https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619308129662-P56ZI8MOJTTUTX7VBDD6/Screen+Shot+2021-04-24+at+6.47.32+PM.png Nonfiction https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2025/natalie-neil monthly 0.5 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/efe3e5fb-a66c-4ad2-b194-b39ac454feb1/Screenshot+2026-01-29+at+10.49.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Nonfiction - "The Game of Life: K-State Freshman Edition" by Natalie Neil - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/08372580-a144-41e1-a88f-11c3540f3108/Screenshot+2026-01-29+at+10.52.14%E2%80%AFAM.png Nonfiction - "The Game of Life: K-State Freshman Edition" by Natalie Neil Natalie Neil is a Sophomore at K-State from Nevada, Missouri, majoring in English Education and Literature Studies. Not only does she love to read and write, but she also loves traveling, baking, spending time with her family, and showing cattle! https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2025/jennifer-anne-gordon monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1755883248784-GOLC2ATZJI7J8RPL9S6X/unsplash-image-CBZRLDR-E2Q.jpg Nonfiction - "The Smell of Flowers" by Jennifer Anne Gordon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/71ee30f7-6aa5-4b16-a903-0223d2bb3cec/JenniferHighRes5.jpg Nonfiction - "The Smell of Flowers" by Jennifer Anne Gordon Jennifer Anne Gordon is an award-winning author and podcast host. Her debut novel Beautiful, Frightening and Silentwon the Kindle Book Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020. Her novel Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022, and the Kindle Book Award for Best Novel of the Year (Reader’s Choice). Her novel Perfect Wives, Perfect Lives is forthcoming from Podium Publishing. Her essays have been featured in Miniskirt Magazine, Tangled Locks Journal, Lumina, and Flash Glass, and she is a Best of the Net Nominee and currently lives in Rural NH. 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Her focus is primarily in poetry and non-fiction. She loves to write about trauma and the body, however lately she has been interested in exploring mourning and loss. Other than writing, Maranda finds joy in watching film & television, playing video games, being in nature, and spending time with her friends & loved ones. Instagram @maranda.haile https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2024/15/11/violet-syrup monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1731662603796-VQ5UG0D3IVK422L58BYN/unsplash-image-XbuJMwsi4uM.jpg Nonfiction - "Violet Syrup" by Kathryn O'Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/97827f55-10fc-4aec-979f-5ca7d3829679/IMG_9524_2_2.jpg Nonfiction - "Violet Syrup" by Kathryn O'Day Kathryn O'Day is a nonfiction writer and former teacher. She writes about work, friendship, politics, and cities. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of the Northwind Writing Award. Her work has been published in The Good Life Review, Chicago Story Press, Pangyrus, Another Chicago Magazine, Prose Online, and The Northwind Anthology. She also reads fiction submissions for TriQuarterly Magazine, which published her interview with Aram Mrjoian. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2024/5/1/killed-in-action-by-dawson-veitch monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1716394320949-65J6GZ3BHRDYKEDEEC9D/image-asset.jpeg Nonfiction - "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d0f4490d-f331-401c-ac3f-c10e68915db6/Dawson+1.jpg Nonfiction - "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/40919dd6-8a14-4d52-b6bb-9087e0858700/Dawson+2.jpg Nonfiction - "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/16f968ed-e26c-4cb4-9a71-ea9066736868/Dawson+3.jpg Nonfiction - "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/0fe0d261-0111-439d-8e42-ec1ec650f930/Dawson+Photo.jpg Nonfiction - "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch Dawson Veitch is a junior in Strategic Communications with a passion for telling stories. When not in class, he spends most of his time doing video editing or writing. When in his free time he likes to run, play D&D, sing, and cook. Dawson wants to write for television and continues to work on his own stories hoping they'll be on the big screen one day. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2024/3/6/dog-years-by-danielle-shorr monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1709759137493-0LYCAZF7X135KDB6TT5G/image-asset.jpeg Nonfiction - "Dog Years" by Danielle Shorr - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/6e9dba4a-c239-41d7-918f-4db2787b1b6d/Spring+2024+Nonfiction+Winner+Picture.jpg Nonfiction - "Dog Years" by Danielle Shorr Danielle (she/her) is an MFA alum and professor of disability rhetoric and creative writing at Chapman University. A finalist for the Diana Woods Memorial Prize in Creative Non-fiction and nominee for The Pushcart Prize in Creative Non-Fiction and Best of the Net 2022 & 2023, her work has appeared in Pigeon Pages, Driftwood Press, The New Orleans Review and others. @danielleshorr https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2023/11/12/carry-by-brooke-dennis-1 monthly 0.5 2023-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1699844238132-9DCHNRSAHRPSNHDWE4B9/image-asset.jpeg Nonfiction - "Carry" by Brooke Dennis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4424a5d4-69ef-4195-bc88-274271e4df2f/Brooke+Dennis+Pop-Up+NF+Liminal.jpg Nonfiction - "Carry" by Brooke Dennis Brooke Dennis is a second year graduate student in drama therapy at K-State. Her focus is the use of tabletop roleplaying games as a therapeutic tool with youth. When not in class, internships, or various other activities, you can find her reading, crocheting, or cuddling her cat, Rory. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/growing-out-of-it monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683052421392-YW37MTCN00X9T9RWX3JN/unsplash-image-VMKBFR6r_jg.jpg Nonfiction - "Growing Out of It" by AC Bohleber - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Suzanne D. Williams, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/321ee1af-81ee-4be8-a44d-f4a110daac3a/BOHLEBER_headshot23.jpg Nonfiction - "Growing Out of It" by AC Bohleber AC Bohleber is a writer located in Nashville, TN. She has her MFA from The College of Charleston, and she graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she received the Ken Smith Fiction Award and a degree in Creative Writing. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/someones-father monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683038629635-PKIJ81NW77KMHOCL64B7/unsplash-image-bl7kgLtzdOQ.jpg Nonfiction - "Someone's Father" by Emily Stedge - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Laura Fehrman, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/cd588c4c-de66-4d02-b893-d3a9dcd06928/Emily_Stedge_photo.jpg Nonfiction - "Someone's Father" by Emily Stedge Emily Stedge is a writer living and working in Pittsburgh, PA. She earned a BA in English Writing and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh, and she is a member of Carlow University’s Madwomen in the Attic writing workshops. Her work is forthcoming in South Dakota Review and Litro Magazine. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/kathy-kay monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683046285268-CMH2EOROLCGOC6VJROGQ/unsplash-image-DR31squbFoA.jpg Nonfiction - "Kathy Kay" by Megan Saunders - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Debby Hudson, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f0a6df21-c156-46ae-b336-be4f6200e980/DSC_0784_2.jpg Nonfiction - "Kathy Kay" by Megan Saunders Megan Saunders is a creative nonfiction writer who moonlights as a senior marketing writer for a sustainability consulting firm. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Kansas State University and currently lives in Wellsville, Kansas with her husband, two young daughters, and too many pets. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/river-in-egypt monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683043075802-V0FOONC32TPW1URLYNUR/unsplash-image-gQg45eOKBb4.jpg Nonfiction - "River in Egypt" by Megan Saunders - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Gonzalo Pedroviejo Gomez, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d00591f6-84b1-4944-aad7-5457bb31b282/DSC_0784_2.jpg Nonfiction - "River in Egypt" by Megan Saunders Megan Saunders is a creative nonfiction writer who moonlights as a senior marketing writer for a sustainability consulting firm. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Kansas State University and currently lives in Wellsville, Kansas with her husband, two young daughters, and too many pets. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2023/skin monthly 0.5 2023-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/94168065-b958-4345-824a-06d7f40c2111/Picture1.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/940ce80d-6f04-4106-99c8-adee08753822/Picture2.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f4b849d9-04ea-4f72-8af5-b1cc30397ac9/Picture3.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/fba00acb-5dea-4906-8046-0144c1498a18/Picture4.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f5439735-79bb-49e7-a8ca-94948a68842f/Picture5.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1bf0a8ac-38e2-41f2-8ae2-ae060702e3a2/Picture6.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e5e36694-01aa-4060-9cd1-9ed8c5cfac1e/Picture7.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f17863c1-afec-4677-b978-b6226c86f8df/Picture8.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7ab7da96-8e2b-44dd-9dab-201851656ca8/Picture9.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1c0ac68f-87d6-4512-b75b-e016a7ce91b4/Picture10.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/78140bd4-c65b-4b0c-9b66-53ea0d65fd81/Picture11.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/38e7000c-6938-4734-a369-8e547f95b91b/Picture13.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/570ead03-bc05-4939-8d7c-b6ce9b221235/Picture12.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Valk Fisher, original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c8abcbbf-beb9-4d83-8092-b9bccdc57dea/C_Fisher_headshot+%281%29.jpg Nonfiction - "Skin: A Case Study" by Valk Fisher Valk Fisher is a Chilean-American writer whose work gravitates towards the body, culture, gender, and politics, often at points of intersection. Valk is a doctoral student in Creative Writing Doctorate at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she is researching narratives of illness. She is a recent graduate of the University of Cambridge and lives in Lisbon, Portugal. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2023/clean-bodies monthly 0.5 2023-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1678554460017-ZQRVLVT8FK6Q3ISXGCLV/unsplash-image-kDxqbAvEBwI.jpg Nonfiction - "Clean Bodies" by Jenny Rowe - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Nate Dumlao, licensed under Public Domain and obtained through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4fd19f27-d51b-49bb-af4c-e5867ba7ebe8/Rowe_author_photo.jpg Nonfiction - "Clean Bodies" by Jenny Rowe Jenny Rowe is a writer and teacher of ELLs (English Language Learners). She’s working on her MFA for creative nonfiction at the University of Montana and plans to graduate in the spring of 2024. Her essays focus on connections, divorce, survival, and memories of being an expat in Beijing before the pandemic. She lives in Iowa City when she’s not writing in Missoula. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/fractured-memory monthly 0.5 2022-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5148f08e-9365-4525-a0d5-f6a47cba42d0/broadside+Fractured+Memory.jpeg Nonfiction - "Fractured Memory" by Grace Katich - Make it stand out “Fractured Memory” by Paige Rickman. This original piece was inspired by Grace Katich’s prize-winning essay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/70a3ab90-9d87-47a1-be92-33cc4d6c2a95/TOP1broadside+Fractured+Memory.jpeg Nonfiction - "Fractured Memory" by Grace Katich “Then comes my heart—it beats so fast banging over and over.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/59284f13-e19d-4c4d-ab84-0c91504fc36a/MID1broadside+Fractured+Memory.jpeg Nonfiction - "Fractured Memory" by Grace Katich “…he told me, ‘I’ve decided I love you.’” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c87ae945-e859-4963-b9d6-66d05082a2cd/BOT1broadside+Fractured+Memory.jpeg Nonfiction - "Fractured Memory" by Grace Katich “It was a repetitive pattern that was bound to break in tragedy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/647d3d28-4394-4850-bd86-f56414a0f2bc/IMG_30FC7A289A47-1.jpeg Nonfiction - "Fractured Memory" by Grace Katich Grace Katich is an aspiring young writer. She is a senior at the University of Arizona pursuing a Bachelor of the Arts in Creative writing with an emphasis in creative nonfiction accompanied by a minor in journalism. She is currently freelancing as a student. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/to-be-held monthly 0.5 2022-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/614ac0f1-63b5-4c04-a238-6423b2e898bf/Broadside+Art+for+To+be+held+-+Oen+Griffin.jpeg Nonfiction - “To Be Held” by Emma Zimmerman - Make it stand out “To Be Held” by Oen Griffin. This original piece was inspired by Emma Zimmerman’s prize-winning essay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/2d7f0b1e-a98f-477e-9c8b-0378ea948c0f/TOPBroadside+Art+for+To+be+held+-+Oen+Griffin+copy.jpeg Nonfiction - “To Be Held” by Emma Zimmerman “Where, I want to ask, are the rules for this? This is not the way we protect a life” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/66c8ef4b-8d91-4fd4-baf4-82bf4a57475b/MIDBroadside+Art+for+To+be+held+-+Oen+Griffin.jpeg Nonfiction - “To Be Held” by Emma Zimmerman “To portray. To understand. What is the difference?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/61ae5f2d-bda0-4cb8-8f43-849eeb97c433/BOTBroadside+Art+for+To+be+held+-+Oen+Griffin1024_1.jpg Nonfiction - “To Be Held” by Emma Zimmerman - Make it stand out “But their world has already given them plenty of outlines for trauma.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3df0c749-9cf4-492e-8498-571241e52e98/Emma_Zimmerman_headshot.jpeg Nonfiction - “To Be Held” by Emma Zimmerman Emma Zimmerman is a writer and freelance journalist. Her journalism has appeared in Outside, Runner's World, and Trail Runner, among other publications. Her essays and literary nonfiction have appeared in HuffPost, PRISM International, Away Journal, and more. Emma is an MFA candidate in nonfiction writing at NYU, and she lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is (very slowly) building the skeleton of a first book. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/when-the-world-becomes-you monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651182293543-7KAX5KC2RAWOQ34BSQCS/unsplash-image-bnaA20NEaQA.jpg Nonfiction - "When the World Becomes You" by T. F. Lawrence - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Jaron Nix, Licensed through the Public Domain and obtained from Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/b78d0cbc-60ff-4495-87b4-57ebbb8693cb/_DSC0715_original.jpg Nonfiction - "When the World Becomes You" by T. F. Lawrence T. F. Lawrence is a Trails and Parks Coordinator for a conservation non-profit in Helena, Montana. He has written several essays and is currently writing an author’s bio. He was born in Glenview, Illinois and attended Beloit College in a town of the same name in Wisconsin. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/blonde-sugar-by-rebecca-watkins monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651180389112-5H5H4DAX5O1GYS0VNODG/unsplash-image-bApmB_Gxdj8.jpg Nonfiction - "Blonde Sugar" by Rebecca Watkins - Make it stand out Photo credit: licensed under Public Domain and obtained from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/461c9cd5-c983-422a-b429-08c4d761f759/Watkins_photo.jpg Nonfiction - "Blonde Sugar" by Rebecca Watkins Rebecca Watkins is a third-year PhD student in the creative writing program at Florida State University. Rebecca’s primary interest is creative nonfiction and she is currently working on her first essay collection. She holds an M.A. in English from IUPUI and a B.S. in Secondary English Education from Indiana University, Bloomington. Rebecca previously taught high school English in Indianapolis, Indiana. She now resides in Tallahassee, Florida with her tuxedo cat, Charlie Chaps. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/anneyong-to-all-that monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651181240393-YN8OR89IVD9LU8ZDUEUA/unsplash-image-nq4tcJz77r0.jpg Nonfiction - "Anneyong to All That" by Anthony Velasquez - Make it stand out Photo Credit: @shawnagg, licensed under Public Domain and obtained from Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/64dd1460-d08f-4a4c-8bd9-11954a3855f3/The_Green_Dragon.jpg Nonfiction - "Anneyong to All That" by Anthony Velasquez Anthony Huerta Velasquez hails from California's San Joaquin Valley. He recently repatriated after spending the last decade in Busan, South Korea. His essays have appeared in Hunger Mountain, Mount Hope, Concho River Review, Sierra Nevada Review, South Dakota Review, Foreign Literary Journal, Past Ten, and The Offbeat. He now calls the Finger Lakes region of New York home. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/joe-whats-his-face monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651183494922-5F3R7B4Y4A52QAKFLL5J/unsplash-image-QhH_dDe5plY.jpg Nonfiction - "Joe...What's His Face" by Andrew Sarewitz - Make it stand out Photo credit: Documerica, licensed under Public Domain and obtained from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/6a88dffb-a7ca-468a-ad38-53c5fd6904da/74946BF0-3B05-4160-B83B-50A9CA848546+%283%29.jpeg Nonfiction - "Joe...What's His Face" by Andrew Sarewitz A recipient of the 2021 City Artists Corp Grant for Writing, Andrew has written several short stories (links: www.andrewsarewitz.com) as well as scripts for various media. His play, Madame Andrèe (based on the life of WWII resistance fighter, Nancy Wake, aka the White Mouse) garnered First Prize from Stage to Screen New Playwrights in San Jose, CA, opening the festival in August, 2019. His play Five Men, Four Beds advanced to the Second Round at the Austin Film Festival Competition. Andrew’s sitcom spec script, The White House is a Finalist in the Pitch Now Screenplay Competition. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/how-a-picture-tells-a-life-story monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/b20b60c5-03b0-4971-9690-e01e3e2e6464/How+a+Picture+Tells+a+Life+Story.jpg Nonfiction - "How a Picture Tells a Life Story" by Devin Meireles - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Devin Meireles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/71046b4f-f5e0-4794-a240-1494857aefd5/Devins_Photo.jpg Nonfiction - "How a Picture Tells a Life Story" by Devin Meireles Devin Meireles is a health care worker that moonlights as a freelance writer and family historian. He has published short stories and articles as well as a narrative nonfiction book about his grandparents’ immigration story. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2021/12/30/you-me-and-that-damned-turkey monthly 0.5 2021-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1640911713814-AQF2N0UD9IDWUEJFCXSW/unsplash-image-hSisXFp-kHs.jpg Nonfiction - "You, Me, and that Damned Turkey" by Nyssa Owens - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Mitch Gaiser licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8e52ce27-6874-457a-afee-c60e48335af7/Profile_Pic.jpg Nonfiction - "You, Me, and that Damned Turkey" by Nyssa Owens Nyssa Owens is an M.A. candidate in English with Kansas State University. Apart from writing, Nyssa enjoys 80’s music, puzzling, and spending time with her significant other and her corgi, Floyd. This is Nyssa’s first publication. