Table of Contents

• Bernadette Mayer, “well when you begin a poem”, “Key Food”, “Presentation of Fruit Stands in January”
• Greg Evason, “little boys”, “shirt”, “pants”, “& selected illustrations
• David Meeker, “Civilization”, “Notes on Future Work”
• Jill Robin Sisson, “The Things in Your House”
• Amanda Lenk, “What We Can Not Carry”
• Jen Coleman, “Chopper Love”, “Something happens. My brain…”
• Jessica Grim, “May ’96”, “Untitled 11”
• Mike Diss, “6.v”, “7.v”, “13.v”, “31.v” (from Loose Cannon 01)
• Rod Smith, “shame is”, “shame is/today has”
• Fernand Roqueplan, “Mary In The Tombs”, “The Boy Folded in 3rds”
• Stephen Fitzpatrick, “Blizzard,” “Music”
• Michael Krebs, “at Shooter’s Island”
• Brian Desmond, “Devil’s Run”, “Jumprope Rum”
• Paul Long, “Glass Postmark XXXIV”, “Glass Postmark XLV”
• Ian Esmo, “existentialism”
• A.W. Kindness, “FLASHBACK: ESPRIT DE JEU”, “FLASHBACK: FLORA AND FAUNA VS. THE MINERAL IMPERATIVE”
• Tom Baer, “Luke”
• Daron Feingold, “Galileo’s Diary”
• Mehera Dennison, “Upon reconsideration of significance assigned in foreign languages”

Phoebe Fiction Prize:

Merin Wexler, “Pink is for Punks”

Runner-up: Sybil Smith, “Fritz’s Heart”

Greg Grummer Award for Poetry

Winner: Valerie Fox, “The Decor Imitates Nature”, “This accident death”, “Hotel Resident Artist”

Honorable Mention: Thomas Fink, “Filibuster”, “Money, Happiness”

Honorable Mention: Fred Muratori, “Afterward”

Finalist: Laura Foreman, “I Will Leave You Now”

Finalist: Ron Howland, “One of Those”

Finalist: Matthew W. Jones, “SUNK (crush poem #67)”, “to know”

Finalist: Missy-Marie Montgomery, “Half-Life of Passion”

Finalist: Mark Taksa, “Joking For Dad”