Issue 13: 2026-27New international works published each spring by the English department at Tulsa Community College Ars Poeticaby LUKE ETHAN ROGERS | Sarah Stecher Prize, student poetry contest The Scent of Timeby LAYLA K | 1st Place, student short prose contest Orange Morning Skyby NICHOLAS BALDWIN The Roots Still Riseby MARLEE WATTS | 2nd Place, student poetry contest I thought my classmates would burnby NATHANAEL O’REILLY Herself on the Stainless-Steel Tableby JAMIE O’BRIEN | 2nd Place, student short prose contest A Small Spot of Bloodby GARY DUEHR The Rest Cureby JAMIE O’BRIEN | 3rd Place, student poetry contest The Parchment Destinationby BENJAMIN KIRBY The Devil in the Detailby MARC MATNEY | 3rd Place, student short prose contest Censorsby JILLIAN OLIVER The Walkersby REX BROOKE The Land-Locked Woman Finds the Seaby PHOEBE REEVES Unboxing My Grandfatherby KIM HAYS Turning Fortyby RICHARD TAYLOR Now Try Coughingby KEVIN PARKS IOUby HUNTER PRICHARD Sustained by Faithby RYAN CLARK Self-portrait as a backyardby COURTNEY HITSON What Should Be the Goal?By ALEXANDER BAKER
