RwA 5.4: Table of Contents

Open-Theme

Summer 2022

 

Editor’s Foreword
Shannon Connor Winward

I. Adjective
allowing access, passage, or a view
through an empty space

Fiction

II. Verb
to unfold or be unfolded; spread out
to part the covers or display the contents
(as in a book or file) to be read

Your Story
Kathy Berger

Written by Doobie
Chris Kuriata

Poster Man (Visual Art)
E.E. King

Monkeyballz69
Judith Shapiro

Sex Scene Example
Bennett Durkan

Microfiction

IV. Mathematics
(of a set) not containing any of its
limit points
 

The Friend (Visual Art)
Maheshwar N. Sinha

Facing a “Three to Five Poems” Quandary, I Turn to Sara Bareilles
Colette Parris

Writing What You Know
Alice Whittenburg

 

Stock images used in this issue:

“background” by Jplenio 
“lost places” by Tama66
“Estrada de Ferro” by 4144132
“dog” by Sabrinasfotos 
“cage” by zzmart
“child” by pixundfertig
“Sydney” by Schommartz

2022 Ars Poetica Prize

Winning Poems & Finalists
About the Judge & First Readers

 

Poetry

III. Noun
a competition with no restrictions;

unobstructed space; an exposed location 

Before the Poem Arrives (Visual Art)
Désirée Jung

Waiting for a Poem
Mary C. Rowin 

Half-poem
Feby Joseph

For Therapy, I Mix Metaphors
D.R. James

Mindfulness
Janet M. Powers

Cow Crashes Through Roof,
Kills Sleeping Man

David P. Miller

When the Stories Stop Being Fiction
Kelley J. P. Lindberg

Draft
Lavina Blossom

The Case Against Poetry
Jim Murdoch

Submit, Submit
Lavina Blossom

 

Contributors

V. Adjective
(of a store, place of entertainment, etc.)
officially admitting customers or visitors;
available for business.