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this is monday night
Thanks for stoppping by Monday Night, the lo-fi, high-quality network station featuring new literary programming since 2001.
the nightly news
submissions are closed
The editors are now working through the submissions for Issue 11, due out in Summer 2012. Any new submissions received will NOT be read. The reading period for Issue 12 will open in September 2012.
2011 best american non-required reading notes work from MN9!
Congrats to Ben Bellizzi, whose short story, "Clean, Straight Lines," has been included in the 2011 BANRR anthology's Notable Reading list (click the "Notables" tab). This popular series of anthologies is edited by Dave Eggers and the students at his San Francisco writing center, and the 2011 edition is introduced by Guillermo del Toro. Bellizzi is mentioned on p. 484. Big props!
annam manthiram's after the tsunami now available
Issue 10 contributor, Annam Manthiram, recently released her debut novel, After the Tsunami, a haunting tale published by the Stephen F. Austin University Press. NewPages listed it as a "New and Noteworthy Book," and The Albuquerque Journal praised it as "A harrowing story of youth survival." Check it out! Congrats, Annam!
new interns
For Issue 11, we've invited three editorial interns to help read submissions and participate in the production process. Meet Erin, Jason, and David. Welcome, guys!
the history of monday night: read all about it
In recognition of our tenth anniversary, we received this lovely write-up in our local paper, the East Bay Express. And yes, the original editors were really sitting by a fireplace on that Monday so long ago. Thanks to all our readers and writers for a decade of awesome!
issue 10 now live
The special, 10-year anniversary edition has been released! Read it now. Or order both print volumes with the Buy Now buttons at left for worry-free bathtub reading--and receive a free back issue.
words with writers interview
Marissa Bell Toffoli of Words With Writers recently sat down with the Monday Night editorial team for an interview. Read about what we're reading, how we read submissions, and what we like to eat. Thanks, Marissa!
we're on facebook!
Since everyone else is doing it, we've decided to join this new-fangled Facebook craze. Please visit our page and Like us to find out about special offers.
We've also placed Like and Share buttons on all of the work published online. Now you can read Monday Night and enjoy the instant satisfaction of sharing it with your 3,000 Facebook friends.
writer index
As part of our 10-year celebration, the editors here have complied a full list of the 125 writers who have been a part of the Monday Night experience since 2001. Hats off to all of our many and talented MN folk, and if your name isn't up there, then you best get writing for Issue 12. Booyakasha!
special deal for the new issue
Buy a copy of Monday Night Issue 10 now and recieve a free back issue Just click the Buy Now buttons at MN Issue 8 or Issue 9 or 10.
what's your news?
Current or past MN contributors can e-mail the editors at editors(at)mondaynightlit(dot)com with details about recent books and events. We'll post the news here and include a link to your site.
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monday night is included in the following permanent collections:
