Our November 2025 contest issue is centered around the theme of truth-telling. Truth in media. Truth in personal memories and history books. Half-spoken and multifaceted truths. How truth is stolen, and how it is reclaimed.
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Angeline Boulley joined us as our special guest judge. A member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Angeline is a storyteller and #1 New York Times best-selling author who writes about her Ojibwe community.
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We happily continued our partnership with Compassiviste Publishing, a nonprofit publishing house dedicated to social and environmental justice.
 
To everyone who dared to dream and share your voice with us—congratulations and thank you for being here. It has been an honor.
 
Authors:
A.K. Rutherford
Alex Noelke
Alia Ayer
Antonia Headlam-Morley
Beatrix Gold
Becky Blaszak
Bev Kenik
Callista Dominique Setiawan
Caris Pasch-Cooper
Catherine Doucette
Charlotte Soper Mills
Cody Acord
Constance Costa
Dana Wall
Elizabeth Morrill
Emily Sousa
Emma Sunog
Ethan Belton
Frank Ortega
George Reed
Gwyneth Box
Helen Billett
Holly Starley
Ingrid Jendrzejewski
Ishai Harel
Jamez Terry
Jeffrey Hantover
Jeffrey-Michael Kane
Jennifer Anderson
Jerrit Duhon
Jessica Merrick
John Delaney
June Wisteria
Kara Schneider
Kimber Rudo
Kimberly Rose
Lily Finch
Lindy Huynh
Lleyton Kane
Lucia Galli
M.D. Smith IV
Madeline Male
Marc Abi Aad
Mark Fryburg
Marlee Monahan
Meghan E. Brown
Mike Flowers
Nicole van Wyk
Quinn Bohman
Rachel Dzengelewski
Rebecca Sherer
S. S. Winterton
Sammy T. Anderson
Sarah Gundle
Sarah Hirons
Sharon Murphy
Sherry Morris
Stefanie A. Shilling
Sunnye Collins
Susmita Mukherjee
Terri Mullholland
Thierry
Thomas Malloch
Valerie Alan
Vasuki Sunder
William Georges-Garcia
 
Edited and designed by Amber Byers and Zoë Whittall
Pieces selected by: Amber Byers, Laurel Twitchell, Mari Mendoza, ​​Zoë Whittall, Johanna Craven, and Angeline Boulley
89 pages
PDF format
Published April 8, 2026