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BREAKWATER REVIEW
ISSUE 38
A Note About Our Theme:
WINNER
FINALIST
"Splitting St. James Infirmary" by Michelle Alexander
"Intimacy" by Ceridwen Hall
"Keloids" by Seema Jilani
"Seventeen Years Old in the Arnold Arboretum" by Alexander Fatato
RUNNER-UP
"The Flame Thrower Becomes an Expression Of Erotic Desire" by Ellen Kombiyil
"Sound Bites from the Language of Silence" by JP Legarte
"A Portrait of Black Man Wrestling WITH his Secret Self" by Oak Morse
"GED" by Emily Portillo
"Intro to Poetry Writing" by Adam Scheffler
"Hypothetical Account of Witnessing Venus" by Aisha Weththasingha
"A Guide to Writuals" by Hannah Yerington
FICTION
"Merry Make" by Alayna Frankenberry
"Where Were You When the Haboob Hit?" by Mackenzie Sanders
"Look for the Helpers" by Laura Shea Souza
GENERAL NONFICTION
"The Slim Volume of My Class Mistakes" by Charlotte Gullick
"Scattered Breath" by Julia Talen
ARTWORK
Artwork by Edward Baranosky
Artwork by Alexandra Nwigwe
Artwork by Casey Wong
Chief Editor Picks
Interview w/Askold
MASTHEAD
2025 Peseroff Poetry Judge
Major Jackson
Editor in Chief
Taj Madison
Julie Petrini
Fiction Editors
Sonja Nieuwejaar
Poetry Editors
Hanan Tuffaha
River Vetter
POETRY
2025 PESEROFF POETRY CONTEST
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