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Mireya Vela, Wings in the Pods, Mixed media 10.75 X 10.75

Mireya S. Vela is a Mexican-American visual artist and creative nonfiction writer whose work has been nominated for multiple Pushcart Prizes and featured in The Nasiona, Hippocampus, Noble/Gas Quarterly, Not Your Mother’s Breastmilk, Miracle Monocle, Blanket Sea, and Collective Unrest. Vestiges of Courage is her work of collected essays. In her work, Ms. Vela addresses the needs of immigrant Mexican families and the disparities they face every day. She tackles issues of inequity and how ingrained societal systems support the (ongoing) injustice that contributes to continuing poverty and abuse. Ms. Vela received her Bachelor’s degree in English from Whittier College and received her Master of Fine Arts from Antioch University in 2018.  ​www.mireyavela.com

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Winners of ​ Susan Tiberghien Prize for Narrative Nonfiction
Guest judge: Sharman Apt Russell
Anna St. Sylvan
To Gallop the Red Rock
First place
Kate Felix
Town Hussie
Second place
Jordan Hanson
Workplace Relationships
​Third place
Catherine O'Neill
A Day at the Beach
​Honorable Mention
ISSUE ONE
Spring 2019

Arielle Silver
Letter from the Editor
Founding Editor
Judith Huge
Letter from The Guild
Board Chair, International Women's Writing Guild
FICTION
Winners of 2018 Pat Carr Prize for Mainstream Literary Short Story
Guest judge: Kat Meads
Katie Barnes
Open Letter to Rose
First place
Mary Alice Hostetter
Nancy Drew and the Least of These
Second place
Deb Jannerson
Jagged Patches
Third place
Nancy Shattuck
Dogs Howl in Monsoons
Honorable mention

POETRY
Winners of ​2018 Myra Shapiro Prize for Poetry
Guest judge: Lauren Clark
Cindy Milwe
Hunger
​First place
Christine Graf 
Diamondback Turtle

Second place
Leatha Kendrick
Another April
Third place
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