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Issue 20 contributor Michael Agunbiade\u2019s poem \u201cthe new testament<\/a>\u201d was a Finalist for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology.<\/a><\/p>\n

Issue 20 contributor Michael Agunbiade\u2019s poem \u201cthe new testament<\/a>\u201d was a Winner of the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards.<\/p>\n

Issue 19 contributor Isaiah Gardner’s poem \u201cTo the Gay Man at My Little Brother\u2019s High School Graduation<\/a>\u201d was a Finalist for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards.<\/p>\n

Issue 20 contributor Parker Logan\u2019s poem \u201cKissing in America<\/a>\u201d was a Finalist for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards.<\/p>\n

Issue 19 contributor Elijah Sparkman\u2019s \u201cThe Proposed<\/a>\u201d made the 2025 Wigleaf Top 50.<\/p>\n

Issue 20 contributor Kyle Weik’s micro Escape to a Burning Moon<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 was a 2026 Best Microfiction<\/a> selection<\/p>\n

Issue 10 contributor Diane Gottlieb’s story Her Mother Used to Make Her Cry Until She Learned<\/em><\/a> was a 2023 Wigleaf Top 50 finalist<\/a><\/p>\n

Issue 9 contributor Gabrielle Griffis’s story The Mudlark<\/em><\/a> was a 2023 Wigleaf Top 50 finalist<\/a><\/p>\n

Issue 8 contributor Candice Kelsey’s poem In Response to My Children Who Still Ask about the Coyotes<\/a> <\/em>was a 2023 Best of the Net Finalist<\/a><\/p>\n

Issue 8 contributor Kristine Marx’s story The Girl Under Glass<\/em><\/a> made The Best Small Fiction Anthology 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

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ISSUE NINETEEN (FALL 2024)<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

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ISSUE THIRTEEN (Winter 2023)<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

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A SPECIAL ISSUE REHOMING REMARKABLE WORK<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

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ISSUE TWO (Winter 2019)<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

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ISSUE ONE (Fall 2019)<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

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