Spring 2026
SPRING 2026 FICTION CONTEST Judged by Olufunke Grace Bankole Winner: Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim, A Hymen Tale Runner-Up: Laura O'Gorman-Schwartz, The Lemon Tree FICTION Daisy Cashin, These Janky Ol' Wings Paula [...]
Fall 2025
FALL 2025 POETRY Lana Hechtman Ayers, Prayer Is a Painted Lavender Field Margaret F. Browne, To build a wasp's nest Samuel Burt, Empire Is Joseph Chaney, Wrong-Footed Ian Hall, Love [...]
Spring 2025
Spring 2025 2025 ALR AWARDS Lauren Barbato, The Great Renunciation (fiction, selected by Kimberly Garza) Dayna Bateman, Deracination or How to Disappear (essays, selected by Jaquira Díaz) Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe, [...]
Fall 2024
Fall 2024 POETRY Tamar Ashdot, dermal delta Andrea L. Hackbarth, from eulogy (redacted) Matthew Moniz, Cold Open Eric Odynocki, Dear & Ineffable TR Poulson, 573992 Hannah Smith, Funnel Cloud Cassandra [...]
Review: Pentimento by Joshua Garcia
Review: Pentimento by Joshua Garcia Reviewed by Brian Czyzyk Black Lawrence Press, 2024. 118 pages. Joshua Garcia opens his debut collection, Pentimento, with a fracturing: “There are two of you [...]
Spring 2024
Spring 2024 Fiction Contest Judged by SJ Sindu R.M. Cooper, Neighborly (Winner) Meghan O'Toole, Awe and Wonder and Delight (First Runner-up) Chi S., In a Village That No One Has [...]
Fall 2023
FALL 2023 FICTION Melissa Darcey Hall, The Body Is a Hungry Beast Allegra Solomon, True Blue Sean Towey, Gloom of Night POETRY Sean Cho A., & Then #22 Derrick Austin, [...]
Spring 2023
SPRING 2023 FICTION CONTEST Judged by Mike Robbins Maha Kamal, Peace Ganey (Winner) * FICTION Sara B. Fraser, The Visitor Kathleen Furin, Mountain Pose Ananya Kumar-Banerjee, Short American Female Nick [...]
Fall 2022
FALL 2022 FICTION Bergita Bugarija, Gills Mathew Goldberg, Teshuvah Emily Grandy, Follow the Killdeer Munib Khan, Shah Hussain REVIEWS Vince Granata reviews Reyna Grande's A Ballad of Love and Glory [...]
Spring 2022
SPRING 2022 FICTION Sara Mae, Dark Side of the Little Spoon Thomas H. McNeely, No Más Blanca Que Usted Aram Mrjoian, [...]
Summer 2020
SUMMER 2020 POETRY Jessica Cuello, "Dear Mother [I had a dream]" James Phillip Davis, Teaching a Gay Poem Brian Chander [...]
Spring 2020
SPRING 2020 FICTION AJ Atwater, Steeple Lassoer Janelle Bassett, Prove It Kanza Javed, It Will Follow You Home CONTEST WINNERS [...]