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2021/12/17/combination-man monthly 0.5 2021-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1640725308000-P9JHWN7QTY1P5BM3DBZA/unsplash-image-Z8UgB80_46w.jpg Nonfiction - “Combination Man” by Laura M. Furlan - Make it stand out Photo Credit:: GeoJango Maps licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/87f954d4-71a4-44d9-bb73-e8e8130bc588/furlan_headshot_small+%282%29.jpg Nonfiction - “Combination Man” by Laura M. Furlan Laura M. Furlan teaches Native American literature at the University of Massachusetts. Her poetry and creative nonfiction have been published in Sentence, Jubilat, Yellow Medicine Review, and in the collection Sovereign Erotics. She is currently working on a memoir about motherhood and adoption. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her wife and two sons. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/running-through-by-yuko-taniguchi monthly 0.5 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619881682551-U5QPVBA82FO37XVLTFM4/photo-1566232137428-27dd00f5c6bd.jpeg Nonfiction - "Running Through" by Yuko Taniguchi Photo by Anne Nygard, licensed under Public Domain and obtained from Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618860769448-6B6NSY1X17NBW6KWKJ52/Taniguchi__Author_Photo.jpg Nonfiction - "Running Through" by Yuko Taniguchi Yuko Taniguchi is the author of a volume of poetry, Foreign Wife Elegy (2004), and a novel, The Ocean in the Closet (2007), both published by Coffee House Press. Her awards include The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Kiriyama Prize Notable Book, the Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award Advancing Human Rights, and the McKnight Artist Fellowship. Taniguchi teaches Reflection Writing at the University of Minnesota Rochester. She also provides creative writing and art classes in psychiatric units. 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D in Biophysics from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in India. Abha is married to Rajendra. Her passions include dancing, writing, painting, cooking, exploring alternative therapies and spending time with her two children and their families. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/walrus-man-by-sebastin-ponce monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619882128456-8SYVPL498C86I5531T9F/photo-1460038917749-83f4ed4a27da.jpeg Nonfiction - "Walrus-man" by Sebastián Ponce Photo by Amy Humphries, licensed under Public Domain and obtained on Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619214020540-33TU883RVGN2OPPYIIUE/Ponce_Portrait.jpg Nonfiction - "Walrus-man" by Sebastián Ponce Sebastián Ponce is working on his debut novel. He usually plays the Polish Opening with white and the Alekhine Defense with black and loves smothered checkmates. Born and raised in the mountains of Ecuador, he now lives in Maine with his wife and children, where they enjoy walking by the ocean. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/the-shape-of-the-world-by-anna-oberg monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619881826462-23LBOEEOWVH18NRPIEAJ/photo-1603661885651-c909f20987a5.jpeg Nonfiction - "The Shape of the World" by Anna Oberg Photo by Kerry Rawlinson, licensed under Public Domain and obtained from Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619065222478-TE54JXX91TEJ6EARHMG0/Anna_Oberg_copy.jpg Nonfiction - "The Shape of the World" by Anna Oberg Anna Oberg is a professional photographer based in Estes Park, Colorado. When she's not arranging family portraits with the perfect view of Long's Peak as backdrop, she focuses on writing tiny memories and small stories. She has been published in Cleaver Magazine, Pidgeonholes, The Maine Review, decomp Journal, The Festival Review, and Split Rock Review, among others. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/nonfic/2021/1/12/how-to-start-smoking monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1610480969732-POU5UY8PXA1EBH34Q6HT/IMG_7424.JPG Nonfiction - "How to Start Smoking" by Rachel A.G. Gilman Rachel A.G. Gilman’s work has been published online and in print throughout the US, UK, and Australia, including JMWW, The London Reader, and Minetta Review. She is the Creator/Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Creature, a columnist for No Contact Mag, and was the Editor-in-Chief of Columbia Journal, Issue 58. She has an MFA in Writing, Nonfiction from Columbia University and (when the world stops ending) will graduate from the University of Oxford with an MST in Creative Writing. She lives in New York and works in publishing. 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"Light Cycles" by Kaleah McClure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2024/11/25/finding-my-sister-after-her-third-suicide-attempt monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1732598752347-6LX0RKKZ0SMZSI29DUAJ/unsplash-image-4nXOip_IwEs.jpg Poetry - “finding my sister after her third suicide attempt” by amritha york - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2024/5/24/confine-by-aidia-kite monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1716540493737-HIPK1HK9J9GRMV56JS4U/image-asset.jpeg Poetry - "Confine" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/88719f77-a6c5-4623-9da0-f3be5e30aa2e/Confine+1.jpg Poetry - "Confine" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/281d7f50-307d-42c8-be73-9bc6e49ea771/Confine+2.jpg Poetry - "Confine" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e443681f-cbba-4a2e-9f39-9e6ac4a34fa0/IMG_8391.JPEG Poetry - "Confine" by Aidia Kite Aidia Kite (all/any) is currently working towards their B.A. in English/Creative Writing at Kansas State University. They have a particular love for science fiction and fantasy, and you can often find them neck-deep in world-building as a result. They have two cats, named Doodle and Smudge, who both help them write and keep them from writing—Smudge particularly being known for shutting off computers midway through work! Beyond writing, Aidia loves to draw, read, and play video games, with their love of art in particular melding with their writing to form their most beloved form of literature—comics. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2024/5/24/no-contact-but-i-wanted-it-first-by-jennifer-allen monthly 0.5 2024-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1723760943172-WDD8TV3FAP0EEU1NRVC6/unsplash-image-T9THJMIIMPM.jpg Poetry - "no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7a0e8586-2921-4bcb-9dbb-1f381900bf27/jennallenlongbeach+%281%29.JPG Poetry - "no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen Jennifer Allen is starting her senior year at Kansas State University this Fall. While she rarely shares her work, she finds satisfaction in expressing complex emotions through poems, short stories, and songs. Singing is one of her favorite artistic outlets and she loves attending concerts. A Southern California native, she feels at home on the beach and most alive when traveling and exploring new cities. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2024/3/15/girlhood-by-khloe-kuckelman monthly 0.5 2024-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1710540074429-FMQKQWTI2DHP2JZ2EX3T/image-asset.jpeg Poetry - "Girlhood" by Khloe Kuckelman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/6c5c2bd5-2413-429d-80d8-e26b27a3e26f/thumbnail_Touchstone_Photo.jpg Poetry - "Girlhood" by Khloe Kuckelman Khloe Kuckelman (she/her) is a junior at Kansas State University where she is studying creative writing. She has been previously published in Touchstone Literary Magazine and won the 2022 Nonfiction Undergraduate Creative Writing Award. She has received 7 Scholastic Writing Awards for poetry and fiction, as well as the 2021 Cowley College Prodigy Award. When she is not studying or writing she enjoys watching movies, listening to music, and doing mediocre craft projects. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2024/2/14/love-poems-to-willie monthly 0.5 2025-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970084707-GT1RMS7RJEYX2VLD0Z86/willie+poem+1.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970091440-2HC2GZ9ET0T442MYGXBQ/willie+poem+2.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970100200-PTHBZZTAP28F56QRT2GC/willie+poem+3.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970099989-81M4NVITNG86VJ6EARY9/willie+poem+4.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970100831-978LPKTEVVBQUQ9S5XYE/willie+poem+5.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970204506-Y0BAMXUBB5PN465QOM0P/willie+poem+12.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970101104-ADRDP0555MTJESCRWQQU/willie+poem+6.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970214097-EAREY1559PMF0KB2BK1T/willie+poem+11.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970321605-VBU6VYI3FVXB7JBKUDRZ/willie+poem+11-2.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970101609-5OMKOCQQJIO5JFVT7M2H/willie+poem+7.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970328163-UXV2NREGJYJ2LV9CS8GE/willie+poem+8.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970329004-U01XXM55D3HGGYXYBWT7/willie+poem+9.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1707970329178-R5R87GPE57JVBHYJP9EZ/willie+poem+10.jpg Poetry - Love Poems to Willie https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2024/1/17/how-to-make-a-summer-souffl monthly 0.5 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1705514156781-ZK8O2O5K4ZBGZJGPV5OU/image-asset.jpeg Poetry - "How to Make a Summer Soufflé" by Kerry Rawlinson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/2f10ed5a-31e1-49de-9a63-111b2234d70f/Kerry+2.jpg Poetry - "How to Make a Summer Soufflé" by Kerry Rawlinson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2023/11/2/finding-margaritaville-by-kaylee-schofield monthly 0.5 2023-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1698952807930-3KSJ77KMSO7T36H64TSQ/image-asset.jpeg Poetry - "Finding Margaritaville" by Kaylee Schofield - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/eb983a10-e41d-4728-b463-09f5cf18c331/Kaylee_Schofield.jpg Poetry - "Finding Margaritaville" by Kaylee Schofield Kaylee Schofield lives in a small Pennsylvania river town with her partner, three pets, and a host of harmless spiders. She is a woodworker, sound bite hoarder, and night-specter-about-town. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/cactus monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683150749713-FJ4HTG0PKB7NHH2AYI7F/unsplash-image-rYWz3Q88P8g.jpg Poetry - "Cactus" by Sierra Duffey - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Wil Stewart, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683151051346-PGMIVY6VBINIYTV26SLT/unsplash-image-rYWz3Q88P8g.jpg Poetry - "Cactus" by Sierra Duffey Sierra Duffey is a queer writer and photographer in Montreal, Quebec. Through sassy poetry and colourful photographs, Sierra explores topics such as psychology, relationships, cults and nature. Sierra strives to create connection through art and writing, which she views as a spiritual practice and a form of community-building. Her work has been published in PACE Magazine, Lantern Magazine and flo. She also shares and performs her work at art events and poetry readings. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/duplex-origins monthly 0.5 2023-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683151835557-Z63MGF52O2EWYX6JLALU/unsplash-image-pLBsQt39ZjE.jpg Poetry - "Duplex: Origins" by D. Dina Friedman - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Dainis Graveris, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d7cd2d2d-63ac-460f-99a6-b518739228b0/D.+Dina+Friedman.jpg Poetry - "Duplex: Origins" by D. Dina Friedman D. Dina Friedman has published in many literary journals and received two Pushcart Prize nominations. She is the author of two YA novels, Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar Straus Giroux) and one book of poetry, Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press). Her short story collection, Immigrants, will be published by Creators Press in Fall 2023. Visit her website at www.ddinafriedman.com. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/emily-as-rabbit-fur monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683149856838-M138ZF0C4UKJLGY3FHD3/unsplash-image-qVb-K2mFtDU.jpg Poetry - "Emily as Rabbit Fur" by Darren C. Demaree - Make it stand out Photo Credit: seth schwiet, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4ddf12bc-f841-49fb-b0d0-16f898bae4d0/Darren+Demaree.jpg Poetry - "Emily as Rabbit Fur" by Darren C. Demaree Darren C. Demaree is the author of eighteen poetry collections, most recently the luxury (January 2023, forthcoming from Glass Lyre). He is the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/just-as-depression-starts-to-let-up monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683226326068-ZLNMH7BRJH7MXV9K49GA/unsplash-image-_PHRFe6_ZGw.jpg Poetry - "Just as Depression Starts to Let Up" by David B. Prather - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Ricardo Resende, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c5de026c-3dae-4404-8df1-208eb34f671f/DavidBPrather.jpg Poetry - "Just as Depression Starts to Let Up" by David B. Prather David B. Prather is the author of We Were Birds (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2019), and his second collection, Bending Light with Bare Hands, will be published by Fernwood Press. His work has appeared in many publications, including Prairie Schooner, Seneca Review, Cutleaf, Sheila-Na-Gig, etc. He studied acting at the National Shakespeare Conservatory, and he studied writing at Warren Wilson College. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/yom-kippur monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683148632947-JSFEA86SOZ65ZIF97XPO/unsplash-image-udFfCvlSM-0.jpg Poetry - "Yom Kippur" by Lisa Delan - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Dani Guitarra, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/bab15a8b-ef09-49dd-8c64-54ea0e53f213/Lisa+Delan.jpg Poetry - "Yom Kippur" by Lisa Delan Lisa Delan's work has been featured or is forthcoming in American Writers Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Cathexis Northwest Press, Passengers Journal, Poets Choice, The Pointed Circle, Viewless Wings, Wild Roof Journal, The Write Launch, and other literary publications. She has been nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize. When she is not writing poems, you can find the soprano, who records for the Pentatone label, singing art songs by American composers on texts of many of her favorite poets. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/turnover monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683146322389-XREQU1216F82E0UX53D6/unsplash-image-MUCLiUxkseI.jpg Poetry - "Turnover" by Lawrence Bridges - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Lionello DelPiccolo, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/50f5f664-33c4-439f-8b62-be913f01d02f/LawrenceBridges.jpg Poetry - "Turnover" by Lawrence Bridges Lawrence Bridges' poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Tampa Review. He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums (Red Hen Press, 2006), Flip Days (Red Hen Press, 2009), and Brownwood (Tupelo Press, 2016). You can find him on IG: @larrybridges https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/gospel-on-the-radio monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683225492982-UITR6NX33FESAUS1I4HD/unsplash-image-G1NXWZhIZCg.jpg Poetry - "Gospel on the Radio" by Jacqueline Goldfinger - Make it stand out Photo Credit: ANDY ZHANG, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4fffdf43-ec97-4629-8c3c-908167f9cab0/Jacqueline+Goldfinger.jpg Poetry - "Gospel on the Radio" by Jacqueline Goldfinger Jacqueline Goldfinger (she/they) is a poet, playwright and librettist from rural North Florida who grew up with a love of music and storytelling. Gospel on the Radio is from a collection-in-progress titled Devil’s Waltz. Read more about her work: www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/jamboree monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683227026025-5OPE8IEFQU0U31EAUMF6/unsplash-image-v6063AyCAt8.jpg Poetry - "Jamboree" by Dwaine Rieves - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Tim Foster, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d07d9a5a-cd49-4e0a-9dc4-31ea57c9406e/Dwaine+Rieves+copy.jpg Poetry - "Jamboree" by Dwaine Rieves Dwaine Rieves is a medical imaging scientist in Washington, DC. His collection, When the Eye Forms, won the Tupelo Press Prize for Poetry. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/conversation monthly 0.5 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1673557810980-0AQ26C5W9U0FAQ5BPZVO/unsplash-image-bY4qZelcnTw.jpg Poetry - "Conversation" by John Peter Beck - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Sigmund, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e73bf2c5-b590-4359-a8a6-58d2cb9e6700/thumbnail_IMG_7701.jpg Poetry - "Conversation" by John Peter Beck John Peter Beck is a professor in the Labor Education program at Michigan State University where he co-directs an effort that explores the intersection of culture and work, Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives. His poetry has been published by The Louisville Review, The Seattle Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and Passages North, among others. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/prayer-plane monthly 0.5 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1673558916354-DDTYWZU65D15R8EPPLLQ/unsplash-image-LjX-m_UXQGM.jpg Poetry - "Prayer Plane" by Sean Lyon - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Jacky Lo, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/edd454cd-db0a-47db-98ba-6ee8c2ab5847/E46818F7-92A6-48E8-8DD0-707654F4BEFC.jpeg Poetry - "Prayer Plane" by Sean Lyon Sean Lyon (he/him) loves to read on airplanes. Provided he doesn’t succumb to in-flight naps, the reading light is and always will be a godsend to him. Sean has poems published in print and online at HOOT Review, Typishly, Washington Square Review, and One Sentence Poems. He has an upcoming flash story for On the Run, and other short stories online at Bridge Eight and Cleaver Magazine. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/hummingbird monthly 0.5 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1673563198296-0055MN9I567TXX0JKJSQ/unsplash-image-o9fFH9jYVYU.jpg Poetry - "Hummingbird" by Angela Sucich - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Ramona Edwards, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e9825d11-3450-4882-b500-79a932e68651/Headshot+Angela+Sucich.jpeg Poetry - "Hummingbird" by Angela Sucich Angela Sucich holds a Ph.D. in Medieval Literature from the University of Washington, where she also taught literature and writing courses. She has worked as a freelance writer for twenty years, wrote a history book on a Seattle trade union, and more recently, has had her poetry published in such journals as Nimrod International Journal, Cave Wall, and Atlanta Review. In 2021, she was honorably mentioned for the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and in 2022, her chapbook, Illuminated Creatures, won the New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition (Finishing Line Press). https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/p-by-olga-gonzalez-latapi monthly 0.5 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1673560963211-J8S3IZGUF209X154BPI0/unsplash-image-nPgDOo4kvg4.jpg Poetry - "P" by Olga González Latapí - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Stijn te Strake, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7474a0cb-c73a-409b-8571-759553eeb10c/IMG-20201107-WA0000.jpg Poetry - "P" by Olga González Latapí Olga González Latapí (she/her/ella) is a pansexual poet with an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. Her work has been published in Sonder Midwest, BARNHOUSE, Wild Roof Journal, and The Nasiona Magazine. She also released a spoken word album with Amaryllis Records. