Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks for Issue 13: The Poetry Issue by Whitney Rio-Ross

The Fare Forward Interview with Spencer Reece

A poem memorized in common becomes part of a life together. By Chelsea Wagenaar

Jones’s epic poem brings both time and eternity to bear on his homeland of Wales, and on our transitory lives. By J.C. Scharl

First Place: "Say Jonah was right and grace is wasted" by MEH

Second Place: "Easter Afternoon" by Claire Lewandowski

Third Place: "Of the Baptized Apostate Hiking in Drought" by Betsy K. Brown

Autumn Field with Hay, 9 x 12, pastel

The Enigma of Purpose: A Conversation with Claude Wilkinson Conducted by Tessa Carman

Honorable Mention: "Your Old Men Will Dream Dreams" by Lauren K. Carlson

Honorable Mention: "Flood" by Daniel Gustafsson