ALEX EPSTEIN, "Bereavement"
from Electric Literature's Recommended Reading
ELISA GABBERT and KATHLEEN ROONEY, "The One About Ambivalence"
from Matter Press
FAITH GARDNER, "Second Runner-Up"
from SmokeLong Quarterly
MOLLY GAUDRY, "No-Nation Woman"
from Barrelhouse
ROXANE GAY, "John F. Kennedy"
from Melville House
AMELIA GRAY, "The Swan As Metaphor for Love"
from JOYLAND
TAWNYSHA GREENE, "The Game"
from elimae
KAWIKA GUILLERMO, "Never Let Your Enemy Be Above You"
from Annalemma
STEVE HIMMER, "George Washington"
from Melville House
CHLOÉ COOPER JONES, "Parachute"
from The Collagist
MAUREEN KINGSTON, "The Pin-Up Calendar or Be Careful What You Wish For"
from Gone Lawn
MILES KLEE, "Five Miniatures"
from The Collagist
MOLLY LAICH, "What People Without Jesus Do"
from Monkeybicycle
TOM LAKE, "The Chambermaid"
from Witness
PAUL LISICKY, "Monster"
from Mead
MADELINE MCDONNELL, "It Was the Summer"
from The Kenyon Review
MARSHA MCSPADDEN, "Seven Since"
from matchbook
