Dearest Bleating Things: we will not be opening for submissions this June. We will resume our normal publishing schedule this December.
Any contributors eligible during fall 2025-summer 2026 award considerations will still be nominated.
Warm wishes from our flock to yours. See you soon! 🐑💕
![A red-and-yellow toned image of a two-headed sheep standing in a field, against a backdrop of trees.
The text reads:
"I was thinking about [...]
caterpillars, who re-organize
their earth-bound bodies and become winged
creatures late in life."
- James Lilliefors, Snow
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![A red-and-yellow toned image of a two-headed sheep standing in a field, against a backdrop of trees.
The text reads:
"[Fern] tells us during read-and-share that there was a fire in the bathroom and that her bird died. Smoke pressed against its chest feathers and its heart stopped beating and it went black and still."
- Ivy Jones, Cream-and-Sugar
ISSUE 04
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