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What Happened at the Zoo
“The balloon continued to expand until it was big enough for me to crawl inside and curl up like an embryo in a green rubber womb.”
If You Aren't Explicit, They'll Say You Never Mentioned the War
“The wildlife / rescue continues to tell me who / survives, who passes.”
post-coital conversation no. 5
“She watched him trot to the bathroom naked and thought of how strange his body looked. His four hairy legs were twice the size of her arms.”
Refraction
“Born with so much blackness, I spent my life adjusting / puffy eyes to a new light, missing her darkness”
The Novel I Don't Have Time to Write
“She wonders what curse this is, to swing from life to life, grief to grief, with no control.”
An Interview w/ Rachel Lyon, author of Fruit of the Dead
“I have known these compelling yet repellent men. Haven’t you?”
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.