FALL 202325th Anniversary Issue!ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS Patricia Grace KingPax Americana Jonathan VanBallenbergheWinchester Street: Living with my father’s suicide Owen LewisSomething’s Wrong, More Than Twice, and Waking Early This New Year’s Day. UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST...

SPRING 2023UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER Emily FarrantoPostcard of Delicate ArchPOETRY Travis MossottiBook(s) of the DeadAfter the Miscarriage Jesse Lee KerchevalFloridaIowa City, IowaKickapoo Arthur SolwayThe New CowboysSamuel Beckett’s Tree Kathryne David...

FALL 2022 ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS Jodie Noel VinsonFirst Do No Harm W.J. HerbertJournal of the Plague YearIce StormLiminal PassageThe Birth of Venus Zoe PappenheimerApparitionsPOETRY Vernita HallThe Sol Notes: Dead ReckoningWhiteout Jane ZwartTo Shuck MiraclesCertain...

SPRING 2022UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER Helen HoflingArmoryPOETRY Rodney JonesSomething is Happening, But You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You Mr. JonesIdentifying With Stars In A Time of PandemicAll Human Time Is Simultaneous Rebecca FoustLife Is BeautifulPositano Aleš...

FALL 2021ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS The Tax of Quick AlarmLee Anne Gallaway-Mitchell Karen DayThe Cellar L. A. JohnsonDownriverRadiant StrangerHouse Full of SomeonesWhere Warm and Cool Air MeetPOETRY Michael WatersAnxious EclogueNeedlefishPine Grove Lodge Joshua...

SPRING 2021UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER Kat MustateaVoidopolisPOETRY Philip ArnoldPound in Venice, 1963Valley of the Condor Roy BentleyThe United States of America in the SummertimeI Can’t Give You Anything But Love Marianne BoruchThe Pelican Minus a Wing Must...

Fall 2020ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS L. I. HenleyDrive! (You’re Lost, Little Girl, You’re Lost) Karyna McGlynnA Love Song to a Wicked Stepsister who Peaked in the ’80sI Stand Outside This Woman’s WorkUpon Being Shot by the Shrink-Ray Desiree EvansFleshPOETRY Kathleen...

SPRING 2020UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER Jenni MoodyThe Sound of Her VoicePOETRY Jared Harél A Moving Grove My Life M. Soledad Caballero Flight Cell Sisters Michael Salcman Visiting My Father in His Final Illness Event Horizon Wes Civilz First Thing The Walk...

FALL 2019ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS Carol Keeley Demon Feeding Karen Harryman Making November Theory Lones Seiber FlightPOETRY Michael HettichThe WindowBody Elisabeth MurawskiSusan the Composition DollThe Woman Unafraid of Tropical Diseases A. MolotkovThe Other Side of a...

SPRING 201920th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!20TH ANNIVERSARY ARCHIVE Annie DawidSnow Blossoms GhalibThe Candle FlameThe Sword-Wound   UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER FlintA Villanelle by Any Other Name Would Smell as SweetPOETRY Lee PetersonTrick RiderElection Day...

FALL 2018ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS R. M. KinderA Common Person Keith WilsonLetter Begun to My Future NieceLong Tail Megan HarlanMobile HomePOETRY Rebecca FoustCollaboratorTrain Out of Altoona Melissa OliveiraVolkspark HaibunAubade with Burning Hillside Rachel KubieFather’s...

SPRING 2018UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER Shawndra MillerBleeding the ButterflyPOETRY Elisabeth MurawskiMime on Little River TurnpikeThirst Bruce BondPoliticsClarity Todd DavisLearning to Tie a FlyWhat My Aunt Virginia Says When She Visits Sarah MunroePoem That Begins...

FALL 2016ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS Micah Dean HicksThe Deer Jude NutterIuana: Day Zero Plus ThreeIuana: Day Zero Plus Twenty-One Dawn DaviesMothers of SpartaPOETRY Lindsey AlexanderThe Negation is the PointFenced-in Poem Robert CampbellLabor #12Greek Rush Richard...

FALL 2017ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS Leslie Kirk CampbellThe Tasmanians George LooneyUsing What Light There IsTranslations in Coal DustIt Isn’t Always Classical Courtney ZoffnessIt May All End in AleppoPOETRY Carine TopalRequiem Paige SullivanA Genealogy of Women Sophia...

SPRING 2017UNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER Emily WolahanThe Direct Account of Frank ThomasPOETRY John Sibley WilliamsLacunaSo Let the Stories We Live by SlackenEverests Richard WiderkehrAt Akumal: Water Ain’t Water, He SaidAt The Grace CafeHansel and Gretel: The Witch...

SPRING 2016PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTUNCLASSIFIABLE CONTEST WINNER Melvin AdamsStoning the PorcupinePOETRY Amy Newlove SchroederMore Lost Than Lieutenant BelloA Bowl to Hold 2700 Gallons G.C. WaldrepUntitled (Dido II)Untitled (Dido III) Theodora ZiolkowskiThe Woman...

