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Join us this weekend at the Alabama Book Festival!

Join us this Saturday, for the ninth-annual Alabama Book Festival in historic downtown Montgomery at Old Alabama Town. The festival will feature 50 authors, more…

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Elizabeth Wade

Elizabeth Wade reading at NANO Fiction’s Five at 5 reading series in Tuscaloosa, AL. Elizabeth Wade grew up in Tuscaloosa, AL, received degrees from Davidson College and the…

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Jared Yates Sexton

Jared Yates Sexton reading at NANO Fiction’s Five at 5 reading series in Tuscaloosa, AL. Jared Yates Sexton is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Georgia Southern…

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Amy McDaniel

Amy McDaniel reading at NANO Fiction’s Five at 5 reading series in Tuscaloosa, AL. Amy McDaniel lives in Atlanta, GA with her dog, Annette. Her stories, poems,…

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2014 NANO Prize Now Open!

The sixth-annual NANO Prize, awarding publication and $500 to a previously unpublished work of fiction 300 words or fewer, is now open! All entrants will…

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Cian Cruise

Cian Cruise reading at reading at NANO Fiction’s Five at 5 reading series in Tuscaloosa, AL. Cian Cruise was born in Kingston, Ontario, Dominion of Canada during a…

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Prompt #27

It’s Cherry Blossom season! Right now, millions of people come to Japan to see these trees. Exactly when the Cherry Blossoms bloom depends on the…

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Garrett Ashley

Garrett Ashley reading at reading at NANO Fiction’s Five at 5 reading series in Tuscaloosa, AL. Garrett Ashley is a student in the Center for Writers at the…

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Falling Safely: Building Revision Bravery through Flash

I’m 45 feet off the ground, strapped into a harness on a molded indoor climbing wall. Even though the only reason I’m up here is…

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Prompt #26

For those of you watching college basketball, March is March Madness! March Madness means brackets, and brackets mean showdowns! PROMPT: Write a suspenseful story that…

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