Submissions from 1998
Me and the Grapefruit, Jeffrey S. Martin
Life Cycle, Kevin McKelvey
Margaret,, Kevin McKelvey
Deer, Dana Parent
Battlegrounds, Bob Phares
Absinthe, Alison Pilgrim
Indian Summer, Alison Pilgrim
Mother and Paul, Alison Pilgrim
The Piano, Alison Pilgrim
Tribute to Jaco Pastorius, Alison Pilgrim
Boca Loca, Arnikka Robinson
Tea for Two, Arnikka Robinson
Highway Music, Sarahbeth Scantlin
Saturday Morning, Burr Settles
The Coat, Jen Van Hoozer
Submissions from 1997
Mother and Father Calling Long Distance, Alex Arevalo
Chorus for Freedom, Kate Bostwick
The Second or Third, Janet Briner
Letter to Jane Austen, Lyndi Chard
The Cool Blades, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay
Awake, Matt Dellinger
To Marie, In a Safe Place, Hilary Guenther
Trampled Doll, Sarah Haberstroh
Martin Meets the Nurse, Mat Hall
Sometimes I Die a Little, Robert Jaramillo
Redemption, Siel Ju
Irresponsible, John Lengacher III
Lawrence the Motley Junk Yard Dog Who is Missing an Eye, Bill Lobe
Touching Heaven, Lane Rogers
Swelling, Matt Simpson
A Toast, Matthew Staniec
You Say, Nathan Swingley
Venetian May; Italy 1996, Devon Thompson
Submissions from 1996
The Garden, Alex Arevalo
Tennis Trophies, Sanjeev Balajee
Conception, Derek Bremer
Shoes, Brandon Burke
Pig Rodeo, Ben Clark
Jersey midnight: for alto, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay
Ghosts, Abby Doolittle
Class Clown, Gil José Durán
Late-Autumn Sky, J. Brett Flouret
Sanjusangendo, Sarah Green
Bedding Down, Gwen Johnson
Doppelganger, John Lengacher III
Lady, Kevin O'Dea
Daffodils, Alexandra Rafferty
Reading Your Thoughts or Paranoid, Scott Rencher
natural selection, Leslie Rogers
In the MoMA, Meleah Rush
Trinity, Todd A. Siesky
Untitled, Jennifer Wesolowski
Why I Write, Alys Willman
Solitaire, Melanie Young
Submissions from 1995
All Wide Roads Lead to Rome, Alex Arevalo
Ignorance, Alex Arevalo
An older sleep, Mark Barrett
Beau Soir, Kate Bostwick
Charlie, Katherine Bostwick
Red Pen, Heather Coley
Singled Out, Todd Conley
Hot Like Tears, Kenya-Taray Delemore
(If you're ever in Toronto on the last day of March), Matt Dellinger
the first and last time, Diahanna Denson
Place in the Reeds, Gil José Durán
Fractal Images of Bloody Palms, Erin Fickert
The Rules of Talking Trash, Benjamin Fingerhut
Roots, J. Brett Flouret
(A rumpled old white man), A. A. Geaither
Baby Girl, Aisha Geaither
Answering His Question, Jim Giesen
Growing, Kegan Greene
Third Shift, Cloverdale Truck Plaza, Sarah Green
But Isn't That Life For You, Andrea Gregovich
You Know Me..., Selina Guzman
"Madame, you are mistaken. That is not a woman; that is a picture.", Loraine Heckenburg
Green Chair, Adam Holmes
Dark Broadway, Amanda Jedlicka
The Smoke, Brent Johnson
On the Way Home, Emily Kolodze
Mere Inspiration, Krista Langeland
Dirt, Julie Lanke
Never Try This Without Proper Training, Johnny Malloy
Against the Wall, Jeremy Markle
Aerial View, David McClain
Cookies, Audrey Miller
The Falcon Strikes at Midnight, Andre Monserrat
Indian Country, Bill New
Steady, Annie S. Noland
The Last to Die, Larry Peterson
The Trip, Tom Randall
Just Go On, Mitch Raney
Vaya Con Dios, Scott Rencher
Why the Title?, Brant Darden Rumble
From Behind My Letter, Kim Seaman
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day, Matthew C. Simpson
Profile of the Working Artist: Steve Timm, Matthew Staniec
Lou Reed, Bradley Tilford
History Class, Sara Toole
Food, Sex, and the Death of Brian Jones, Kevin Waltman