We cling to the thing we create because it is precious to us. To send it out into the world means we are trusting it to a system that may not care the way we care, and our feelings are far too fragile to handle damaged packaging, or, God forbid, abandoned deliveries.

The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is one of the most honoured literary projects in America. They welcome up to six nominations (print or online) from little magazine and small book press editors throughout the world, and selected winners will appear in their annual publication.

The complete table of contents for the December 2023 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that four writers have made the shortlist for our September 2023 Write Prompt Challenge.

In recognizing the greatness (the talent, the beauty) in others, we open the door to discovering our own.

We are pleased to welcome high school senior, Jaylynn MacDonald, to the editing team.

The complete table of contents for the September 2023 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that six writers have made the shortlist for our June 2023 Write Prompt Challenge.

It was upon my high school library bookshelves that I discovered Leonard Cohen. In the angst of my first real heartbreak, I felt seen by his words and he’s been etched into my life ever since.

The complete table of contents for the June 2023 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that five writers have made the shortlist for our March 2023 Write Prompt Challenge.

I bought my first house when I was 24. It wasn’t because I was financially wise, it was because in 2004 there was a collective eagerness to help young people get into the market, and in a brief period where the down payment requirement was 0%, I dove in.

The complete table of contents for the March 2023 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

We are so pleased to announce that six writers have made the shortlist for our December 2022 Write Prompt Challenge.

My neighbour’s property surrounds ours in a horseshoe—hay field to the east, soybean to the west, and a small forest to the south. They have invited us to use their horse trails and I take advantage of this in moments when work overwhelms me or I can’t focus on the task at hand. This fall, on a day when nothing came easy, I donned my rubber boots and went searching for the metaphor I needed for this letter.

The complete table of contents for the December 2022 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.

The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honoured literary project in America. They welcome up to six nominations (print or online) from little magazine and small book press editors throughout the world, and selected winners will appear in their annual publication.

We are so pleased to announce that five writers have made the shortlist for our September 2022 Write Prompt Challenge.

As I write this I’m sitting beneath the massive pines of a campground that is two years away from its 100th anniversary. Year after year my husband and I are blessed to be invited back to this place to play music together through two consecutive weeks of Family Camp. There are five things we can count on:

The complete table of contents for the September 2022 issue of Blank Spaces magazine.