Five Minutes explores five minutes of a life in one hundred words. Five minutes is edited by Susanna Baird, with editorial support from managing editor kate meen and founding reader bobbi lerman, plus our rotating team of guest readers, who you can meet in the latest newsletteR. Five Minutes was founded in October 2020, with the Salem (Mass.)-based writing group Carrot Cake Writers supplying the journal’s first pieces. We’d love to read your five. Submit here. 

Welcome to The Hallway!

Welcome to The Hallway!

Welcome to The Hallway, the high-school branch of Five Minutes. Just like Five Minutes, The Hallway is dedicated to hundred-word pieces exploring five minutes of life … but we are dedicated to spotlighting high-school writers.

Kate Meen edits The Hallway. Five Minutes’ submissions and newsletter editor, she enjoys reading books of any genre, though always appreciates a good fantasy novel. She is also fond of writing, knitting, and drawing. She hopes to one day be a journalist. Susanna Baird serves as The Hallway’s advisor.

Guidelines are the same as Five Minutes, except you can submit three times a month. To submit a piece for consideration for The Hallway, go to Five Minutes’ Submittable page and check the box that shows you are a high schooler. You can submit up to three pieces a month. Right now!


A Wish for Life

A Wish for Life