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/all-of-us-up-there monthly 0.5 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1673555888424-PK8M2921VSYN5FD9UYMR/unsplash-image-cC5zsOK0Ack.jpg Poetry - "All of Us Up There" by Adriana Stimola - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Brian Yurasits, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3f7eace7-efb0-4de8-b0ce-b2230a04c781/Adriana-Stimola_hs-2022.jpg Poetry - "All of Us Up There" by Adriana Stimola Adriana Stimola (she/her) is a non-fiction literary agent, mother, and ever-aspiring poet. Her poetry has been featured in numerous publications, including: The Santa Clara Review, Beyond Words, Harbor Review, House Journal, Juke Joint, Wild Roof Journal, and High Shelf Press. You can find her on Instagram @adrianastimola. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/regarding-facts-by-walter-hill monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1158c623-da82-4fb8-8e18-a4fb61480aab/ray-hennessy-9rloii_qmmw-unsplash.jpg Poetry - "Regarding Facts" by Walter Hill - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Ray Hennessy, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8bf11e93-7da6-4b77-b416-4772f272393e/Hill_portrait.jpeg Poetry - "Regarding Facts" by Walter Hill Walter Hill is a software developer by day and always a student of the world. His most recent work has been published in Oroboros Vol. 6 and APIARY Magazine, and he resides in Austin, TX where he finds poetry in the art of traveling distances long and short. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/benedictions-inside-park-street monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/9969b7dc-dd60-473f-b774-d345db5bef7c/justin-yeung-JhqWuPIZs-g-unsplash.jpg Poetry - “‘Benedictions’ Inside Park Street” by Lindsay Donovan - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Justin Yeung, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3b4b9144-7a89-4a6b-b22c-775cdcc861ef/Donovan_portrait.jpg Poetry - “‘Benedictions’ Inside Park Street” by Lindsay Donovan Lindsay Donovan is a New England poet who graduated from Emerson College in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Writing, Literature, and Publishing with a minor in Political Communication. She has been published by Knight's Library Magazine, Touchstone Literary Magazine and has a piece forthcoming in Wild Roof Journal. She currently works at Boston Healthcare for The Homeless Program where she teaches an introductory poetry course to veterans. Lindsay lives in Somerville with her two cats, Helena and Tusk. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/compare-this-by-christopher-rubio-goldsmith monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/44775bc1-a584-486b-8dff-47263d266b89/photo-1581872454565-822dac9367aa.jpg Poetry - "Compare This" by Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Stefan Fluck, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d6589cbf-5c8e-4fe3-bfdc-254b421b69f4/Rubio-Goldsmith_portrait.jpg Poetry - "Compare This" by Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith Christopher Rubio-Goldsmith was born in Merida Yucatan, grew up in Tucson Arizona, and taught English at Tucson High Magnet School for 27 years. Since he grew up near the border and in a biracial, bilingual home and taught in a big urban high school where over 70 percent of the students were American-Mexican, much of the poetry he writes explores these experiences. Many years ago, he graduated with a degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona. His writings have appeared in Broken Matches Journal, Fourteen Hills, Sand Hills, the anthology, America, We Call Your Name and other places too. He has been married to Kelly for 30 years, and she helps edit his work, sometimes. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/bird-bones-by-danae-younge monthly 0.5 2022-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8cae6021-aa35-440d-b848-313fa2c84470/pexels-annica-s%C3%B6r%C3%A9n-3855401.jpg Poetry - "Bird • Bones" by Danae Younge - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Annica Sörén, obtained and licensed through Pexels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d2709e52-e12b-4e5f-97d2-0074cb8dc670/DYounge.jpg Poetry - "Bird • Bones" by Danae Younge Danae Younge is an editor for Kalopsia Literary Journal, a sophomore at Occidental College, and a four-time award-winning writer. At twenty years old, her work has appeared/is forthcoming in over forty publications across the US, UK, Canada, Pakistan, and internationally. Publications include The Wax Paper, Salamander Magazine, Perhappened Magazine, andZone 3 Magazine. Her debut chapbook, Melanin Sun (−) Blind Spots, won the National Federation of State Poetry Societies’ college undergraduate competition and will be published this June. You can read more of her work at www.danaeyounge.com and follow her on Instagram @danae_celeste_. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/some-important-point-by-ds-maolalai monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5e68c662-5a56-4746-985a-53fc4b8b0fbb/tim-foster-yuNWHajF8Po-unsplash.jpg Poetry - "Some important point" by DS Maolalai - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Tim Foster, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/dd70f553-14df-4ada-bfee-10f8ae4ebbd9/maolalai_author+photo.jpg Poetry - "Some important point" by DS Maolalai DS Maolalai has been nominated nine times for Best of the Net and seven times for the Pushcart Prize. He has released two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019). His third collection, "Noble Rot" is scheduled for release in April 2022. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/pain-body-by-lindsey-novak monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e6a3e196-6cc1-403a-957d-bcd9cbd80212/pexels-matheus-bertelli-573294.jpg Poetry - "Pain Body" by Lindsey Novak - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Matheus Bertelli, obtained and licensed through Pexels.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d27c564b-924c-4ef0-9833-2228ae9db4d8/Novak_portrait.png Poetry - "Pain Body" by Lindsey Novak Lindsey Novak is a writer from the Ozarks dwelling in the Sonoran Desert where she is a PhD candidate and teaches composition at Arizona State University. Her work has appeared in The Fourth River, The Rumpus, Atticus Review, Angel City Review, Puerto del Sol, Chattahoochee Review, Stonecoast Review, Empty Mirror and BOMB. Her chapbook, Echolalia, is available from Dancing Girl Press. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/greystone-tennessee-by-william-rieppe-moore monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/05833c68-9ed2-431a-98b2-e5abe037e324/zac-forbes-AbpkKspbuvs-unsplash.jpg Poetry - "Greystone, Tennessee" by William Rieppe Moore - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Zac Forbes, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e4d8a595-72df-441e-abe5-fce2517b83d2/Moore_Portrait.jpeg Poetry - "Greystone, Tennessee" by William Rieppe Moore William Rieppe Moore is from Richland County, South Carolina and moved to Unicoi County, Tennessee in 2012 with his wife, where they practice homesteading and animal husbandry. He also enjoys climbing and backpacking, experiences that provide the material context of his poems. In May of 2021, he received his MA in English from East Tennessee State University, and in 2019 he began teaching. His work has appeared in James Dickey Review, Ligeia, Still: The Journal, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, Vita Brevis, and Tiny Seed Literary Journal. His work is forthcoming in American Diversity Report as well as Voices. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/russian-interlude monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5f30fd1d-b774-462b-9b9b-4521b888859d/pexels-anna-tis-6799079.jpg Poetry - “Russian Interlude” by Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Anna Tis, obtained and licensed through Pexels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d1fc622e-b165-4bfb-bf98-1fa71fe1da2a/Bratt-Pfotenhauer_headshot.jpg Poetry - “Russian Interlude” by Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer’s work has previously been published or is forthcoming in Cherry Tree, Beloit Poetry Journal, Meridian, Grist, and others. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, they have received support from The Seventh Wave and Tin House, awards from the Ledbury Poetry Festival and Bryn Mawr College, and a finalist mention in the Munster Literature Centre’s 2021 Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition. They are in their first year in Syracuse University’s MFA program. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/kitchen-radio-in-detroit-in-1955 monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8906b460-c8a1-48b5-84db-e6f7da21e194/alessandro-cerino-idwpKeO-ZWk-unsplash.jpg Poetry - “My mother listens to her kitchen radio in Detroit in 1955” by Michelle Morouse - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Alessandro Cerino, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/6ba4d9ed-bc79-4172-9f20-0b164f676a21/Morouse_portrait.jpeg Poetry - “My mother listens to her kitchen radio in Detroit in 1955” by Michelle Morouse Michelle Morouse is a Detroit area pediatrician. Her flash fiction and poetry has appeared recently, or is forthcoming, in Best Microfiction 2022, Faultline Journal of Arts & Letters, Paterson Literary Review, Unbroken, Litro Online, The Citron Review, Ponder Review, Necessary Fiction, Wigleaf, Peregrine, Lullwater Review, The MacGuffin, Pembroke Magazine, and Cease, Cows. She serves on the board of Detroit Working Writers. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/target-tv-stand-instructions monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/113c0cdd-578f-442b-9d95-223ad5479256/pexels-athena-5805491.jpg Poetry - “Love Poem Disguised as Target TV Stand Instructions” by Adrianna Gordey - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Athena, obtained and licensed through Pexels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/9cea72c7-0b08-48fd-be2d-ccbc9cee8235/Gordey+Contributor+Photo.jpg Poetry - “Love Poem Disguised as Target TV Stand Instructions” by Adrianna Gordey Adrianna Gordey (she/her) is a writer based in Manhattan, Kansas. When she isn't writing poetry, Adrianna can be found daydreaming about the Atlantic Ocean, assembling overly ambitious Halloween costumes, or reading young adult fiction. Her work has previously appeared in Lammergeier, the Connecticut River Review, the Poeming Pigeon, Passengers Journal, and Grim & Gilded; it is forthcoming in Reunion: The Dallas Review. You can find Adrianna on Instagram @by_adrianna_gordey. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2022/5/6/regarding-facts-by-walter-hill-jVz3G monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/pulling-out-the-tablecloth monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/0a3d2639-0d3d-477f-9d22-4f7efc3ee48e/pexels-pixabay-531905.jpg Poetry - "Pulling Out the Tablecloth" by Damen O'Brien - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Pixabay, obtained and licensed through Pexels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/57baac12-8ee4-4197-ab35-f0862740b95f/O%27Brien_portrait+%281%29.jpg Poetry - "Pulling Out the Tablecloth" by Damen O'Brien Damen O’Brien is a multi-award-winning Australian poet. Damen's prizes include The Moth Poetry Prize, the Newcastle Poetry Prize, the Magma Judge's Prize and the Knightville Poetry Competition. Damen's first book of poetry, Animals With Human Voices, has just been released through Recent Work Press. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/or-the-whale monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/a60e15be-df61-4952-b023-6a3711bbd758/pexels-arthouse-studio-4338156.jpg Poetry - "Or, The Whale" by Brookes Moody - Make it stand out Photo Credit: ArtHouse Studio obtained and licensed through Pexels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/92fe75cc-a267-4fd0-b1dc-0d3ead8bb189/Moody_Photo%2BHat.jpg Poetry - "Or, The Whale" by Brookes Moody Brookes Moody holds a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she taught literary journal production and creative writing. She serves as the Senior Awards Administrator at *Tupelo Quarterly* as well as working as the Marketing Associate at Writers.com. Her writing has previously been published in *The Literary Review, Crab Creek Review, Yemassee,* and elsewhere. A finalist for the 2022 *Mississippi Review* Poetry Prize, her work is forthcoming in *Mississippi Review,* as well as *New Plains Review*. You can find her at www.brookesmoody.com or on Instagram @brookes.moody. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2022/1/2/saffron-rabbit-by-christopher-riesco monthly 0.5 2022-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/ab929626-76e3-47a4-b863-a33b77828ab6/pexels-victoria-bowers-10487658.jpg Poetry - "Saffron Rabbit" by Christopher Riesco - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Victoria Bowers, obtained and licensed through Pexels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/16f6884a-2a80-41c8-b7f3-be3c36e3bd0b/IMG_20210810_190036_270.jpg Poetry - "Saffron Rabbit" by Christopher Riesco Christopher Riesco lives and works in Manchester, UK. He is an amateur scholar of the Metaphysical poets who he thinks also exist in Spanish. His own attempts at poetry have appeared in PN Review, Bodega, and other journals. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2022/1/2/immortelle-by-lindsay-donovan monthly 0.5 2022-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/51f352e3-e13c-4649-8818-0f507bcf52f0/pexels-no%C4%9Fman-hatice-7961672.jpg Poetry - "Immortelle" by Lindsay Donovan - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Noğman Hatice, obtained and licensed through Pexels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d370b8ff-77a2-4216-9973-cafca14e4e22/ld_studio-15.jpg Poetry - "Immortelle" by Lindsay Donovan Lindsay Donovan is a New England poet, born and raised in Massachusetts. She graduated from Emerson College in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Writing, Literature, and Publishing with a minor in Political Communication. She has recently had her first poem published, “Infinite Canon of Remembering (The Lake House)” in The Knight’s Library Magazine First Publication Series Volume 1. Lindsay currently works at Boston Healthcare for The Homeless Program where she teaches an introductory poetry course to veterans. She is enamored with Emo music, Anne Sexton, and her two cats Helena and Tusk. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2021/11/4/sheeps-clothing-by-virginia-laurie monthly 0.5 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1636077074038-UBIN0ZNEA304N5U2GOO3/unsplash-image-Jo5FUEkhB_4.jpg Poetry - "Sheep's Clothing" by Virginia Laurie - Make it stand out Image Credit: Nathan Duck, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/ca446227-3087-4740-89e3-526774a700a9/Laurie_Photo.jpg Poetry - "Sheep's Clothing" by Virginia Laurie Virginia Laurie is an English major at Washington and Lee University whose work has been published in LandLocked, Phantom Kangaroo, Cathexis Northwest Press and more. Read more about Virginia at her website https://virginialaurie.com/ https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2021/11/4/search-for-me-by-amanda-woodard monthly 0.5 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1636083246421-3AB12PE0T7NAAIH1CU7S/unsplash-image-ZC0EbdLC8G0.jpg Poetry - "Search For Me" by Amanda Woodard - Make it stand out Image Credit: Stefano Pollio, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/77d884aa-297f-4495-a079-a97ef61d3f12/Woodard_Photo.jpeg Poetry - "Search For Me" by Amanda Woodard Amanda Woodard is a queer poet, essayist, and ghostwriter, as well as an MFA candidate at Antioch University. She studied Social Science and Journalism at the University of North Texas and attended writing workshops at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference and Writing Workshops Dallas. She has been sober from drugs and alcohol since March 24, 2019. Amanda lives in the Dallas Metroplex with her very anxious emotional support dog, Sirius. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2021/11/4/billy-nairs-on-the-moon-by-shannon-frost-greenstein monthly 0.5 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1636085286552-JMD0IJVMMKP4418IT5PV/unsplash-image-LD8FhvuLiEA.jpg Poetry - “Billy Nair’s on the Moon” by Shannon Frost Greenstein - Make it stand out Image Credit: Anderson Rian, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4407e3cf-5405-4ff1-a76a-fe99742df27f/Greenstein_Photo.jpg Poetry - “Billy Nair’s on the Moon” by Shannon Frost Greenstein Shannon Frost Greenstein (she/her) resides in Philadelphia with her children, soulmate, and persnickety cats. She is the author of “These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things” (Poetry, Really Serious Literature, 2022), “Correspondence to Nowhere” (Nonfiction, Bone & Ink Press, 2022), and “An Oral History of One Day in Guyana” (Fiction, Sledgehammer Lit, 2022). Shannon is a former Ph.D. candidate in Continental Philosophy and a multi-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Pithead Chapel, Bending Genres, and elsewhere. Follow her at shannonfrostgreenstein.com or on Twitter at @ShannonFrostGre. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2021/11/4/two-poems-by-catherine-wright monthly 0.5 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1636153140105-50SLXQ7TSOQV8QQVF41V/unsplash-image-BDdKL1pcx64.jpg Poetry - Two Poems by Catherine Wright - Make it stand out Image Credit: Max van den Oetelaar obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/0a435dc8-9f42-444a-903c-cc233557cb8f/Wright_Photo.jpg Poetry - Two Poems by Catherine Wright Catherine Wright is currently an undergraduate student at Truman State University. She enjoys tea, sonnets, and her three adoring cats, who are named Bonnie, Clyde, and Thor. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/birth-of-venus-by-emery-ann monthly 0.5 2021-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/084fedab-5a10-4fee-8063-7723518284ce/Touchstone+Birth+of+Venus.jpg Poetry - "Birth of Venus" by Emery Ann - Make it stand out “The Birth Of Venus” by Chailey Marr. This original piece was inspired by Emery Ann’s prize-winning poem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3077916e-e613-4ac0-bfa0-eb952b8cd903/Emery_Ann_WP.jpg Poetry - "Birth of Venus" by Emery Ann Emery Ann (She/They) is a writer and theatre artist. Their most recent play, Henry and Mae Kill a Cat, was produced by Western Illinois University in the Spring of 2021. They live in Chicago with their partner and their cat, Poptart. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/ten-translations-of-bambo-balanta-by-gabrielle-oliver monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619564747805-F94ZN25A8ZI20K2RXX6P/unsplash-image-6ArTTluciuA.jpg Poetry - "ten translations of 'Bambo Balanta'" by Gabrielle Oliver Image Credit: Matt Hardy, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1617650144861-2YGBVE0C30QFJBLBNDLV/Oliver_Portrait.jpg Poetry - "ten translations of 'Bambo Balanta'" by Gabrielle Oliver Born and raised in the DC area, Gabrielle Oliver is a second year MFA Creative Writing Poetry student at the University of Kentucky. She holds bachelor’s degrees from Howard University and Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. Gabrielle was the Japan-America Society of Washington, DC’s 2018 Tanaka Green Scholarship recipient for her diachronic research on the aboriginal Ainu language of Japan. In the summer of 2019, Gabby was awarded a writing fellowship with 7x NAACP Image Award-winning poet, Nikki Giovanni. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/nanays-advice-on-becoming-a-woman-by-yvanna-vien-tica monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619661832418-CS4Y4HV7FXDDANFMT40P/unsplash-image-o87cK3P9mf4.jpg Poetry - "Nanay’s Advice on Becoming a Woman" by Yvanna Vien Tica Image Credit: Rosie Arasa, obtained and licensed by Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619661229797-6W6RVW64EHS93MOK6HW3/Yvanna+Vien+Tica_Portrait.jpeg Poetry - "Nanay’s Advice on Becoming a Woman" by Yvanna Vien Tica Yvanna Vien Tica is a hearing-impaired Filipina writer who grew up in Manila and near Chicago. