THE EXHIBITION
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THE EXHIBITION •
‘We Do Not Tell of The Things We Do For Love’ & ‘God, I Am Angry At The Things I Cannot Change’
Eden Lozano (they/them) is a full-time student at Cameron University. Aside from creative writing, they are a staunch cinephile with an affinity for all things sci-fi.
‘The Man Who Has Everything (and Nothing)’
Ryan Rahman is a writer based in Orlando, Florida. His works have appeared in Beyond Words Magazine, The Stardust Review, Half and One, BarBar, Humans of The World, WILDsound Writing Festival (Festival for Poetry), Wingless Dreamer Publisher, Moonstone Arts Center, Poets Choice, and The Words Faire. When he’s not writing, Ryan enjoys reading, listening to music, watching movies, and traveling.
‘Third Order Islands’
Noah Goldsher is a Professor of English, currently teaching at Quinnipiac University, and a graduate of Emerson College's MFA program in fiction and creative writing. His work has been published in the Raw Art Review (2020) and Noctua Review (2021), Southern Connecticut State University's Graduate Literary Journal. In 2019 he won first place at Emerson's Graduate Student Awards for short fiction. He likes cats, hiking, political debate, kosher dill pickles, and Dungeons and Dragons.
‘DECOMP’
Stacey Lounsberry’s work has appeared in Heavy Feather Review, Liminal Spaces, Appalachian Places, SBLAAM, Book of Matches, Clepsydra and others. Her flash fiction, “The Bet,” (first published by The Mersey Review) is a 2025 Best of the Net nominee (Sundress Publications). She is a full-time mother and writer, and holds a BFA in Creative Writing and an MAT in Special Education. Find her in Eastern Kentucky, online at www.sglounsberry.com, or on twitter @sglounsberry.
‘Red Sauce, Green Sauce’
Ross Hargreaves has an MFA from the University of Idaho. His work has appeared in Mikrokosmos, Quibble Lit, God's Cruel Joke, Fatal Flaw, Drunk Monkeys and the Boiler. He lives and writes in Idaho.
‘Rapture’
Kote Lien is a recent college graduate, having obtained his BA in English at the University of Utah. He loves Star Wars, his cat named Phish, and the Oxford comma.
‘Concerning the Stranger Under the Tree’
Yanis Iqbal is currently studying at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His poems have been published in outlets such as Radical Art Review, Culture Matters, etc. Two of his poems were also selected for inclusion in the Anthology of Contemporary Poetry: Meet the Poets of Today.
CONTEST WINNER ‘Rotten Fruit’
Amanda Draznin (she/her) is studying English and Creative Writing at Elon University. Her work has been previously published in The Weight Journal, Beyond Words Magazine and Youth Be Heard. When she isn’t writing you could find her playing the tenor saxophone or reading through her collection of books.
‘THE LISTENER’
Georgia Prints is a fiction writer whose work explores the quiet dread beneath memory, myth, and the everyday. Her stories often blur the line between the natural and the uncanny, drawing on themes of history, grief, and transformation. She lives in California.
‘A West Texas Walkabout’
David Larsen is a writer who lives in El Paso, Texas. His stories have been published in numerous literary journals and magazines including Cholla Needles, The Heartland Review, Floyd County Moonshine, The Mantelpiece, Oakwood, The Words Faire, Canyon Voices, Change Seven, Literary Heist, Aethlon, Coneflower Café, The Raven Review, Voices, Dark Winter Literary Magazine, Mobius, The Griffel Literary Magazine, Bright Flash Literary Review, El Portal and October Hill Magazine.
‘Chiye-Tanka; or Big Brother’
Daniel Ruefman is a widely published poet and emerging author of speculative fiction. His poetry and prose has appeared in more than 100 periodicals to date, including THE BARELY SOUTH REVIEW, BURNINGWORD, CHAPTER HOUSE JOURNAL, HAMILTON STONE REVIEW, SHEEPSHEAD REVEIW, and THIN AIR MAGAZINE, just to name a few. When not writing, he teaches the craft at the University of Wisconsin--Stout.
‘JAR OF PICKLED HEART’, ‘LIZ, NOT LONG AFTER’ & ‘BIRDSONG FOR INSOMNIACS’
Travis Stephens is a tugboat captain who lives and works with his family in California. His book of poetry, “skeeter bit & still drunk” was published by Finishing Line Press.
‘THIRTY YEARS SINCE MARCH 1995’
Patricia Sas, a young Romanian artist based in Spain, is a psychology student who tries to put together long-lost pieces of her culture. She is interested in feminine intergenerational trauma and the effects of emigration on family dynamics. In her free time, she gives voice to her community through uncensored and raw poetry.
‘Charlotte’
J. C. Cole
‘Aphrodite in An Open Casket’, ‘Sins, Like Violets’ & ‘A Girl’s Sword; Her Princess’
Kenna DeValor (they/them/theirs) is a glittering mythical creature that lives right outside your peripherals. (Just kidding!) Kenna is a queer and nonbinary writer that hails from pothole-adorned paradise: Bethlehem, PA and has been published over 50+ times in 2024 alone (Including Word's Faire with "Mother Mirror"!) They recently came out with their third poetry collection entitled DISCOFRUIT. Kenna proudly holds a B.A in English/Creative Writing from Bloomsburg University. Kenna currently attends Wilkes University for their MFA program in Creative Writing (Poetry/Fiction/Publishing). When not writing, reading, or making fun DIY zines, Kenna is a professional tattoo artist and the EIC/Founder of the lit-arts magazine FlowerMouth Press.