The Cat
by JOE O'SHANSKY | Sarah Stecher Prize, student poetry contest My workout is the stairs, floor to…
The System
by KATIE KEMPLE Pulled over for an illegal U-Turn into the Home Depot parking lot on the south side…
Stand-Up
by JAMIE CUNNINGHAM | 1st Place, student prose contest Karen entered the principal’s office in a…
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…
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…
Back to the Start
by DINAMARIE ISOLA My mother and I hurtle down I-95, heading farther away from our old life. I…
Paper Tygers
by JAMIE CUNNINGHAM | 2nd Place, student poetry contest Once upon a time there was a paper…
The Devil's Promenade
by DACIA CUNNINGHAM “I’ve seen it,” the old woman said and flicked her cigarette. Ashes flew and…
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…
The Living Tree
by CARSON ROSE | 3rd Place, student prose contest At the spattering edges of a town not necessary…