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Visual Art
Hatchling by Paul W. Wright, University of Arizona (Staff Choice Award Winner, Visual Art)
Blair Canyon by Michelle Winchell, University of Wyoming
My Life: Snapshots by Brittny A. Bevel, Northern Arizona University
End? By Jaque M. Meng, Eastern Washington University
Aspen Grove I by Michelle Winchell, University of Wyoming (WRHC Award Winner, Visual Art)

Digital Art
Lady in the Water by Michael Ignatov, University of Arizona

Photography
Fidelity by Leilani Miller, Brigham Young University, Hawaii (WRHC Award Winner, Photography)
Fictionized by Andra Farcas, University of Arizona<
Azul de la Sierra by Sarah Contreras, Central Arizona College
Contemporary Chow Mein by Kelly McCarthy, University of New Mexico
Drops at Oyama by Michael Ignatov, University of Arizona
Bird and Lion by Shelby R. Kinney-Lang, University of Wyoming
Mexico, Not Cuba by Anna Joy Thigpen Hunt, Sacramento City College (WRHC Award Winner, Photography)
Beauty by Andra Farcas, University of Arizona
Just a Scoop by Jessie Green, University of New Mexico
Youth Fountain by Chelsea Otakan, University of Nevada, Reno<
Decimating Silence by Janel Groenewoud, California State University, Stanislaus (Staff Choice Award Winner, Photography)

Poetry
Saraband by Julie Swarstad, University of Arizona
What We Knew by Sean Johnson, Brigham Young University (WRHC Award Winner, Poetry)
Thanks for Getting Me, C.B. by Jessica Lane, University of Arizona (Editors’ Choice Award Winner, Poetry)
Desired and Success by Mike Osborne, University of Montana Western (Editors’ Choice Award Winner, Poetry)
Algae by Martin Nikolaus Quin, Western State College of Colorado (Staff Choice Award Winner, Poetry)
The Ghost Flower by Jesseca Whalen, University of Montana
Mrs. by Erika Rodriguez, Westminster College
4 a.m. in Madrid by Jessica Lane, University of Arizona
Tequila Made Me Do It by Michael Ignatov, University of Arizona
Las Manos by Chelsea Frost, University of Nevada, Reno
I Hope by Sara Cobble, University of New Mexico
Trees by Dan Sharon, University of Denver
Magical Cloud Bubble Bath by Laura A. Brady, University of Washington
Countertop by Sarena Emily Levinson, University of New Mexico
Sunshine Plans by Rykki Lynn Olson, Weber State University

Short Fiction
The Importance of Clever Handwriting by Sarena Emily Levinson, University of New Mexico
Welcome, Randy by Rachel Rawn, University of Montana
A Little Illumination by Clara Boling, University of New Mexico (WRHC Award Winner, Fiction)
A Poetic Sabbatical by Shloka Mangharam, University of Arizona (Staff Choice Award Winner, Fiction)

Essay
The American Dream by William Whyde, University of Wyoming (WRHC Award Winner, Essay)
Defined by Sara Cobble, University of New Mexico (Staff Choice Award Winner, Essay)
Poetics by Julia Tian, Brigham Young University
Everything that Sinks Must Converge by Jane Hawley, University of Wyoming
(life) according to e.e. cummings by Paige E. Wheeler, University of Arizona