Contents

N O N F I C T I O N
CHRISTINE HALE       Inside       Outside       In-between
NELL SMITH       Fragments of Bone, Fragments of Light

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F I C T I O N
OLIVIA CLARE FRIEDMAN       Ardor and Not in Nine Parts
SAMANTHA KATHRYN O'BRIEN       Of Evie, I Dream
LISA CLAY SHANAHAN       The Wandered Off
LAUREN D. WOODS       Evening by the Lake

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P O E T R Y
GREGORY EMILIO       Blank Pages in the Short Book of Hunger‡
ANDREW HEMMERT       So Tell Me How It Ends†
ERIKA JING       Follow*
JENNY QI       Flagellum‡
WESLEY ROTHMAN       Wanted: Rivers†
GENEVA TOLAND       No Milk in This Country // Removal Is a Word That Absolves Itself‡
FELICIA ZAMORA       Xibalbá :: Extinction†
SHAHRYAR ESKANDARI ZANJANI       A Queen in the Zugzwang of Life‡

*Winner of the 2024 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize
†Runner-up for the 2024 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize
‡Honorable Mention for the 2024 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize​

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C O V E R  A R T
WILLIAM GROPPER      Home, n.d. Oil on canvas. Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University; Advancing American Art Collection 1948.01.16. Permission given by the William Gropper Estate.

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