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, The Kenyon Review, the 2021 Princeton Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Contest, and has appeared or is forthcoming in EX/POST Magazine, DIALOGIST, and Hobart, among others. In her spare time, she can be found enjoying nature and thanking God for another day. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/theory-of-yellow-by-julia-haney monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619656631561-PB006U9KERJJMDG81FF3/unsplash-image-IJ25m7fXqtk.jpg Poetry - "theory of yellow" by Julia Haney Image Credit: Rodion Kutsaev, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618949975496-Y5MXTQC0YJNFOG3HKNCX/Haney_Profile_Pic.jpg Poetry - "theory of yellow" by Julia Haney Julia Haney is the Digital Content Editor at a Boston startup and the Editor of Fiction & Poetry at Thalia Magazine. She loves breakfast and word games and trashy TV. Her poetry was selected by Mass Poetry to be featured on the Boston T and has appeared in Bamboo Ridge, in video poems by the painter, Morgane Richer La Flèche, and in a recent collection entitled, A Lemon Invitation. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/happy-poems-dont-exist-by-sean-cho monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619653005711-4Y0HKO6XH8J1UBI7LOUE/unsplash-image-jf7wnEKfTsQ.jpg Poetry - Two Poems by Sean Cho A. Image Credit: Oxana Lyashenko, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1616432211014-LSGDTDE9ZWWZ4SIJL3QL/Cho+A._Author_Portrait_.png Poetry - Two Poems by Sean Cho A. Sean Cho A. is the author of American Home (Autumn House 2021), winner of the Autumn House Publishing chapbook contest. His work can be future found or ignored in Copper Nickel, Pleiades, The Penn Review, The Massachusetts Review, Nashville Review, among others. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of California Irvine and the Associate Editor of THRUSH Poetry Journal. Find him @phlat_soda https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/one-playbook-by-liam-al-hindi monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619653631146-RV2ZIEYIGWZO9AYVGTZC/unsplash-image-Jhq35x1MoXo.jpg Poetry - "One Playbook" by Liam Al-Hindi Image Credit: Rueben McChristian, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619653320756-7CSUFXPJZLSPQCUIOIE4/image0.png Poetry - "One Playbook" by Liam Al-Hindi Liam Al-Hindi (he/him) is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Omaha, with a BA in English and Creative Writing. He writes in order to engage with his movement through this world as a neurodivergent and biracial Arab, and uses this lens in an attempt to grab hold of whatever can be used to escape the violence of our present circumstances. His other work can be found in UNO’s undergraduate literary journal, 13th Floor Magazine. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/soft-boiled-egg-by-ally-ang monthly 0.5 2021-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619657993655-8ONR8F7S2U0JMZ0I4QV8/unsplash-image-QaxvW3j_odM.jpg Poetry - "Soft Boiled Egg" by Ally Ang Image Credit: MARIOLA GROBELSKA, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619658170011-9YTB5SG125NS4GB2NRTH/Ang_Portrait_allybandit.jpeg Poetry - "Soft Boiled Egg" by Ally Ang Ally Ang is a gaysian poet hailing from the unceded lands of the Western Nehântick people and an MFA candidate at the University of Washington in Seattle. Their work has been published in The Journal, AAWW's The Margins, Muzzle Magazine, Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color, and elsewhere. Ally's poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Bettering American Poetry. Find them at allysonang.com or on Twitter @TheOceanIsGay. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/now-before-names-bolanos monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619754775776-U60WW3EFA2BFZO8AP6W5/unsplash-image-odxB5oIG_iA.jpg Poetry - "Now Before Names" by Maria Bolaños Image Credit: Mohamed Nohassi, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619664511412-JN9PJCOUHEAQGPRYMNOA/Bola%C3%B1os_Profile_Photo.jpg Poetry - "Now Before Names" by Maria Bolaños Maria Bolaños is a poet, book reviewer, and freelance writer. She was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States with her family when she was a young girl. She attended UC Berkeley and studied English Literature, Media Studies, and Creative Writing. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming on Marías at Sampaguitas, Chopsticks Alley Pinoy, and International Examiner, among other places. Maria currently lives on the unceded Gabrielino & Tongva land, Tovaangar, also known as Los Angeles, California. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/two-poems-by-prince-bush monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619659829577-2E7V7H9Q8QHAL27BGX8P/unsplash-image-_saCgpqUceE.jpg Poetry - Two Poems by Prince Bush Image Credit: Jonathan Kemper, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619659146995-FC979BXO5Z5GDEME06AP/Bush_Portrait.jpeg Poetry - Two Poems by Prince Bush Prince Bush was a Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets fellow, and he graduated from Fisk University as an Erastus Milo Cravath Presidential Scholar. A poet from Nashville, TN, he reads poetry for TriQuarterly. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/throwing-rocks-by-c-diaz monthly 0.5 2021-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619656250073-OK7UDIHGKDFJ8VQZLFOC/unsplash-image-2ZWoY8-b1bE.jpg Poetry - "Throwing Rocks" by C. Diaz Image Credit: Mike Newbry, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619667392125-EQ1Y213C7IF9ZSG3LMDM/received_466794424630816.jpeg Poetry - "Throwing Rocks" by C. Diaz C. Diaz (they/them) received their bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Their work delves into the unspeakable spaces between the people we are told to be and the people as whom we dream of living. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/negative-by-elisheva-fox monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618953537646-1BHLC0OIP8PR4M6Y3C3G/untitled-i.jpg Poetry - "negative." by Elisheva Fox Image Credit: “Untitled (Bacchus)” by Cy Twombly, licensed under Public Domain and obtained from WikiArt.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618953770734-BLBNMW7LX7066WP7FJNA/Trakhtenbroit_Portrait.jpg Poetry - "negative." by Elisheva Fox Elisheva Fox is a mother, lawyer, and writer. She braids her late-blooming queerness, Texan sensibilities, motherhood, and faith into poetry. Some of her other poems can be found on Instagram @elishevafox https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/after-the-raven-by-chelsea-jackson monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619656828724-XO44L4QMCXMJPKTE191T/unsplash-image-7RLyun5nlMQ.jpg Poetry - "After the raven" by Chelsea Jackson Image Credit: Ashish Thakur, obtained and licensed by Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618952211472-E5MNJON48LUI3QJ5C4PI/Jackson_Portrait.jpg Poetry - "After the raven" by Chelsea Jackson Chelsea Jackson uses her poetry to ask hard questions, interrogate inherited social narratives, and explore what it means to be human. Her work can be found in Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Passengers Journal, Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, and the Platform Review, and she was a finalist in the 2020 Driftwood Press In-House Poetry Contest. Chelsea has her MFA in Poetry from Drew University, and regularly teaches workshops. Originally from Southeastern, Virginia, she now lives in Philadelphia with her partner, grouchy cat, and cuddly pit bull. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @sea_c_j. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/the-temporary-nature-of-being-by-jessica-mehta monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619663822072-B9YVL8Q9ZOXV8FDPVNJ8/unsplash-image-YNZcOVNHv6k.jpg Poetry - "The Temporary Nature of Being" by Jessica Mehta Image Credit: Rubén Bagüés, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619663237286-SY2ZVBGLLCAJQPKGAO0L/Mehta_Portrait.jpg Poetry - "The Temporary Nature of Being" by Jessica Mehta Jessica (Tyner) Mehta is a multi-award-winning poet, interdisciplinary artist, and storyteller. As a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, space, place, and identity inform much of her work. You can learn more about Jessica, such as current books and an Emmy-winning documentary on her life from Osiyo TV, at www.thischerokeerose.com. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/visitor-by-jeddie-sophronius monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619662674185-PWTMGB2PZKJA347YBWAO/unsplash-image-IqSaG9zv2e0.jpg Poetry - "Visitor" by Jeddie Sophronius Image Credit: K. Mitch Hodge, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619662305577-PSIURWQIN48XLEF8T5SB/Jeddie_Portrait.jpg Poetry - "Visitor" by Jeddie Sophronius Jeddie Sophronius was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Virginia and the poetry editor at Meridian. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Cincinnati Review, Prairie Schooner, The Iowa Review, and elsewhere. He spends his pastime getting defeated in chess. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/11/18/orienteering-newfoundland-by-alice-haines monthly 0.5 2020-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1605739808386-OYZRMD5W5KU5UMJAA3FO/ALICE_HAINES.jpg Poetry - "Orienteering Newfoundland" by Alice Haines https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/11/9/tremolos-for-eli-by-sarah-key monthly 0.5 2020-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1604985798236-LOF97820K375LWINK2DE/Sarah+Key.jpg Poetry - “Tremolos for Eli” by Sarah Key https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/10/17/debut-prize-in-poetry-winner-plugged-by-ayaz-siddiqui monthly 0.5 2023-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1603044527481-NYTQTV92KCTWFJQI59RW/DebutPrizeWinner.png Poetry - Debut Prize in Poetry Winner: "unplugged" by Ayaz Mohammed https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/10/15/debut-prize-in-poetry-finalist-when-eve-heard-about-another-her-by-gabriella-mayer monthly 0.5 2020-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1602562053770-QR6GV9D3SJZN73J2TM8D/Gabriella%2BMayer.jpg Poetry - Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: "WHEN EVE HEARD ABOUT ANOTHER HER" by Gabriella Mayer https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/10/13/debut-prize-in-poetry-finalist-samantha-schoeche monthly 0.5 2020-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1602525170963-MSX3TW8XUB7L8BZV5OTZ/Samantha+Schoech.png Poetry - Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: "I Will Wade Out" by Samantha Schoech https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/the-debut-prize-in-poetry-finalist-a-eulogy-for-my-grandmother-by-linda-jordan monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1602400080097-H4OVKQMXOMJ1AU0SR6A9/IMG-4918.jpg Poetry - Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: “A Eulogy for My Grandmother” by Linda Jordan https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/7/1/we-disappear-in-the-silver-by-adrianna-gordey monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/6/29/to-synchronous-coriolis-i-beg-a-prayer-den-k-dryden monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/7/1/on-walking-into-the-woods-after-lights-out-at-summer-camp-by-macy-davis monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/2020/7/28/sonnet-in-infinitives-by-changming-yuan monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/any-winter-by-maia-carlson monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/before-abel-by-maia-carlson monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/i-can-only-say-it-in-writing-by-judson-easton-packard monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/honey-by-matthew-champagne monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/category/poetry monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Elisheva+Fox monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Editor%27s+Project+Series monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/nature monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/rabbits monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Spring+Issue+2021 monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/debut+prize+2021 monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/forgiveness monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Sticky+Notes+%26+Sonnets monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Spring+Issue+2023 monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/spring+2022+issue monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/birds monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Debut+Prize monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/touchstone monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/2017 monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/bloom monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Margaritaville monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/Poetry monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/campfire monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/desert monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/poems/tag/poetry monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619308163719-DFEILU09WE0Y6N9FOB3R/Screen+Shot+2021-04-24+at+6.47.32+PM.png Fiction https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2025/kirk-sprockett monthly 0.5 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1769706985679-7ND2DMQ4BZBB6EF6I9OV/unsplash-image-RMPpCjyTZr4.jpg Fiction - "Johnny 99" by Kirk Sprockett - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/a5120213-2313-4f01-b01b-4d017100d92b/sprockett+photo.JPG Fiction - "Johnny 99" by Kirk Sprockett - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2025/6/19/trash-by-dawson-veitch monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1750359240911-G6T1KYVNZXESR7BTTHID/unsplash-image-jVAnnrsj2r4.jpg Fiction - "Trash" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/0fe0d261-0111-439d-8e42-ec1ec650f930/Dawson+Photo.jpg Fiction - "Trash" by Dawson Veitch Dawson Veitch is a senior in Strategic Communications with a passion for telling stories. When not in class, he spends most of his time doing video editing or writing. When in his free time he likes to run, play D&D, sing, and cook. Dawson wants to write for television and continues to work on his own stories hoping they'll be on the big screen one day. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2025/26/4/a-life monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/02c97eaa-6562-4408-bdeb-e18c8d75f1ca/unsplash-image-WNaD3B1ET64.jpg Fiction - "A Life" by Rylan Jackson - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/cebbce57-6985-4320-b775-8c98a154c636/Rylan+Jackson+In+The+Flesh.jpg Fiction - "A Life" by Rylan Jackson Rylan Jackson is an avid lover of all things fiction. His favorite genre to write is fantasy, where he has created his own world that almost all his fiction is set in. Rylan also has an interest in filmmaking, and he has created multiple feature-length movies on his YouTube channel, Jackelus Moonfang. He is currently working toward a BA in Creative Writing at Kansas State University. @jackelusmoonfang on Instagram (mainly I use YouTube, though) https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2024/15/11/unmatched monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1731644928161-Y5U3TX0AOXH591ZJYBS8/unsplash-image-yCYVV8-kQNM.jpg Fiction - "Unmatched" by Keba Ghardt - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d9682de2-ea87-48e8-886c-ea940e399fad/IMG_0179.jpg Fiction - "Unmatched" by Keba Ghardt Keba Ghardt works for a non-profit in Washington DC, and writes short fiction, plays, and Unitarian sermons. Keba is bipolar, bisexual, and non-binary. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2024/5/1/those-final-ashes-of-war monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1714579619391-A3HER19WJS836J38H04Y/image-asset.jpeg Fiction - "Those Final Ashes of War" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e443681f-cbba-4a2e-9f39-9e6ac4a34fa0/IMG_8391.JPEG Fiction - "Those Final Ashes of War" by Aidia Kite Aidia Kite (all/any) is currently working towards their B.A. in English/Creative Writing at Kansas State University. They have a particular love for science fiction and fantasy, and you can often find them neck-deep in world-building as a result. They have two cats, named Doodle and Smudge, who both help them write and keep them from writing—Smudge particularly being known for shutting off computers midway through work! Beyond writing, Aidia loves to draw, read, and play video games, with their love of art in particular melding with their writing to form their most beloved form of literature—comics. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2024/5/22/the-brink-by-sarah-troub monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c7aa305d-37cb-4531-8b0b-4b6ff98f4c11/unsplash-image-BLZqzDZ02lI.jpg Fiction - "The Brink" by Sarah Troub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5ebe8113-781f-4676-b040-2a80a08e1243/IMG_1292.jpg Fiction - "The Brink" by Sarah Troub Sarah Troub is a senior in Art (Printmaking) and English with a minor in Spanish. She is originally from Omaha, Nebraska. When she is not involved in student organizations and creative activities, she fills her free time with a range of hobbies such as book clubs, D&D, travel and group fitness at the rec center! https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2024/3/27/moon-rain monthly 0.5 2024-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1711553363791-F9HVA2ZL7EWUI2V2SKSV/image-asset.jpeg Fiction - “Moon Rain” by Robin Chen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5b90a606-1c8f-4615-af68-395fd010a389/Renee+Chen+Headshot.jpeg Fiction - “Moon Rain” by Robin Chen Robin Chen currently teaches high school English and resides with their fiancé in Boston, Massachusetts. After a long break, they are rediscovering their love for creating art. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2023/11/4/the-fairy-hunt-by-catherine-torkelson monthly 0.5 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1699132531842-RRGY9V0GNM02FGTM75CX/image-asset.jpeg Fiction - "The Fairy Hunt" by Catherine Torkelson - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Image Licensed through Squarespace library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/beb489c3-c762-4825-8dae-8212db6f2c9f/Catherine+Torkelson.jpg Fiction - "The Fairy Hunt" by Catherine Torkelson Catherine Torkelson is a junior at K-State majoring in English and Spanish. She is from Wichita, Kansas. In addition to writing, she also loves reading, baking, taking walks, and spending quality time with loved ones. Her favorite animal is the camel, because camels are so odd and cute. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/a-silver-jaguar monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683178346028-CTHWNRY3DUQ221SDWA42/unsplash-image-AU1RwsIjuLg.jpg Fiction - "A Silver Jaguar" by Carmelinda Scian - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Verhalenhuys, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3e0514a8-cfac-47f7-8bd0-2b20d6b337cf/Carmelinda+Scian.jpg Fiction - "A Silver Jaguar" by Carmelinda Scian Carmelinda Scian won the Malahat Review Open Season’s Award, the Toronto Star (2015) and a Disquiet Scholarship (2019). She’s been published in Litro, Belletrist, UofT magazine, Prairie Fire, Accenti Magazine, the Fiddlehead, the San Antonio Review, Magnolia, the Antigonish Review, the Hong Kong Review and other literary journals. “Yellow Watch” was nominated for the 2018 Journey Prize. Her first novel, Yellow Watch, published by Mawenzi House Publishers in Toronto, will be launched on September 15, 2022. “River Crossing” has been included Best Canadian Short Stories, 2023 (Bibliosais). Forthcoming publication, “A poem for Your Birthday,” Zone 3 Literary journal. She emigrated from Portugal to Canada and lives in Toronto. