non-fiction
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Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader (Part 1)
I’ve been on the editorial board for PRISM for close to a year now, and what that means is that instead of being rejected I get to reject other people. It’s less gleefully vengeful than it sounds. I can’t speak for the entire magazine, but I thought I’d clear up a few myths about what makes…
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Contested learnings
Recently, I had the opportunity to be a first reader for a reasonably prestigious literary magazine’s creative non-fiction writing contest. (Say that 3 times fast.) I then promptly forgot that I’d agreed to do it, though I did remember just in time to turn in my votes and comments 1 day late, so they couldn’t…
Sonal Champsee 