Prose
Jac Jemc, “Don’t Let’s”
Ross Feeler, “Hush”
Lindsey Drager, “Chronometry”
Aubrey Hirsch, “Kidnapped”
Matt Weinkam, “After the Internet”; “Feed”
Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, “The Binding Sequence”
Poetry
Brandon Rushton, “City of Stilt Makers”
Paige Blair, “Text Me a Photo of Your Hands”
Canese Jarboe, “A Dream in Which I am Leda and You, a Flamingo”
Emily Nason, “A Poem for Dead Confederate Soldier Outside Convenience Store”
Lesya Bazylewicz, “Fall Carousel”
Matt Morton, “The Problem”
Nandini Dhar, “Broken, Mended”
Gabrielle Bates, “Nightmare”
Brianna Noll, “Primer: The Perception Spell”
Allison Adair, “Waking to Two Lines”
Laura Watson, “The Stranding”
Jennifer Whalen, “Hands Full”
2016 New South Writing Contest
Judged by Anya Silver and Matthew Salesses
First Place
Poetry – Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, “Against Naming”
Prose – Eric Schlich, “Lipless”
Second Place
Poetry – Summar West, “The Gospel Choir Sings All Night, All Day the Angels Keep Watching”
Prose – Amy Silverberg, “One Rough, One Tender”
Third Place
Poetry – Jessica Plante, “Lessons in the Provenance of Living”
Prose – Cynthia Gunadi, “Birds of St. Augustine”
Cover Art and Feature
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