Issue 20 contributor Michael Agunbiade’s poem “the new testament” was a Winner of the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards.

Issue 19 contributor’s poem “To the Gay Man at My Little Brother’s High School Graduation” was a Finalist for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards.

Issue 20 contributors Isaiah Gardner and Parker Logan’s poem “Kissing in America” was a Finalist for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards.

Issue 20 Contributor Kyle Weik’s micro Escape to a Burning Moon  was a 2026 Best Microfiction selection

Issue 10 Contributor Diane Gottlieb’s story Her Mother Used to Make Her Cry Until She Learned was a 2023 Wigleaf Top 50 finalist

Issue 9 Contributor Gabrielle Griffis’s story The Mudlark was a 2023 Wigleaf Top 50 finalist

Issue 8 Contributor Candice Kelsey’s poem In Response to My Children Who Still Ask about the Coyotes was a 2023 Best of the Net Finalist

Issue 8 Contributor Kristine Marx’s story The Girl Under Glass made The Best Small Fiction Anthology 2022

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ISSUE SIXTEEN (Fall 2023)

ISSUE FIFTEEN (Summer 2023)

ISSUE FOURTEEN (Spring 2023)

ISSUE THIRTEEN (Winter 2023)

A SPECIAL ISSUE REHOMING REMARKABLE WORK

ISSUE TWELVE (Fall 2022)

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INAUGURAL PIZZA PRIZE

ISSUE TEN (Spring 2022)

ISSUE NINE (Winter 2022)

ISSUE EIGHT (Fall 2021)

ISSUE SEVEN (Spring 2021)

ISSUE SIX (Winter 2020)

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ISSUE FOUR (Summer 2020)

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