judge’s essay
“Memory,” Sharan Dhaliwal
fiction
“The Year of the Monster,” Tara Stillions Whitehead
“Plastic,” Christine Ottoni
“Which of the Following,” Randy Magnuson
non-fiction
“Dead Languages Or The What,” Jonathan Wei
“Half Scissor,” Tabitha Siklos
“And Begin,” Rachel Lindley-Maycock
poetry
“Aubade after Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore’s Le Mystère d’Adam,” Cassandra J. Bruner
“Easy Metaphor,” Austin Rodenbiker
“Carina,” Kelsey Andrews
“SOMETIMES I FORGET ENTIRE YEARS,” Savannah Pulfer
“My Brother, Free Willy, Paris 2013,” Curtis LeBlanc
“bethnal green,” Ashtyn Walker
“Smoke Alarm,” Anders Villani
“Winged Insects,” Amy Roa
“attack of the hemagoblins,” Devin Guthrie
“Only the truth,” Bardia Sinaee
“Breakdancing,” Shane Book
“After the Funeral,” Cynthia Dewi Oka
“Laundromat,” Peter Jickling