Between the Stations
By Benj Vardigan ● 2022
Between the Stations The presets are nonsense, directions to nowhere. Coaxing the dial across the notches we nuance, tune our ears to any clear scrap in the static. On
Art by Barbara Evan
Salvation of Bread
By Diane Jarvenpa ● 2022
Salvation of Bread Every time sorrow is a rock to the skull I chant up a stove it’s belly all fire bloom as I beg any ancestor
MAL-UNION
By Meckenna Holman ● 2022
CONTENT WARNING: Implications of domestic violence The bone had healed wrong, or so the doctor said. I’d squinted real hard at the x-ray and couldn’t see what he saw.
Interlude with Cadaver Seeking Dogs
By Isadora Gruye ● 2022
There was a villa in southern France where a billionaire went missing. He just disappeared one summer evening while out for a walk. His private jet missed him terribly. His
Caretakers
By C.M. Finch ● 2022
Charlie’s enthusiasm was infectious as he showed me around his living space. My living space now, I supposed, as room had been made for me here. The entryway was bright
Gifts of the Superior Hiking Trail – The Dragonfly
By Mikkel Beckmen ● 2022
“Flora or Fauna, we are all shapeshifters and magical re-inventors. Life is really a plural noun, a caravan of selves.” – Diane Ackerman Mid-way along my thru hike of the
School of big and small
By Didi Koka ● 2022
It has been an occasional evening routine to watch a nature program. It is a nod to the bigness of world and a balm to how little seems to get
Isaac’s Blessing Bags
By Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ ● 2022
When we left our quiet townhome in Inver Grove Heights to move to our first home on the Eastside, as a mother of two young men I was extremely nervous.
Environmental (In)Justice Storytelling Contest
2022
Theme: environmental (in)justice in Mni Sóta Maḳoce (Minnesota). Accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and audio & visual formats. Deadline: April 1, 2022
Break Through Writing Contest
2022
Creative interpretations of the theme "break through" in 3 different genres: Flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction (CNF), and poetry.
You’re Invited to the Party! – Saint Paul Almanac’s Launch of the Carol Connolly Initiative for Almanac Poets and Writers
2021
Come celebrate and honor the legacy of Carol Connolly, St. Paul’s first Poet Laureate. Join Saint Paul Almanac at the University Club of Saint Paul to launch the Carol Connolly Initiative for
Carol Connolly Initiative for Almanac Poets and Writers
2021
“Somewhere in this city, someone is working on a poem full of hope and resolve…” — ”Poem for the State of the City, April 21, 2009” by Carol Connolly