Satire | The New Engagement

Satire

Satire

By LurLynn Franklin

Pregnant with a flowering reach.

By LurLynn Franklin

White institutions fall in line before those who’ve been criminally neglected.

By LurLynn Franklin

Protective mothering is always in fashion.

The Holy Family by Carl Bowlby
By Carl Bowlby

A mannerist pose, a pious glare.

Second Detail of "Missus' Leeroy Shows Out"
By Ashley Doggett

Shameless, grotesqueness.

Missus' Leeroy Shows Out
By Ashley Doggett

The wretched and the wronged.

Master Leeroy's Mansion
By Ashley Doggett

Exposed cruelty.

A VERBIS AD VERBERA
By Zechs

An elegant, stately lampoon of cartoonish corruption.

Romero Olympics illustration
By Peov

The third satiric illustration by Peov.

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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.

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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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