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*Featured Writing is work selected for inclusion by a majority of the editors.

**An Editor's Pick is a piece that did not receive a majority vote, but that had the strong support of at least one editor.

Volume 8, Issue 3 :: September 1, 2008

Featured Writing*

War Diary
Flash Fiction by Merle Drown

Catching Up
Fiction by Beth Labonte

Fireglass
Fiction by Jacob Strunk

Stupid Girl
Creative Non-Fiction by Gretchen Clark

The Real Love
Creative Non-Fiction by Byron J. Flitsch

Editor's Picks**

Beaver's Pick * Three Poems
Poetry by C.P. Dotson

Billiard's Pick * Little Mother
Fiction by Amber Cook

Contest Winners

A Midsummer Tale Writing Contest
Judged by Beaver
Theme: Snapshots

First: Being Queen
by Dena Riggs Hein

Second: Richie in the Leaves
by Joe Kraus

Third: A Brief Meeting
by Chelsea Heath

Regular Columns

Best of the Boards
One Too Many
by Katelyn Kiley

The Snark Zone: Letters From The Editors
An Observer in My Own Life
by Stephanie "Baker" Lenz