By and large, growers are a proud bunch. If you’ve spent much time hanging out with Humboldt County cultivators, you’ve almost assuredly been treated to ribbing — most of it good natured, some of it not — about who grows the best weed and whose thumb is, well, the dankiest. Well, by the time you […]
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Back in a Flash
Well, look what’s back again: the North Coast Journal Flash Fiction Contest. It’s time to send your original 99-word story (or fewer, title not included) to our judges for a shot at getting your work in the paper or winning a prize. Email as many entries as you like to fiction@northcoastjournal.com between now and 9 […]
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Flash Fiction 2015
Got 99 problems but a plot ain’t one? Crack your knuckles and start typing — the North Coast Journal Flash Fiction Contest is back. Send your original story of 99 words or fewer to our judges for a chance at publication and a prize. Email your entries to fiction@northcoastjournal.com between Sept. 24 and 5 p.m. […]
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Name the Faces on the Journal, Win Big
Got a good handle on the faces of Humboldt? Did you have a good pore over the 25th anniversary issue of the Journal that hit stands on Wednesday? Journalistas had a good time putting that Sgt. Peppery cover together, and we hope you got in on the fun. And to test just how in-the-Humboldt-know you are, […]
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Flash Fiction Contest!
Inside your brain is a very tiny story (but it’s BIG, baby, real big). We want to read it. Our judges want to judge it. Fame, publication, a prize — these could be yours. So get the thing out of your head, make it 99 words or fewer, and send it to the North Coast […]
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Who Wants Humboldt Roller Derby Tickets?
It’s that time again! The NCJ has two pairs of tickets for the upcoming Humboldt Roller Derby bout on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. Your local derby stars, The Redwood Rollers, will be competing against the Oakland Outlaws. You might even call it a “battle of the bays.” Maybe. We’ll see if it catches […]
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Who Wants Free Humboldt Roller Derby Tickets?
The ladies of Humboldt Roller Derby are the epitome of “I am woman, hear me roar.” They’re fierce, formidable and downright foxy. Roller Derby isn’t a sport for the weak or the timid; it’s fast paced, hard hitting and adrenaline filled. If you’ve never had a chance to see The Humboldt Roller Derby in action […]
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Eureka SciFi Writer In L. Ron Contest
Stephen Sottong, who lives in Eureka, will be whooping it up this April with other winners in the 29th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Writers & Illustrators Of The Future Contest’s big ceremony in Hollywood. No, he does not have to join the Scientologists to be honored, Sottong said by phone today. “They do try and […]
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North to Alaska
When Cuban-American rapper Armando Cristian Pérez, aka Pitbull, makes a rare appearance at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska on Monday, former Humboldt resident David Thorpe will be along for the ride. In fact Thorpe is personally responsible for sending the rapper to what he figured was the most remote Walmart in the United States. In […]
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Seven-O-Heaven Contest Ends in “Controversy” (Updated)
First off, thanks to the dozens of readers who took half a second to submit captions for our NCJ Book Issue-inspired Seven-O-Heaven Caption Contest. Your pithy entries made the Journal editorial posse, at various times, laugh, cry, scratch our heads and/or fear for the future of our species. Way to go! But one entry stood […]