We have the pleasure of announcing the winner of the 2024 NJ High Schools Writing Contest:
"Eat Me Whole Quietly" by ISABELLE QI
Honorable Mentions:
NAVDEEP BHALLA & KAROLINA OSTROWSKI
We are thrilled to publish the winner of the Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award:
HOW TO BECOME THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by FIONA LU
FICTION: "STRANGE MAGIC" BY ANNA MANTZARIS
FICTION: "QUEEN OF EMILYS" BY ROSS KIMBERLIN
NONFICTION: "LINGER HERE" BY JILL DARLING
NONFICTION: "Har Mĕgiddōn (הר מגידו): THE COMING AMERICAN FIASCO" BY CHARLES TARLTON
POETRY: "DEAR MR CARSON," "BABEL WASN'T HIT BUT MY TOWN WAS," "TO THE WALL AND BACK" BY MARTINE VAN BIJLERT
WISHLIST_ART: "HER READ" EXCERPT BY JENNIFER SPERRY STEINORTH AT ACTION, SPECTACLE
POETRY: "MIDNIGHT'S TALKING LION AND THE WEDDING FIRE" BY ADAM DAY
WISHLIST_FICTION: "THE GREENEST PLACE" BY ELIZA GILBERT AT SPLITLIP
POETRY: "RECAST I" BY ALEXANDRIA PEARY
POETRY: TWO POEMS BY FIONA LU, WINNER OF THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD
POETRY: "WHAT HISTORY I READ FROM MY MOTHER'S DIARY" BY SUNDAY T. SAHEED, FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD
POETRY: TWO POEMS BY HARLEY CHAPMAN, FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD
NONFICTION: "LOOSE ENDS" BY MARTHA WISEMAN
NONFICTION: "THROUGH MY FATHER'S GLASSES" BY JAN JOLLY
POETRY: TWO POEMS FROM EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES BY RICHARD RYAL
WISHLIST_ESSAY: "WHEN EARTH MEETS SKY" BY CLINTON CROCKETT PETERS AT THE COMMON
NONFICTION: "STILL LOOKING" BY KRISTINA MORICONI
TIME_MACHINE: "MID-AMERICAN CHANTS" BY SHERWOOD ANDERSON
NONFICTION: "IGY" BY WM. ANTHONY CONNOLLY
WISHLIST_ESSAY: "OWOSSO" BY MARY BIRNBAUM AT CRAZYHORSE
POETRY: "THE YEAR I WENT WITHOUT WISHING FOR ANYTHING" BY MARK DECARTERET
FICTION: "HOW I MET MY WIFE" BY MARK CASSIDY
WISHLIST_FICTION: "THE MEN FROM ESC" BY CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA AT AGNI
POETRY: TWO POEMS FROM SCHEMA GEOMETRICA BY DENNIS HINRICHSEN
POETRY: "ERNEST AH UM" BY NATAN LAST
POETRY: "TOO MUCH SILVER," "I CLIPPED MY NAILS" BY JIM DANIELS
FICTION: "PLUM" BY EMILY TRACHTENBERG
FICTION: "PLEASE, BOSNIA – PLEASE THIS IS BOSNIA!" BY HECTOR DONOVAN-GONZALEZ
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
ART: "CONCRETE SCULPTURE" BY MARIO LOPRETE
FICTION: "ZIA" BY CHRISTOPHER LINFORTH
POETRY: "SPELLBOUND," "HOW BABIES ARE MADE," "MAMA'S GIRL" BY ISABELLE DOYLE
FICTION: "QUEEN OF EMILYS" BY ROSS KIMBERLIN
NONFICTION: "LINGER HERE" BY JILL DARLING
NONFICTION: "Har Mĕgiddōn (הר מגידו): THE COMING AMERICAN FIASCO" BY CHARLES TARLTON
POETRY: "DEAR MR CARSON," "BABEL WASN'T HIT BUT MY TOWN WAS," "TO THE WALL AND BACK" BY MARTINE VAN BIJLERT
WISHLIST_ART: "HER READ" EXCERPT BY JENNIFER SPERRY STEINORTH AT ACTION, SPECTACLE
POETRY: "MIDNIGHT'S TALKING LION AND THE WEDDING FIRE" BY ADAM DAY
WISHLIST_FICTION: "THE GREENEST PLACE" BY ELIZA GILBERT AT SPLITLIP
POETRY: "RECAST I" BY ALEXANDRIA PEARY
POETRY: TWO POEMS BY FIONA LU, WINNER OF THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD
POETRY: "WHAT HISTORY I READ FROM MY MOTHER'S DIARY" BY SUNDAY T. SAHEED, FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD
POETRY: TWO POEMS BY HARLEY CHAPMAN, FINALIST FOR THE 2023 RACHEL WETZSTEON CHAPBOOK AWARD
NONFICTION: "LOOSE ENDS" BY MARTHA WISEMAN
NONFICTION: "THROUGH MY FATHER'S GLASSES" BY JAN JOLLY
POETRY: TWO POEMS FROM EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES BY RICHARD RYAL
WISHLIST_ESSAY: "WHEN EARTH MEETS SKY" BY CLINTON CROCKETT PETERS AT THE COMMON
NONFICTION: "STILL LOOKING" BY KRISTINA MORICONI
TIME_MACHINE: "MID-AMERICAN CHANTS" BY SHERWOOD ANDERSON
NONFICTION: "IGY" BY WM. ANTHONY CONNOLLY
WISHLIST_ESSAY: "OWOSSO" BY MARY BIRNBAUM AT CRAZYHORSE
POETRY: "THE YEAR I WENT WITHOUT WISHING FOR ANYTHING" BY MARK DECARTERET
FICTION: "HOW I MET MY WIFE" BY MARK CASSIDY
WISHLIST_FICTION: "THE MEN FROM ESC" BY CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA AT AGNI
POETRY: TWO POEMS FROM SCHEMA GEOMETRICA BY DENNIS HINRICHSEN
POETRY: "ERNEST AH UM" BY NATAN LAST
POETRY: "TOO MUCH SILVER," "I CLIPPED MY NAILS" BY JIM DANIELS
FICTION: "PLUM" BY EMILY TRACHTENBERG
FICTION: "PLEASE, BOSNIA – PLEASE THIS IS BOSNIA!" BY HECTOR DONOVAN-GONZALEZ
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
ART: "CONCRETE SCULPTURE" BY MARIO LOPRETE
FICTION: "ZIA" BY CHRISTOPHER LINFORTH
POETRY: "SPELLBOUND," "HOW BABIES ARE MADE," "MAMA'S GIRL" BY ISABELLE DOYLE