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October 25, 2023

Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Anu Kumar|”Journeys of a Lifetime”

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August 23, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Karineh Arutyunova|“VOICES”|Translated by Lena Mandel

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August 1, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Wendy BooydeGraaff|”Saturday Mornings‌”

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July 30, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Lydia Gwyn|”The Highest Point/Emptiness, Standing Still/All Dreams Speak to Life”

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July 26, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Ericka Russel|BURNING ALFALFA FIELDS

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June 11, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Erica Kletkin|”THE DUCK”

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June 8, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay, Memoir, Vignette||Alana Goldberg|”How My Day to Day Became My DNA”

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May 23, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Lyrical Essay/Memoir||Mea Cohen|”How not to come down”

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April 28, 2023

Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Anu Kumar|”The Sound of Planes”

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April 18, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Essay||Paul Perilli|”THE MAYAN BALL GAME”

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