2023

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Awards | 2024 James Hearst Poetry Prize
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2023 Pushcart Nominations
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Fiction | James Morena
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Poetry | Rachel Castro
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Nonfiction | Heather Nguyen
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Poetry | Lisa Lewis
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Fiction | John Brantingham
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Nonfiction | Lindsay Starck
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Fiction | Patrick Murphy
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Fall 2023 Workshop
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Poetry | Susannah Lee
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Nonfiction | Glenn Shaheen
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Review | Ann Spiers
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Fiction | Katherine Easer
Two angel statues facing one another.
Poetry | Betsy Johnson
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Nonfiction | Diane Comer
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Fiction | Vincent Casaregola
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Review | William Householder
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Nonfiction | Elizabeth Gentry
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Poetry | Carol V. Davis
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Fiction | J. Harley McIlrath
Woman sitting on land | Andrew Neel
Poetry | Mary Morris
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Review | Anthony Seidman
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Poetry | Gary Dop
Painting of a women's faces
Poetry | George Kalamaras
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Poetry | Andrew Najberg
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Nonfiction | Mallory Schmitz and Karina Ortiz
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Interview | Judith Harris | Part One
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Review | Anne Myles
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Poetry | Jonathan Stull
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Poetry | Julia Thacker
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Poetry | Paul Mariani
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Poetry | Ariel Francisco
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Poetry | Nathan Erwin
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Review | Andrea Rexilius
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Review | Cindy Veach
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Poetry | Sarah Carson
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Review | Judith Harris
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Poetry | Patrick Kindig
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Poetry | Grace Q. Song
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Poetry | Kathleen McGookey
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Poetry | Martín Espada
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Nonfiction | Emily Robinson & Heather Jerónimo
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Awards | Winners of the 2023 Terry Tempest Williams Prize in Creative Nonfiction
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Nonfiction | Emily Robinson & Heather Jerónimo
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Interview | Leslie Lindsay
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Review | William Heath
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Review | Grant Tracey
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Poetry | Gabrielle Grace Hogan
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Review | Hester L. Furey
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Nonfiction | David LeGault
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Fiction | Joseph Helmreich
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Poetry | Lance Larsen
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Poetry | Mary Morris
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Fiction | Lee Ware
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Poetry | Denise Duhamel
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Nonfiction | Denise Duhamel
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Fiction | Saskia Nislow
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Poetry | Todd Davis
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Fiction | Richard Squires
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Nonfiction | Jonathan Griffith
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Nonfiction | Tetyana Strelchenko
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Fiction | Randolph Uniack
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Poetry | Alice White
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Poetry | Arnisha Royston
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Poetry | Sarah Brockhaus
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Poetry | Colin Bailes
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Awards | 2023 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize
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Awards | 2023 James Hearst Poetry Prize