HeyJaredRisa Dotson Eicke
Risa Dotson Eicke writes fictional stories from Flash to Novel length. She enjoys the supportive community of writers in Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature, where she lives with her husband, son, pets and plants.
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Un-Rush Hour (opens the original)
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I submitted 26 Micro (exactly 100 words) Memoirs for each of the 26 contests posted in Five Minute Lit’s MicroMemoir Marathon this year (‘26!)I’m posting several of these here: my submission along with the winner of that contest. Here’s my story for the contest A Watery World: Un-Rush HourI feel, for a fleeting moment, exhilarated as my bike rolls
Tired Smiles (opens the original)
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I submitted 26 Micro (exactly 100 words) Memoirs for each of the 26 contests posted in Five Minute Lit’s MicroMemoir Marathon this year (‘26!)I’m posting several of these here: my submission along with the winner of that contest. Here’s my story for the contest Then I Remembered Where I Had Seen That Face Before: Tired SmilesThe Nutty Bar Stand sits between the pier and the
Emergence (opens the original)
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In February 2025, I submitted a short story and photo to the Iowa Writers’ Rooms Community Anthology, Iowa [W]rites of Spring. I won the Best of Photography category for Emergence. Emergence was a photograph showing new growth—well, emerging—on a Dragon Tree at my office. In November 2024, when my office moved to a new location, the floor-to-ceiling plant was way too tall to move, so my husband and son hacked it down a LOT. This resulted in what looked like a large planter of dead twigs at the n
Best Medicine (opens the original)
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I submitted 26 Micro (exactly 100 words) Memoirs for each of the 26 contests posted in Five Minute Lit’s MicroMemoir Marathon this year (‘26!)I’m posting several of these here: my submission along with the winner of that contest. It’s fun (for me, at least) to compare what I came up with to the selection that won the category. Here’s my story for the Inheritance contest: Best Medicine<span style="color: r
Announcing the Launch of Iowa [W]rites of Spring (opens the original)
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