being the Company–Georgianna Marie
Essay: “How do you feel about your wife’s job?” This question changed my life. It was early 2010 and I’d owned my own small corporate training consulting firm for nearly
The Red House–Karen Keltz
Don’t ask me the name of our street some tree name—alder, aspen, oak? The FFA barn across the street spewed boys beating their cattle to make them mind. My father
New Community Writes Prompt: Work
Get to Work All of us do it in one form or another: work. It can be a calling, a curse or a blessing. A labor of love or endless
2023 Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize Winners Announced
The Manzanita Writers Series and the Hoffman Center for the Arts announce the winners of the 5th annual Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize, which honors poets who live on the North
Scarlet Fever–Ellis Conklin
Fiction The fever raged. Her thoughts ran wild, as did her dreams. When the DC-10 began to twitch like a convict strapped to an electric chair, Scarlet Diggs began to
Mutability–Isa de Quesada
Poetry: Autumn moves into winter with a clear intent to let go. Winter has no problem waiting in silence – Its icy grasp gathers around trunks freezing roots and blackening
Deeper Scars–Georgianna Marie
Memoir: Blood gushed between my bony fingers and down the back of my arm. I grabbed my chin, beads of scarlet dripping off my elbow onto the dirty linoleum floor
Book Weirdness–Kathie Hightower
Fiction: “Why can’t we be like normal people?” I hated the whine in my voice. Mom just stood there. Did that one eyebrow up thing that I couldn’t master no
Racy Red Ridge–Kelly Jacobsen
Poetry: Silky smooth Slipping slowly Covertly covering Scar tissue hot red On delicate alabaster skin blood against snow Fiery crimson lingerie Definitely deceptive Rough ridges rise Revealing the ruse No