Short Story Month

It might not be quite as official as National Poetry Month, but in case you didn’t know, May has been declared the month of the short story. In celebration of SSM, Dan Wickett at the Emerging Writers Network is aiming to “find three stories to read and blog about—one from a collection that maybe I've held onto a little too long, should have finished and reviewed by now, etc; one from a print journal; and one from an online journal. By month's end, if all goals are met, just under 100 short stories will have been read and commented upon.” Via his own posts and some guest contributions, Dan has already accumulated a great selection of story recommendations and SSM has also been noticed by notables venues like Poets & Writers and Larry Dark at the Story Prize blog, along with countless other writers, bloggers, and short story enthusiasts. So if you love short stories (and, really, who doesn’t love a good short story?), here are a few easy ways to celebrate SSM: blogging about a story you love, buying a story collection, recommending a short story you love to friends, making a donation to an institution or publication that shows particularly strong support for the short story, or subscribing to a literary journal.

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