[2.3]: “Governor’s Honors Academy“
[2.1] “Moving On” Contents
Creative Non-Fiction
Michael Colonnese, The Radioactive Crucifix
Jonny Shae Ransbottom, One, Two, Three
Rachel Rosolina, Forest Ghosts
Mykyta Ryzhykh, Who It Was
Angela Townsend, Carbonated for Good
Jennifer Zeuli, Suggested Donation
Fiction
Lori D’Angelo, Into the Darkness
George Evans, How to Bring Your Characters (TM) to Life
Christine L Roland, In My Daydreams, I Taste Pistachios
Poetry
William Doreski, The Smell of First Snow
Annie Przypyszny, Thursday: To Daniel
Stephen M. Sanders, Chernobyl Triptych
Nicole Yurcaba, The Rusalka Arrives
Visual Art
Leslie Brown, Walking Color
Mahmoud Elmardi, Cities of Boredom
GJ Gillespie, Barricades of Heaven
Nick Lopez, los mensajeros
Robin Young, Hell’s Hood Ornament
Q&A
Kelly Ward, Interview with Author Rachel Rosolina
[2.2] “Amplifying Incarcerated Voices“ Contents
Creative Non-Fiction
A.B. Schirmer, The Tee Shirt
Antoine “Mr. InspireAO” Riggins, How I Met My Love
Byron “Bullet” Hammond, The Photograph
Craig “Champ” Hairston, Micro Chapters 1-3
Domenic Coia, Note on Suicide
John Pierce Lankford, The Birds and the Bees and Me; Not Necessarily in that Order
Kweli Kambon, Words of No-Condition (A Letter to Nysha)
LoRee, Disengendered
Melvin Speight, The Royal Blue Submarine
Stephen Benford, I’ll Run No More
Fiction
Byron “Bullet” Hammond, The Pick-Up Game
Celeste Blair, Love Me
Keith “Bones” Hicks, The Split
La’Quanta L. Champan, ShipRRRecked
Stephen Benford, Mommy Is Sick
Poetry
A.B. Schirmer, Lady Godiva & By Flashlight & Asked My Dad
Byron “Bullet” Hammond, I’m Trapped
Celeste Blair, Free Water
Craig “Champ” Hairston, Thor’s Hammer
Gregory Fitzgerald, The Game & The Prison Cell & River Bank
Kweli Kambon, 1 Wish & If…
Stephen Benford, Cheap Beer & The Greatest Strip Mall & Contemplation
Visual Art
Celeste Blair, Love Me
[2.3] “Governor’s Honors Academy” Contents
Creative Nonfiction
Ginger Gross, Blacksville
Ava Hymes, West Virginia Daughter
Gabrielle Saurino, Rambo
Dani Scantlin, Fragment of Sappho 147
Mackenzie Walker, Dear You
Fiction
Maisie Bishop, Something Just For Us
Lauryn Coffman, Black Paddy Hollow
Celia Cole, The Goat
Payton Kennedy, The Other You
Laura Ly, Bridge Between Them
Rylan Perry, Back Again
Jack Stalnaker, The Bounty Hunter
Poetry
Emma Berger, Mire
Maisie Bishop, Our First
Nyxx Butler, Agamemnon
Bindy Campbell, When Summer Turned to Winter
Lauryn Coffman, What the Mountains Won’t Take
Celia Cole, A Day in Life
Riley Curfman, Coming of Age
Riley Curfman, The Shore
Julian (Jules) Davison, Some appreciation for life’s little beauties
Ginger Gross, Fair
Jon Jett, Feeling Good
Payton Kennedy, Fond Memories
Lavaughn Lamar, Etch-a-Sketch
Laura Ly, In Which He Paints Me
Rylan Perry, Untitled #1
Rylan Perry, Untitled #2
Rylan Perry, Untitled #3
Lydia Peterson, The Edge of Elsewhere
Grace Phillips, Only a Glimpse
Angelica Thompson, The Grass on the Other Side
Saelyr Wilson, Black Lung
Saelyr Wilson, Winona
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