FALL 2015ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS Michele RubyAlterations Jeanne WagnerA Personal History of GlassMooney’s HouseTransgression Kristin KostickHostage SituationPOETRY Peter SchiresonTrigger WarningsWhat Worlds & MoonsBefore Todd DavisBy the Rivers of BabylonBurn Barrel...

SPRING 2015ANNUAL PRIZE WINNERS Dorothy EricksonBoy Scout Kelly CherryThe Cliffs of NothingnessThey are More PresentThe Teahouse at Otowi Station Eric SusakHollow BoundPOETRY Nicholas Samaras“A Body No Longer, No Longer the World”Bearing Michael WatersThe...

FALL 2014SUSAN ATEFAT PRIZE Leonora Smith, Creative NonfictionBlood Sick ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Holloway McCandless, FictionMotu Tapu Emma Hine, PoetryDistortion for AfterwardsSlot Canyon Drew Katzman, DramaA Rare and Fleeting ThingPOETRY Simeon BerryFrom Monograph...

SPRING 2014SUSAN ATEFAT PRIZE Jennifer Bowen Hicks, Creative NonfictionCandling Delicious ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Amanda Pauley, FictionThe Window Lara Egger, PoetryThe Beautiful UnseenAneurysmAt Washington Square Tavern Catherine Rush, DramaThe Sum of MeFICTION...

SPRING 2013PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTSUSAN ATEFAT PRIZE Sonja Livingston, Creative NonfictionLand of the Lost ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Dana Fitz Gale, FictionMonsters of the Deep Kirun Kapur, PoetryPoetryFrom the AfterlifeYou Give Me Fever James...

SPRING 2012SUSAN ATEFAT PRIZE Juliet Petterson, Creative NonfictionFor the Last Time ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Dwight Holing, FictionGallopers Rochelle Hurt, PoetryThe Persistence of St. Teresa of AvilaThe Strove Tender James C. McKelly, DramaAngels in the FrothPOETRY...

SPRING 2011PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTSUSAN ATEFAT PRIZE Julie Wan, Creative NonfictionSkin ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Margaret McCloskey, DramaOld HeadPOETRY James DoyleBecause I Can’t Afford a Modern $3000 Hearing Aid Nicholas SamarasA Slow Constellation of YearsLucid...

FALL 2010ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Gregory Williams, FictionWho We Were at Twelve Todd Hearon, PoetryAfter WordsNo Other GodsCirce’s SisterPOETRY Annie BoutellePicasso in SepiaEmpty William Virgil DavisA Postcard from San Gimignano Sharon FainAt the Lakeshore Motel...

SPRING 2010PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUT​ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Josh MacIvor-Andersen, Creative NonfictionThe Curse of Ham Andrew Ade, DramaA Question of TastePOETRY Fleda BrownDancing at Your Wedding Jehanne DubrowMojitosThe Mobile Yahya FredericksonFrom the GariThe...

FALL 2010ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Lucy Jane Bledsoe, FictionGirl With Boat Jennifer Chapis, PoetryBackpacking in the RainHot OrangePOETRY Deborah BacharachThe Last Few Days Before ChristmasThe Landscapes Danielle DeTiberusLike That Max GarlandRemembering PaducahThe...

SPRING 2009SUSAN ATEFAT PRIZE Laura K. Distelheim, NonfictionSongs Sung Blue ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Kathleen Warnock, DramaSome Are PeoplePOETRY Susan AtefatVesselsTo My Unborn SonTo My Son at Seven MonthsTo My Son at Ten MonthsFilling the Spaces We KnowWalking Home...

FALL 2008ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Alethea Black, FictionThe Thing Itself John Blair, PoetryThe Dogs of GrassPOETRY William Virgil DavisRothko’s “Presences” Scott GallawayEpiphanyThinking Toward the Sun Daniel Gutsteinp.m.Personal Warming Laurie LamonPain Thinks of...

SPRING 2008SUSAN ATEFAT PRIZE Julie Wan, NonfictionNocturne ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Glenn Alterman, DramaThe Sealing of CeilPOETRY Susan Atefat-PeckhamDissecting Turtles Liz BeasleyAutonomousOptical Illusion Tara BrayFailedNo Explanation Danica ColicThe...

FALL 2007PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Robert Drummond, FictionThe Unnecessary Man Greg Rappleye, PoetryLetter to Harriet Beecher StoweOn Martin Johnson Heade’s Approaching Thunder Storm (1859)TarantulaStudies for The Blue Morpho (1864) ​POETRY Roy...

SPRING 2007ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Mark Scharf, DramaMemory GardenPOETRY Ari BaniasA FatherThe Carrier Marianne BoruchA FareBird Made of IronLunch Fleda BrownKnife Bethany BuchholzCatechumensOral Tradition Jeffrey FranklinDrucker’s Mule Barn Paul GibbonsAubadeSnow...

