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Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:44 pm
by Ascentionist
I'm putting together a collection of short writing pieces set in and around or about the Red River Gorge. Short fiction or non-fiction, poetry, essay, and really great trip reports will all be considered. For all work except poetry I'm looking for 500-5,000 words and will consider anything up to 10,000 words in length. Please submit in Word doc format with a short author bio to
ascentionist@yahoo.com
My intent was to include writing about any and all kinds of outdoor activities but so far its all been about climbing. I'd love to include a few more great stories.
Thank you!
Chris
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:29 am
by Andrew
Have you ever heard the story of the Miller fork Dick doctor? Classic non fiction.
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:33 pm
by pumpout2004
Or the "my boy just sent Twinkie" story? One of the most epic examples of gratuitous spray. Not sure that is what Chris is looking for, but it is one of my favorites.
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:36 pm
by TradMike
Or the group of locals going through the gorge with assault riffles, at 2 AM, in torrential downpour, with live fire random shooting back near Military Wall one night. We didn't sleep much that night. The early days of the gorge were a bit crazy.
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:11 pm
by milspecmark
I have a cool bigfoot story
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 1:31 am
by Andrew
pumpout2004 wrote:Or the "my boy just sent Twinkie" story? One of the most epic examples of gratuitous spray. Not sure that is what Chris is looking for, but it is one of my favorites.
This might be better than the Miller Fork Dick Doctor story. Top notch.
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:38 am
by Cromper
I ran over a cat in front of the cat lady's house once.
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:18 pm
by clif
I think that is inadmissible unless you either describe how you prepared it for dinner or used it for a foot mat.
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:14 pm
by Nick
Cromper wrote:I ran over a cat in front of the cat lady's house once.
Haha yup on the way into Miller? When I was 16 I backed over a kitten outside Daniel Boone store and my nickname became "kitten killer" that summer. Don't worry I felt bad about it, I didn't become a psychopath until years later.
Re: Call for Submissions: In the RED
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:27 am
by Yasmeen
Andrew wrote:pumpout2004 wrote:Or the "my boy just sent Twinkie" story? One of the most epic examples of gratuitous spray. Not sure that is what Chris is looking for, but it is one of my favorites.
This might be better than the Miller Fork Dick Doctor story. Top notch.
YES. Please include the proper emoticons to accurately convey the gravity of the situation:
Yo.
My boy just sent Twinkie.