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Winter 2024

  • Grace H. Zhou

    We inked our flightless limbs with needles and drew longing to the skin.

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  • Zhai Yongming

    If I also could be lifted into the sky, I’d wish to be blown apart.

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  • Hal Crowther

    Any society that fails to protect its children is in terminal decline.

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  • Naomi Shihab Nye

    I arrange your five deflating basketballs under the lonely net.

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  • Brian Gyamfi

    You see, I plan on remaining here as the most foolish god in the world.

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  • Renée Thompson

    What’s a man supposed to do when his best friend is a falcon?

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  • Sharon Olds

    When I’m reading him I feel myself come closer to you than usual.

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Winter 2024

Fall Contest Winners

  • Renée ThompsonThe Spectacular

Nonfiction

  • Hal CrowtherThe Measure of All Things?

Fiction

  • Jill McCorkleBaby in the Pan
  • Susan MinotThe Rooms
  • Tina NettesheimFlash Flood

Narrative Outloud

  • Donald Hall Rhythm & Sound

Poetry

  • Kim Addonizio
  • Ellen Bass
  • Sébastien Luc Butler
  • Dorsey Craft
  • J. P. Grasser
  • Brian Gyamfi
  • Ted Kooser
  • Anthony Thomas Lombardi
  • Naomi Shihab Nye
  • Sharon Olds
  • Pimone Triplett
  • Zhai Yongming
  • Grace H. Zhou

Cartoons

  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2024-01
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2024-02
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2024-03
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2024-04

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