writer index
- Allen, Conor: Issue 8
- Allocco, Maria Theresa: Issue 4
- Ashton, Gail: Issue 6
- Audet, Cynthia: Issue 3
- Banes, Clayton: Issue 2
- Barthel Maura: Issue 2
- Bell Toffoli, Marissa:
Issue 5, Issue 9 - Bellizzi, Ben: Issue 9
- Bowman-Sarkisian, Shannon: Issue 3
- Brandonisio, Michael: Issue 4
- Briske, Kortney: Issue 3
- Butler, Blake: Issue 6
- Catto, L.J.: Issue 3
- Celizic, Joe: Issue 9
- Chen, Ching-In: Issue 8
- Chiado, Amanda: Issue 5
- Choi, Christine: Issue 10
- Citro, Christopher: Issue 5
- Cocchiarale, Michael: Issue 5
- Coleman, Sharon: Issue 3
- Continelli, Christine: Issue 7
- Conway, Polly: Issue 7
- Craven, Sean: Issue 3, 4
- Davenport, Aneesa: Issue 5
- Dee, Denise: Issue 3
- DeKatch, Scott: Issue 4
- Diggs, Latasha N. Nevada : Issue 10
- DiPietra, Amber: Issue 9
- Dixon, Andy: Issue 2
- Dobel, Sara Lihz: Issue 7
- Douek, Keren: Issue 4
- Drai, Jenny: Issue 8
- Drewes, Steffi: Issue 9
- Duggan, Patrick: Issue 7
- Estanislao, Rupert: Issue 3
- Friedman, Peach: Issue 6
- Gaffney, David: Issue 5
- Gallacher, Mark: Issue 4
- Garrett-Brown, Amy: Issue 6
- Gifford, Alicia: Issue 7
- Giles, Samantha: Issue 8
- Graham, Michael: Issue 6
- Green, Josh: Issue 2
- Guerrero, Victoria: Issue 6
- Hamm, Christine: Issue 3
- Hanson, Nels: Issue 10
- Haros, Israel Francisco: Issue 9
- Hasemann-Cortes, Meredith: Issue 4
- Hayes, Jonathan: Issue 2
- Internicola, M.A.: Issue 4
- James, Colin: Issue 9
- Johnson, Brad: Issue 5
- Jones, Vivien: Issue 8
- Kamei, Toshiya A.: Issue 5
- King, Linda: Issue 6
- Kingsbury, Don: Issue 10
- Kinyon, Thea: Issue 2
- Knight, Pete: Issue 8
- Lanahan-Kalish, Damian: Issue 3
- Landa, Allison: Issue 1, Issue 10
- Landrum, David W.: Issue 8
- Lloyd, Christina: Issue 5
- Mackey, Harlan: Issue 1, Issue 2
- Mahler, Laureen: Issue 7
- Manthiram, Annam: Issue 10
- Marken, Lise: Issue 1
- Martínez, Miriam Mabel: Issue 5
- Matik, Wendy-O: Issue 2
- Mayhew, Julie: Issue 6
- McCarthy, Tom: Issue 3
- mcelfresh, justin: Issue 8
- McGill, Sharon: Issue 1, Issue 10
- McNicolas, Emily: Issue 4
- Merino, Ana: Issue 6
- Mesler, Corey: Issue 4
- Messenheimer, Micah: Issue 2, 3
- Millán, Naomi: Issue 4
- Miller, A.H.: Issue 1
- Moreau, Dan: Issue 9
- Morini, David M.: Issue 8
- Neel, Phillip: Issue 10
- Nelson, J.D.: Issue 5
- Nicholson, Andy: Issue 7
- O'Neal, Margaret: Issue 4
- Park, Ishle Yi: Issue 2
- Passinen, Keija: Issue 5
- Phillips, Marc: Issue 4
- Pierce, Rob: Issue 1, Issue 10
- Renzi, Kristen: Issue 10
- Ruhlen, Sarah: Issue 5
- Rutledge, Keith: Issue 4
- Sasum, Holger: Issue 6
- Schaefer, Joy: Issue 5
- Schnair, Evan: Issue 10
- Scott, Vera S.: Issue 5
- Shaw, Jill: Issue 3
- Shelley, Andrew: Issue 6
- Short, Brian: Issue 4
- Simms, Barry: Issue 6
- Smith, Laura: Issue 3
- Snodgrass, Jay: Issue 6
- Spannagle, Peter: Issue 2
- Stevens, Matthew: Issue 7
- Stevens, Mark: Issue 8
- Stewart, Ash: Issue 3
- Stewart, Robert Earl: Issue 4
- Stonehill, Rebecca: Issue 8
- Stryker, Cora: Issue 4
- Subrizi, Steve: Issue 10
- Suddeth, Maxine: Issue 5
- Suorez, Joa: Issue 9
- Terrazas, Elizabeth: Issue 9
- Thrope, Samuel: Issue 5
- Tomás: Issue 3
- Toruno, Sara: Issue 3, Issue 4
- Uitermark, Noah: Issue 9
- Washuta, Elissa: Issue 4
- Watson, Della: Issue 10
- Wickens, Jessica: Issue 1
- Win, Maw Shein: Issue 3
- Woebcke, Scott: Issue 2
- Wong, R.G.: Issue 1
- Young, Mike: Issue 6
- Zetter, Sharon: Issue 8