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Illustration by Anna Chamberlin This piece received an honorable mention in the fiction category of the 2o24 Wallace Prize. Here’s Lisa May, in late-night lamplight, […]

May 7, 2024

CAL BARTON

FICTION: Poster Child

Illustration by Thisbe Wu This piece received third place in the fiction category of the 2024 Wallace Prize. When the girl named Lucy Tatum was […]

May 7, 2024

ADRIANA GOLDEN

FICTION: Deliverance

Illustration by Emily Zhang This piece received second place in the fiction category of the 2024 Wallace Prize. Dr. David Rosen had lived in Lubbock […]

May 7, 2024

MAUDE LECHNER

FICTION: Camouflage

Illustration by Anna Chamberlin This piece received first place in the fiction category of the 2024 Wallace Prize. I won’t deny that it did take […]

May 7, 2024

GAVIN GUERRETTE

FICTION: Morning Walk

In the gray morning light, I walked through the forest behind my father. I dragged my hands across the moss that grew up the sides […]

May 7, 2024

SARAI PRIDGEN

FICTION: What Money Won’t Cover

I owed Mike seven more than I was good for. “And if you don’t pay me next week? No. Now.” We’d begun betting a few […]

February 9, 2024

SOPHIA RAMIREZ

FICTION: Mermaids Worship the Fire

The mermaid’s back is killing her. She wishes she’d been whittled into a less awkward posture—sitting, standing even, not bending belly-up across the fireplace. No […]

November 14, 2023

BLUEBELLE CARROLL

FICTION: Duty Bound

He’d always had the feeling that his mother would die for him. It still came as a surprise when she actually did—a foot in the dark expecting one more step. Now he was alive and she wasn’t. That had never been true before.

April 28, 2023