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Lunar New Year: Year of the Wood Snake
2025 is the Year of the Wood Snake and in honor of Monkeyshine season and the Chinese New Year CC opened a themed call for submissions! In Chinese astrology, the Year of the Wood Snake is a time for growth, stability, and creativity. It's also a time for personal development and navigating challenges.
We're encouraged the community to submit a short story, poem or essay revolving around these symbolic themes (or centered on the Wood Snake itself).
Pieces selected for performance:
I am the Tree Snake by Sasha Victor
Wasteland by Christina Slack
Magic by Julie Baldock
And Dust You Shall Eat by Ronen Perry
Ground 2 Sound
On March 1, 2024, Tacoma turned out at the Ground 2 Sound Festival to show the impact and intersections of art and activism, and to focus on the crucial importance of clean waters in our Puget Sound Region. Read the selected pieces and honorable mentions from our themed call!
A Perfect Brightness of Hope by Genevieve Arnold
I’ve always had hope, not wishes or desires, but hallelujah hope. The kind that thrusts you out of bed in the morning. Since my earliest years, hope has been my companion. She introduced us. At first, she loaned me hers until I found my own. When I did, it became our shared love language and the expectant eyes through which we viewed the world. That’s why it was ok when she died. I wasn’t ready (is anyone?) Death showed up breathless and raring to go like it was late for a very important date. Feeling sick on Sunday; gone on Friday. Not necessarily a surprise. She was sick: leukemia.
Year of the Water Rabbit
It’s Monkeyshine Season and time for a treasure hunt. To partake in the Lunar New Year fun, each of these pieces is inspired by the Water Rabbit. Please enjoy flash fiction, poetry & micro essays that explore themes of peace, hope & longevity.