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LEON Literary Review

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LEON is a bimonthly online literary review publishing poetry, fiction and essay.

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Intrepid writers of poetry, fiction, flash, and cnf - send us your daring, dreamy, provocative, poignant, gorgeous work! Show us what could only have come from you! We are open for submission until June 15th. leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/

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"My therapist will never read this. She does not believe in reading things that I write. I can read my stuff to her over the phone, which is how we conduct our sessions, but she won’t buy my books..." from "The Lemon and the Therapist" by Eleanor Levine leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-elean…

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"Jesus’ big story is him walking on water. It’s a cool story, but I wonder if he was ever able to stick his feet under the water and just feel the sensations. I liked moments with sensations..." from "A Longing for Wet Feet" by Christian David Loeffler leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-chris…

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"A mist, from blue water. Every body a mist. Like calls out to like, weather calls for return. Can you see me now..." from "All I know about Tacoma, Washington" by rob mclennan leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-rob-m…

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"2016 was the worst. There was the shock of Bowie, and then a few months later, Prince. She couldn’t get out of bed for two days. I wandered the grocery aisles in a daze..." from "Death Notices by Text Thread" by Liz Rosen leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-liz-r…

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"...she misses your Sunday morning breakfasts of pancakes and egg coffee at Gus’s Diner, a tradition that started back when you both were still single, back when you had hangovers..." from "Together Again One Day" by Pamela Schmid leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-pamel…

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"Came out early, unlike his partner. Easy to, for him, to grow up at all where he did, fast far and away from all this confusion: the churches, the history, the looking away..." from "(A chilly proud) South for once" by R.P. Singletary leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-r-p-s…

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"...nobody even takes a closer look; they slow down, appraise the cart, flick their heads in disbelief, and keep on walking. But you linger. You have more curiosity than most people, or maybe just less to do..." from "Forever" by Jessica Van Dessel leonliteraryreview.com/issue-30-jessi…

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We are so impressed with the submissions this reading period! Beautiful stuff, people! If you haven’t already sent in your one-of-a-kind flash, fiction, poetry, or cnf - fear not! We are open until June 15th :) leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/

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Let the countdown begin! 3 days left in our submission period! Send us your flash, fiction, poetry, and cnf! And be safe out there, oh fearless makers of a more beautiful world. We love you all. leonliteraryreview.com/submit-2/

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Thank you to everyone who submitted during this reading period. SO many truly fabulous and gorgeously written pieces! We will get back to you as soon as we can. In the meantime, keep writing! The world needs your words!

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Diane Seuss is the judge for the annual Coniston Prize from Radar Poetry. The prize is open to a group of poems written in English by a woman. $20 fee. Winner receives $1,000 & publication. Enter 3-5 poems by August 1. #poets #poetrycontest Radar Poetry newpages.com/guide-submissi…

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As June draws to a close, we hope that everyone had a safe and well-celebrated Pride Month! Let’s keep those flags flying as a reminder to all (who need reminding) that the LGBTQ+ community and its allies aren’t going anywhere! ā¤ļøšŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆšŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø

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Issue 31 is up! We're proud to present new poetry by: Pamela Annas Mary Buchinger Eden Chicken Julie Esther Fisher Luci Huhn Charles Kell Suzanne Langlois Margaret LeMay Kathy Nelson Ann Pedone Angela Siew and a review of Megan Merchant by Shannon Winston leonliteraryreview.com

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"The critics only notice if you fuck up. Hey you! I’m talking to you, sitting there, 5thĀ row center,and you in the left balcony.Ā  Pay attention..." from "The Light Designer" by Pamela Annas leonliteraryreview.com/issue-31-pamel…

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"...Once I drove a long summer night to your ragged room, to the soft and narrow tin-tined bed, to your arms where morning sun poured its gold..." from "At Twenty" by Mary Buchinger leonliteraryreview.com/issue-31-mary-…

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Horrified! Some of our submission responses were sent out by Submittable without names! We're appalled and sincerely apologize. We spend lots of time reading/discussing your work, and want you to know we care about each and every submission, whether is accepted or not.