Ann Yuan
A Sheer Drop of Three Thousand Feet

Ann Yuan - A Sheer Drop of Three Thousand Feet

Fiction
Writing from Long Island, NY, Ann Yuan was a finalist for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2025. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Gone Lawn, MoonPark Review, Oyster River Pages, Hawaii… Read more »
Mizuki Yamamoto
Mars is not as dry as they told us

Mizuki Yamamoto - Mars is not as dry as they told us

Fiction
Mizuki Yamamoto is a writer from Japan, currently living in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her half moon and two very spoiled farm dogs. Mizuki’s writing has appeared in or is forthcoming… Read more »
Patrick Vala-Haynes
The Dancer

Patrick Vala-Haynes - The Dancer

Fiction
Patrick Vala-Haynes writes fiction, poetry, and essays within shouting distance of the Oregon Coast Range. He knows too much about well-drilling, swords, cannons, and alfalfa. His writing has appeared… Read more »
Hayden Saunier
Reasons to Read

Hayden Saunier - Reasons to Read

Poetry
Hayden Saunier is the author of six poetry collections, and her work has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, the Pablo Neruda Prize, the Rattle Poetry Prize, and the Gell Poetry Award. Her poems have been… Read more »
Bianca Alyssa Pérez
Here’s a memory

Bianca Alyssa Pérez - Here’s a memory

Poetry
Bianca Alyssa Pérez (she/her/ella) is a poet & educator born and raised in South Texas. Her chapbook, Gemini Gospel, was the winner of Host Publication's Chapbook Contest in Spring 2023. Her work… Read more »
Akshay Pendyal
Of Medicine and Mexican Food

Akshay Pendyal - Of Medicine and Mexican Food

Creative Nonfiction
Akshay Pendyal is a physician and writer living in North Carolina. His prose has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Persuasion, and The Hedgehog Review. His poetry has appeared in the Annals of Internal… Read more »
Lexi Pelle
Nudie Mags

Lexi Pelle - Nudie Mags

Poetry
Lexi Pelle was the winner of the 2022 Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Plume, West Branch, Rattle, 32 Poems, and Only Poems. She is the author of the poetry… Read more »
L. A. Johnson
Catharina

L. A. Johnson - Catharina

Poetry
L. A. Johnson is the author of Lost Music (Milkweed Editions, 2027) and an associate editor of Swirl & Vortex: Collected Poems of Larry Levis (Graywolf Press, 2026). She holds a PhD from the… Read more »
Ashley Hutson
Our Whole History

Ashley Hutson - Our Whole History

Fiction
Ashley Hutson is the author of One's Company (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022). Her short-form work has appeared in several places, including Granta, Wigleaf, Electric Literature, Catapult, X-R-A-Y… Read more »
Jehanne Dubrow
Creeping Thyme

Jehanne Dubrow - Creeping Thyme

Contest - Prose Poem
Jehanne Dubrow is the author of three books of nonfiction, ten poetry collections, and most recently, a craft book, The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma (University of New Mexico… Read more »
Grayson Burke
Death of a Blimp

Grayson Burke - Death of a Blimp

Fiction
Grayson Burke is a writer from Nashville, currently living in the Bay Area. You can find his writing on Substack at outofstamps.substack.com and forthcoming in Swing magazine. Read more »
Nadia Born
the whiteout

Nadia Born - the whiteout

Contest - Flash Fiction
Nadia Born writes about girls who are birds, mothers who are ghosts, and other mysteries. She won LitMag’s Anton Chekhov Award, New Letters’ Editor’s Choice Award and Augur Magazine’s… Read more »
Emma Bolden
When I Say My Heart Is Full, I Mean It's Full of Ghosts

Emma Bolden - When I Say My Heart Is Full, I Mean It's Full of Ghosts

Poetry
Emma Bolden is the author of a memoir, The Tiger and the Cage (Soft Skull), and the poetry collections House Is an Enigma, medi(t)ations and Maleficae. Her fourth poetry collection, God Elegy, is… Read more »
Rebecca Bernard
Standard X-Ray Precautions

Rebecca Bernard - Standard X-Ray Precautions

Contest - Flash Creative Nonfiction
Rebecca Bernard is the author of the story collection Our Sister Who Will Not Die (Mad Creek Books, 2022). Her work has most recently appeared or is forthcoming in Oxford American, The Cincinnati… Read more »
Cole Alexander
Tasting Menu

Cole Alexander - Tasting Menu

Fiction
Cole Alexander is a Creative Writing graduate of Berry College preparing to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing. His work has appeared in Ramifications literary magazine, and he writes literary fiction… Read more »