Issue 12: 2025-26New international works published each spring by the English department at Tulsa Community College In a Pitch-Black Roomby NOR AMIGONE | 1st Place, student prose contest Pill Head Eulogyby LAUREN RANDOLPH My Mother is a Gladiolus, My Father is a Magnoliaby MORGAN JENSEN | Sarah Stecher Prize, student poetry contest Sycamore CanyonBy CHRISTOPHER MENEZES and KRISS KRUCKENBERG Girl in a Raincoatby PIA QUINTANO Purple Hyacinthsby HANNAH CONATZER | 2nd Place, student prose contest American sonnet on finding outby DAISY BASSEN Sacrificeby NELLE YVON Up in the Red Mountainsby ALPIE LEIN | 2nd Place, student poetry contest Rattan Vanityby FRANK CARELLINI Not So Recreationalby MADISON CAMPBELL | 3rd Place, student prose contest What was Left to Usby WINSLOW SCHMELLING Homunculusby JOHN CENTILLE | 3rd Place, student poetry contest criminal womanby EILEEN PORZUCZEK My Voice Isn’t Readyby MEA COHEN His Planby MARK LILLEY The Nun of Melba Toastby ELEANOR LEVINE Blamelessby ROBIN KOZAK Pinkby CRISTINA MURANO Blackworkby KALINA SMITH Playing with the Girlsby COOPER FITCH
