Wigleaf

Wigleaf features stories under 1000 words.

Submissions are open during the final week of each academic month, with the exception of December. So: the final weeks of August, September, October, November, January, February, March and April.

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Scott Garson does the editing and design.

Marcelle Heath is the Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.

Shome Dasgupta is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.

Michelle Dove is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.

Tawnysha Greene is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.

Sean Lovelace is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.

Rion Amilcar Scott is an Associate Series Editor for the Wigleaf Top 50.

Meredith Alling, Damyanti Biswas, Casey Hannan, Kara Vernor and Sennah Yee lent a hand with the reading for the 2017 Top 50, and we’re grateful to them.

Rae Cline

Rae Cline, Author of Precious Ugly

Rae Cline’s debut novel, Precious Ugly (7.13 Books), is a work of Appalachian literary fiction. It was a finalist for the Curt Johnson Prose Award and CRAFT’s First Chapters Contest. Largehearted Boy wrote, “Precious Ugly may be the year’s most powerful debut, a book that examines domestic violence and generational trauma with a rare empathy.” Her story collection, The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals, was nominated for the PEN/Hemingway Award and Pushcart Prize. Her fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, North American Review and StoryQuarterly. She is the founding editor of Eckleburg and lives in New York City. Read more at raecline.com.

Rae Cline previously published as Rae Bryant.