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Resilience

Resilience

By Ryan Ostrowski

The drive to perfect defaces.

By Cris Harris

The ardent toil of a tiny colony fills a lumberjack with fascination, admiration, and self-reflection.

By Linda Laino

A feathered envelopment of the pensive heart signals a wellspring.

The Prisoner I & II story art
By Nadia Ibrashi

War makes men monsters and monsters men.

The Little Lumberjack story art
By Raymond Luczak

Will, when coupled with grit, goes a long way.

Millicent Gardens story art
By Marie Manilla

Humiliation and desperation/ community and aspiration.

Shapeless Skin story art
By Travis Chi Wing Lau

Corporeal expanse, with wrangled nerves and a quieted pulse.

About the Fires story art
By Andrew Kruse-Ross

Embers of home billow and blow as history burns hard.

Abuses Amended art
By Jessica Edwards

Indignities and exploitation are righted with sharp words and a blunt defense.

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Contests & Prizes

Flash Fiction Contest
On May 1st, we announced the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest: Thomas Garcia (1st), Rick Krizman (2nd), and Rios de la Luz (3rd). Read more.

The James Baldwin Literature Prize
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of The James Baldwin Literature Prize of $1,000 to Hafsa Musa. Read more.

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