Gregg Maxwell Parker Winner of the 2021 Spring Fiction Contest Several men bump her as she goes down the steps. Everyone is coming out as she is going in. It is afternoon, people are...
Megan Falley VIII. Ace places his hand on the Bible in front of the judge and swears to tell the truth. But Ace is an atheist. Don’t you have anything more meaningful for him? I want to ask...
Jessica Rapisarda Runner-up for the 2021 Spring Nonfiction Contest It begins, as it always does, with light. At 4:54 a.m., I open my eyes, and a constellation winks to life in my darkened bedroom....
by featured artist Alexey Adonin A Chick In Search Of A WormMedium: Ballpoint Pen on Paper Drawing is my most time-tested tool of self-expression. For me, drawing is akin to meditation or lucid...
by featured artist Ishika Guha Every First TimeMedium: Mixed media, oil and acrylic Burn it SlowMedium: Mixed media, oil and acrylic These works were created during the lockdown periods in...
by featured artist Adam Shea Lancaster PandoraMedium: Acrylic on canvas Adam Shea Lancaster is an artist from Dallas, Texas. He creates representational paintings in a style he’s called...
by featured artist Nikolina Lazetic lunar, untitled no.2Medium: acrylic, oil, ink on paper (modified print) My creative processes are informed by an upbringing in a war-torn space, mute losses...
by featured artist Luda Pahl FramedMedium: Mixed media collage I am a collage artist, working mainly with mixed media. As I have a background in couture dressmaking and design, I often use techniques...
(Nine Alternatives to Reconciliation) Marne Litfin Winner of the 2021 Spring Nonfiction Contest “Is the Great American Novel you’re working on, the story of a young girl, who was emotionally...
This is my earliest memory. I was twenty-nine. The last waterslide park in northern California was closing at the end of the summer, and I felt I owed it to my childhood to take one last run. I...