The wait is finally over! Here’s who took the top prizes in this year’s contest. To read these winning entries, stay tuned for the Issue 26 release next week.
A big thank you to the judges Ashley M Jones (poetry), Dawn Davies (CNF) and Alex Segura (fiction) for selecting these great pieces.
Poetry
Winner
[START AT THE BEGINNING] by Zebulon Huset
Finalists
I’ve Been Waiting for Hate to Die by Ellen June Wright
I Attend a Pool Party at Some Guy’s L.A. Mansion by Alaina Bainbridge
Creative Nonfiction
Winner
And the Men Like Gods by Natalie Beisner
Finalists
Bayou Oysters, Bayou Oil by Albert Leftwich
Waiting by Patrick Pawlowski
Fiction
Winner
Sex-O-Rama, 1993 by Jenny Robertson
Finalists
Wonga Beach by Katie O’Donnell
A Lamentation of Swans by Marlene Olin
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