Fit to Print Shortlist

by Rebecca Paredes
Person holding newspaper with colorful clouds on either side of them

Editor’s Note

Our Fit to Print challenge asked writers to submit pieces based on recent headlines, and we were thrilled to read so many poems, stories, and essays that moved in striking and unexpected directions based on that prompt. We’re thrilled to share the titles and authors of our shortlisted pieces. We’ll announce our finalists tomorrow!

“What to Do When Your Front Door Opens Straight Into Your Living Room” by Julie Albright

“62 million” by Alison Lubar 

“More Than Grass” by Catherine Schmitt

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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 is currently working on a novel inspired by her hometown.

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