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National Gooseberry Month is only a month away. Submissions to Gooseberry Pie’s annual writing competition open April 1 and close April 22. Winners will be announced in Early May.

1100.00 in total prize money.

Our special judge and their prompt will be announced soon.

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Stopwatch - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by William Warby on Unsplash by Sherrie Flick Judy clutched the stopwatch to her chest. The secondhand thunked like a bass beat. She didn’t enjoy timing every activity, but her therapist seemed ...

“She didn’t enjoy timing every activity, but her therapist seemed to think it would help her organize her days.”@sherrieflick.bsky.social

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“The big dog didn’t like the water.”
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Sign of the Times - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash by Mileva Anastasiadou We don’t post. But we log in and check our feed and when Facebook asks what’s on our mind, we think, Beautiful World, Where Are You, then me...

“We only stare at old photos and posts and songs and we pretend we still are Normal People living in a normal world…”
@happilander.bsky.social

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Subito[1] - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Brad Switzer on Unsplash by Amy Marques In fourth grade, my mother outgrew the rural one-room schoolhouse where her mother taught. She was sent to school in town, notebooks carefully re-cover...

“There, she met her first bully: her mother’s rival, my mother’s teacher.”
@amymarques.bsky.social

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Obituary: Sisters, an Artless, Sideways List  - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash by Koss Co-opted familial narratives, blood shares, habits and Band-Aids; Facebook fuck-offs; shallow/egg trays; three monkeys, vapor. Those were my socks you s...

“Those were my stories you stole.”
— @kossworks.bsky.social

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Obituary: Sisters, an Artless, Sideways List  - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash by Koss Co-opted familial narratives, blood shares, habits and Band-Aids; Facebook fuck-offs; shallow/egg trays; three monkeys, vapor. Those were my socks you s...

“Those were my stories you stole.”

@kossworks.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

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Small Change - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Erik Gjester on Unsplash by Andrea Marcusa Mom pulled into a gas station with rusting pumps, cheap prices, and a guy in a grease-stained uniform, the stink of oil and gasoline seeping into ou...

“She handed the man a ten, and for change he counted out seven one-dollar bills, drawing out each bill slowly while eyeing my mother’s tan arms…” @andreamarcusa.bsky.social

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#ICYMI 'Seventeen Years From Now' is my 6-sentence story in the wonderful @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
The whole issue is fab!
#fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity

On a Ghostlight Night - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Avi Theret on Unsplash by Pat Foran Fresh off a ghostlighting incident that left him clear-eyed and cold, the horse we rode in on didn’t seem to mind that we didn’t seem to know what we signe...

“… the horse we rode in on didn’t seem to mind that we didn’t seem to know what we signed up for.”

@pdforan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

Seventeen Years From Now, - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Maxim Yuryshev on Unsplash by Laura Besley when her son asks, ‘Mummy, why do your eyes have mud round them?’ she will be reminded of tonight, the night her father yells at her that no daughte...

‘If only she were meeting a boy. Someone like Rupert or Hunter or Joe, who have cars and trust funds and play golf at the weekends.’

Echoes across the years in this heartbreaker from @laurabesley.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💭

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Seventeen Years From Now, - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Maxim Yuryshev on Unsplash by Laura Besley when her son asks, ‘Mummy, why do your eyes have mud round them?’ she will be reminded of tonight, the night her father yells at her that no daughte...

“As she lies alone on her bed instead of being out with her friends, she imagines countless futures for herself…”
@laurabesley.bsky.social

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On a Ghostlight Night - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Avi Theret on Unsplash by Pat Foran Fresh off a ghostlighting incident that left him clear-eyed and cold, the horse we rode in on didn’t seem to mind that we didn’t seem to know what we signe...

““Thanks for taking us there,” we said, the ink from our signatures slow-fading like a situationship into the folds of night’s road-not-taken light.”
—@pdforan.bsky.social

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One Day One Time - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Laura Rivera on Unsplash by Sandra Arnold Lift the unconnected from the gaps, let the words stream down the page, watch three girls drawing chalk squares in the schoolyard, watch them sliding...

