(Original Cover image by Colin Lloyd)
FuPo Poetry Contest
(for poems that are Funny and Poignant)
First Place: “I’m Genderfluid Because I Wanted To Be An Immortal Jellyfish but Nature Said It Wasn’t Allowed” by Jade Wallace
Second Place: “To the Owner of the Gray Volkswagen” by Zackary Medlin
Third Place: “A Giant Cocktail” by Bree Rolfe
Reader’s Choice: “The Ancient Greeks Had It Figured Out” by Harrison Gatlin
Reader’s Choice: “Commitment” by Ellen Steinbaum
Ceiling 200 Contest
(for prose pieces under 200 words)
First Place: “You’re Gone, but the Cannonballs Still Go Off” by Heather Dobbins
Second Place: “Lemons” by Cassandra Sigmon
Third Place: “The Invisibles” by Mydhili R. Varma
Reader’s Choice: “Morning at the Farm” by Michael Samra
Reader’s Choice: “Losing the Words” by Becki Lee
The Contest Issue Continues:
Additional pieces from FuPo Poetry Contest & Ceiling 200 Contest
“FOR SALE” by Traci McMickle
“Believe in magic, they say” by Bree Rolfe
“de pijp aan Maarten geven” by Joshua McKinney
“DEATH SCENE WITH APOLLO” by Despy Boutris
“Schrodinger’s House” by Christina Tang-Bernas
“WRITE YOUR TRAUMA: A WORKBOOK EXERCISE” by Christina Olson
“Now That We Use TV-tray Tables For Dinner, Our Transformation into a Middle-aged Married Couple Is Complete” by Cassandra Caverhill
“How the Heart Lies” by Scott Wiggerman
“The Comets” by David Mohan
“Decorum” by Sara Baxter
““bitter breast-cares have i abided”” by Dean Gessie
“The Third Trip” by A.J. Bermudez
“Dispute” by Sean Webb
“Click” by Miriam Logan
Non-Fiction
“Grateful” by Phyllis Gobbell
Author’s Biographies
“Ones That Got Away”
“Benefactors”
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