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First-year poet wins Furious Flower Poetry Prize

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Monstrous

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2025 Pinch Literary Award in Poetry

We are delighted to announce McKenzie Teter as the winner of our 2025 Pinch Literary Award in Poetry. Our judge, Raye Hendrix selected her poem Fleeing (After Helene) as the winner.

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Counting Storms

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[Didn’t the light and gloss go with our egos?]

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Dictionary of Trans Horror Tropes

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Meditation on Lost Dogs

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2025 Page Prize in Nonfiction

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Vermin

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2025 Pinch Literary Award in Fiction

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Abi Pollokoff

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Falcon Storm Song

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Best New Poets 2025

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Greek Myths are Overrated, Murderer, Cloudy with a Chance of Dementia

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Spring 2025 (45.1)

Contributors: Terry Belew, Allison Field Bell, Andrea Bianchi, John Blair, A.M. Brant, Kristen Brida, Schyler Butler, Sara Burge, John Calderazzo, Hannah Cajandig-Taylor, Roger Camp, Sarah Carriger, Kara Crawford, Lauren Crawford, David Dinkins, Van Eggers, Derin Emre, Katie Erbs, Taylor Franson-Thiel, Joshua C. Gaines, Megan Gannon, Justin Gibson, David Guaspari, Caroline Hayduk, Mark Hernberg, Jen Hirt, C.E. Janecek, Dabin Jeong, Irene Jiang, Koss, Jenny Li, Lindsey Marie, Rahn Marion, J.A. McGrady, Megan Neville, Lydia O’Donnell, Donald Platt, Abi Pollokoff, Julie Ann Rea, Vincent Antonio Rendoni, Anjoli Roy, David Ryan, Jeshua Schuster, s.d.s., Danielle Sierra, Easton Smith, Kat Smith, Cody Stetzel, Brett Stout, Jason Stout, Gretta Trafficante, Andreas Trolf, Brian Phillip Whalen, Mikal Wix, Courtney Zanosky, Claire W. Zhang