“Cult of Productivity” Shortlist

by Rebecca Paredes

Editor’s Note

Our shortlist recognizes the writers whose work resonated with our readers and made us reflect more deeply on the themes presented in our Cult of Productivity challenge: rest as resistance, what we lose when we doggedly pursue efficiency, and the stillness at the edges of our to-do lists. Join us in celebrating these poets and writers, and keep an eye out for our finalists next week!

Fiction:

“Borrowed Bones” by Atlas Wilder

Poetry:

“The Word of the Day is Holus-Bolus” by Jennifer Blackledge

“Self-Portrait of a Salaryman” by Ysh Cabana

“note to my three boys, write this down” by Katie Halloran

“Biohacking” by Gordon Mitchell Smith

“There’s a Name for It” by Kathryn Ugoretz

Rebecca Paredes

Rebecca Paredes is the Editor-in-Chief of Glossy Planet. She is a writer from Lake Elsinore, California, where the IHOP is located next to the graveyard, and an alumna of PEN America’s Emerging Voices Workshop LA. Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in Epiphany Magazine, Barren Magazine, Hunger Mountain Review, and other publications. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Texas Tech University and is currently working on a novel inspired by her hometown.

“Cult of Productivity” Shortlist

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