Fresh-Cut Lit & More
ISSUE NO. 43
FALL 2023
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POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
Judged by Diane Seuss
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published poetry gathered from each quarterly issue.
Five Stretched Sapphics
by Weijia Pan
Sapphic
First Prize
Immunotherapy
by Eileen Toomey*
American Ghazal / Helix
Second Prize
grindr villanelle
by Matt Broomfield
Villanelle
Third Prize
Gorgon Son
by Geoffrey Billetter*
Crossword Puzzle
Honorable Mention
Lockdown
by Penny Johnson*
Pantoum
Honorable Mention
Music to Drown By
by Maya Salameh
Shape Poem
Finalist
Engagement Corona
by Jeff Pearson
Sonnet Crown
Finalist
Parthenogenesis
by Clara Bush Vadala
Sonnet Crown
Finalist
OCD Sonnet #3
by Zachariah Claypole White***
Sonnet
Finalist
FICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published fiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
The Body
by Isabel Cristina Legarda*
Drunk in the Graveyard
by Robert Nazar Arjoyan*
Ensenada
by Ellie J. Anderson*
Lina and Nina
by Elizabeth Brus*
Home Away From Home
by Cecile Callan
Confessions
by Micah Muldowney***
FLASH
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published flash gathered from each quarterly issue.
Old Woman Bearing Fruit (Nonfiction)
by Susan Barr-Toman**
Self-Taut (Nonfiction)
by Chelsey Clammer
Nobody Tells You Any of This (Nonfiction)
by Jessica Klimesh
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Read from Cleaver Magazine’s collection of published creative nonfiction gathered from each quarterly issue.
Main Line
by Alex Behm***
Mermaidia
by Brooke White
Japanese Beef Curry: A Panoramic
by Christian Chase Garner*
Cover Design by Karen Rile
*Cleaver Emerging Artist
**Artist of Philadelphia
***Both an Artist of Philadelphia & a Cleaver Emerging Artist