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A digital magazine in PDF format with bold mixed-media design

The Tadpole Press Literary Magazine is a visual feast of microfiction and poetry.

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​Curated from the top entries in the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest and Mini Moon Writing Contests, this magazine celebrates clever, uplifting pieces.

 

Each issue is a full-color celebration of our incredible community of writers around the world.

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November 2025 Contest Issue

This issue invites us to reflect on truth. Half-spoken and multifaceted truths. How truth is stolen, and how it is reclaimed.

  • Angeline Boulley guest judged.

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10th Anniversary Special Issue

This issue celebrates the 10th time we’ve hosted the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest. It: ​

  • reminds us that big things happen when
    we create tiny ripples together.

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April 2025 Contest Issue

Reading this issue is like:

  • “savoring the punch of yellow sunshine,”

  • “laughing through rain-ruined makeup,”

  • and “wrangling a spaceship.”

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November 2024 Contest Issue

​This issue includes:

  • love songs and subverted tropes,

  • acceptance and "the magical mundane,"

  • and the changing seasons—of the year and of our lives.

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April 2024 Contest Issue

​Our inaugural issue!

  • creativity and heart,

  • uplifting and clever pieces,

  • and the most tender depiction of houseflies mating we've ever seen.

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