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If You Aren't Explicit, They'll Say You Never Mentioned the War
“The wildlife / rescue continues to tell me who / survives, who passes.”
Poetry Series: “the daylily / six”
“I wonder what violence will / find me today. A deer’s teeth.”
Tattling to Establishments
“I wasn’t willing to participate in swindling others into believing that Hungary was open to foreigners…”
Fatherland
“Military folks the world over will tell you theirs is not a business of violence…That’s a lie.”
Red-haired Girl at the Door
“The frosted window, above my kitchen sink, wasn’t open so I couldn’t make out the words, only what sounded like the noise of squabbling blue jays.”
Music For Desks: How Deep They Lay
“In hindsight, I see the event as strange, a random act of violence from which no lesson can be drawn.”
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.