Last Call, Submission Closes Friday

Submit your work and be part of the Written Tales Chapbook.

Apr 13, 2022

Submission closes this Friday for the Easter themed Chapbook. For shorts, we prefer stories between fifty (50) to fifteen hundred (1500) words. Poems, open to all forms. All selected authors will receive a copy of the Written Tales Chapbook.

We look forward to your submissions.

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Here are a few wonderful entries we received. Please leave a comment and share with others. These writers are amazing.

Featured Entries

The Lilies of Gethsemane, an insightful Poem by Linda Imbler

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The Lilies of Gethsemane

And there they were on Easter morn at the peep of day. Their petals unfolding, as they had days before, when they stood as a herald from inside the sacred garden where the final warnings were prelected. Ivory costumed messengers of hope, once again on the ground of the garden, like they had also appeared when they sprung up below the Teacher’s crow’s …

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The Song of Mary Magdalene, a Poem by Unjay which ask’s the question, who is this stranger by my lover's grave?

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The Song of Mary Magdalene

Just before dawn on Easter Sunday, Mary Magdalene walks to the grave of Jesus The torn edges of life are ragged like the sea While the moon keeps watch Over the loneliness of God I knew you as the singing of my soul The music of my eyes Silenced by the sudden storm My footsteps lost on fallen olives Rich and ripe Decaying into dry dead eart…

a year ago · Written Tales

The Easter Hairdo, a Short Story by Jerry Lambert that takes us back to childhood on this special day. It’s of great interest what a pair of scissors can do.

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The Easter Hairdo

Last night, I attended my sister's birthday party. I'm not going to give away her age since I place a high value on my life. Let's just say I reached the same milestone a couple of years ago. While chatting with one of her neighbors, he asked if I had any good stories about her. I responded, …

a year ago · Written Tales

If you would like to be part of this beautiful collection of stories and poems, please submit before Friday. I wish you all a wonderful and blessed Wednesday.

Kevin

Editor of Written Tales