“Watch them rush to form neat lines when the teacher’s whistle blows, watch the girl watching from behind a wall join the line…”

—Sandra Arnold from Issue 40 Gooseberry Pie

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My gone people room growing in bursts. Immensely grateful to those who held me and held me together ❤️
Many thanks to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social and friends who shared my work when I couldn't ❤️

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In 2025, My Husband Fills in the Blanks - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Pexels.com: Photo by Mathias Reding by Karen Craigo Chauncey cares about two things in life: his after-work pink lady and that key party disguised as a game show called “Match Game ’78.” I shake up th...

“Chauncey cares about two things in life: his after-work pink lady and that key party disguised as a game show called “Match Game ’78.”

by @karenkay.bsky.social
Issue 40 Gooseberry Pie Lit

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I'm proud to be part of the latest Gooseberry Pie issue with my story 'Seventeen Years From Now' alongside so many other wonderful stories & writers. Huge thanks to Jeff for selecting my work.
#fiction #microfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Issue 40 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Artwork by Leila Pontiga Stories ARTIST CREDIT: Leila Pontiga is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist, designer, and educator whose work moves fluidly between several media. Trained across design, art e...

Read latest issue Gooseberry Pie w/wonderful work by @sherrieflick.bsky.social
Karen Craigo @kossworks.bsky.social @patforan.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social
@andreamarcusa.bsky.social
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@happilander.bsky.social
@amymarques.bsky.social

One Day One Time - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Laura Rivera on Unsplash by Sandra Arnold Lift the unconnected from the gaps, let the words stream down the page, watch three girls drawing chalk squares in the schoolyard, watch them sliding...

'Lift the unconnected from the gaps, let the words stream down the page, watch three girls drawing chalk squares in the schoolyard...'
Great use of repetition by Sandra Arnold @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #sixsentences #writingcommunity
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Seventeen Years From Now, - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Maxim Yuryshev on Unsplash by Laura Besley when her son asks, ‘Mummy, why do your eyes have mud round them?’ she will be reminded of tonight, the night her father yells at her that no daughte...

Huge thanks to Jeff @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social (dream journal!) for publishing my piece: 'Seventeen Years From Now'. This is very loosely inspired by something that happened in real life - as are so many of my pieces.
#fiction #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Subito[1] - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Brad Switzer on Unsplash by Amy Marques In fourth grade, my mother outgrew the rural one-room schoolhouse where her mother taught. She was sent to school in town, notebooks carefully re-cover...

'Each notebook cover ravished, wrapping torn with the care of children on Christmas morning.'
Heartbreaking micro by @amymarques.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #sixsentences #writingcommunity
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"How our signatures could revert to their childhoods and run run run."

I love this brilliance by @pdforan.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Sign of the Times - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash by Mileva Anastasiadou We don’t post. But we log in and check our feed and when Facebook asks what’s on our mind, we think, Beautiful World, Where Are You, then me...

"We are already gone but we’re still here, still chasing an Intermezzo, a pleasant break, a quick fix before we get back to work and life,...."

An extraordinary piece of writing by @happilander.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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In 2025, My Husband Fills in the Blanks - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Pexels.com: Photo by Mathias Reding by Karen Craigo Chauncey cares about two things in life: his after-work pink lady and that key party disguised as a game show called “Match Game ’78.” I shake up th...

Genius @karenkay.bsky.social story here in the new @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Inspired, I'm guessing, by some PTSD from living with my mom, that show on ALL. THE. TIME.

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"Fresh off a ghostlighting incident that left him clear-eyed and cold, the horse we rode in on didn’t seem to mind that we didn’t seem to know what we signed up for." It's your friend and mine, @patforan.bsky.social in the mighty @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social !

Sign of the Times - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash by Mileva Anastasiadou We don’t post. But we log in and check our feed and when Facebook asks what’s on our mind, we think, Beautiful World, Where Are You, then me...

”We are already gone but we’re still here, still chasing an Intermezzo, a pleasant break, a quick fix before we get back to work and life…”

Mileva Anastasiadou In @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 🌟
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