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APRIL
KUDZU — DECEMBER CUCCARO
BIRDING AT THE END OF THE WORLD — MELISSA FITZPATRICK
BRINE FLIES AND BEACHGOERS — SHANNA YETMAN
WE BEASTS — WILL MCMILLAN
CRYOSEISM — ERIN CALABRIA
OCEANS UNDER THREAT LIKE NEVER BEFORE — MELISSA LLANES BROWNLEE
BYCATCH — KIM STEUTERMANN ROGERS
THE HERBARIUM — GABRIELLE GRIFFIS
MAY
THEY WERE THE YEARS OF FAT WATER — MYNA CHANG
SALTWATER DOG — VIVIAN ZHU
LONESOME GEORGE — SIMON NAGEL
WINGS TO FLY — HUNTER LIGUORE
WORSHIP WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE — CHELSEA STICKLE
ON HOW TO SURVIVE AS A BARN OWL — OLIVIA KINGERY
SEPTEMBER
WHAT REMAINS — DW McKINNEY
SCAVENGE — ROBIN BISSETT
NO ONE TALKS ABOUT HOW A TWINKIE IS AN AMERICAN MADELEINE — ALLIE MARIANO
FLEX — MARIA POULATHA
OCCUR — JUDITH OSILÉ OHIKUARE
TATTOOS — JAMY BOND
WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE — HARSIMRAN KAUR
ADENIUM — MARIA ALEJANDRA BARRIOS VÉLEZ
BECAUSE THERE IS A WAR ON — ZOË MEAGER
OCTOBER
HUNAN HOMES — ELIOT LI
MONSOON — SARP SOZDINLER
THAT ONE TIME YOU LOVED A MERMAID — LAILA AMADO
HARPER WOODS — ELIJAH SPARKMAN
A SINGLE MEMORY, REMEMBERED DIFFERENTLY — SUMITRA SINGAM
TONGUE TWISTERS — VICTORIA BUITRON
BED BUGS — NICOLE TSUNO
AT THE ONLY FRIENDLY’S OPEN WHEN THE WORLD ENDS — K.B. CARLE
NOVEMBER
THAT OTHER FAMILY — MORGAN HARLOW
GUEST OF A GUEST OF A GUEST — CHRISTINE KWON
CLOVER HONEY — CHRISTINE BARKLEY
WE BUILD THINGS, WE FALL APART — SELENA LANGNER
AMERIKANA — CHERRY LOU SY
SUMMER OF ’77 — KAREN CRAWFORD
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