FALL 2006ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Mary M. Davies, FictionDead Horses Margaret Rabb, PoetryGilding the BuddhaTwo GrievancesSnow GeesePOETRY Andrea Hollander BudyDead WeightKitchen Margaret GibsonRespect Marilyn KalletPacking LightApology JL KatoAt the Breakfast Table...

SPRING 2006ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Phillip William Brock, DramaThe Normal ChildPOETRY David BarberFrom a Burbank CatalogueMasters of the Florilegium Tina BarrPilgrimRefuge Patricia ClarkFeastThe Exile Speaks Bob HicokThe local music sceneAt the diner Sarah KennedyA...

FALL 2005PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Jacob Appel, FictionThe Punishment Joanna Goodman, PoetryOur Daughter plays Deer Hunting USA in the Holiday Inn GameroomGeorgic: TomatoesPOETRY Julianna BaggotAn Apologia for Using Words in PoetryThe Poem that...

SPRING 2005PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Staci Swedeen, DramaThe Secret of Our SuccessPOETRY Hadara Bar-NadavPicture-EmptyRecognition and Cognition Andrea Hollander BudyStill Life with JonquilsParts of Speech James DoyleThe HorseIn the North Nola...

FALL 2004PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Deborah Schwartz, FictionOrrin in Exile Tenaya Darlington, PoetryX-Ray Study of a ContortionistThe Oldest Living Bombshell Bares AllAfter the Dismembered WeddingBad Girl LandPOETRY Fleda BrownSmall Boys Fishing:...

SPRING 2004PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Sourabh Chatterjee, DramaLeftPOETRY Rosebud Ben-oni10. Craig ChallenderWillowind Roy JacobsteinEmigréesSound and LightInsomniaNick of TimeThe Dog Races in Florida Jesse Lee KerchevalAfter a Death by DrowningThis...

FALL 2003PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Meghan Clay, FictionMental’s Girl Max Garland, PoetryThe Pigs Hold Up the DawnGoldfinchesPOETRY Jim DanielsWalking Home From Work, April 15 John GilgunGhazalRimbaud Writes to Verlaine From London Kathleen...

SPRING 2003PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Chuck Spoler, DramaBlood MemoryPOETRY Robert GibbWalnut: Four SketchesIn the MuseumA Late Elegy for Thelonious Monk Clint McCownModern CartographyFICTION Bruce HendricksenA Tale of Autumn and Spring Daniel A....

FALL 2002PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Josh Rolnick, FictionBig Lake Allan Peterson, PoetryBone StructureThe Danger of Explosion in AnesthesiaForgetting FireBecalmed with the Gigolo of ElectricityPOETRY Corrinne Clegg Hales“Young Nubian Woman” 1850s,...

SPRING 2002PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Janet Burroway, DramaDivision of PropertyPOETRY Grace BauerOn Finding a Footnote to Truckin’ Rosemary DaniellFor Jesus, Eyes BlazingWhat Keith the Hunter Says About the Deer in the Hills Richard...

FALL 2001PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Rachel Pastan, FictionSam O’Grady Peggy Ann Tartt, PoetryInstead of CarnationsThe Dying SeasonPOETRY K.E. AllenWoman in a Boat Kathryn Stripling ByerHoot OwlLooking Out Maria Elena Caballero-RobbYellow Fever A.V....

SPRING 2001PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Roy Sorrels, DramaOn New GroundPOETRY Marilyn AnnucciWrecked WorldGirl Listening Fleda BrownSestina for Elvis Peter CooleySmall Poem in Search of DepressionSmall Poem Containing a RadianceSmall Poem in Which the...

FALL 2000ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Harry Bloom, FictionShapes Ann Pelletier, PoetryNothingOne Hundred StepsFear Keeps HoldPOETRY Daniel CorrieSuperman Laurie LamonPain Thinks of the Beautiful TablePartiality Mary Elizabeth ParkerWe Might Become Starved Jane R....

SPRING 2000ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE Arthur Meryash, DramaAugustinaPOETRY Colleen AndersonWatermarkWe Talk at Night David BakerTwo Clouds Donald HallFour EastersLove Poem Christine Boyka KlugeChoosing a TongueSea Urchins Miriam Morsel NathanThe Green Cashmere Sweater...

FALL 1999PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUTARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Norman Goodwin, PoetryThe ConferenceThe Hit James Crnkovich, FictionLaundromat PeoplePOETRY One BuchananOnly Yak in Batesville, VA Jennifer Fumiko CahillComfort Beth Ann FennellyMother Sends My Poem to Her Sister...

SPRING 1999PRINT ISSUES SOLD OUT!POETRY Michael WatersDivine Will Stuart LishanBlood Odds Laurie LamonPain Tries to Think of SomethingOne Thing Katherine SoniatEvening BellsSolstices Jim BarnesIn VauvenarguesFin de Siecle at Schloss SolitudeAt an Art SaleFICTION...