Laura O’Gorman Schwartz
Laura O'Gorman Schwartz The Lemon Tree Runner-up for the 2026 American Literary Review Award in Fiction, Judged by Olufunke Grace Bankole I hoisted a lemon tree onto my shopping cart [...]
Emily Uecker
Emily Uecker Prairie Fire Second Runner-up for 2026 American Literary Review Award in Essays, Judged by Ira Sukrungruang On a tallgrass prairie, the majority of the biomass lies below the [...]
Wes Jamison
Wes Jamison Amas Veritas First Runner-up for the American Literary Review Award in Essays, Judged by Ira Sukrungruang The frogs were omen—how, one night, when the moon was only a [...]
Rebecca Hanauer
Rebecca Hanauer In the Absence of Findings Winner of the 2026 American Literary Review Award in Essays, Judged by Ira Sukrungruang Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are extra beats from the [...]
Matt Dhillon – Butt Joint
Matt Dhillon Butt Joint Winner of the 2026 American Literary Review Award in Poetry, Judged by Carl Phillips 1. A joint made by fastening the parts together end-to-end without overlap [...]
Nicole Robinson
Nicole Robinson Here in the After Second Runner-up for the 2026 American Literary Review Award in Poetry, Judged by Carl Phillips We linger at the lake a little longer, try [...]
Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim
Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim A Hymen Tale Winner of the 2026 American Literary Review Award in Fiction, Judged by Olufunke Grace Bankole There is something about returning to a place where [...]
Keana Aguila Labra
Keana Aguila Labra South Bay Cebuano First Runner-Up for the 2026 American Literary Review Award in Poetry, Judged by Carl Phillips Keana Aguila Labra (they/she) is a Cebuana-Tagalog Filipinx poet, [...]
Dayna Bateman
Dayna Bateman Deracination, Or How to Disappear Winner of the 2025 American Literary Review Award in Essays, Judged by Jaquira Díaz deracinate /dɪˈrasɪneɪt/ 1. uproot. 2. to remove or separate [...]
Lauren Barbato
Lauren Barbato The Great Renunciation Winner of the 2025 American Literary Review Award in Fiction, Judged by Kimberly Garza When Lian traded the dharma for a baby, I’d just hung [...]
Zoë Luh
Zoë Luh 陸 Second Runner-up for the 2025 American Literary Review Award in Poetry, Judged by Carolina Ebeid multiple-choice tongue/暴力 Zoë Luh 陸 (they/she) is a queer, disabled, mixed Chinese-American [...]
Monica Fields
Monica Fields Blue Camellias First Runner-up for the 2025 American Literary Review Award in Poetry, Judged by Carolina Ebeid How often I think of this photo of my mother— Her [...]