Our nonfiction story of the week is Qurbani Eid by Rahad Abir.

Our story of the week is Artist Statement: Leech 1 (salvaged materials) by India Choquette.

Our nonfiction story of the week is Prejudice and Love Poems by Harli James.

For the first time, The Forge joins Litcrawl San Francisco! ❤️ Read all about it! forgelitmag.com/2025/10/21/l... ❤️ Bonus: for those who attend, editors will accept one FREE prose paper submission (3,500 or less). Give us your heart. ❤️ #theforge #litcrawl #litquake

Our nonfiction story of the week is Faker by Brittany Micka-Foos.

Our story of the week is On Backsliding by Victoria Chen.

Our story of the week is The Retreat by Rashmi Patel.

Hearty congratulations to the winners of this year's Forge Flash Competition, Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social ! 🎉🔥 Their pieces will be published in November. The full results are here: forgelitmag.com/2025/10/04/2...

Hearty congratulations to the winners of this year's Forge Flash Competition, Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social ! 🎉🔥 Their pieces will be published in November. The full results are here: forgelitmag.com/2025/10/04/2...

Our story of the week is Little Prayer by Emerson Archer.

If you're in San Francisco, come see us at Litcrawl! It's going to be a great time!

Our story of the week is Dog Ears by Mae Juniper Stokes.

Our nonfiction story of the week is Red Clay, Pink Stucco by Seth R. Merritt.

Our story of the week is The Source of Love by Brecht De Poortere.

Our story of the day is Fragility by Milena Nigam.

Our story of the day is Fragments by M.C. Schmidt.

Our nonfiction story of the week is The Horizon is a Line That Separates by Elizabeth Grey.

Our story of the week is Why I Still Wash Used Saran Wraps and Dry Them on the Dish Rack by Christine H. Chen. @csquareh.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is Places I'll Never See Again by Andrew Bertaina.

Our story of the week is Dust Bridges by Garima Chhikara. forgelitmag.com/2025/07/28/d...

Our nonfiction story of the week is Lose, Reject, Discard by Michelle Ross.

Our story of the week is Priest Seeds by Jonathan Wlodarski.

Our nonfiction story of the month is The Money I Get for my Body by Elissa Lash. @elissalash.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Agnes and the Cemetery Bus by Susan Rose April.

Our nonfiction story of the week is Common Ground by Kristina Garvin. @kristinagarvin.bsky.social

We're extending our celebration through this weekend to give more writers the opportunity to submit their work! We will close end of Sunday, or when we hit our cap.

Another incredible and moving essay from the wonderful @nancyhuggett.bsky.social. Up now on @theforge.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is What Remains by Nancy Huggett.

Our story of the week is Throw Us with the Lobsters, Out to Sea by Alison L. Fraser. @catholicked.bsky.social

Our short story of the week is One Evening by Aren LeBrun. @arenlebrun.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is Liechtenstein by Sarah Kartalia.

We are saddened by the passing of Nahid Rachln. She was kind enough to send us this beautiful flash back in 2017, when we had only been publishing for a year. She lives on in her work 🙏 forgelitmag.com/2017/01/23/t...

Our story of the week is Circle by Mileva Anastasiadou. @happilander.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story of the week is Accomplice by Grace Kendall.

Our story of the week is In the Style of Banshees Keening by Emma Burnett.

Our story of the week is The Election Goes Badly by Dawn Tasaka Steffler. @dawnsteffler.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Skull Valley by Shauna Friesen.

Our story of the week is Visitor, by Drew Townsend.

Our nonfiction story of the week is Hair Care Chronicles by Lori D. Johnson.

Our story of the week is Recital by Philip James Shaw

Our story of the week is Red Fox Family Night at the Movies by M.G. Kipp

Our story of the week is Oraculum by Christina Ladd. @christinaladd.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Oil Man by Victoria Cano

Our story of the week is If This Were One of Those Stories by @mbarrettwriter.bsky.social

Our nonfiction story is The Word for Rain by Sandra Carlson Khalil. forgelitmag.com/2025/02/24/t...

Our nonfiction story of the week is I Check Yes on Form CC-305 by Jennifer Gravley. @jygravley.bsky.social

Our story of the week is Smoke by Kirk Vanderbeek.

Our nonfiction story this week is When the Tearing Comes, If It Comes by Abby Manzella. @abbymanzella.bsky.social