OCTOBER 2017: CONTEST ISSUE. Cover Art: Endless by Jin Zhu.
ABOUT THE 2017 CONISTON PRIZE
Rachel Marie Patterson and Dara-Lyn Shrager
INTRODUCING THE WINNER: EMILY VIGGIANO SALAND
Dorothea Lasky, Contest Judge
Emily Viggiano Saland
Winner of the 2017 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Jin Zhu
THE SEMELE SEQUENCE (I)
THE SEMELE SEQUENCE (II)
THE SEMELE SEQUENCE (III)
THE SEMELE SEQUENCE (IV)
THE SEMELE SEQUENCE (V)
Katie Bickham
Finalist, 2017 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Ashley Valmere
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 1847
DUBLIN, IRELAND,1893, 1993
MISSOULA, MONTANA, 1950
NUNAVIK REGION, QUEBEC, CANADA, 1965
UNNAMED HAMLET, OAXACA, MEXICO, 2014
Chelsea Dingman
Finalist, 2017 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Sonja Dahl and Jovencio de la Paz
SELF-PORTRAIT AS GOD WITH A STILLBORN INSIDE
HOW HUMANS ARE STRUCTURED AND FORMED
LET THE NIGHT COME, MONSTROUS, & MAKE USE OF US
WE DIDN'T READ THE FINE PRINT
RE-PETITION
Jacqueline He
Finalist, 2017 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Cole Caswell
supermarket in between
ballad of the hulijing
confessional
dead stag to the hunter
ophelia
mollusk threnody
Nicole Rollender
Finalist, 2017 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Jovi Schnell
THRESHOLD WITH A CROWN OF BEES
LOST THINGS KEEP APPEARING
LAMP LIGHTING
FIREWORKS
HOLY FOOLS DAY LITANY
Emily Van Kley
Finalist, 2017 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Karine Leger
introduction (1)
dusk
introduction (2)
dénouEment