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issue 10 theme: sink/swim.
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Fish: April Writing Prompt Responses
April’s writing prompt was Fish. Here we showcase all the responses that were submitted. Fish writing prompt: In France, April Fool’s day is “Poisson D’Avril”: April’s fish. Mangrove Ghost crabshover and shroud overbrackish siltwhere bulge-eye fishdigintheirgillsand take primordial fin-stepstowards the trees.They climb rootsthat risegaspingfrom the ground.Their horizon -the goat-scratched scrub beyond.Behind them, the sea. by…
A Timely Water Boatman
At Swim Press we publish work by emerging writers to uplift new voices. We define emerging writers as those with seven or less publications to their name. For those who are not eligible to be published in our biannual literary magazines, we like to showcase their work on our blog. For issue 10 sink/swim, we’ve…
Indescribable Beauty in Continuity
At Swim Press we publish work by emerging writers to uplift new voices. We define emerging writers as those with seven or less publications to their name. For those who are not eligible to be published in our biannual literary magazines, we like to showcase their work on our blog. For issue 10 sink/swim, we’ve…
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