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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
June, 2022 1st place winner: the plastic barrier by ed friedman
Nothing had changed. It was like going into a historic house museum with the palpable sense that no activity had taken place here for...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
june, 2022 2nd place winner: Mobile Home by Jeff Hall
The rev of the engine was his morning miracle. That it still turned on at all continued to both surprise and scare him, for each success...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20221 min read
June, 2022 3rd Place Winner: The victorious Defeat by Long Tang
The general saw an old man at the park with a Wei-qi game board set up under a banner – “Champion of the World.” Intrigued, the general...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
March, 2022 1st place winner: the taste of your toes by Angela Gilbert
I remember I first tasted your toes three years ago. Your dad held you as I lapped salty licks at your kicking feet. I met you again,...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
March, 2022 2nd place winner: a mariachi band serenades a Tortoise by Phillip Yeatman
The Don “Cheese” Baxter Memorial park consumes a neat square metre of land in front of the Teewonga community center. Nearby, a placard...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
march, 2022 3rd place winner: Fear of Being Watched by Miriam Kotorova
Molly didn’t like being watched. The feeling of somebody’s eyes following her, made her head feel heavy and her blood somehow too hot for...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
march, 2022 honorable mention: Eulogy by Thomas Aunins
A friend of mine had the idea to kick gravestones. It was night and we were 16 and looking for something vaguely forbidden and we didn’t...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
Dec, 2021 1st place winner: Divination by Sara Jordan-Heintz
Delia’s heart still thundered as she walked away from the tents filled with laughter, screams and the smell of stale popcorn. Fortune...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
sept, 2021 1st place winner: playdate by f k Marlowe
Wide-set, feline eyes regard me, some would say judgementally. “Our hot chocolate has little marshmallows in it.” I bite back the...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
Sept, 2021 2nd place winner: Birds Watching by carrie bryan atkins
In the middle of a lush, green park on the outskirts of the city sat a little kiosk. It had seen better days, but its gaily striped...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
sept, 2021 3rd place winner: by felicity marsh
When lads he’d known as a youngster had difficulty with his name, their tongues slipping on the syllables, they’d called him Carl and...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 20, 20222 min read
Sept, 2021 - honorable mention: You've Got a Little Something by Wendy Grube
Sarah smiles. Jake finishes the last sip of wine in his glass and leans in for a kiss. He stops short and motions to her mouth. “You’ve...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 16, 20211 min read
june, 2021 1st place winner: Bury My Heart by skinned knees by Cody Walker
A first grader found a heart on the school playground buried next to the swingset. Unsure of what it was, she summoned her best friend to...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 16, 20212 min read
June, 2021 2nd place winner: a Fine Balance by Terri Mullholland
‘It’s a fine balance,’ said Anna. She aligned two sticks to form the supporting beams of the roof. ‘Everything affects everything else.’...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 16, 20212 min read
june, 2021 3rd place winner: My Father, Our River by Mary-Jane Harbottle
She crouched on the bank, meticulously watching the river. Early on she’d learnt to be a still, silent child at her father’s side. He had...
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shadygroveliterary
Aug 16, 20211 min read
June, 2021 - Honorable mention: The Picnic by M.M. Blakesley
The picnic was laid out perfectly. Crystal glasses cradled the pink remains of rosé. A bottle, uncorked and almost empty, bobbed merrily...
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shadygroveliterary
May 20, 20212 min read
dec, 2020 1st place winner: q-rious by zach anderson
The 6PM police satellite umbrella had just orbited above the house. When she stepped outside she was 5 ft 4 inches tall. The pneumatic...
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shadygroveliterary
May 20, 20210 min read
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shadygroveliterary
May 20, 20211 min read
dec, 2020 third place winner: the replicant by anne mcgee
Startled by the slide of the cell door, Ben snapped the e-reader closed on his failed request for appeal. The Replicant entered. Ben...
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shadygroveliterary
May 20, 20212 min read
dec, 2020 honorable mention: rishikesh by nikki butcher
Four tonnes of elephant block the middle of the only road to Rishikesh, butt smirking like a lazy Mona Lisa. Vishnu kills the engine. Lee...
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