Ars Poetica
by LUKE ETHAN ROGERS | Sarah Stecher Prize, student poetry contest Poetry: is revolution. The…
The Scent of Time
by LAYLA K | 1st Place, student short prose contest The priest had heard many confessions, but…
Orange Morning Sky
by NICHOLAS BALDWIN I rose before the sun, before the alarm could croak its ritual reminder that…
The Roots Still Rise
by MARLEE WATTS | 2nd Place, student poetry contest On a sun-drenched patch of southern grass,…
I thought my classmates would burn
by NATHANAEL O’REILLY in the Lake of Fire. I thought billions of people couldn’t see the truth that…
Herself on the Stainless-Steel Table
by JAMIE O’BRIEN | 2nd Place, student short prose contest A dead body was nothing. The stench of…
A Small Spot of Blood
by GARY DUEHR You look down. There’s a small spot of blood, unmistakable, a crimson stain the size…
The Rest Cure
by JAMIE O’BRIEN | 3rd Place, student poetry contest Like a newborn calf, I am force-fed milk And…
The Parchment Destination
by BENJAMIN KIRBY Your hand was arrayed against the starch white sheet brittle thin, like old……
The Devil in the Detail
by MARC MATNEY | 3rd Place, student short prose contest One detail from the shooting of my…