Hello readers, writers, poets and photographers. We are delighted to announce the lucky shortlisted entrants for the Your Fire Magazine Launch Issue: Catching Dreams! We would like to thank each and every one of you for submitting, and also give a huge congratulations to the shortlisted! We were amazed with the amount of entries we have received, and even more astounded with the quality of the work being submitted to us. We would also like to say a congratulations to those who were longlisted, and didn’t quite make it to the shortlist.
To help with any confusion, the number of successful entries is the number of entries we received and how many entries we had to choose the shortlist from. Now, we look at the shortlist and select the top 5 in each category, who we would like to publish in print.
The shortlisted people below, will all have a chance at being published, as we publish the top 5 in each category. Make sure you keep your eyes on the blog, as we will be announcing the people being published, and we will also be publishing the shortlisted on the blog in the next few weeks. Each week we will publish a selection of the shortlist on the blog. Please see below for the incredibly talented shortlist:
PHOTOGRAPHY
9 successful entries.
Lunch Beneath The Trees by Ann Privateer
Boastful Moon by Beverly M. Collins
Seagull In The Surf by Beverly M. Collins
Red Dragonfly by Beverly M. Collins
Joy by B. A. Brittingham
Peace by Fabrice Poussin
MICRO FICTION
9 successful entries.
At Last by Victor Nandi
The Philosophy Of What by Michael Brownstein
Bars by Michael Brownstein
Epitaph by Clyde Liffey
The Lift by Cameron Phillips
MINI POETRY
21 successful entries.
Tesla by Gerard Sarnat
Indoor Garden Stuff by Gerard Sarnat
Waxwork by Katherine Gotthardt
Spring Wings by Katherine Gotthardt
Rise by Katherine Gotthardt
the colours of my heart by Andy Eycott
LIFE by Andy Eycott
Body Of Water by Andy Eycott
On The Mississippi by Michael Brownstein
Storm by Michael Brownstein
POETRY
117 successful entries.
Deepest Blue by DS Maolalai
Deep In My Couch by Michael Lee Johnson
The Redemption by Michael Lee Johnson
Alberta Bound (v4) by Michael Lee Johnson
Beach Boys, Dance by Michael Lee Johnson
Sorrow by Iolanda Leotta
Life by Iolanda Leotta
Building A Better Scarecrow by Bruce McRae
Famished by Bruce McRae
Meeting With Our Dreams by Maid Corbic
Sent by Ann Privateer
Remembering by Ann Privateer
Sky Stare by Beverly M. Collins
City Life by Gerald Nikolai Smith
Showers & Rain by Michael Lee Johnson
Kansas, Old Abandoned House (v4) by Michael Lee Johnson
Then I’ll Be Happy by Kathleen Kempert
Correspondence by Michael Ceraolo
Future Prospect by Gary Beck
Survival Hopes by Gary Beck
Get Smart by Ann Privateer
Pretty Girls by Lauren Hern
dead bees by Andy Eycott
Sketch by Andy Eycott
The Parking Lot by Diana Raab
New Mexican Mountain Adventure by Ben Nardolilli
Barcelona 1 by Tony Warner
Desert Whirlwind by Thomas Alan Gray
Delighted Insistence by Aldo Quagliotte
Confessions Of A Pregnant Man by Aldo Quagliotte
To Those I’ve Wounded by Howie Good
Sunday In The Hills by Yash Seyedbagheri
Feral Love by Sunday T. Saheed
Stuff by Annemarie Timmons
Evolving Writer by Annemarie Timmons
In The Eye Of The Beholder by Annemarie Timmons
Like Moving an ocean by Fabrice Poussin
THEME 1: BELIEVING
1 successful entry.
Fiction: A Strange Kind Of Magic by James Marks
THEME 2: PREPARATION
2 successful entries.
Poetry: Preparation by Annemarie Timmons
Fiction: Gaze by Kai Double
FLASH FICTION
14 successful entries.
Spilled Champagne And Shattered Glass by Teresa Beeding
The Lake House by Keith Hoerner
Prisoners by Howie Good
She’s the Bomb by Keith Hoerner
When Dreams Turn Graphite Gray by Keith Hoerner
Mood Swing by Lee Hammerschmidt
My Way by Lee Hammerschmidt
SHORT STORIES
34 successful entries.
Wishlist by Matt McGee
Unsuccessful Movie by Christopher T. Dabrowski
Broken Night by Beverly M. Collins
Compelling Argument by Teresa Beeding
A Spot Of Bother by Peter Lingard
Face To Face by Ken Goldman
Homecoming by Francesco Grazioli
Testing My Mindfulness by Ian McNaughton
On The Doorstep by Shannon James
Day The Name by David Pitts
Spiker by Ian Tucker
The Land Across the Sea by Jacqueline Bartle
However Far, However Near by Keith Hoerner
Hands of Time by Lee Hammerschmidt
The Law of Attraction by Ejder Sevgen Raif
Home? by David Pitts
Dear Issues by David Henson
Please note:
If you haven’t heard from us by now, unfortunately you haven’t made the shortlist for the launch issue, and sadly won’t be published. Please don’t let this dishearten you – it doesn’t mean that your work won’t be published elsewhere, and it certainly doesn’t mean that you aren’t an incredibly talented poet, writer or photographer.