Literary Magazine
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NOODLES!!!!
Are you full yet? As if last week didn’t have enough fooooooooood in it, it’s time for Instant Noodles. Instant Noodles is our online literary magazine. Free to read, and free to submit to. The magazine used to be my own private project, with a “little” help from Dave on most of the covers. I…
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TikTok
We’re on TikTok! See all our videos, even the one with my disembodied head! Get practical publishing advice, and see our authors reading their work! Become a follower and support indie authors. Need some editing work done? Become a follower between now and the end of summer (September 22, 2025)email me, dianne@currentwords.com, and I will…
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(Dis)Associating ~ Aspen Greenwood
It is almost time for the next issue of INSTANT NOODLES. The Old Scratch Press crew is working on finalizing the selections (and if you were chosen, but didn’t receive your contract yet, it’s coming.), with a deadline of July 11th, and we’ll have the whole issue designed and ready for reading by August. I…
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Wassup At Old Scratch Press?
cLiCk on the viDeO to seE what’S nEw There may be an opportunity… for you! Visit Old Scratch Press for more! Anthony Doyle Virginia Watts Morgan Golladay Ellis Elliott Great Escapes Book Tours
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How Does a Literary Magazine Get Made?
One of the questions we’re often asked is, “How does a literary magazine get made?” In the following video, Dianne (publisher of Instant Noodles) addresses this topic, highlighting the important elements that need to be managed with consistency, professionalism, and timeliness in order to produce and publish a quality literary magazine audiences will want to…
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Old Scratch Press Update
If you didn’t know it, CWP runs a poetry/short form collective called Old Scratch Press (OSP). Founded in 2022, and publishing its first books in 2023, the collective was formed as a way to make publishing poetry, and all types of short form creative writing, affordable and possible. It’s incredibly tough to get a traditional…
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Old Scratch Press Presents:
One of my favorite things in life is each time I get to launch a new issue of Instant Noodles. This is our online literary magazine, a folly of a thing created and entered into by me, and now run by the gracious members of Old Scratch Press. Check out the new issue, which just…
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SNEAK PEEK
INSTANT NOODLES, Volume 4, Issue 2, drops tomorrow. Theme: “Devil’s Party,” perfect for fall, includes art and photography, music, spoken word, poetry, and short form fiction and non-fiction, plus a few full-length pieces of fiction we just couldn’t resist! I love creating the issue; it’s always a time-consuming process, but it’s one of the ones…
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We Missed You Today!
Hi All, Today we celebrated the launch of Gabby Gilliam’s book, NO OCEAN SPIT ME OUT, with a Zoom reading by Gabby, Robert, and Alan. Many of the guests were likely friends and family of the authors, and we deeply appreciate their support as we navigated our first live event since 2020. It was in a…
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Meet Our Literary Magazine
Did you know that we publish a literary magazine three times/year? It contains award-winning writing and art, and is open for submissions up until November each year. ALWAYS free to read, and free to submit to, Instant Noodles provides opportunities for new authors to get some publishing street cred. It’s another way we try to…