Fiction Runners-Up

Mysterious Rooms by Jaime Gill

Pruning Practice by Lydia Kim

Everyone is Going to Tomorrow by James Gianetti

The Stall by Barbara T. Parker

Fire Season by AnnElise Hatjakes

Rigel, the Knee by Samantha Zabell

Nonfiction Runners-Up

Of These Maypops Blooming by LaTanya McQueen

A Name Belongs to One Person by Brooklin Pigg

Twitch and Bones by Emma Zimmerman

Not the Victim by J. L. Bermúdez

Self-Portrait as Baby by Erik Moyer

Picking at the Nail by Megan Eralie-Henriques

Poetry Runners-Up

Deboning by Alex Bortell

Shell Game – Apollo Chastain

Missouri Pastoral 01 – Brooke Spalding

A text that read “I love you” and a follow up by grace (ge) gilbert

The Worst Portland in America by Jordan Hamel

Bartending Because Hot People Bartend by Kate Garcia

Ozark Geography by Megan Blankenship

Touchstruck by Mollie O’Leary

Bestiary by Seth Peterson

Haibun by Tim Thiện Nguyễn

Art Gallery

“Extended Stay” by Kale Hensley

Cover Art

“All Eyez on Me” & “Cycles” by Amuri Morris

“Gnarly Tree at the Grand Canyon in Winter Sky” by Michael C. Roberts

“Walk Citrus” by Irakli Mirzashvili

“An Ancient Observer” by Anna Chapman

“Emotional Landscapes 66″ by Holly Willis

“Untitled” & “You Hurt Me” by Shelbey Leco

“Weaponizing Cuteness” by Electra Pelias

“To Grow, You Have to Look at Your Roots” by Larissa Monique Hauck

“Adon M.” by Jeni

“Wedding Bouquet” by Nataliia Burmaka

“As far as half the way to the Gateway” (1) & “As far as half the way to the Gateway” (3) by Phi Phi AN

“Under a Rising Tide” & “No Further North” by Briana Gervat

“Wearing Her Heart on Her Skin” by D. Arifah

“Harakiri” by Sjafril

“Froggy Water” by Audrey Larson

“Storyteller” by Elzbieta Zdunek

“Interconnected Sand” by Janelle Cordero

“Dapples” by Sophie Hoss

“Expression” by Victor Adebayo Meye

“Freedom” by Tomislav Šilipetar

“White Dreams” & “Dreams” by Irina Tall

Masthead

Editor-in-Chief – Taylor Schaefer

Managing Editor – Jacob Sharp
Poetry Editor – Tori Reynolds
Assistant Poetry Editor – Taylor Franson-Thiel
Fiction Editor – Connor Harding
Assistant Fiction Editor – Scott Hovdey
Nonfiction Editor – Faith Palermo
Assistant Nonfiction Editor – Austin LaVigne
Website Editor – Elena Macdonald
Social Media Editor – Nicholas Ritter
Layout and Design Editor – Bri Chapman
Incarcerated Writers Project Coordinators – Katey Funderburgh & Maya Gudapati

Faculty Advisor  – Jason Hartsel

Art Editorial Team

Taylor Schaefer, Jacob Sharp, Tori Reynolds, Austin LaVigne, Elena Macdonald, Scott Hovdey

Readers

McKenan Bundy, Bri Chapman, Sydney Floyd, Serena Grant, Jaime Goh, Griffin Hamstead, Katherine Harnisch, Alexander Holcomb, McKinley Johnson, Marissa Joyce, Lee Krauss, Judy Lesserman, Elena Macdonald, Chris Mcglone, Thomas McKenzie, K.R. Mullins, Isabella Newman, Kobimtochi Odo, Martheaus Perkins, Laura Pixley, Sophia Ross, Kylie Smith, Emily Weisenberger, Radhika Wheelock, Grace Wood