The Hallway — Five Minutes

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 Maria s. picone, newsletter 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!

Jul 6

Jul 6 Welcome to The Hallway!

Welcome to The Hallway, the high-school branch of Five Minutes. Click through to learn more!

Jul 6

Jul 6 Masquerade

Back in my synagogue after too long for a bar mitzvah.

Jul 2

Jul 2 Five Minutes

Naya Torrecampo

“You’re so pretty. You take after me,” she used to say as she stroked my hair.

Jun 29

Jun 29 Pitter-Patter

“Tell me a story,” I ask. Grandma sits in her chair, smiling at the rain: pitter-patter.

Jun 25

Jun 25 Icebreakers

I’m not supposed to know what kind of piece I’m getting yet so my figure skating coach leans in, voice lowered.