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/kite monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683168740876-D35KFWLAO3K04TFFP1U0/unsplash-image-DgLiAZeeGKE.jpg Fiction - "Kite" by Robert Stone - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Joshua Cotten, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/81829ce0-da5a-414f-b35a-85f498c976bb/Robert+Stone.JPG Fiction - "Kite" by Robert Stone Robert Stone was born in Wolverhampton. He works in a press-cuttings agency in London. He has been a teacher and the foreman of a London Underground station. He has had stories in 3:AM, Stand, Panurge, The Write Launch, Confingo, Eclectica, Punt Volat, HCE, The Decadent Review, Heirlock, Lunate, Main Street Rag, Clackamas and Wraparound South. Micro-stories have been published by 5x5, Third Wednesday, The Ocotillo Review, Star 82, deathcap and Clover & White. He had a story published in the Nightjar chapbook series. A story has been included in Salt’s Best British Stories 2020 volume. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/alexandria monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683180599491-KEDBDAEIZQAXGWLMTACU/unsplash-image-4qJlXK4mYzU.jpg Fiction - "Alexandria" by Hunter Prichard - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Claudio Schwarz, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/15058850-abf9-417b-93f3-abc73c8e7f84/Hunter+Prichard.JPG Fiction - "Alexandria" by Hunter Prichard Hunter Prichard is a writer from Portland, ME. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2022/9/28/hint-fiction monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1668226045816-AB168HERRKPQACXP5JKW/unsplash-image-NMvHf5YOHrs.jpg Fiction - Hint Fiction by Three Authors - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Chris Zhang, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/74f57d58-774d-4c7f-aade-64b4e75e4373/Susanphoto2.jpg Fiction - Hint Fiction by Three Authors By day Susan M. Breall handles cases involving allegations of abuse, abandonment, or neglect of children. By night she writes short stories. Her stories appear in numerous anthologies including Impermanent Facts, The Write Launch, Running Wild Press vol.3 and vol.5 , The Raw Art Review, Aba Terra Anthology, Kairos Literary Review, Paragon Press’ Martian Chronicles, and Writer’s Dreaming, vol.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/67e293be-ca27-42eb-82f1-2250ad9165bd/IMG-0034.jpg Fiction - Hint Fiction by Three Authors Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoebe mostly writes short fiction, which has been published or is forthcoming in Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine, Fiction Attic, Flash Fiction Magazine, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/33acaa65-7540-4364-b17e-94b8adad6a56/Adam_Conner.jpg Fiction - Hint Fiction by Three Authors Adam Conner currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughter. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/frog-pond-by-casey-jones monthly 0.5 2022-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651206721356-600ZCTD1RU4EP9DR7I82/unsplash-image-1jYfslrEZiQ.jpg Fiction - "Frog Pond" by Casey Jones - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Donald Giannatti, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/cfee5f33-a196-4d2a-946e-33e7a7709871/Jones+-+photo.jpg Fiction - "Frog Pond" by Casey Jones Casey DW Jones grew up on the high-desert plains of Southwest Kansas. He studied literature at the University of Kansas and holds an MFA from Hamline University, where he served as an associate fiction editor for the Water~Stone Review. Casey was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize in fiction, and his short stories have appeared in Stoneboat Literary Journal, New Limestone Review, Peatsmoke Literary Journal, Sundog Lit, and Roanoke Review. A creative copywriter by trade, he resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/horse-graves-by-zachary-slingsby monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651352831622-DCWU8JD79LELCATHBUPI/unsplash-image-ykioooPo2qk.jpg Fiction - "Horse Graves" by Zachary Slingsby - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Philippe Oursel, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/00ef8ad2-3013-4cea-81bd-1b95a2a55afb/Slingsby+-+Headshot1B%26W.jpg Fiction - "Horse Graves" by Zachary Slingsby Zachary Slingsby is a literary writer and filmmaker. His fiction has appeared in several publications including JuxtaProse, Glimmertrain, Into the Void, Brooklyn Rail and more. He is also the founder of Human Factor Media, an award-winning creative production company based in New York and Nashville, where he lives with his wife and countless daughters. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/green-light-go monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651198335233-U2AZ9OSFGKO09Z5K0PSN/unsplash-image-bEXy1YQNIII.jpg Fiction - "Green Light Go" by SH Ong - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Jason Chen, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c897d3ef-4429-4788-b646-88ed2f1b50c3/Ong+-+Photo+.jpg Fiction - "Green Light Go" by SH Ong SH Ong is a new writer from Singapore and based in London. Her work can be found in The Manchester Review, Oyster River Pages and Cathexis Northwest Press. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/city-on-water-by-l-vocem monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3d96f689-dfeb-49d2-8d74-3d85a593d6c5/unsplash-image-MXoncUFOy9c.jpg Fiction - "City on Water" by L. Vocem - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Arnold Dogelis, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3e3df1f8-4723-48a1-b6e5-3f8b642aa68e/Vocem+-+Photo.jpg Fiction - "City on Water" by L. Vocem L. Vocem has recently been published in Tulane Review, riverSedge Journal, and Carve Magazine. His work was awarded the Editor’s Choice Award in the 2020 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, first finalist in the 2018 Ernest Hemingway Prize for fiction, and made the shortlist for London Magazine’s 2018 Short Story Prize. Read more at lvocem.com. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/new-old-car-by-helen-longstreth monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651101804509-CSHZJE11F5L92NYB2O82/unsplash-image-TE7L32bF6o0.jpg Fiction - "New Old Car" by Helen Longstreth - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Max Simonov, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/ebf233d0-087b-4b82-9009-24db23397b9f/Longstreth+-+Photo.jpg Fiction - "New Old Car" by Helen Longstreth Helen Longstreth is a writer based between the US and the UK. She completed an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths where she was awarded runner-up for the 2019 Pat Kavanagh award. She also received Highly Commended in Spread the Word’s 2019 Life Writing Award and was long listed for the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award in 2020. She is currently working on a novel. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/refugees-by-anisha-bhaduri monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651114731549-V6OO7KJ0LOL5ZYFG3AHZ/unsplash-image-xgt5DPiDKfY.jpg Fiction - "The Refugees" by Anisha Bhaduri - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Ishant Mishra, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/720783d4-e1b3-4744-a344-8ac5edde2550/Bhaduri_portrait.jpg Fiction - "The Refugees" by Anisha Bhaduri An award-winning Indian journalist based in Hong Kong, Anisha Bhaduri’s debut crime novella, Murders in Kolkata 26, was published by Juggernaut Books in 2020. In 2012, her first published work of fiction featured in the Random House title “She Writes: A collection of Short Stories.” The first Indian woman journalist to become a Konrad Adenauer Fellow, her fiction was longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2018. She won the first prize in a national literary contest organized by the British Council in India in 2009. Anisha aspires not to be “a journalist who wrote fiction along some margin of spare time.” https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2021/12/2/children-of-sons-by-cameron-green monthly 0.5 2022-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1638821311588-NFJ4I2C8W1XL7K61TKBP/unsplash-image-rAtADOlvcos.jpg Fiction - "Children of Sons" By Cameron Green - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Patrick Perkins, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/215a3f4c-0c56-477a-81fe-a5450c407f22/AuthorPic2.jpg Fiction - "Children of Sons" By Cameron Green Cameron Green is a 27 year old writer based out of Appalachia. His work has appeared in publications such as Into the Void, The Anthology of Appalachian Writers Volume XII, Expressions Magazine, WILDNESS Journal, and more. He also received the Bill Hallberg Award in Creative Writing. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2021/12/2/set-the-bed-on-fire-by-andrea-chesman monthly 0.5 2022-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1638587321709-AGK2PK7WP2H3SYLHK4KB/unsplash-image-Igct8iZucFI.jpg Fiction - "Set the Bed on Fire" by Andrea Chesman - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Joshua Newton, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/716b5dbf-1747-46ae-9bac-7be1f8aa7717/AC5.jpg Fiction - "Set the Bed on Fire" by Andrea Chesman Andrea Chesman is the author of more than twenty cookbooks, mostly focusing on preparing food from the garden and homestead. Her fiction has appeared online in Green Mountains Review, The Bangalore Review, Fresh Ink, Blue Lake Review, Montana Mouthful, and Sad Girls Club among others and in print in the anthology Twisted, published by Medusa's Laugh Press, which nominated her short story for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in an old farmhouse in Vermont, where Robert Frost used to take his meals when he lived in the cottage across the street. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/hollow-by-arianna-tucker monthly 0.5 2021-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8dd968e6-5ce5-4ae5-bdd0-ab476512a7de/Touchstone+Hollow.jpg Fiction - "Hollow" by Ariana Tucker - Make it stand out “Hollow” by Chailey Marr. This original piece was inspired by Ariana Tucker’s prize-winning short story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8f007a20-bd34-4820-9b2b-1a2902415778/Touchstone+Hollow.jpg Fiction - "Hollow" by Ariana Tucker “You never realize how soft a man is until a bullet’s tearing through his chest.“ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c2d8ddc3-4cfd-4f95-8830-b05c82a0c1b2/Touchstone+Hollow.jpg Fiction - "Hollow" by Ariana Tucker “You playing, little Man?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/b9409b0b-23cf-491c-be27-45293009238a/Touchstone+Hollow.jpg Fiction - "Hollow" by Ariana Tucker “He’s gone. We’re not. I guess that says something about both of us.”" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/95972838-77b7-4fb0-9e97-d819e31b34e2/Ariana_Headshot.jpg Fiction - "Hollow" by Ariana Tucker Ariana Tucker is a teacher by day and a fiction writer by night. She is currently a student in the M.A. in Writing program at Rowan University where she also serves as a fiction editor for Glassworks Magazine. She writes short fiction that seeks to give a voice to those who are unsure of who they are. "Hollow" is her first published work and she is currently working on a collection of short fiction. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/the-stool-the-fetish-and-i-by-prophet-dauda monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619548386955-RB1279JGW0YILHH6ZLP0/unsplash-image-BNcqy1H0BAs.jpg Fiction - "The Stool, the Fetish and I" by Prophet Dauda Photo Credit: Ning Shi, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619385183085-2EI3I4O7JTTDJATHV5E8/Dauda_Portrait.jpg Fiction - "The Stool, the Fetish and I" by Prophet Dauda Prophet Dauda was born in 1994 in Zomba, Malawi. He studied History and English Literature at University of Livingstonia. In college he was part of the university writer’s forum. In 2017, he self-published a memoir A Life In the Life of an Orphan recollecting childhood experience in an orphanage founded by American missionaries in his hometown. He currently teaches and run a book club at a mission school, Henry Henderson Institute Mission Secondary School. “The Stool, The Fetish and I” was inspired by a childhood incident in his home where his mother was very superstitious. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/the-bracelet-by-laura-maffei monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619539886405-76YUTWM6WFY90Z61FETJ/unsplash-image-sG1jyUAUX_s.jpg Fiction - "The Bracelet" by Laura Maffei Photo Credit: Sabina, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619541832581-XEBHHJB2CX0VQQBJQZ63/Maffei_Portrait.JPG Fiction - "The Bracelet" by Laura Maffei Laura Maffei is the author of the poetry collection drops from her umbrella and was the founding editor of American Tanka. Her most recent stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The Maine Review, La Piccioletta Barca, The Halcyone, Sangam Literary Magazine, and Evening Street Review. Born in Brooklyn and raised on Staten Island, she studied creative writing at Binghamton University and received her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/toilet-paper-by-booi-carlyn monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619543636302-E3GJ1H0A6NS7OG02SBDC/unsplash-image-MSNRLRuI3ZI.jpg Fiction - "Toilet Paper" by Booi Carlyn Photo Credit: Max Michatz, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619542919496-3FOL58U1CIOQPLTH1HO3/Booi%2BCarlyn_portrait.jpg Fiction - "Toilet Paper" by Booi Carlyn Booi Carlyn is a graduate student in the MA Creative Writing program at Sheffield Hallam University. Originally from the muddy confluence of cultures that is Kuala Lumpur, she hopes to harness the chaotic energy of her wonderfully frustrating city to generate stories. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/servant-of-death-by-john-otroyin monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619550329271-J56A49FU99Z0CCWVP3CP/unsplash-image-1PtM6b85sdw.jpg Fiction - "Servant of Death" by John Otroyin Photo Credit: Ahmed Adly, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619546677766-Z1LZAXLV3MENF7UG4MQC/IMG_7512.jpeg Fiction - "Servant of Death" by John Otroyin John Otroyin is a Nigerian Baritone and Writer. He is passionate about Opera and adores Jessye Norman. He is a finalist for Black Pheonix Inc and NHCP short story competitions. His works are published in African Writers Magazine, Touchstone, Praxis Magazine, Agbowó, AfroAnthologySeries, Kalahari Review, Light Post, and elsewhere. He holds a certificate of Creative writing from Wesleyan university, Connecticut (MOOC). He is an alumnus of Ake and Short Story Day Africa writing workshops. John is a freelance writer for Music Estate and Lets Write Inc. He writes from Lagos on johnpens.wordpress.com, and lives online @john_otroyin. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/halfway-house-by-zachery-morris monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619545680632-3E3FXOKIQ6QMA6Q4ZXL5/unsplash-image-yuhjpNvG9u0.jpg Fiction - "Halfway House" by Zachery Morris Photo Credit: Daryan Shamkhali, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619387580765-1ZZ9YTRMWQQK0RZN5EWG/Morris_Portrait.JPG Fiction - "Halfway House" by Zachery Morris Zachery Morris lives in Brooklyn, where he works as a human rights lawyer and in his spare time writes short stories about food, ambivalence, and displacement. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2020/12/6/debut-prize-in-fiction-winner-una-cosa-incognoscible monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1607312845143-38Z1DBQOI6QYBF7WC4I4/Broadside+by+Mawi+Sonna.jpeg Fiction - Debut Prize in Fiction Winner: "Una cosa incognoscible" by Cory Austin Knudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1607313413130-RERBB7OCFF34E8DXWXWZ/CAK_AuthorPhoto.jpg Fiction - Debut Prize in Fiction Winner: "Una cosa incognoscible" by Cory Austin Knudson https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/2019/3/16/stay-by-brenna-leahy monthly 0.5 2020-07-28 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/best-laid-plans-by-megan-zeman monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/company-by-whitney-horn monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/loneliness-by-brenna-leahy monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/oblicion-by-anna-meyer monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/my-brother-painted-eggs-by-judson-easton-packard monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/category/fiction monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/spring+issue+2023 monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/fiction monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Spring+Issue+2021 monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Spring+2022+Issue monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Carmelinda+Scian monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/spring+2023+issue monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Thanksgiving monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/touchstone monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Robert+Stone monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/religion monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/relationships monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/2017 monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Spring+2021+Issue monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Hunter+Prichard monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/archaeology monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/Debut+Prize+in+Fiction monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/fiction/tag/kite monthly 0.5 https://www.touchstonekstate.org/interviews daily 0.75 2020-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619308207783-C9VSJF8SLH21DP4IAMCC/Screen+Shot+2021-04-24+at+6.47.32+PM.png Interviews https://www.touchstonekstate.org/interviews/2020/12/20/minadora-macheret monthly 0.5 2020-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1608511863008-I2P64GV9DAZJCF58AOEA/Minadora.jpeg Interviews - Interview with Minadora Macheret by Mary Cook - Minadora Macheret is a Ph.D. student in Poetry and Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas. She received the James Merrill Poetry Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has appeared in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Rogue Agent, Connotation Press, and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook, Love Me, Anyway (Porkbelly Press). 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Since she was a child, she has had a passion and desire to draw stories of her own, and because of the influence of Japanese cartoons and comics (also known as Anime and Manga), her style is more of a mix between cartoon-like and realistic. Dan Nguyen also enjoys designing her own characters, and this painting is a portrait of one of them. Dan Nguyen plans to go to graduate school and become a teacher so that she can help others pursue their passion for art. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/2025/matthew-mccain monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d37b87da-619d-4b92-95be-200ce8ee6bc4/midnight_blooms.jpg Art - "Midnight Flowers" by Matthew McCain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e2be166d-519d-4201-8088-44d9c2443644/art_photo_new.jpg Art - "Midnight Flowers" by Matthew McCain Matthew McCain is an author and fine artist with 3 of his novels reaching the top #10 on Amazon Kindle Unlimited. His fine art paintings can be found all around the world from London to Las Vegas with Bar Rescue’s Jon Tafer and Alice Cooper’s Teen Youth Rock Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He’s currently represented by the Bilotta Gallery in Florida. