Scrawl Place

@ScrawlPlace

Travel litmag for readers who prefer Bashō to Lonely Planet. No fees. Pays $35 a piece. 👍 simultaneous subs 👍 previously published work. EIC: @brownalerts

scrawlplace.com Joined April 2021

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Scrawl Place @ScrawlPlace Aug 20, 2021

Writers, don’t stress! I’ll never decline your submission because you got my name wrong in a cover letter, or because it has typos, or because it’s somewhat over the word count. Submitting is laborious. People make mistakes. I get it. I only care if the work is a good fit.

Scrawl Place @ScrawlPlace May 7

SAGRES, Portugal—"Squinty-eyed against the morning sun / they survey Neptune’s turbulent expanse / amped to find clean waves and nugs"

Read "The Surfers at Sagres" by Lisa Borkovich

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Scrawl Place @ScrawlPlace May 5

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.— “’Order three-zero, you’re my hero!’ The quirky words beckon me forward, and I mutter a quick thanks as I snag the brown paper bag from the counter."

Read “The Chicago Dog” by Aubrey Case

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scrawlplace.com The Chicago Dog - Scrawl Place SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—A story by the writer Aubrey Case, inspired by a trip to the Portillos location in Schaumburg. Read it on Scrawl Place

Scrawl Place @ScrawlPlace Apr 30

SEDONA, Ariz. —"I should have asked // you to take a photograph with me, / should have told you it would make me laugh // to pretend that overexposed film / exposes our true natures on acetate.”

Read “Sedona, AZ” by Anastasia Nikolis

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Scrawl Place @ScrawlPlace Apr 28

NEWBURY, Vt.—

"I look at all this in wonder.
What can it be that I lack?"

Read "Newbury, Vermont Village Common In a Time of Drought" by Sydney Lea

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