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"La Primavera" by Galileo Chini, 1914

Editor Letter  |  Laura Maylene Walter

Poetry

i want you to feel like this can still be your home  |  Matt Mitchell
You as Apocalypse  |  Hannah Cajandig-Taylor
The Spider  |  Carrie George
portrait of the edge of the atlantic, as seen in a dream  |  Lip Manegio
Red Hat Society  |  Jason B. Crawford
A Strong Wind Blows at the Softball Diamonds  |  Regis Coustillac
Recuerdo: Mexico, 1997  |  Esteban Rodríguez

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Prose

The Name under the Picture  |  M. Bennardo
Animals in Kind  |  Valli Jo Porter
Hayride  |  Joe Davies
Our Healing  |  Audrey Carroll
Re: Sometime after 5:00pm on a Wednesday in the Middle of Autumn  |  Daniel Garcia

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Mentorships

Midnight Bike Ride  |  ​Ben von Jagow (poetry)
Speaking to Robin  |  Jackie Krogmeier (fiction)
On the Corner, Tucked Away  | Ariél Martinez (nonfiction)

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Prose Contest Winners

Silent Heart  |  Meg Thompson (Winner)
The Red Panda Effect  |  Elise Demeter (Runner-Up) 

​Finalists: ​“Personal Monuments”  by Aparna Paul, "Animals in Kind" by Valli Jo Porter, and “Soad Hosny” by Nardine Taleb

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Youth Outlet
John Carroll University Young Writers Workshop

Ode to the Pasta  |  Emily Bock
A Silent Watch  |  Carlson Jones
strange pastoral  |  Samantha Kirschman

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