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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 8d

Our new FALL issue is here! citronreview.com

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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 17h

Jr Walsh invites you to see our Fall issue's MICROS.
We're so excited to share these little bits with you.
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The Citron Review - A Journal of brief literature - Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction in little shimmers.

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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 5d

Our Fall 2025 Creative Nonfiction celebration continues featuring I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Brooke Middlebrook. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/i...

The Citron Review published "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Brooke Middlebrook. Pullquote: I get mad at you when you sing the opening lines to that song I hate.

thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 5d

Our Fall 2025 Creative Nonfiction celebration continues featuring Motel on the Edge of Everything by Dawn Miller. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/m...

The Citron Review published "Motel on the edge of Everything" by Dawn Miller. Pullquote: I remember the sharp sizzle of a match, the haze of smoke curling from my mother's like a sigh.

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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 5d

Our Fall 2025 Creative Nonfiction celebration continues featuring For a Limited Time Only by Sharon Goldberg. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/f...

The Citron Review has published "For a Limited Time Only" by Sharon Goldberg. Pullquote: I don't believe in soulmates, but if you think I'm yours, great.

thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 5d

Our Fall 2025 Creative Nonfiction celebration begins featuring Blind Curves by Erin Wood. citronreview.com/2025/10/05/b...

Blind Curves by Erin Wood in The Citron Review. Pullquote: Around we go, my husband and I.

thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 7d

Our Fall Issue is out, just in time to celebrate our 2026 Best of the Net Nominations! citronreview.com/2025-best-of...

thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · 8d

Our new FALL issue is here! citronreview.com

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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · Jun 30

We don't want to sleep on this list! Wigleaf's Top 50 is out and several stories from Citron made the Longlist. Congratulations to all of the writers out there doing good work. wigleaf.com/2025longlist...

thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · Jun 29

citronreview.com Our Summer Issue is here NOW!

Bee in a dandelion. Text announces: The Citron Review, our summer issue is here now.

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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · Jun 25

What fun! How droll! We love flash and we love @smokelong.bsky.social!

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Jun 25

And we're off! Start a 2-week deep dive TODAY into a favorite online flash journal older than 10 years and get your name in the hat to win $400! Please share at least 1 flash daily (up to 4) and tag SmokeLong so we see you! Get on it! www.smokelong.com/the-archive-...

The Archive Challenge — Win $400! - SmokeLong Quarterly

How often do you read the literary journals you submit your work to? Flash has been around for centuries but as “flash” only for around 23 years, when James Thomas’s wife suggested the term. Lots of o...

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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · May 21

Congratulations to Caitlyn Kinsella and Adrianna Sanchez-Lopez from our Winter Issue. Both of their stories will appear in the 2025 Best Small Fictions anthology!
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2025 Best Small Fictions nominees and winners

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thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations to Melanie Maggard whose "What I Can't See" will be featured in Best Microfiction 2025. @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Please check out all of our lovely nominees here. citronreview.com/2024-best-mi...

The Citron Review's Best Microfiction Nominees are Jessica June Rowe's The Ghost; Allison Field Bell's Heart; Laila Amado's A Glimpse of a Different Skyline; D. Walsh Gilbert's Grandpa at the Intersection; AND Melanie Maggard's What I Can't See which will appear in Best Microfiction 2025

thecitronreview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social · Apr 26

Congratulations again to Kate Horsely, we'll be publishing the winning piece "On Sunday, you wake up as a Firebird" in the Summer 2025 Issue.

SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Apr 14

The winner of the "Up to 250-Word" portion of the March Micro Marathon comps (internal), chosen by JR Walsh from The Citron Review is

"On Sunday, you wake up as a Firebird" by Kate Horsley

@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social has won $120 from SmokeLong and publication from The Citron Review!

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itsjrwalsh.bsky.social @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social · Apr 26

Spring is here!
We're excited to share the new issue from The Citron Review.
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