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 [...]

Marcia Aldrich Consent: I Remember I remember the spring of my freshman year at Wells College, while living in Main, I had set up my little Sears electric typewriter that [...]

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 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 [...]

Sibbie O’Sullivan Death of a Sweater I remember the day I bought it almost twenty years ago at my local Marshall’s, my first time shopping there. I was bored and [...]

Tori Malcangio I am Ready. I am not Ready. I show up to a post-op appointment I don’t have. The cardiology receptionist tells me I’m three days early; I’ve confused [...]

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 [...]

Sharon Kwik Exhibit #116 Sergeant Mohammed pulls out a large cardboard box from under a small table in his office. He starts rifling through the collection of items inside. White [...]

Annie Crouch Arkansas Is full of billboards telling you to find God. Has manners. Blesses your heart. Sounds like myfriend’s mom telling me to get a soda from the garage [...]

Rebecca Holcomb Rainbow Club We were traveling down Hwy 93, a lonesome cut through the Nevada desert. S, my sister, sat passenger seat in the van and I sat on [...]

Veronica Silva Education: A Glossary Second Runner-Up in the American Literary Review Essays Contest, Judged by Dinty W. Moore Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless [...]

Frances Thomas Against Pushpin Feminism First Runner-Up in the American Literary Review Essays Contest, Judged by Dinty W. Moore Disclaimer: Names have been changed to protect the privacy of those [...]