Category: Spring 2026

2026 Issue

 

Graduate Spring Literary Festival Writing Contest

Judged by Zackary Vernon

1st - A Freedom Legacy by Ky Walker

2nd- We Should Print T-shirts: Reflections on a North Carolina Social Work Advocacy Day by Maddy Rojas

3rd - Asbestos Was Acclaimed as an Excellent Fire Retardant. It also Causes Cancer. by Remy Cox

Finalists - Woodrat by Ashbury Haight; Between Us by Jo Norwood; Grief by Michelle Dyer; The Beekeeper by Andy Coe

 

Woodrat

By: Ashbury Haight   Mason pulled two beers from the six-pack on the workbench, tossing one...

Between Us

By: Jo Norwood   The lake hadn’t changed much, not really at least. The same smell of mud and...

Grief

By: Michelle Dyer   In the morning mirror, it stares back at you like the moon: sunken basalt...

The Beekeeper

By: Andy Coe   The first time I kissed you, I knew you had been a shepherdess in some ancient...

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