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/2024/15/11/sidney-knipe-z84en monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/0efcb631-4b1c-44e6-a18d-0e8b52263ab2/DA52DBF5-C165-47AA-A63F-6DC7CA95CF3A.jpeg Art - “Not Quite Native” by Sidney Knipe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3a901857-6cb9-4959-bf50-e3b98056c8f0/B7E5EF73-2F6E-497F-97A8-61ACF40E02E1.jpeg Art - “Not Quite Native” by Sidney Knipe Sidney Knipe is a current Oklahoma high-school senior enrolled in both AP Art and a Duel Enrollment Foundations of Design class. She is a long term artist and plans to pursue more art related education in college. She has many hobbies, among those cross country running, color guard, reading and, obviously, art. She enjoys art due to its relaxing nature and its ability to allow for self expression. She has a current artistic focus on relationships between humanity and nature. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/2024/15/11/derek-hamilton monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f9b29146-95ae-4e17-8c08-9ce691de87f1/Hamilton+art+piece.jpg Art - “Arctic Reprieve” by Derek Hamilton - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/eb0e461a-b38e-4647-afc9-c109163aeb0c/20241115_120106.jpg Art - “Arctic Reprieve” by Derek Hamilton For Derek Hamilton, art has always been a great form of self expression. It never ceases to amaze him just how much art can carry endless potential through all manners of mediums. It can be made with love, sadness, hope, fear, anger, and all sorts of emotions but it's almost always made with intention. He thinks that part is beautiful. When something picks the brain so much it needs to exist in the eyes of it's creator. When potential can be actualized and admired for others to see and inspire in doing so. That is the true beauty in art. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/2024/15/11/sidney-knipe monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/64d91b06-a6b1-45e3-89c4-4fd963524fb0/Oct_8_Doc_2.jpeg Art - “Changed by Fire” by Sidney Knipe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3a901857-6cb9-4959-bf50-e3b98056c8f0/B7E5EF73-2F6E-497F-97A8-61ACF40E02E1.jpeg Art - “Changed by Fire” by Sidney Knipe Sidney Knipe is an 18 year old high school senior living in Glenpool, Oklahoma. She has many hobbies, among those cross country running, colorguard, reading and, obviously, art. She enjoys art due to its relaxing nature and its ability to allow for self expression. She is currently an AP Art student with a current focus on relationships between humanity and nature. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/2024/3/6/0001-by-sarah-troub monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3217fa90-4b65-4305-a6fd-bda87b49d7e9/Rorschach_Troub+%5BSarah%2C+0001%5D.jpg Art - "0001" by Sarah Troub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d0535e0e-fe5b-45c3-81f0-9424008de92d/Sarah+Troub.jpg Art - "0001" by Sarah Troub Sarah Troub is a senior in Art (Printmaking) and English with a minor in Spanish. She is originally from Omaha, Nebraska. When she is not involved in student organizations and creative activities, she fills her free time with a range of hobbies such as book clubs, D&D, travel and group fitness at the rec center! https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/2023/11/1/not-alone-by-ithacan monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/449f339f-774f-4bf9-b4c2-83fe3e887c62/NotAlone%2C+ithacan%2C+uncanny%2C+Jpg.jpg Art - "Not Alone" by ithacan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1698951813526-161ULS8OUOW6JXFB68OS/image-asset.jpeg Art - "Not Alone" by ithacan - ithacan Born in an island archipelago, ithacan now resides somewhere north of El Paso. ithacan's published work includes visual poetry and prose, most recently in Poemeleon and Sugar House Review. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/era-of-the-end monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c5f5e8e8-8847-4f5a-a531-25ea8b7a3d8d/Era_of_the_End.jpg Art - "Era of the End" by Ronald Walker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/45483abc-ba30-4f51-85bb-727691ecb1f3/Ron_copy.jpg Art - "Era of the End" by Ronald Walker Mr. Walker is an artist living in the Sacramento area. He works in a style he calls "Suburban Primitive". This style combines his interest in the origins and functions of art along with life in the suburbs. He says that "The draw of art lies not in the depiction of physical reality but rather the representation of my emotional, psychological, and intellectual reactions to the environment in which I live. In general painting for me is visual thinking. It is a way of making sense, finding connections, and organizing the seemingly incongruent thoughts that bounce around within my head. Ultimately I hold the belief that all things, within our existence, are somehow tied together and my task, as an artist, is to find and explore these ties." https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/blue-teaser-turkey monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/cf969c25-7d68-4c71-9a32-5fdb1df2516a/Final_Blue_Teaser_Turkey.jpg Art - "Blue Teaser Turkey" by Roger Camp - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/ee31e9e9-75b1-416d-a6ab-52287ce84422/Roger_Camp_-_bio_photo.jpg Art - "Blue Teaser Turkey" by Roger Camp Roger Camp is the author of three photography books including the award winning Butterflies in Flight, Thames & Hudson, 2002 and Heat, Charta, Milano, 2008. His work has appeared in numerous journals including The New England Review, Pank and the New York Quarterly. His documentary photography has been awarded Europe's prestigious Leica Medal of Excellence. Represented by the Robin Rice Gallery, NYC, more of his work may be seen on Luminous-Lint.com. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/new-mexico-storm monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c2de54a5-0117-43e0-84b1-cbe312d87164/LawrenceBridges_NEW_MEXICO_STORM.jpg Art - "New Mexico Storm" by Lawrence Bridges - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e53fa4c2-d834-45d9-a8b1-16c392242c54/LawrenceBridges.jpg Art - "New Mexico Storm" by Lawrence Bridges Lawrence Bridges' photographs have recently appeared in the Las Laguna Art Gallery 2020, Humana Obscura, Wanderlust a Travel Journal, the London Photo Festival, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, and the ENSO Art Gallery in Malibu, California. He created a series of literary documentaries for the National Endowment for the Arts “Big Read” initiative, which includes profiles of Ray Bradbury, Amy Tan, Tobias Wolff, and Cynthia Ozick. He lives in Los Angeles. You can find him on IG: @larrybridges https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/mixed-media-gj-gillespie monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/224febba-9ba8-4ed0-b3fd-e01c0cf717e2/Resurrection+3+%28black+and+white%29+.jpg Art - Two Mixed Media Collages by GJ Gillespie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/30993e69-3065-4d8f-9925-c22bc92f174e/Stand+by+Me+-+Mixed+media+collage++-GJ+Gillespie+2018.+.jpg Art - Two Mixed Media Collages by GJ Gillespie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4cfc6f82-36d5-4e68-b291-60a0772f791c/Gary_Gillespie._Will_You_Still_Need_Me_Self_Portrait_copy.jpg Art - Two Mixed Media Collages by GJ Gillespie GJ Gillespie is a collage artist living in a 1928 Tudor Revival farmhouse overlooking Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island (north of Seattle). Winner of 20 awards, his art has appeared in 57 shows and numerous publications. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/through-objects-4 monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/ccd3152b-6bf6-485b-8f5d-629815a3b7bb/throughobjects4.JPG Art - "Through Objects #4" by Alaura Garcia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c607b026-7593-43a8-952e-ea573159eec3/Alaura+Garcia.jpeg Art - "Through Objects #4" by Alaura Garcia Alaura Garcia is a documentary photographer and fine artist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work portrays themes of community, womanhood, and youth. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/the-moment-we-seek-love monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5f729d92-269b-4c63-b08d-cf9fcb65d4fb/Final_The_moment_we_seek_love.jpg Art - "The Moment We Seek Love" by Dominique Elliott - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c108e4d3-234c-4683-b06c-c8117b650d56/Dominique_Elliott.jpg Art - "The Moment We Seek Love" by Dominique Elliott Dominique Elliott is a multimedia artist and professor. She holds an M.F.A in visual design from UMass, Dartmouth and is a grant recipient from the Georgia Council for the Arts, and the National Association of Television Program Executives. Much of her work is concerned with various facets of memory and nostalgia. She applies the same ethos to poetry, experimental film, documentary film, painting, mixed media, photography and motion graphics. She lives on a plant farm in Georgia with her husband and their four cats https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/2023/1/25/coming-of-night monthly 0.5 2023-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/a03af4d1-4226-4399-8277-2d3ecfc66f69/Coming_of_Night+%281%29.jpg Art - "Coming of Night" by Nam Hoang Tran - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/b5612e21-56b5-49a7-9a3f-b5d13f933780/Nam_Tran.jpg Art - "Coming of Night" by Nam Hoang Tran Nam Hoang Tran is a writer and photographer based in Orlando, FL. His work appears or is forthcoming in The Daily Drunk, Bending Genres, Rejection Letters, New Delta Review, Diode, and elsewhere. Find him online at www.namhtran.com. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/ballroom-by-jerome-berglund monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651528600603-29J4DOXU2PMM9SR1RGOB/Berglund_Ballroom.jpg Art - "Ballroom" by Jerome Berglund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/63d9912e-47fa-45f2-990f-8ed4b89eae07/Berglund_portrait.jpeg Art - "Ballroom" by Jerome Berglund Jerome Berglund graduated from the cinema-television production program at the University of Southern California, and has spent much of his career working in television and photography. His work has been featured prominently in many journals, including gracing the cover of pacificREVIEW. He staged an exhibition in the Twin Cities area which included a residency of several months at a local community center. A selection of his black and white fine art photographs was showcased at the Pause Gallery in New York, and his fashion photography is currently on display at the BG Gallery in Santa Monica. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/night-forest-by-irwin-freeman monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651541052602-LFLGCJYDD8PPT4DXXV8C/Freeman_Night_Forest.jpeg Art - "Night Forest" by Irwin Freeman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4c39d8e5-c63c-4323-b6b8-3b999832cc0c/Freeman_Portrait.jpeg Art - "Night Forest" by Irwin Freeman Irwin Freeman is a Philadelphia artist whose appreciation of painting’s multivalences is whet by reading Mann, Stein, and Gardner. His sculptures have been exhibited in museums in Arizona, Montana, Delaware, and Mississippi. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/the-illusion-of-control-by-diamante-lavendar monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651539458595-2C7XZPT8UGDQBX58OQIU/Lavendar_TheIllusionOfControl.jpg Art - "The Illusion of Control" by Diamante Lavendar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7a2e433e-afc2-4695-910c-d8a1f6a8c099/Lavendar_artist_author_portrait.jpg Art - "The Illusion of Control" by Diamante Lavendar Diamante Lavendar lives in the Midwest US. She enjoys using art as a medium to explore the issues of life with a strong emphasis on spirituality. Most of her work is mixed media digital art which includes some or all of the following: photography, fractals, drawing, painting, and digital art. Diamante’s art can be viewed on her website at www.diamante-lavendar.pixels.com. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/two-photographs-by-lawrence-bridges monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651538288425-UB4TRKL6BSDKI0POJ4P8/Bridges_CABILLO+IN+CABO.jpg Art - Two Photographs by Lawrence Bridges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651538323918-D2NJATICCH6FUCSENYIM/Bridges_MORNING+COFFEE+ON+HAIGHT+STREET.jpg Art - Two Photographs by Lawrence Bridges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d09499a6-aeb7-4155-933e-b239a7e8c91d/Bridges_Portrait.JPG Art - Two Photographs by Lawrence Bridges Lawrence Bridges is best known for work in the film and literary world. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Tampa Review. He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums, Flip Days, and Brownwood. As a filmmaker, he created a series of literary documentaries for the NEA’s “Big Read” initiative, which include profiles of Ray Bradbury, Amy Tan, Tobias Wolff, and Cynthia Ozick. His photographs have appeared in the Las Laguna Art Gallery 2020, Humana Obscura, Wanderlust a Travel Journal, the London Photo Festival, and displayed in the ENSO Art Gallery, Malibu, California. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/god-loves-the-highway-by-jake-riedel monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651540448087-ZORUYSXELWLTO9QKJFB2/Riedel_God+Loves+The+Highway.png Art - "God Loves the Highway" by Jake Riedel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/ef3aa84d-01d6-4df9-9e54-9b576bda1ddd/Riedel_Artist_Photo.jpg Art - "God Loves the Highway" by Jake Riedel Jake Riedel (he/him) is a student at Kansas State University. Originally hailing from Overland Park Kansas, Jake is pursuing his bachelor’s degree in fine arts. In addition to painting, Jake works heavily with typography and his degree concentration in graphic design reflects this. When he is not painting, drawing, designing, or sleeping, Jake enjoys watching foreign films with a particular interest in 1970s European horror. He listens to music, reads, and spends time with his girlfriend and their two rats Randall and Walnut. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/two-paintings-by-adam-shea-lancaster monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618703946296-TAFYU0828J3F0K8JNS4D/penelope_300.jpg Art - Two Paintings by Adam Shea Lancaster - Penelope Acrylic on Canvas 34x46 11/1/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618883961529-L2BVVQ2VOSZ190IYDVXA/Lancaster_andromeda_300.jpg Art - Two Paintings by Adam Shea Lancaster - Andromeda Acrylic on Canvas 24x24 1/4/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1618703867402-Q00SDGQADCLSICXDQ0UV/adam_fullimage_noise.jpg Art - Two Paintings by Adam Shea Lancaster Adam Shea Lancaster is an artist from Dallas, Texas. He creates representational paintings in a style he’s called “Neo-Romanti-Classical”—a contemporary take on draped figures in traditional poses. His themes explore Western culture’s mythical beauty, asking the important question: Is beauty mythical in the sense that myth is an “untrue story” or a “storied truth.” Lancaster prides himself on creating fine art with humble craft paint from hobby shops on drop cloths from hardware stores. He’s made it his mission to present painting as accessible to everyone—beginning with the art students he teaches when not in his studio. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/when-the-universe-enfolds-quadriptypch-by-melissa-wang monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619665317703-HGN5QZ8ZRSGTYQBJW6M0/%231.png Art - "When The Universe Enfolds (quadriptypch)" by Melissa Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619665336583-H2BSXB9YTQKLGPUVQ9JJ/%233.png Art - "When The Universe Enfolds (quadriptypch)" by Melissa Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619663601401-UKEZ9GEAG86FX7M6WTOP/Melissa+Wang.jpg Art - "When The Universe Enfolds (quadriptypch)" by Melissa Wang Melissa Wang is a self-taught artist. She researched science-fiction literature as a PhD candidate at UC Davis, California, before segueing into tech. In late 2019, she began full-time art-making as a means of inspiring social and ecological liberation. Since then, she has exhibited nationally at Woman Made Gallery, Kala Art Institute and the de Young Museum with a solo exhibition at Root Division (Frank-Ratchye space). Her work can be found in corporate collections, including Facebook in Menlo Park, CA. She is an artist resident at Root Division in San Francisco, CA. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/facing-it-together-series-by-jack-bordnick monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619661150090-IIQ4YF05Z7WOUAO5AW6K/Jack+Bordnick.jpg Art - "Facing It Together Series" by Jack Bordnick - Facing It Together Series 8 x 10 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619661054706-S6UT5XMN5USWTE3WJYK3/Jack+B.jpg Art - "Facing It Together Series" by Jack Bordnick Jack Bordnick’s interest are to create artistic, meaningful works of art that can be enjoyed by all peoples and cultures. Being a designer and sculptor has allowed him to share his professional experiences in a beneficial way for both business and community projects of this nature. He has been a successful designer and has over twenty years experience in design, fabrication and installation of numerous and diverse projects of this nature. Bordnick is an Industrial designer/Sculptor and a graduate of Pratt Institute in New York, where he has had his own professional design business and been a design director for numerous companies and local government projects. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/circuitous-path-by-k-johnson-bowles monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619070752989-I226BN30WG9B7HW28BFY/Circuitous_Path+%282%29.jpg Art - "Circuitous Path" by K. Johnson Bowles Circuitous Path MIXED MEDIA ASSEMBLAGE 18 X 18 X 2 INCHES 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619070850728-7VPFX13WC4T9WU7V3NUT/Johnson+Bowles.jpg Art - "Circuitous Path" by K. Johnson Bowles K. Johnson Bowles has been featured in 80+ exhibitions and 60+ publications. She is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA, Houston Center for Photography, the Visual Studies Workshop, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She received her MFA from Ohio University and BFA from Boston University. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/she-wears-diamonds-on-her-shoes-by-lawrence-bridges monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619659935994-FJKKMV93Y3T2WB1SSSFB/___Touchstone_Literary_Magazine_LawrenceBridges_SHE_WEARS_DIAMONDS_ON_THE_SOLES_OF_HER_SHOES_IMG_5954.jpg Art - "She Wears Diamonds on Her Shoes" by Lawrence Bridges - She Wears Diamonds on Her Shoes Photograph 9-6-2020 1023 × 1023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619071236217-X4V6HL2Z9A3JK2TNVOFT/Lawrence%2BBridges%2Bheadshot%2BMarch%2B2021.jpeg Art - "She Wears Diamonds on Her Shoes" by Lawrence Bridges Lawrence Bridges is best known for work in the film and literary world. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Tampa Review. He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums, Flip Days, and Brownwood. As a filmmaker, he created a series of literary documentaries for the NEA’s “Big Read” initiative, which include profiles of Ray Bradbury, Amy Tan, Tobias Wolff, and Cynthia Ozick. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/artwork/selected-art-from-past-issues monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619731363168-B1GAPEWOUTKKZYNGDA67/014.png Art - Selected Artworks from Past Issues - Fred Gonzalez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619731339206-5VHENN2YVUR2D259WTTS/016.png Art - Selected Artworks from Past Issues - Wayne Wilson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619731327305-RF1Q9UQWMVZMMX3DD45X/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-07-09%2Bat%2B1.00.12%2BPM.png Art - Selected Artworks from Past Issues - "Marty" by Madeline Smith Watercolor 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619731344505-QNSX5UO1O7STBJ4T64VL/Texture%2BBall.png Art - Selected Artworks from Past Issues - 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2025 Poetry Winner: "Letter to Ma" by Lillianna Lamagna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/81ffb11d-76f6-4529-9e1c-09cbf74c3c21/F05952B8-D37D-4EB8-AE4E-042064622DFA.JPG K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2025 Poetry Winner: "Letter to Ma" by Lillianna Lamagna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/2025/6/19/trash-by-dawson-veitch-xtrsk monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1750359240911-G6T1KYVNZXESR7BTTHID/unsplash-image-jVAnnrsj2r4.