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A Stirring in the Glue

Mary Elizabeth Dubois -

"A Stirring in the Glue" by Mary Elizabeth Dubois was selected by Joyland as a finalist in the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize. I think...

Late Girl

Jessie Ren Marshall -

"Late Girl" by Jessie Ren Marshall was selected by Joyland as a finalist in the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize. Roman used to say that the body...

The Motorcycle Factory

Angie Sijun Lou -

"The Motorcycle Factory" by Angie Sijun Lou was awarded the third place prize in our 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize by judge T Kira...

Miss Korea Los Angeles

Lillian Wang Selonick -

"Miss Korea Los Angeles" by Lillian Wang Selonick was awarded the third place prize in our 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize by judge T...

In Eden, Eve

Kenechi Uzor -

"In Eden, Eve" by Kenechi Uzor was awarded the second place prize in the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize by judge T Kira Māhealani...

Masculine

Mathilde Merouani -

"Masculine" by Mathilde Merouani was selected by T Kira Māhealani Madden as the winner of the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize. "'Masculine,' a fresh, punchy...

The Gold Thread

John Cotter -

Heather knew there was a gold thread hidden in the city. In the months she’d lived in Bedford-Stuyvesant she’d looked behind loose bricks, under...

The Shape of Walking

Victoria Livingstone -

When my daughter was a newborn, I walked in loops. I pushed her in the stroller in circles around the reservoir, around the park,...

The Contest

Patricia McCrystal -

It all started, as so many things used to, with a letter in the mail. Clarence Merriweather plucked the postcard out of the mailbox. In...

Lexapro

Drew Buxton -

We did the photo shoot outside the Austin OCD Center. The staff took pictures of me and Scott. They took pictures of us sitting...