Cost of Living Finalists

How do you live within your means when the means just aren’t there? For our Cost of Living challenge, we sought prose and poetry about money, need, and affording to live. We’re excited to announce our finalists, who took inventive and thought-provoking angles on this challenge theme. Their work spans poetry and experimental fiction, and we’re thrilled to publish these pieces at the end of August!

First place

“Money Trees” by Marnetta Singleton

Second place

“Hushes and Hums in Texas” by Zenobia

Third place

In Situ” by Jessica Hincapié

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Cost of Living Shortlist

It’s expensive to live, and even more expensive to fall behind. Our Cost of Living challenge invited flash prose and poetry about debt and making ends meet. Our shortlist recognizes the writers whose work we particularly loved, and we’re pleased to share their titles. Check back soon for our list of finalists!

A, Apple, tuffaHah” by Maryah Converse

American Tantalus” by Bobby Sorensen

Foreclosure” by Robert John Miller

Test Suite: Quality” by Maximilian Peerless

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