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walking the beans
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Walking Beans by Diane DeBok

It was the second day that Kate and her father walked beans. They had been out since seven a.m. to...
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The Definition of Insanity
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The Definition of Insanity by Catherine J. Dorian

Adam clutches the rim of his Canadian Club and 7-Up, working the room of fellow farmers while I grip the...
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bull riding in Crazy Train by Simon Rowe
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Crazy Train by Simon Rowe

Our first summer storm arrived in the wee hours of a warm mid-January morning. As lightning flickered against the curtains...
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Best Short Story Jeremy Haworth
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CONTEST: Blood Brother by Jeremy Haworth

Judge Dr. Chea Parton has selected “Blood Brother” by Jeremy Haworth as the Best Short Story for the 2024 Best...
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creek
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Crossing the Pasture by Ruth Jones

Robert Andrews had a fondness for April, when rain fell daily and water puddled ankle-deep in the low areas around...
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2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Shortlist

The judge of the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest, Dr. Chea Parton, just completed the difficult task of choosing 10...
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Bradley David A way of saving
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A Way of Saving by Bradley David

My favorite inheritance is the green toy metal shovel. Also, the elfin-like ski-toed leather booties. Also, the pair of snowshoes,...
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Skylark in the Callows
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My Mother Considers Her Callows Farm by Patrick Deeley

My Mother Considers Her Callows Farm From a parlour window I see sunlight creeping across the fields, and how some...
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Spider on hand
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Two Poems by Laura Grace Weldon

Foraging Pluck purslane and plantain for salad, shred it small so it slides by skeptics, know you’re kneeling in Eden...
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Best Essay Don Stewart
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CONTEST: Rebounders by Don Stewart

Judge Dr. Chea Parton has selected “Rebounders” by Don Stewart as the Best Short Story for the 2024 Best in...
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Road that leads nowhere
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Roads That Lead Nowhere and Other Poems by Jeffery Alan Tobin

Roads That Lead Nowhere It isn’t the stillness they talk about, the way the light spills over old barns, or...
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Tobacco Field
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Cigarette-roll by Gwyl Ford

“Coach, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow and our raisins are still drying on the ground. My father needs my brother...
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