Second Chance Lit

We are thrilled to announce this year's Second Chance Lit @SundressPub Best of the Net nominations! Congratulations and good luck to Soheon Rhee, @kayleighsim_, @SC_Parent, @rydanmardsey, @kip_knott, @karaknick, Lyric Rudy (IG: lyric.rudy), and @LauraSeldner!

@BulbCultCo Re interview and repub'd piece @BulbCultCo per post above -- Shoutout to @blankspacesmag whose image prompt first inspired this piece, and to @SecondChanceLit (sadly on permanent hiatus) who published it after several shortlist placements.

"Nosebleed Seats" in @SecondChanceLit secondchancelit.com/rajsankar

We are still on a necessary hiatus, but HAD to showcase some of the amazing work from recent issues. We will share our @SundressPub Best of the Net nominations tomorrow!

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@LoucasWithAnO @LauraSeeber We love it, too!

Hey #writingcommunity -- what's the shortest and best story you've written so far?

@meep_matsushima You are the best and we are so proud of your work!!!

For a variety of reasons, Second Chance Lit will be going on an indefinite hiatus. We hope that we've been a source for good and given a space for so many amazing pieces that might have been otherwise forgotten! Our site will remain up. Love to all! secondchancelit.com

For the day that’s in it: my poem ‘Romantic Era Proofs was featured in the latest issue of @SecondChanceLit and somewhat fits the #PoetryDayIRL theme of ‘written in the stars’! Read it here: secondchancelit.com/mcdonnell

Our final piece in Issue 6 is a magical story called "The Mangrove Roots," by Rebecca Ressl. Coldblooded and gilled, he returns with seaweed so Mother can taste the water’s depths. He tells bedtime stories of the seals he dives with. secondchancelit.com/ressl

The final Issue 6 highlight we have for you today will transport you to another place - "Morning Cup Of Tea," by Beth Brooke. the mimosa tree, sun softening tar on the pavement, blue sky, terracotta earth that stains your white tee-shirt secondchancelit.com/brooke

Our next Issue 6 highlight today is the hopeful "Vanquishing the Invaders," by Lorraine Caputo. The cold & dark of pre-dawn sinks into my troubled mind, churning with what ifs … secondchancelit.com/caputo

The first Issue 6 piece we highlight today is the nostalgic "Sweet Blood," by @chasmp. A smile redolent of memory, for herself alone, but flooding the heart of a stranger with the sweet blood of love. secondchancelit.com/pettigrew

Our final Issue 6 spotlight today is the transporting, city-gazing "Delancy Street Exit" by @LauraSeldner. all the times I've become a long-legged animal teetering down the sidewalk in ankle-snapping heels enamored with my existence howling at the sky secondchancelit.com/seldner

Our second Issue 6 spotlight today kicks off the "dawn" section - the lovely "Romantic era proofs" by Méabh McDonnell (IG: meabh90). And I smile at you in the mirror at the idea all science began as magic, while you pass me the toothpaste. secondchancelit.com/mcdonnell

@fannnster Thanks for sending it to us!!!

Our first Issue 6 spotlight today is the final piece in our "dusk" section - the powerful "Make Peace With My Bones" by @fannnster. The last leaves of late autumn cling to skeletal trees. They rustle in a bitter wind and I know it is you. secondchancelit.com/gray

@averyotherwise Thanks for thinking of us! We love this piece!

:) that’s me!! i wrote this abt adhd and growing up and forgetfulness. suitably, i completely forgot id submitted it here until i got the acceptance. thank u to the lovely people at second chance lit for giving this circular little thing a home <3