By Alisha Acquaye / First Place, 2024 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / ⏳⏳⏳ Imagine my mom as a preteen in Ghana, bursting brown and just...

By Helen Han Wei Luo / Second Place, 2024 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / In the dark desert passage between Yilin and Langtougou, I...

By Carolyn Mikulencak / Fiction / I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters. To you they have shown some truth. When shall we meet...

By Russ López / Fiction / Even before Orpheus’s band was hired to play at the Medianoche Saloon, the dance club was packed. The crowds...

By Emma Bolden / Poetry / the problem with daughters is they must also be people & the problem with people is some must also be daughters...

By Ace Boggess / Poetry / I unlock the door. I open the door. I step through space where the door existed. I close the door behind me....

by Frederick Pollack / Poetry / Even within the room, in shadow, you must turn from that effulgence, and the voice precludes doubt. “If...

by Devan Brettkelly / Fiction / Ashley Hubbard lay on her back at the bottom of The Pit, watching other teens on rusty four-wheelers ride...