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Use our A-Z index to explore a few themes:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Years After I Quit the Water
“lingering mysteries I knew / I would never know: a boy who / drank rivers…”
If You Aren't Explicit, They'll Say You Never Mentioned the War
“The wildlife / rescue continues to tell me who / survives, who passes.”
Refraction
“Born with so much blackness, I spent my life adjusting / puffy eyes to a new light, missing her darkness”
This is Not a Drill
“they thought a ballistic missile / would drop. First, the realization: / no shelter, no basements
theory of mind is to convergence as telepathy is to non-sequitur
“Not everyone can tolerate at the speed of light”
A Gun’s Colloquial Existence
“the straight shot / the long shot / the parting shot / indiscriminate in the dark…”
The winners of the 2026 Breakout Prize are Nico Amador in poetry, selected by Cynthia Cruz, and Imogen Osborne in prose, selected by Alexandra Kleeman.