Writers want as many readers as possible. And readers want to find something new and brilliant that they can claim as their own discovery. Online creative writing pages provide an opportunity for writers to, in Walt Whitman’s words, “sound [their] barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world” to readers in other cities and countries. The Lumière Reader hopes to provide its readers with a selection of stimulating and provocative short-fiction and poetry, which will be replenished fortnightly (-ish), and its writers with a wide, respectful readership for their work.

There are no restrictions on the style, genre or subject matter of contributions; anything could work, provided it is written well enough. Our only request is that fiction submissions be no more than 2,500 words, and poetry no more than five poems.

Send questions, suggestions and submissions to: amycbrown.at.myfastmail.com

Amy Brown,
Creative Writing Editor
The Lumière Reader

Poetry/Short Fiction, 14/7/2008
» Aquarium, by Gene Banyard
» My fortunate day; Not Another Story About Love; Of books and bookcases, by Kiri Piahana Wong

Poetry, 30/6/2008
» Lunch at Springs Junction, by Helen McKinlay

Poetry/Short Fiction, 16/6/2008
» Twice a Day Until Finished; Miss Dust Checks Out, by Johanna Aitchison
» Between Roma and Chinchilla there’s Miles, by Mikaela Nyman

Poetry, 19/5/2008
» Can’t you come back?; Atmosphere; Evolution, by Ian C Smith
» After they sold the Water; Bower Bird; The Apple Picker; Atlas; Marie Antonia, by Sarah Jane Barnett

Poetry, 28/4/2008
» Autumn Evening, at 15; Dunedin, Summer Evening, by Michael Hall
» Spell for Cold Weather; Ten Answers, Way Out, by Helen Lehndorf

Poetry/Short Fiction, 7/4/2008
» Jareth the Goblin King addresses Sarah upon her completion of his labyrinth, by Sam Gaskin
» This is the Main Problem, by Nathan Poole

Poetry, 25/2/2008
» A Consciously Diminishing Equation, by Iain Britton
» Monster, by Maria McMillan

Poetry/Short Fiction, 11/2/2008
» The Season, by Saradha Koirala
» Questions and Answers, by Jennifer Van Beynen

Poetry/Short Fiction, 28/1/2008
» O animator, by Sam Searle
» Everything You Hold Dear, by Philip Pantuso

Short Fiction, 14/1/2008
» The Kick Inside, by Craig Cliff
» Christchurch; Cuckolded, by Pip Adams

Poetry, 1/1/2008
» Monday in the library, by Joan Fleming
» The Cat Poems, by Cy Mathews
» Mt Cook Cafe, by Mariana Isara

Poetry, 17/12/2007
» All Saints and the day of an operation, by Elizabeth Smither
» Wind in her Hair, by Barry Southam

Poetry, 4/12/2007
» Learning Experiences; At the Observatory, by Charlotte Simmonds
» Clavicle, by Siobhan Harvey