2023 Spring Fiction Contest Winner
Parrot by Maeve Barry
2023 Spring Nonfiction Contest Winner
All the Dust Falling by Abigail Ham
2023 Greg Grummer Poetry Contest Winner
Pastoral Fragment by Rachel Rothenberg
Read commentary from our judges and editors about their selections here.
Fiction
Solve by Jeremy Griffin
2023 Spring Fiction Contest Runner Up
All Bleeding Eventually Stops by Leslie Doyle
Sometimes the Going by Leigh Claire Schmidli
No Wolves in the Woods by Jared Povanda
Home is a Holiday by Mohamed Morshed
Nonfiction
The Plague of Flies by Julie Marie Wade
2023 Spring Nonfiction Contest Runner Up
There is the Day Filled with Too Much by Allison Field Bell
A River’s Continuum by Celia Cummiskey
Not Quite Stranded by Brookes Moody
On a Desert Planet by Robin Babb
Poetry
clove hitch by p. hodges adams
2023 Greg Grummer Poetry Contest Runner Up
The Rowan Berries of Winter by Phillip Crymble
I am Creating a New Drug by J.C. Rodriguez
Thirst Trap for L’Inconnue De La Seine by RJ Equality Ingram
Lullaby for an Adult by Peter Vertacnik
Inheritance by Rebecca Faulkner
French Sardines by Rosa Lane
How I love this world by Gretchen Filart
when I think of quentin tarantino i think of revenge by Elizabeth J. Wenger
The Cicada by Anna Laura Reeve
Pearl River by Stacey Balkun
When Your Ex-Fiancé Calls by Bellee Jones-Pierce
Art
Cover Art
“Liminal” by Peyton Fultz
“The Golden Net” and “The Mallows (Nostalgia)” by Nataliia Burmaka
“The View is not the route,” “Elegies are not symphonies,” and “Verbena” by Amanda Hartzell
“Harvest Moon,” “Hot Pink,” and “Fpainting” by Elizabeth Schoonmaker
“Abfillage:,” “Stern,” “Can you feel our pain,” “Envisage,” “Critical,” and “Autopilot” by Aluu Prosper
“There is a beauty that remains” and “Every woman deserves” by Kenneth Ricci
“43” and “101” by M P Pratheesh
“Biltmore Ballgown Triple 10” and “Coral Reef Crysanthemum 2” by Jim Ross
“I am from Neptune” and “Agnes from Enceladus” by Lena Snow
“Swan Pieta,” “Bird Singing,” and “Electric” by Virgil Suárez
“The Hills” and “Birds of Paradise” by Angelica Esquivel
“The Journey,” “Confluence,” and “Cosmic Lion” by Cat DM
“The old world” by Anton Amit
“Monochromata 1 and 2” by Max Cavitch
“Small Green Totem” by Jean Wolff
“You Have Become My Government #3” by Mato Enki (2MASS ROKKE)
“Tea Party in the Mountains” by Van Lanigh
“Lock In” by Leslie Brown
“Leaves” by Kes Crow
Masthead
Editor-in-Chief – Kayla Hare
Managing Editor – Sophia Ross
Fiction Editor – Bareerah Ghani
Assistant Fiction Editor – Katy Mullins
Nonfiction Editor – Emilie Knudsen
Assistant Nonfiction Editor – Ashlen Renner
Poetry Editor – Susan Muth
Assistant Poetry Editor – Tori Reynolds
Webmaster and Blog Editor – Allie Stanich
Layout and Design Editor – Stephanie Runyon
Incarcerated Writers Project Director – Chelsea Lebron
Faculty Advisor – Jason Hartsel
Art Editorial Team
Bareerah Ghani, Tori Reynolds, Emilie Knudsen, Sophia Ross, Susan Muth, Ashlen Renner
Readers
Rachel Allison, Delaney Burk, Samantha Coyne, Bodie Fox, Joseph Giglio, Ashlee Green, Drew Hunter, Emilie Knudsen, Claire Lewis, Elena Macdonald, Chris McGlone, Thomas McKenzie, Ivan Moore, Katy Mullins, Faith Palermo, Sophia Ross, Arpita Roy, Stephanie Runyon, Taylor Schaefer, Kylie Smith, Erin Snyder, Lizzie Terrell
Special Thanks
Jason Hartsel, David S. Carroll, Ben Hosing, Kathryn Mangus and the George Mason University Office of Student Media, Gregg Wilhelm and the George Mason University Creative Writing Program.