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Spring 2026

  • T. C. Boyle

    Four words—Your mother passed away—coming from anonymity.

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  • Sarah Bates

    I keep having the same dream where the troop meeting was canceled.

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  • Yong-Yu Huang

    This is what passes for dreaming, the decay of my days.

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  • Melissa McKinstry

    What I want to know is, will someone in the future, remember?

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  • Cate Lycurgus

    touching you is a dash in the paragraph of not touching you

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  • Ananya Kanai Shah

    Two friends play chess on the grass, oblivious to the chaos.

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  • Ted Kooser

    The story is easy to read, scratched deep into the stone by his rage.

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Spring 2026

Winter Contest Winners

  • Maria GiesbrechtThe Day of the Dog
  • Dina KleinerPrivate Planet
  • Alice RyanRegional Hospitals

Fiction

  • T. C. BoyleBoulder City
  • Lavanya VasudevanThe Red Shoes

Graphic Stories

  • Shannon WheelerMy Father

Poetry

  • Aldo Amparán
  • Sarah Bates
  • James Ciano
  • Dan Gerber
  • Maria Giesbrecht
  • Yong-Yu Huang
  • Ted Kooser
  • Sydney Lea
  • Cate Lycurgus
  • David Mason
  • Melissa McKinstry
  • Ivana Mestrovic
  • Luisa Muradyan
  • Lo Naylor
  • Ananya Kanai Shah
  • Brian Tierney
  • Chelsea Woodard

Cartoons

  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2026-03
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2026-04
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2026-05
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2026-06

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