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y’all should be so proud of this! introducing ⚡️⚡️⚡️ ISSUE 73 ✨✨✨

congratulations to all contributors and staff; shout out .works on the cover and .s99 on the interior shot. you’re all SO talented 🫶🏻

copies are available in cockefair—if you have questions please reach out to

yeah, yeah—spring has sprung. BUT ALSO we’ve extended the deadline to this friday, march 4! you still have time to send in work 🌸

four hours to go! burn the midnight oil! burn the 8 pm oil! what is time?!

this is “city streets” by olivia legaspi 🌟

although we’ve come to the end of the road 🎶 you still have one more day to send us those 🔥 essays, short stories, poems & art

the day of twos may have been yesterday, but this piece by megan lashbrook gives us big *portal is opening* vibes. take it as a sign to polish up your creative gems and send them our way 💎

send ‘em if you got ‘em

Calling all poets, fiction and nonfiction writers, artists, photographers, folks who write plays and screenplays: Number One is accepting submissions again until 3/1/22! ✨ If you currently attend UMKC and want to see your work in print, click this link to get started: https://forms.gle/v8ccakUNXypKGT8Q6

Shout out to Makayla Camille for this set of stunners from last year’s issue: Untitled 1 & 2. Much love!

it’s HERE. swooped these babies from AlphaGraphics Kansas City this afternoon—keep your eyes peeled for an email on contributor copies. thanks to all contributors for their patience as this thang came together. grateful for y’all

Our own editor and contributor Alexej Savreux is in and for the commemorative reprint of his poetry collection “Graffiti on the Window,” which was a National Indie Excellence finalist in 2015. Congratulations, Alexej, and check out the link in his bio for more on his rich, raw poetry 💕