Rough Copy

The online magazine for creative writing, short stories and artistic expression.

Category: Editor's Notes

• Editor’s Note

  Janet Freeman | 03.31.10 | Editor's Notes, Vol3, Issue1 - Spring/Summer 2010 | 1 Comment

  How fitting this issue’s cover art features an egg beater! This spring, we here at Rough Copy have decided it’s time to mix things up a bit. In addition to the same quality poetry, fiction and essays you’ve come to expect, we’re also publishing our very first flash fiction, a breathtaking piece by Kim Chinquee […]

• Editor’s Note

  Janet Freeman | 11.24.09 | Editor's Notes, Vol2, Issue2 - Fall/Winter 2009 | Comments

  It’s that time again, and I couldn’t be more excited to announce our latest issue. In it, Royce Clay Slape recounts a harrowing episode from his memoir Are You My Son? and Sandy Tanaka has penned a spellbinding story that’ll have you racing end to start to find out what happens (you’ll see what I […]

• Editor’s Note

  Janet Freeman | 05.15.09 | Editor's Notes, Vol2, Issue1 - Spring/Summer 2009 | Comments

  With all the doom and gloom in the forecast—and on the ground—we here at Rough Copy thought there was never a better time for a touch of whimsy. From Zoe Francesca’s dream poems to Elizabeth McKenzie’s talking cat, there’s something in this issue to tickle everyone’s fancy. But in between the laughter, be sure to […]

• We’re back!

  Janet Freeman | 11.09.08 | Editor's Notes, Vol1, Issue2 - Fall/Winter 2008 | Comments

  Thanks for all the positive feedback on our first issue! I’m thrilled to announce that our second has lifted the bar even higher. Be the first to read two new poems from Jason Gray’s forthcoming collection, Photographing Eden. And in her interview with RC editor Laura Horsley, artist Dana Ellyn talks politics and beyond, revealing a vision for how […]

Egg Beater
by Heather McQueen