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The 2020 Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award Winner,
​Tomorrow Music  by Pete Stevens,
is now available!
Pressed Butterflies
Art by Edward Michael Supranowicz

POTERY: "ERNEST AH UM" BY NATAN LAST

POETRY: 
"TOO MUCH SILVER," "I CLIPPED MY NAILS" BY JIM DANIELS

FICTION:  "PLUM" BY EMILY TRACHTENBERG

POETRY: "ODE TO AUER DEFERENCE," "SUNDAY POEM 7533967," "LE BAIN DE CRISTEL"  BY MICHAEL CHANG​

FICTION: "PLEASE, BOSNIA – PLEASE THIS IS BOSNIA!" BY LIAM MEJIA

POETRY: "COMO UN NIÑO" BY D. E. STEWARD
​
POETRY: "THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY IS DANGEROUS," "ON CEREMONY IN THE INTERVIEW OF KINGS," "THAT MEN MUST NOT BE TOO HASTY IN JUDGING OF THE DEVINE DECREES" BY BENJAMIN PALOFF

FICTION: "INSECT PEOPLE" BY RICH IVES

POETRY: "MORE PLEASANT ADVENTURES," "NO TWO ALIKE," "UNFIT TO STAND TRIAL" BY DAVID DODD LEE


NONFICTION: "THE STRANGE BEAUTY OF THE UNFAMILIAR" BY W.F. LANTRY 

ART: "CONCRETE SCULPTURE" BY MARIO LOPRETE

FICTION: "ZIA" BY CHRISTOPHER LINFORTH
​

POETRY: "SPELLBOUND," "HOW BABIES ARE MADE," "MAMA'S GIRL" BY ISABELLE DOYLE

FICTION: "WANNA RIDE?" BY MARLENE OLIN

NONFICTION: "ACCRETION + ANNOTATIONS ACCRETION [BARNACLES ON AN AGING SHIP'S HULL] THE [TRULY] INCREMENTAL SEATTLE OF MY MIND: SIGHTS AND SOUNDS BY MICHAEL ROLOFF

POETRY: "COMING ATTRACTION," "LESS LIKE AN OBJECT AND MORE LIKE THE WEATHER," "512 HOURS" BY KATHLEEN HEIL

​ART: "NAXOS I," "BLUESPRAY1," "WHITESPRAYBLUE," "BLUEFOLDLONG" BY JEAN WOLFF

POETRY: "FLOWER HOSPITAL," "THE MIDDLE AGES," "RASALILA DANCE FROM THE BHAGAVANA PURANA" BY LEONARD KRESS

FICTION: "YOU NEVER WISH THAT UPON ANYONE" BY JENESSA ABRAMS

FICTION: "MY FATHER'S DAUGTHER" BY REBECCA BERG


POETRY: "SEPULVEDA PASS," "PAEAN" BY LAUREN TESS

NONFICTION: "JOHN HANCOCK'S JOHN HANCOCK: ON THE SIGNATURE, OF ALL THINGS" BY ANDREW SUNSHINE

ART: "TORNADO TREE," "DRIFTWOOD," "ABANICO," CHRYSALIS," "GARDEN OF EARTHY DELIGHTS," "HARBOUR" BY TOTI O'BRIEN

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