Aperitivo

Aperitivo

Aug 7, 2021 | 2021 winners

Aperitivo Madeleine Holmes Chapter One: Aperitivo I look down at the straw hat that floats idly on the sparkling surface, its peach ribbon trailing in the turquoise Caribbean Sea. Somewhere beneath the sea is my mother. And for what seems like an eternity, she’s no...
Turnings

Turnings

Aug 7, 2021 | 2021 winners

Turnings Cope Cumpston The poster was taped on a wall in the science building hallway. A schooner leaned tall into whitecaps, sails swollen with wind against an immense blue sky. The banner above, Openings: oceanographic apprentices for the Research Vessel Westward....
Moonshine Lemonade

Moonshine Lemonade

Jun 22, 2021 | 2021 winners

Moonshine Lemonade Liam Keller OCTOBERSometimes, the yellow-blooded day will be slaughtered on my bedroom floor. Great marigold pools, spilled across pine. But those dying moments are brief, and always shifting. Usually, they won’t come at all and this cramped,...