Meakin Armstrong | Writer & Editor

A New Flash Fiction Piece Up at Joe + Gigs

Meakin Armstrong — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:18:01 +0000

I wrote a flash fiction piece for the online journal, Joe + Gigs. Joe + Gigs is an ekphrastic site: all stories are in some way about paintings. For no reason at all (other than I’d given myself about an hour or … Continue reading →

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PEN World Voices and an Evening with Guernica: Bravery and Gender in “Confessional Writing”

Meakin Armstrong — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:15:19 +0000

Guernica is a regular participant in PEN World Voices. This year, we’re conducting a panel on “brave” writing. Wednesday, May 01, 2013, 7:00pm Panelists are: Benjamin Anastas Trisha Low Anthony Swofford Agata Tuszynska Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th … Continue reading →

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Guernica at AWP

Meakin Armstrong — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:01:31 +0000

Going to AWP, the massive conference for writers? I’ll be there with Guernica at Table P12, Plaza Level Exhibition Hall B. How AWP describes itself: Each year, AWP holds its Annual Conference & … Continue reading →

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Best of the Net – Another Award for Guernica Fiction

Meakin Armstrong — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:41:26 +0000

Alix Ohlin’s Guernica short story, “Casino” has won a Best of the Net award. An annual award given to the authors for the best ficiton to appear on the Internet, this … Continue reading →

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Come to the Latest Guernica “Salon” on the 17th

Meakin Armstrong — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:24:26 +0000

If you’re in New York City, stop by our”Salon,” at Solas on the 17th. The Facebook invitation is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/148576175292010/?ref=22 Come to the Latest Guernica “Salon” on the 17th is a post from: Meakin Armstrong

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Most of This is True

Meakin Armstrong — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:11:07 +0000

I wrote this brief memoir piece called “Most of This is True” about my life in Charleston, South Carolina during the 1980s: nightly parties, filth and despair, people having orgies on my living room floor, a roommate who stabbed me in the … Continue reading →

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The Slush: FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES

Meakin Armstrong — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:29:57 +0000

We try to have at least 30% unsolicited fiction in Guernica, meaning we get a lot of our fiction stuff from the slush pile. In fact, we’re about to publish our FOURTH publishing debut this year. I believe in doing … Continue reading →

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Coming Up: A Guest Editor Gig

Meakin Armstrong — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:32:14 +0000

I just finished a guest-edit of a magazine and it’s got some of my best nonfiction writing in it. And the people I got to also write? Wow. The magazine comes out in December. Hint: the magazine is concerned with art and … Continue reading →

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New York: I Still Love You Best

Meakin Armstrong — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:02:53 +0000

No one who was in New York on 9/11 will ever forget that day. I still well up when I think of the firefighters a few doors down from me and how they lost half of their crew. Even now, … Continue reading →

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New with Guernica, Two Stories Every Two Weeks

Meakin Armstrong — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:42:58 +0000

For years, I made sure that Guernica ran at least one story, every two weeks. Doing that worked well (very well in fact, we won many awards and published many top writers). But—and this was important—there were so many other stories … Continue reading →

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