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First Place | Product Review: Footage Lost

First Place | Product Review: Footage Lost

By Sarah Good-Lang April 27, 2024

Product: Sony Handheld Camcorder  Rating: 0 stars Weak Memory: LOST ALL MY RECORDINGS Reviewed by Donna Linden    When a company advertises that its product has “ultra-reliable...

Second Place | Glory to the Death King!

Second Place | Glory to the Death King!

By Will Roth April 27, 2024

“Ten thousand years of Death King rule!” the crowd screamed and howled. Grumgux didn’t understand that. Obviously, he loved the Death King and would peel the skin from his soul in service of the...

Third Place | The Tale of Fried Okra, Porridge and Mutton Curry

Third Place | The Tale of Fried Okra, Porridge and Mutton Curry

By Anushka Rengunthwar April 27, 2024

The sweet smell of jasmine warm on my scalp, her soft hands, calloused palms weaving through my hair with scented oil aged rich by generations, braids in my hair donned like armor. Fried okra, mutton curry,...

Runner-up | A Semple Street

Runner-up | A Semple Street

By Kiara Mezowicek April 27, 2024

I spit on the uneven, cracked sidewalk and watch as the pink-red domes spread flat. I watch some of the spittle run down a crack and think of beginnings. I used to look at that same street outside my window...

Runner-up | A Portrait of an Artist

Runner-up | A Portrait of an Artist

By Elyse Chess April 27, 2024

Your composition is weak. Four years of unrelenting critique still echoed through his head in a cacophony of unimpressed sighs, dismissive glances, and outright ridicule.  Where is the passion?...

Runner-up | Roll Again

Runner-up | Roll Again

By Amiel Bengert April 27, 2024

I roll the dice.   One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11. “You’ve landed on St. Charles Place.” It only costs $140; I’ll buy it. I still have $1,360 left.   10. One,...

Runner-up | Re: Choosing Joy, Love and OSHA Violations

Runner-up | Re: Choosing Joy, Love and OSHA Violations

By Oliver Rosen April 27, 2024

When my boss tells me he wants to meet with me, I figure it has something to do with the piss on the wall. It is not my piss, mind you, or for that matter my wall. The wall belongs to the store, a pretty...

Runner-up | The Vow

Runner-up | The Vow

By Genevieve Johnston-Smeathers April 27, 2024

She wants him, But she can never have him. Despite the devastation, She will survive—  Content with the loss.   Simultaneously, the strength in her muscles, bones, and flesh Is...

First Place | The Search History of an American Beauty Queen (with notes)

First Place | The Search History of an American Beauty Queen (with notes)

By Meagan Meyer January 22, 2024

is everyone in france skinny? Pretty much, yeah. how are french people so skinny Cigarettes, probably. how much does it cost to study abroad in france About 20,000 euros per year at the...

Second Place | My House

Second Place | My House

By Julia Kebuladze January 22, 2024

The House never stood still. When I was little I heard stories of Baba Yaga, a grandmother who made borscht and played pranks on wanderers. She lived in an unending emerald forest, in a House that stood...

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