Tadpole Press

At Compassiviste Publishing, we’ve had the privilege of working closely with Tadpole Press ~ especially around their writing contests and the launch of their new literary magazine. What we’ve learned: when two organizations decide to support one another rather than view each other as rivals, something remarkable happens. Ideas expand, creative energy multiplies, and everyone benefits.

some things, I've decided, are better left as fossils crumpled, shaken things you never would have said

A few months ago, I went to my tribe's powwow on Sugar Island. I've been to other powwows across the US over the years, but this was the first time I've been to the one by my tribe. There was something special about it that felt like coming home. This is how we reclaim our truth. This is the power of owning the narrative. This is why storytellers are our most powerful allies.

the heat that came in waves throughout our homes, our feet, our minds sizzled like slugs caught on the drying, moth-eaten rind

it's the place where lost memories go to die to be reborn and maybe circle back around and around twice or thrice until we forget which side was up where fact left off and fiction gained and truth became the thorn

he told me once      that watching me write          was like witnessing a professional athlete stretching primed before a big race I like to imagine my words like that       all sinew and muscle            stretched taut across the page       with the force of a jaguar ready to run

they say you're only lonesome when it rains something about the gods weeping but I don't think that's true

This is what fills me with hope: These authors entered a short writing contest. Now their words are published in an international anthology whose profits support humanitarian and sustainability projects. That’s how you go from a contest entry to global impact.

 the consistency of my dreams    has changed        recently

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