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2025 Fiction Winner: "Trash" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/0fe0d261-0111-439d-8e42-ec1ec650f930/Dawson+Photo.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2025 Fiction Winner: "Trash" by Dawson Veitch Dawson Veitch is a senior in Strategic Communications with a passion for telling stories. When not in class, he spends most of his time doing video editing or writing. When in his free time he likes to run, play D&D, sing, and cook. Dawson wants to write for television and continues to work on his own stories hoping they'll be on the big screen one day. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/2024/3/6/0001-by-sarah-troub-jnh3g monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3217fa90-4b65-4305-a6fd-bda87b49d7e9/Rorschach_Troub+%5BSarah%2C+0001%5D.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Art Winner: "0001" by Sarah Troub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d0535e0e-fe5b-45c3-81f0-9424008de92d/Sarah+Troub.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Art Winner: "0001" by Sarah Troub Sarah Troub is a senior in Art (Printmaking) and English with a minor in Spanish. She is originally from Omaha, Nebraska. When she is not involved in student organizations and creative activities, she fills her free time with a range of hobbies such as book clubs, D&D, travel and group fitness at the rec center! https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/2024/5/1/those-final-ashes-of-war-86tjw monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1714579619391-A3HER19WJS836J38H04Y/image-asset.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Fiction Winner: "Those Final Ashes of War" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e443681f-cbba-4a2e-9f39-9e6ac4a34fa0/IMG_8391.JPEG K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Fiction Winner: "Those Final Ashes of War" by Aidia Kite Aidia Kite (all/any) is currently working towards their B.A. in English/Creative Writing at Kansas State University. They have a particular love for science fiction and fantasy, and you can often find them neck-deep in world-building as a result. They have two cats, named Doodle and Smudge, who both help them write and keep them from writing—Smudge particularly being known for shutting off computers midway through work! Beyond writing, Aidia loves to draw, read, and play video games, with their love of art in particular melding with their writing to form their most beloved form of literature—comics. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/2024/5/22/the-brink-by-sarah-troub-he6nf monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c7aa305d-37cb-4531-8b0b-4b6ff98f4c11/unsplash-image-BLZqzDZ02lI.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Fiction Runner-Up: "The Brink" by Sarah Troub - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5ebe8113-781f-4676-b040-2a80a08e1243/IMG_1292.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Fiction Runner-Up: "The Brink" by Sarah Troub Sarah Troub is a senior in Art (Printmaking) and English with a minor in Spanish. She is originally from Omaha, Nebraska. When she is not involved in student organizations and creative activities, she fills her free time with a range of hobbies such as book clubs, D&D, travel and group fitness at the rec center! https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/2024/5/24/confine-by-aidia-kite-t2d8f monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1716540493737-HIPK1HK9J9GRMV56JS4U/image-asset.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Poetry Winner: "Confine" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/88719f77-a6c5-4623-9da0-f3be5e30aa2e/Confine+1.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Poetry Winner: "Confine" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/281d7f50-307d-42c8-be73-9bc6e49ea771/Confine+2.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Poetry Winner: "Confine" by Aidia Kite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e443681f-cbba-4a2e-9f39-9e6ac4a34fa0/IMG_8391.JPEG K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Poetry Winner: "Confine" by Aidia Kite Aidia Kite (all/any) is currently working towards their B.A. in English/Creative Writing at Kansas State University. They have a particular love for science fiction and fantasy, and you can often find them neck-deep in world-building as a result. They have two cats, named Doodle and Smudge, who both help them write and keep them from writing—Smudge particularly being known for shutting off computers midway through work! Beyond writing, Aidia loves to draw, read, and play video games, with their love of art in particular melding with their writing to form their most beloved form of literature—comics. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/2024/5/24/no-contact-but-i-wanted-it-first-by-jennifer-allen-nnj54 monthly 0.5 2024-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1723760079306-WZ2PF574WC0CW4KZ3JZT/unsplash-image-T9THJMIIMPM.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Poetry Runner-Up: "no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7a0e8586-2921-4bcb-9dbb-1f381900bf27/jennallenlongbeach+%281%29.JPG K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Poetry Runner-Up: "no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen Jennifer Allen is starting her senior year at Kansas State University this Fall. While she rarely shares her work, she finds satisfaction in expressing complex emotions through poems, short stories, and songs. Singing is one of her favorite artistic outlets and she loves attending concerts. A Southern California native, she feels at home on the beach and most alive when traveling and exploring new cities. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/2024/8/11/2024-creative-nonfiction-winner-killed-in-action-by-dawson-veitch monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1723408170385-VLMHLX1MLHNTV62JJ7Y6/unsplash-image-RaUUoAnVgcA.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Nonfiction Winner: "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5b62e06b-a5bf-449d-8f88-23d66732cfb7/Dawson+Page+1.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Nonfiction Winner: "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c8a9ed61-98da-4b0a-a19b-097df99a85fb/Dawson+Page+2.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Nonfiction Winner: "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1b992a7c-3c66-484b-97a2-e1a075e8db6e/Dawson+Page+3+Cropped.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Nonfiction Winner: "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/a7e05b40-11a1-4aa5-9849-67b7eeab1989/Dawson%2BPhoto.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2024 Nonfiction Winner: "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch Dawson Veitch is a junior in Strategic Communications with a passion for telling stories. When not in class, he spends most of his time doing video editing or writing. When in his free time he likes to run, play D&D, sing, and cook. Dawson wants to write for television and continues to work on his own stories hoping they'll be on the big screen one day. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/the-first-born-daughter-explores-her-sense-of-self monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/d76335a9-8f39-4960-92d0-d51afdd10016/irina-krutova-Fd3venp8kIU-unsplash.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Poetry Winner: "The First Born Daughter Explores Her Sense of Self" by Totty Norwood - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Irina Krutova, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/73874f95-669d-4a0b-a9c1-93497ef8b570/IMG_9490.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Poetry Winner: "The First Born Daughter Explores Her Sense of Self" by Totty Norwood Totty is a writer currently studying English at Kansas State University. Her favorite season is Spring, she loves eating clementines, and she’s a libra. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/metal-bones-break-too monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683399532540-V5DM47SLGH8JHG780TON/unsplash-image-PavO2yBVYtk.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Fiction Winner: "Metal Bones Break Too” by Abi Whitney - Make it stand out Photo Credit: BoliviaInteligente, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7540d99f-0f8d-4d6a-9f46-b1b90bfc8e9a/tempImageB78Nh4.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Fiction Winner: "Metal Bones Break Too” by Abi Whitney - Abi Whitney Whatever it Abi Whitney is a junior double majoring in Creative Writing and Spanish. She is from Overland Park, Kansas. She is involved with K-State Libraries Ambassadors and works at the Sunderland Foundation Innovation Lab. In her free time, she likes to obsess over The Hunger Games and Pride and Prejudice, as well as work on her writing.is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/confidentiality-agreement-between-h-company-and-the-recipient monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683397733076-C3AB8904NMEWQKMTQABK/unsplash-image-05HLFQu8bFw.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Nonfiction Runner-Up: "Confidentiality Agreement between H. Company and the Recipient" by Dawn - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Viktor Talashuk, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/24df60bc-ff64-4c0a-845d-77ca1be7f7ff/Donovan.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Nonfiction Runner-Up: "Confidentiality Agreement between H. Company and the Recipient" by Dawn Dawn is a former Air Force enlistee, separated from the military after the end of a four-year contract during which he served at Cannon AFB in New Mexico. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/first-love monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c7a813fc-d5ad-46ab-b610-f721f76972f6/miryam-leon-BwITbaWSPjk-unsplash.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Poetry Runner-Up: "first love" by Abi Whitney - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Miryam León, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/05585d0a-b512-47bc-bf17-381f183b7e1b/20220507_195027.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Poetry Runner-Up: "first love" by Abi Whitney Abi Whitney is a junior double majoring in Creative Writing and Spanish. She is from Overland Park, Kansas. She is involved with K-State Libraries Ambassadors and works at the Sunderland Foundation Innovation Lab. In her free time, she likes to obsess over The Hunger Games and Pride and Prejudice, as well as work on her writing. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/drop-off-lane monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683404043169-M33THN6EMSBE29NY97DL/unsplash-image-LqKhnDzSF-8.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Fiction Runner-Up: "Drop-Off Lane" by Nichole Maryse - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Joshua Sortino, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3182b8c0-b327-4305-8ecb-7d5c242e2df8/selfballoons-maryse-06132022-6847+%281%29.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Fiction Runner-Up: "Drop-Off Lane" by Nichole Maryse Nichole Maryse is 22 years old, five feet tall, a cat person, a Taylor Swift fan, and a writer, among other things. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/answered-call monthly 0.5 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683127182005-F8G3B65O0L8YQZKXTC6G/unsplash-image-FQF4OSws6Qc.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Nonfiction Winner: "Answered Call" by Whitney Mills - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Thomas Park, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/03451ba0-2b5d-4aae-bfbd-da4ee2f50145/Whitney.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2023 Nonfiction Winner: "Answered Call" by Whitney Mills Whitney Mills is a second-year, Secondary English Education student at Kansas State University working on her undergraduate degree. She is a full-time student, wife and mother of two beautiful girls. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/on-the-settling-of-dust-by-tyson-doll monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651527465555-5M10UR7HJ7SCCN2G1YUJ/unsplash-image-_cQDpF6n3t0.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Fiction Winner: "On the Settling of Dust" by Tyson Doll - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Austin Ban, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f0ab546e-cfbd-4bfd-a50b-070d6c1625c0/Doll_portrait.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Fiction Winner: "On the Settling of Dust" by Tyson Doll T. A. Doll is a student of English Literature at Kansas State University. He enjoys reading and being out of doors (or indoors, really. He’s not too picky). He adores the work of John Irving, Louise Erdrich, Jeffrey Eugenides and too many more to name. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/a-certain-kind-of-stranger-by-taylor-jamison monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651348553651-S6E0XTT634F14ICKB13J/unsplash-image-5q5K8Q3x6e4.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Fiction Runner-Up: "A Certain Kind of Stranger" by Taylor Jamison - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Michael Glazier, obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/dded8b69-6f6a-439d-8016-dbb0da79d50b/Jamison_Portrait.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Fiction Runner-Up: "A Certain Kind of Stranger" by Taylor Jamison Taylor Jamison is a senior in food science, but since she was a child, she has always loved contemplating the possibility of magic and the stories born from her imagination. She hopes to continue to share her stories with the world in the future and looks forward to reading Touchstone even when she graduates from K-State this May! https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/my-emotions-in-various-forms-by-khloe-kuckelman monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651440837090-6D433UYB2T5XXAL84W6B/unsplash-image-mC852jACK1g.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Nonfiction Winner: "My Emotions in Various Forms" by Khloe Kuckelman - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Camila Quintero Franco (quinterocamilaa) licensed under Public Domain and obtained from Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8cd886d7-a1d0-4b3c-9f69-982b83e1c69d/D3FFB769-76C2-4755-991F-CC7450582560.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Nonfiction Winner: "My Emotions in Various Forms" by Khloe Kuckelman Khloe Kuckelman, also known as overrbite, is a writer from Kechi, Kansas. She’s won 7 Scholastic Writing Awards, as well as the Prodigy Award at Cowley College. She is currently a freshman attending Kansas State University and is majoring in creative writing. Her dream is to publish both a creative nonfiction collection and poetry collection, and live in a lighthouse with her awards framed on the wall. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/a-housewifes-everlasting-tale-by-raelynn-slipke monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c4d5d084-8a79-441c-83ee-701807ae0057/626E1C2A-7CEC-4409-A4E1-42A32B671E14_1_201_a.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Nonfiction Runner-Up: "A Housewife's Everlasting Tale" by Raelynn Slipke - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Raelynn Slipke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/4fc17912-72d1-4aa8-af3b-78e3fd750028/Raelynn_Slipke_Photo+%281%29.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Nonfiction Runner-Up: "A Housewife's Everlasting Tale" by Raelynn Slipke Raelynn Slipke is in her final year at Kansas State University pursuing her B.A. in Psychology. Raelynn plans to become a Marriage and Family Therapist in the future. She is involved in a psychological research lab on campus and is a barista at Flight Crew Coffee on Poyntz Ave. Raelynn enjoys reading, going on walks, watching Criminal Minds, and having long conversations with friends in her free time. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/your-mother-never-taught-you-spanish-by-thai-lopez monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/071c2f27-c35d-45e3-9884-733b6bb5bdb6/speech-bubble.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Poetry Winner: "Your mother never taught you Spanish" by Thailyea (Thai) Lopez - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Volodymyr Hryshchenko, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e8824912-ac98-4e01-a073-6c8b7d5bc903/processed_1.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Poetry Winner: "Your mother never taught you Spanish" by Thailyea (Thai) Lopez Thai Lopez is a Latina from New York City, who grew up in a bilingual household she was never actually taught Spanish thus sparking the idea for Your Mother Taught You Spanish. Not knowing the language has always made Thai feel like she wasn’t Latina enough. Since she started college, Thai has started to explore the Puerto Rican culture as well as other identities that she claims. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/commuting-by-rebekah-hutchinson monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/a63bdeb3-f66a-4eca-b6e7-8fa025b55f43/pexels-wendy-wei-3070377.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Poetry Runner-Up: "Commuting" by Rebekah Hutchinson - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Wendy Wei, obtained and licensed through Pexels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/08c4d460-c218-4903-9884-f269242289f3/Hutchinson+author+photo.JPG K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2022 Poetry Runner-Up: "Commuting" by Rebekah Hutchinson Rebekah Hutchinson grew up in Kansas, where she wrote very bad poetry for her siblings and friends throughout her childhood. She was in college before it became a true passion, and she began to develop her writing. While she continues to experiment with form, her content remains the same: her own emotional journey. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/empty-nest-by-sarah-troub monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619799686466-PM44A7PCG3NVDJ6KG1JW/unsplash-image-g4EfH9OZgk4.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Fiction Winner: "Empty Nest" by Sarah L Troub Thumbnail photo credit: Robert Thiemann (@rthiemann), obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619654066807-0SO6H8PKSWUNG4D34PRP/Sarah+Troub.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Fiction Winner: "Empty Nest" by Sarah L Troub Sarah L Troub is a sophomore at Kansas State University studying Creative Writing, Fine Arts, and Spanish. She is also highly involved in the leadership of her sorority. Her ideal future would include book writing and illustration, and she enjoys writing stories that include fantastical, humorous, or otherworldly components. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/imposter-syndrome-by-mary-winzer monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619800129432-H6TALT1SG95BU8V2SU4F/unsplash-image-ZC0EbdLC8G0.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Fiction Runner-up: "Imposter Syndrome" by Mary Winzer Thumbnail photo credit: Stefano Pollio(@stefanopollio), obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619727330630-AUNL6CDUU398F0ALKC7L/IMG_8843.