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