Breakwater Review
Issue 36
A Note About Our Theme
Poetry
2024 PESEROFF POETRY PRIZE WINNER
"hunger. ritual. belonging." by ena ganguly
FINALISTS
"Grinding Cacao" by Ryan Caidic
"There is Nothing Left but the Bruised Sky" by Shakiba Hashemi
"Ekphrastic" by Katharyn Howd Machan
"Centrifugal Force" by Megan Nichols
"Cleaning Out the Old Year" by Ziyun Peng
"Empty Seat at Eli's Bakery" by Heidi VanderVelde
Fiction
"They Saw That It Must End" by Harrison Gatlin
"The Girlfriend Club" by Sarena Kuhn
"Stargazing" by Meg Walters
Creative Non-Fiction
"Iceland" & "The Repurposing of a Three-Legged Chair" by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Visual Art
Artworks by Jean Wolff
Photographs by Simon Gardner
Artworks by Ayesha Raees
Artworks by Bill Wolak
Artworks by Ellen June Wright
Interviews
If Shea Butter Could Speak: An Interview With Amanda Shea by Taj Madison
Masthead
2024 Peseroff Poetry Contest Judge
Amanda Shea
Editor-in-Chief
Katee Fletcher
Poetry Editor
Taj Madison
Fiction Editors
Jen Susca
Audrey Waggoner