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Poetry
- Caylin Capra-Thomas: "Bigfoot at Siesta Beach," "The God of Hidden Creatures," "Lake Monster Family Reunion," "The Beasts of Gévaudan in Love"
- Kim Hyesoon Translated by Lauren Albin: "Lips," "Weather Update," "Cultural Revolution in My Dream"
- Nathan McClain: "The Country," "Enough," "'Tired of Being Alone,'" "Postcard: The Obelisk"
- Amy Meng: "He Tells Me: Come Back When You've Pried Yourself Open," "As If Time Could be Nailed to a Tree Like A Man or Sign"
Gearhart Poetry Contest 2017, Judged by Erin Belieu
Finalist
- Christopher Childers: "Three Nails"
Winner
- Jed Myers: "The Truth Takes Lunch"
Art
- Kelly Butler: "Gentle Things: Artist Interview with Andrew Smith," "Hidden Beauty: Artist Interview with Mark Broyer"
- Andrew Smith: "Caudal bird. (Your hen sits close, and quiet sharp fills her little lungs," "I found this bird and then I bumped to bed.," "Lift your little hand, she said, help my little legs to bed.," "She carries a knife as a woman. She carries a whale as a wife.," "Can tell, can smell, where the fruit all fell.," "A pair of bumblebirds.," "Digging deeper in winter. (I check the places because sometimes you are there.)," "A spindlebeak bird."
- Mark Broyer: "Barrier," "Wrong Way," "Dead End," "Garage," "Leave the Lights On," "The Other Side," "What the Fog No. 3," "What the Fog No. 6"
Fiction
- Aria Curtis: "Congratulations"
- Brendan Stephens: "The Waters"
World's Best Short-Short Story Contest 2017, Judged by Robert Olen Butler
Finalists
- Elina Alter: "Saint Barbara's Day"
- Alexandra Brenner: "Shpykiv"
Winner
- Greta Schuler: "Friends"
Creative Nonfiction
- Pamela Baker: "Montanans Give the Best Advice"
- William Torrey: "Say a Prayer"
The Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction Contest 2017, Judged by Matthew Gavin Frank
Finalists
- Lee Huttner: "The Stone Grows without Rain"
- Sylvia Sukop: "Soundings: Field Notes on Communication with Animals and God"
Winner
- Erica Berry: "Crywolf"
Interviews
- Dorothy Chan: "Translated by Sue Hyon Bae and Lauren Albin: 'You Gray Thing: Kim Hyesoon and the Philosophy of Between,'" "Snakes and the Forbidden Act of Watching: An Interview with Lee Ann Roripaugh,"
Book Reviews
- Cassandra Cleghorn: "You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior, Carolina Ebeid"
- Kenneth L. Johnson, II: "Boondock Kollage: Stories from the Hip Hop South, Regina Bradley"
- Daniel LoPilato: "Isadora, Amelia Gray"
- Jayme Ringleb: "Anybody, Ari Banias"
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