New Millennium Writings

NEW MILLENNIUM WRITINGS, ISSUE #28 — 2019

FEATURED NEW MILLENNIUM AWARD WINNERS

Kristin Kostick of Houston, Texas for Disappeared (Nonfiction)

Xiao Yue (Shelly) Shan of Tokyo, Japan for the nation of aphasia (Poetry)

Patrick Dawson of London, England for The Language of Rivers (Fiction)

Alyson Hagy of Laramie, Wyoming for Ember (Flash Fiction)

Marsh Rose of Cloverdale, California for False Memory (Nonfiction)

Seth Simons of the Bay Area, California for Like My Father (Poetry)

Patricia Sammon of Huntsville, Alabama for Since (Fiction)

Eleanor Bluestein of La Jolla, California for How To Write a Love Letter (Flash Fiction)

Kristin Kostick of Houston, Texas for Blanking (Nonfiction)

WINNING WRITING ADVICE

FEEDBACK ON ISSUE #28

"This is such a unique story, employing multiple twists and turns and stories within stories."

— James Stack on “Since”

"I could hardly finish reading for laughing. My spouse laughed out loud. We needed laughter. You had it to give!"

— Barbara Bradley on “How To Write a Love Poem”

"Thank you for tapping into the world unseen by others."

— K.D. Fire

"Graceful, unpretentious, clear, coherent, meaningful — the kind of writing not often found in today’s landscape."

— Arthur Mitchell on “the nation of aphasia”

"Wow. This story is so vivid, so candidly peeling back the sorts of layers most of us tend to keep hidden."

— Sharon Osborn on “False Memory”

"Very powerful, mysterious, and moving."

— Nina Robison on “The Language of Rivers”

"Beautiful writing. I loved it!"

 — Paulette Jolliffe on “Blanking”