The following works made it to our final round of consideration.
POETRY
- “the skin on our faces is dead” by Hayden Berry, Moss Puppy Magazine
- “Cruising in the Motor City” by Alex Bortell, Split Lip Magazine
- “Eau de Cheval” by Isabella Boyd, Susurrus Magazine
- “his worn jacket from fort campbell” by Jordan Byrum, Artists from Maryland
- “Mother, I can’t serve” by J. J. Carey, Dishsoap Quarterly
- “To the Gay Man at My Little Brother’s High School Graduation” by Isaiah Gardner, Variant Literature
- “The Inner World of the Cabbage” by Michael Getty, Minyan Magazine
- “Sweet-bitter / Without Remedy” by Kimberly Hall, Dipity Lit Mag
- “Hopes for HRT (Though I Understand That Estrogen is Not a Miracle Worker and There Are Things That Will Take Time and Work)” by Calvin Jones, ink&ivy lit
- “Noah poem” by E.G.N. Lafleur, Bleating Thing Magazine
- “the time travel body” by Angel Leal, Radon Journal
- “Kissing in America” by Parker Logan, Variant Literature
- “I Can’t Find My Gender” by Abby E. Murray, ONE ART
- “Homegoing” by Karol Olesiak, Pictura Journal
- “I tell Mary Magdalene an emotionally unavailable 33 year old man can’t save her but I can” by Bleah Patterson, Palette Poetry
- “AFAB” by Eli V. Rahm, Dishsoap Quarterly
- “passport” by Mk Smith Despres, Frozen Sea
- “Sonnet with Lilacs and a Crescent Moon” by Meghan Sterling, The Inflectionist Review
- “reflections on regret while pumping regular gas, $30 worth” by Liam Strong, Troublemaker Firestarter
- “second arrows” by Wendy Vardaman, Lavender Review
- “The Sugar Tree” by Alicia Wright, The Inflectionist Review
- “I first came out to my Nintendo 3DS” by Stephen C Wright, Silly Goose Press
FICTION
- “Insides” by Alana Rosenbloom, Anodyne Magazine
NONFICTION
- “Freakshow: Rural Queerdom in Three Acts” by Charlie Divine, CRAFT
HYBRID
- “Subtext” by Emily Franklin, Ran Off With the Star Bassoon
VISUAL ART
- “Ain’t No Use Overthinking” by James Diaz, The Hooghly Review
- “Connection” by Finnley Greet, #EnbyLife Journal
- “Protect Trans Goslings” by Rowan Procter, Silly Goose Press
- “Fruits of the Garden” by Luke Rudman, The Q&A Queer Zine