These entries from February’s challenge were selected as Honorable Mentions. Those who completed this challenge are now encouraged to share their stories in the comments …
Hard Todays but Optimistic Tomorrows by Emma Jensen
“I’m okay.” I never thought the words I absolutely hate the most would be coming out of my mouth. They sound so helpless to me, …
Lost and Found by Alyssa Ahle
The following scene is an excerpt from the play Lost and Found by Alyssa Ahle. UNREQUITED LOVE: A young woman who carts around her old crushes …
Insufficient by Arlene Antoinette
I awake in tears, crying for the things I want to do for you. Crying for those things I cannot do for you. My flaws …
Healing a Decaying Body by Nazanin Soghrati
The year cancer floods my grandfather’s lungs I unspool myself on the dinner table and let my body decay in the open air I wring …
You Just Don’t Get It by Michael Pasley
Our street, Milwaukee Avenue, a place of happy couples. Everyone here is with someone else. Young men wearing bright colorful beanies laugh while strolling with …
Dream by Julia Nunnally Duncan
In my dream she is a baby still, cradled in my arms, sheltered from any harm that might come her way. As I hold her, …
How a Libra Copes with Aries Season by Libby Root
January 27 was the five year anniversary of the first poem I ever wrote you. So, basically, my love for you could have raised a …
A Sophie Shaped Hole (1994-2017) by Megan Tyler
Trigger warning: Suicide & Self-Harming Behaviours i woke up. after taking 6 sleeping pills the night before. before i knew what happened. i couldn’t …