Masked Up

The Cat

by JOE O'SHANSKY | Sarah Stecher Prize, student poetry contest My workout is the stairs, floor to…


Memorial in the Rain

The System

by KATIE KEMPLE Pulled over for an illegal U-Turn into the Home Depot parking lot on the south side…


Untitled

Stand-Up

by JAMIE CUNNINGHAM | 1st Place, student prose contest Karen entered the principal’s office in a…


Tranquil

All My Loves Have Grown Old

by ELLEN JUNE WRIGHT When wrinkles appear on immortal faces, I realize I too am older, and we are…


Train

Manifest Destiny in the KCA (Kiowa Comanche Apache) Rez

by JOSHUA CODYNAH | 2nd Place, student prose contest Having a life sentence in prison can break…


N50

Back to the Start

by DINAMARIE ISOLA My mother and I hurtle down I-95, heading farther away from our old life. I…


Hail

Paper Tygers

by JAMIE CUNNINGHAM | 2nd Place, student poetry contest   Once upon a time there was a paper…


Cain's

The Devil's Promenade

by DACIA CUNNINGHAM “I’ve seen it,” the old woman said and flicked her cigarette. Ashes flew and…


Spring

Poem Written on a Spring Day (After Ou Yang Hsiu)

by GEORGE FREEK As apple blossoms fall like grains of rice, I see in the murky water fish, swimming…


Tree

The Living Tree

by CARSON ROSE | 3rd Place, student prose contest At the spattering edges of a town not necessary…