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issue 10 theme: sink/swim.
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How We Chose Our Issue 10 Theme Sink/Swim
With our tenth literary magazine (tenth!) we wanted to return to our roots and reflect on why we started Swim Press in the first place. Born from a desire to create a literary magazine revolving around water, waterways, transparency, the ebb and flow of the everyday, issue 01 Water was the most natural theme and…
Frostbite: January Writing Prompt Responses
January’s writing prompt was Frostbite. Here we showcase all the responses that were submitted. Frostbite writing prompt: A numbing of the fingers and a gnashing at the cheeks. A silent landscape, a slow killer. So beautiful and delicate it can cut to the bone. Ice Queen Too often she sits at tables, frostbitten.Hot coffee, cold…
Dance: December Writing Prompt Responses
December’s writing prompt was Dance. Here we showcase all the responses that were submitted. Dance writing prompt: The dance we do around the kitchen as you take the kettle and I a spoonful of sugar. Hand in hand we waltz as the first song plays. Look at the children dancing on stage. There’s a couple…
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