We're excited to announce the results of the 2021 MAYDAY Poetry and Fiction Prizes! The winners each received $1,000 and broadsides of their work will … read more about 2021 MAYDAY Fiction and Poetry Prize Winners
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Fiction
Lolly Pop
by Toby Lloyd
This story was selected as a finalist for the 2021 MAYDAY Fiction Prize.
It wasn’t just me, no one liked Polly. Not saying she wasn’t our friend. … read more about Lolly Pop
by Toby Lloyd
Poetry
On the Freedom and Creativity in Messiness: A Conversation with The Cyborg Jillian Weise
by Josh Christian
Josh Christian: I wanted to start with a broader question to get us into your life and work. I think what struck me about it … read more about On the Freedom and Creativity in Messiness: A Conversation with The Cyborg Jillian Weise
by Josh Christian
Tag, You’re It (Cyborg Sonnet)
by Jillian Weise
#IfYouGetThis
#CripTheVote
#SendMeADM
#DeafTalent
#WithTheNameOf
#DisabledAndCute
#ThePlaceWhere
#ActuallyAutistic
#We … read more about Tag, You’re It (Cyborg Sonnet)
by Jillian Weise
NONFICTION
First Moonsoon
by Nazanin Knudsen
10. Early Mornings
The 5:00 AM train that goes through the Sixth Street underpass whistles in the distance. Shuffling the … read more about First Moonsoon
by Nazanin Knudsen
You’d Just Be Different, That’s All: Revisiting Catcher in the Rye in 2020
by Sam Rebelein
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know about is that crumby article I found a few … read more about You’d Just Be Different, That’s All: Revisiting Catcher in the Rye in 2020
by Sam Rebelein
CULTURE
Firewatch as Dating Sim + Whether It Can Heal Broken Hearts
by Clement Obropta
Dating sims, first-person shooters, life simulators—video games give us ritual spaces for vicarious expression. They let us … read more about Firewatch as Dating Sim + Whether It Can Heal Broken Hearts
by Clement Obropta
The Beautiful Myth of All Our Face Time
by Brianna Di Monda
I’m waiting for my Starbucks order, carpooling back from a weekend wine tasting in Santa Maria County for a friend’s … read more about The Beautiful Myth of All Our Face Time
by Brianna Di Monda
TRANSLATION
Until Our Mouths Hurt by Aida Moradi Ahani
(Translated from Persian by Siavash Saadlou)
This is a family photo, with a no
te on the back that says, Autumn of 1986. The two sitting over on the blanket are my … read more about Until Our Mouths Hurt by Aida Moradi Ahani
(Translated from Persian by Siavash Saadlou)
The Craft of Knives by José Pedro Leite
(Translated from Portuguese by Richard Simas)
In the middle of winter, I discovered an invincible summer inside me.
… read more about The Craft of Knives by José Pedro Leite
(Translated from Portuguese by Richard Simas)
INTERVIEWS
On the Freedom and Creativity in Messiness: A Conversation with The Cyborg Jillian Weise
by Josh Christian
Josh Christian: I wanted to start with a broader question to get us into your life and work. I think what struck me about it … read more about On the Freedom and Creativity in Messiness: A Conversation with The Cyborg Jillian Weise
by Josh Christian
Always Show Up: An Interview with Artist Dominic Chambers
by Aya Kusch
Dominic Chambers is a New Haven-based artist whose immersive, brightly-hued color field paintings explore Black … read more about Always Show Up: An Interview with Artist Dominic Chambers
by Aya Kusch
