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“ The Eight-Legged Tenant,” by Lara da Rocha* “ How To Become A More Selfish Parent,” by Juliane Bergmann* “ I Live in the Space Between Words,” by Tracy Neiman* “ A Single Woman’s Space,” by Yael Wolfe* “ Growing Into My Skin: Tales from the Depths of Ugliness,” by Allyssa Capri* “ A Walk in the Park,” by Casira Copes* “ Ms. “ The Space Between My Fingers,” by Meera Vijayann Honorable Mentions

Guest Judges: Natalie Portman, Dao-Yi Chow, Bonsu Thompson Finalist Brackney* “ What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes?” by Elizabeth Dawber* “ How The Midnight Express Came To Our Rescue During Our Family Reunion,” by Atash Yaghmaian* “ The Bruises on My Arms,” by Stark Raving* “ Birds Still Sing When It Rains,” by Jacqueline Dooley “ On Sunlight and Old School Horses: Return to Los Angeles,” by Adeline Dimond “ At 40, I Was Scared to Enter the Dating Pool Again,” by Kelly Eden “ Hyphenated,” by Juhee Lee “ Shame Isn’t an Incentive Program,” by Ginger Ayla “ In Case of Emergency,” by Cecily Knobler “ Numbers Are People Too,” by JoLynne Martinez “ Back in the Saddle: Learning to Love My Dad, Myself, and the Bicycle Again,” by Kasai Richardson “ It’s a Hard Thing, Getting Back to the Life You Never Really Had,” by Niels Sorrells “ The Reality of Reentry,” by Chandra Thomas Whitfield “ A Reflection on the Cosmic Power of My Own Two Hands,” by Shannon Calloway “ In Sickness and in Health,” by Jenny S “ Regeneration,” by Jennifer Irani “ The World Is Not Waiting Where You Left It,” by Corey Baughman “ How I Grew Up Alien,” by indi.ca “ Riding My First Loop Roller Coaster as an Adult,” by Alison Schaffir

“ Leaving Neonatal: A New Birth,” by Jonathan Bright* “ Like Icarus,” by Anna Pulley* “ How to Make the Turn,” by Rebecca Moore* “ Going Back was the Beginning,” by Victoria Meléndez* “ Echoes of Love,” by Erin Benson* “ Behind Every Lining Is a Silver Cloud,” by Susan M. “ The Hope That Holds You Back,” by Sarah Hawthorne Honorable Mentions Guest Judges: Imani Perry, Julio Vincent Gambuto, Saeed Jones, Jude Ellison S. Sharma “ I Might Have Named Her Lucy,” by Lindsay Rae Brown “ My Year of Non-Magical Thinking,” by N. Wargo “ It Was Our Summer of Dying,” by Paul Thomas Zenki “ Dear Bryan,” by Avwemoya Izoduwa Ogheneochuko “ A Bone’s Story,” by Dorothy Potter Snyder “ A Slow Voyage of Acceptance,” by Nic “ Daffodils for Dharma,” by Sarah Olson Michel “ Beach Day,” by Stephanie Dianne Kordan “ Home Birth, Home Death,” by Gerald Grow “ The Secret Language,” by Jessica Martin “ Man As Deer,” by brian g gilmore (bumpyjonas) “ The Mind Does Strange Things When It Accepts That You Going to Die,” by Steve Fitz “ A Fate Worse Than Death,” by Ella Alderson “ Slayed by Joy,” by Daniel Williams “ The Fact that You’re Smiling,” by Kelsi Lindus “ A Perfect Boon,” by Natasha K. Langley* “ Dead Man’s Bowling Balls,” by Steve Covello* “ How To Keep a Dead Cat In Your Freezer,” by Jessica Wildfire* “ Bittersweet Symphony,” by Heather S.


“ Barn,” by Aditi Khorana* “ Death - Italian Style,” by Fiona Cameron Lister* “ Sky Burial,” by Jess Kapp* “ Lessons from Roosters,” by Sophie Lucido Johnson* “ Howl into the Wind,” by Cara Beth Lee* “ These Were Our Years,” by Sara Benincasa* “ One Stitch at a Time,” by D. “ Keeper of the Place,” by Randi Ragan Honorable Mentions Guest Judges: Susan Orlean, Robert Kolker, kelly corrigan, Eve L.