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Fiction Runner-up: "Imposter Syndrome" by Mary Winzer Mary Winzer is a Literature and Creative Writing student in the Department of English, though she spent a few years in the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design studying Industrial Design. She is from Kansas City, Kansas. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/a-thing-lost-by-jillian-dunlay monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619800676679-S91RTY84WDS7PBY8Z1MI/unsplash-image-uuBBew6g2jM.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Poetry Winner: "A Thing Lost" by Jillian Dunlay Thumbnail photo credit: Matt (@matty10), obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619655661619-QKP0MQVAYPI9KRGP7GJY/Jillian+D.JPG K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Poetry Winner: "A Thing Lost" by Jillian Dunlay Jillian Dunlay (she/her) is from Overland Park, Kansas. She is a first-year student at K-State studying English and Secondary Education. Jillian published her debut novel Untamed in 2017 and published her first poem “Just a Driveway” in the 2015 edition of Elementia Literary Magazine. She is currently writing a children’s book for the non-profit Moxie’s Mission and expects the book to be published in 2021. Outside of writing, Jillian loves tutoring and spending time with friends. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/snow-sunsets-by-aubrey-painter monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619753072246-S04XKPFN8BXQHPYFTJU6/unsplash-image-KraoHdRYrRE.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Poetry Runner-up: "Snow Sunsets" by Aubrey Painter Thumbnail photo credit: Michael Niessl (@antipodos), obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619559413292-BQ3L9ACKQ4W1YEZVE3F5/Aubrey+Painter.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Poetry Runner-up: "Snow Sunsets" by Aubrey Painter Aubrey Painter is native to Wichita, Kansas and is currently a third year undergraduate student at Kansas State University. They are majoring in secondary education with a focus in English. They write about their experiences and they hope to continue to develop their writing skills as they continue with their degree. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/how-to-prepare-by-n-norwood monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619753263128-BC6W79469I4Q2L1CXBUU/unsplash-image-w1NNAVkY6i0.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Nonfiction Winner: "How to Prepare..." by N. Norwood Thumbnail photo credit: CHUTTERSNAP (@chuttersnap), obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619567370810-IPIV866L4C72A5N43L16/Natassja+N.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Nonfiction Winner: "How to Prepare..." by N. Norwood N. Norwood is a current college student majoring in English Lit. She has a passion for writing and sharing her voice to those who are willing to read and listen. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/kstate-undergrad-creative-writing-awards/upper-body-workout-for-beginners-by-ellie-pirog monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619752386088-RAFUMX7HVRTUVWY252UC/unsplash-image-xZjiUR7SWIQ.jpg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Nonfiction Runner-up: "Upper Body Workout for Beginners" by Ellie Pirog Thumbnail photo credit: Velizar Ivanov (@lycan), obtained and licensed through Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1619567752512-4SSM1QKH2OCOHG2F41TU/Ellie+Pirog.jpeg K-State Undergrad Creative Writing Awards - 2021 Nonfiction Runner-up: "Upper Body Workout for Beginners" by Ellie Pirog Ellie Pirog is a Junior at Kansas State pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English with a focus in creative writing. 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Her educational focus is on creative writing with an emphasis on creative non-fiction and poetry. On top of being a grad student, she also teaches English 100. Maranda has a love for gothics, vampire films, and graphic novels. In her free time, you can find her spending time with her dog, watching movies, and going to concerts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/90d66469-da03-49e5-ba45-321c7d3e3a8a/1758645418409.jpg Masthead - Assistant Editor-in-Chief: Mary Adeyemo Mary Adeyemo is a second year graduate student at Kansas State University. She specializes in the Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication specialization with particular focus on digital, embodied, health and social movement rhetoric. Mary teaches Expository Writing II and writes poetry and non-fiction. When she’s not reading or writing, Mary enjoys working out, playing volleyball and cooking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/3f25e51c-8653-4d7b-b5f5-052c94439b33/processed-41D4D3CD-52B5-4DEF-B21E-4564B744F6E8.jpeg Masthead - Poetry Editor: Nava Eghdami Nava is a second-year graduate student and instructor at K-State, where she is pursuing an MA in English Literature. Her passion for poetry paved her way to be on this journey, leading her to read, write, and publish as well as to try to let the world know that “not just a poem, but even a word can change the world…”. Her love for literature has evolved as she engages with topics such as memory studies, trauma, posthumanism, and the intersection of literature and art, which are among her key academic interests. With her incredibly optimistic outlook, Nava believes in finding the silver lining in every situation, a theme she loves to express through her creative writing, particularly in her poetry. In addition to writing, she enjoys multitasking and indulges in painting, designing, and baking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/becd3fb1-d0f2-4f8d-9721-ce4fcf3f1b46/IMG_4481.WEBP Masthead - Fiction Editor: Cariana Kut Cariana is a second year graduate student on the Creative Writing track. She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from University of Iowa and loves reading mysteries and detective fiction stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1bfb34a3-aee4-4641-b50d-b1f5098cc217/IMG-20250913-WA0016.jpg Masthead - Nonfiction Editor: Faezeh Rostami Faezeh is a second-year English master's student specializing in cultural studies. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, she teaches English 100 and tutors at the Writing Center. Her research focuses on the Persian diaspora in film and television, and in her free time, she enjoys cooking and binge-watching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/9dbc238f-5540-4cd9-abee-45fa0eafcf35/ISIMG-983296.jpeg Masthead - Art and Audio Editor & Social Media and Communications Manager: Hoora Ghanbari Adivi Hoora Ghanbari is a second-year M.A. student in Cultural Studies with research interests in children’s literature, diaspora, and Orientalism. Her work engages with cultural theories of identity and representation, and the in-between spaces of hybridity and liminality. She enjoys writing lyrical prose and nonfiction, and finds inspiration in baking, photography, and walking in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7c48fef6-b8d9-442b-8fff-4a7422746115/Rylan+Jackson+In+The+Flesh.jpg Masthead - Fiction Reader: Rylan Jackson Rylan Jackson is an avid lover of all things fiction. His favorite genre to write is fantasy, where he has created his own world that almost all his fiction is set in. Rylan also has an interest in filmmaking, and he has created multiple feature-length movies on his YouTube channel, Jackelus Moonfang. He is currently working toward a BA in Creative Writing at Kansas State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c36e1270-a1b6-4d67-a11a-4a4777dd5c98/1000016034.jpg Masthead - Fiction Reader: Grey Hedenkamp KSU alma mater First Year Graduate Student Creative Writing Concentration/Track Personal Interests are Linguistics and Conlangs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f056ba90-d26e-4328-b7cd-6fb0420cb203/IMG_4084.JPEG Masthead - Fiction Reader: Aidia Kite Aidia is a first year English Graduate student in the Creative Writing Concentration and serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Expository Writing I. Aidia received her B.A. in English from K-State in the fall of 2024. They adore the realm of comics, in theory, practice, and fun, and she has a particular love for science fiction and fantasy stories. Her research focuses are all over the place, but comics, fiction, experimental literature, and poetry are just a few of their favorites. In their sparse free time they love to play video games, spend time with their two cats, and listen to progressive metal music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/10a9dbe4-f540-48ab-bed3-1e492994ae8a/IMG_2014.PNG Masthead - Fiction Reader: Watson Lee Watson is a second year MA student and GTA who is studying Creative Writing (Fiction) and Technical Writing. He studied as an undergraduate at Auburn University in Alabama. Outside of his academic pursuits, Watson enjoys hunting and golfing with friends, vacationing at the beach and lake, and cooking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/90bb4a93-709c-44e5-9872-f92ec7da6873/CaitlynPic1.JPG Masthead - Poetry Reader: Caitlyn Crane Caitlyn Crane is a first-year English graduate student a K-State in the creative writing concentration. She received her B.A. in English and journalism from Texas Tech University, and her home is in west Texas. Caitlyn primarily writes fiction with a focus on fantasy, sci-fi, and classical mythology, but she also occasionally writes poetry in metered forms. In true English major fashion, Caitlyn's main hobbies are reading, writing, and playing Dungeons and Dragons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/7b8ad5f4-6273-4e4b-a4d9-53d7e34a43f3/IMG_2820.jpeg Masthead - Poetry Reader: Maria Tardiff Maria is in her first year of the English M.A. Program at K-State. She earned her B.A. in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Washburn University. Currently following the Literature track within the M.A. program, Maria enjoys discovering and reading obscure Romantic and Victorian poetry in her spare time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/54c260b5-ce56-415f-bb62-dfb22efdbd84/processed-3801CDC3-A22F-4097-AB64-9EAF2B3BC2FC.jpeg Masthead - Poetry Reader: A.J. Ellis A native of Vermont, A.J. is a first-year master’s student on the creative writing track. His undergraduate focus at St. Mary's College of Maryland culminated as a series of climate-fiction stories, but nowadays, his writing tends to focus more on social issues. In his free time, A.J. enjoys cooking, making music with friends, and traveling around the world wherever and whenever he gets the chance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1759111635632-SDYPUEJWAVSWGPKET21W/unsplash-image-eICUFSeirc0.jpg Masthead - Poetry Reader: Ren Sturgeon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/c02f574b-0ece-4cf7-b74d-ccdfea80fa4f/headshot.jpg Masthead - Nonfiction Reader: Griffin Fergerson Griffin is a second-year graduate student in the Composition & Rhetoric track with a primary interest in non-fiction and environmental writing. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology from Missouri State University in Springfield Missouri. In his free time, he enjoys reading authors such as Ernest Hemingway and Pierce Brown as well as visiting local wildlife areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/f9b45aaf-5ce6-453e-b863-1d8944592e90/thumbnail_297880530_10221567328077326_5397520246935044703_n.jpg Masthead - Nonfiction Reader: Jeffery Jones Jeffery is a second year graduate student on the Creative Writing track. Having earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Liberal Studies from Oregon State University, he also brings 30 years of experience in business and procedural-based writing from a career in business administration from such high-profile companies as Deloitte & Touche, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, The Doheny Eye Institute at University of Southern California, and The William Morris Agency. Jeffery resides in West Los Angeles his husband and partner of 21 years and their two Bengal cats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/585b187d-cefc-497d-bd5e-b9e36ba0d678/1000046722.jpg Masthead - Nonfiction Reader: Sydney Kelso Sydney Kelso is in her first year of K-State's English MA program. While here at K-State, she is excited to get more experience teaching, writing, and editing. In her free time, she can be found reading a book on her balcony or running on the trails just outside of Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/a61a572d-22c4-4ac4-8d1e-e43580c5a669/IMG_9285.jpeg Masthead - Nonfiction Reader: Taylor Graves Taylor is a first-year graduate student here at K-State. In 2020, she received her BS in English and writing from Liberty University Online. She is now pursuing her MA in English with a concentration in creative writing through K-State’s online campus. She is a proud military brat and became a military spouse in 2016. Since being a part of a military family, she has had the privilege of traveling and living all over the world, including places such as Japan, South Korea, and Hawaii. In her free time, when she’s not juggling her four-year-old and 7-month-old sons, she enjoys reading a good book, watching sappy rom-coms, and fangirling over Ed Sheeran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/ea4586c1-befe-47cd-bccb-1ce1d6b4dd8c/1000005896.png Masthead - Art Reader: Maria Vasilevskaya Maria Vasilevskaya is a first year undergraduate student. She writes mostly literary fiction, though she also dabbles in poetry. In her free time, she makes story games, and hopes to pursue game development as a career. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1640958877901-ICZDICRDT4I54WCYL72R/unsplash-image-hSisXFp-kHs.jpg The Editor's Project Series - Lost Connections: Non-Fiction “You, me, and that damned Turkey” by Nyssa Owens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1640905627570-A8J97GMGDQIFTD680LVR/unsplash-image-Z8UgB80_46w.jpg The Editor's Project Series - Lost Connections: Non-Fiction “Combination Man” by Laura M. Furlan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/39e7af2b-5241-4c93-b112-4145aae8b13c/unsplash-image-DKix6Un55mw.jpg The Editor's Project Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/b36e46e2-3e36-420e-a031-f5aaf51b2f1d/unsplash-image-Igct8iZucFI.jpg The Editor's Project Series - Speculative Fiction “Set the Bed on Fire” by Andrea Chesman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/9a9d16e0-b0ff-48ba-a44a-c4d5d2948a17/unsplash-image-rAtADOlvcos.jpg The Editor's Project Series - Speculative Fiction “Children of Sons” by Cameron Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1637537000317-DA8XXY2DJZ01WNNPEU6D/unsplash-image-5_gku5Usbzk.jpg The Editor's Project Series - The Editor’s Project Series Image Credit: Nsey Benajah, obtained and licensed through Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/5108a4b7-76a0-48f3-b554-0974d569b582/unsplash-image-Jo5FUEkhB_4.jpg The Editor's Project Series - 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Make it stand out Cover Art: “The Illusion of Control” by Diamante Lavendar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/8cae6021-aa35-440d-b848-313fa2c84470/pexels-annica-s%C3%B6r%C3%A9n-3855401.jpg Touchstone 2022 - EDITOR’S PICK "BIRD • BONES" BY DANAE YOUNGE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651601541435-A99XD9R5S3DWWQWE72W5/pexels-anna-tis-6799079.jpg Touchstone 2022 - EDITOR’S PICK: “RUSSIAN INTERLUDE” BY KATHRYN BRATT-PFOTENHAUER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651795497751-XISL33B1WSMHEE1VAL8E/unsplash-image-ykioooPo2qk.jpg Touchstone 2022 - EDITOR’S PICK: "HORSE GRAVES" BY ZAChary SLINGSBY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651795601877-2VU4SHADZ8XOB2ZNV74I/unsplash-image-xgt5DPiDKfY.jpg Touchstone 2022 - READER’S PICK: "THE REFUGEES" BY ANISHA BHADURI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651795666993-C4OBMUGWEKDWMK3OFUAL/unsplash-image-bEXy1YQNIII.jpg Touchstone 2022 - READER’S PICK: "GREEN LIGHT GO" BY ALICIA ONG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651796649396-GDGR2QB4WH5RHCYBMQUH/unsplash-image-bApmB_Gxdj8.jpg Touchstone 2022 - EDITOR’S PICK: "BLONDE SUGAR" BY REBECCA WATKINS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651798311427-9QXH0Q71RUA784BQDSEC/Berglund_Ballroom.jpg Touchstone 2022 - Ballroom Jerome Berglund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651798311381-TQQ5ZZHA7AP7VXLXUY92/Bridges_CABILLO+IN+CABO.jpg Touchstone 2022 - CABALLO IN CABO Lawrence Bridges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651798312941-SP03QYPP4QIV6OWBWZZS/Bridges_MORNING+COFFEE+ON+HAIGHT+STREET.jpg Touchstone 2022 - MORNING COFFEE ON HAIGHT STREET Lawrence Bridges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651798315326-ECSRM44EC51V9KSZCD4D/Freeman_Night_Forest.jpeg Touchstone 2022 - Night Forest Irwin Freeman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651798313747-8CRTDPVMIUPOPZ9ZRQYX/Lavendar_TheIllusionOfControl.jpg Touchstone 2022 - The Illusion of Control Diamante Lavendar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651798315761-1G64O4QPNUCW0JMNZJ06/Riedel_God+Loves+The+Highway.png Touchstone 2022 - God Loves the Highway Jake Riedel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651601367027-L0KONORJWQ12ZUT7D8L2/speech-bubble.jpg Touchstone 2022 - Poetry "Your mother never taught you Spanish" by Thailyea (Thai) Lopez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/a63bdeb3-f66a-4eca-b6e7-8fa025b55f43/pexels-wendy-wei-3070377.jpg Touchstone 2022 - Poetry: "Commuting" by Rebekah Hutchinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651799281022-1TZVBAFFSQ0PUKAYFUL7/unsplash-image-_cQDpF6n3t0.jpg Touchstone 2022 - Fiction "On the Settling of Dust" by Tyson Doll https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/e99bc919-4437-4dcc-aefa-c9832a79f433/unsplash-image-mC852jACK1g.jpg Touchstone 2022 - Nonfiction "My Emotions in Various Forms" by Khloe Kuckelman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651799364590-F60QO0QCXUR4572VBTNJ/unsplash-image-5q5K8Q3x6e4.jpg Touchstone 2022 - Fiction "A Certain Kind of Stranger" by Taylor Jamison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/484d8e0c-962b-42fb-b8ef-a3f708bd95b2/626E1C2A-7CEC-4409-A4E1-42A32B671E14_1_201_a.jpg Touchstone 2022 - Nonfiction "A Housewife's Everlasting Tale" by Raelynn Slipke https://www.touchstonekstate.org/touchstone22-editors-note daily 0.75 2024-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1651832162042-B6GL510QF2MMRQQEEYC1/Lavendar_TheIllusionOfControl.jpg Touchstone 2022: Editor's Note https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/75679b78-a3e3-421d-9f7a-a30f42386387/Young_Portrait.jpg Touchstone 2022: Editor's Note Spencer R. Young is a poet obsessed with identity and its fluid, transient borders. A second year MA candidate in English and Creative Writing at Kansas State University, Spencer has been twice-nominated for Best New Poets. Their poetry, prose, and literary essays appear in Terrain.org (forthcoming), multiple issues of 13th Floor Magazine, The Oneota Review, and elsewhere. In addition to acting as EiC and Interim Poetry Editor for Touchstone, Spencer reads for Pleiades and the Cow Creek Chapbook Contest. Ilya Kaminsky once called them smart and they like to pretend this didn't mean a lot to them. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/touchstone23-editors-note daily 0.75 2023-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/1683422384312-TWV7EZH44W8ZKVNCFFGK/Era_of_the_End.jpg Touchstone 2023: Editor's Note https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59191f42d1758edfb7db7591/fa52866c-587f-4817-b60c-6bfe9fd451ee/menloch.jpg Touchstone 2023: Editor's Note Achilles Fergus Seastrom is a trans artist and author of fiction and nonfiction. He’s graduating from his MA program in spring 2023 and moving on to an MFA program at Iowa State University where he received a Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship. Loch, the dog, is excited to explore new parks. https://www.touchstonekstate.org/ts24-editors-note daily 0.75 2023-09-18