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The Interview - A Roundtable by Robert Nazarene and James Wilson, and Four Poems by Robert Nazarene. Five Featured Poems: Eileen Earhart Oldag, Jared Carter, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue, Lisa Creech Bledsoe, and Wells Burgess. Sonnet Contest 2021 - First Place: Ian Enters, Second Place: Marilyn L. Taylor, Third Place: Catherine Chandler, Honorable Mentions: Rhina P. Espaillat, Michael Cantor, Kit Rohrbach, Valerie Nieman, Charmaine Smith, Marc Alan Di Martino, and Devon Balwit. Free Verse: Janice D. Soderling, Greg Stidham, J. R. Solonche, Megan Stolz, Connie Carmichael, Joe Sonnenblick, Linda M. Crate, Jacob Riyeff, Gregory E. Lucas, Brenda Edgar, Greg Moglia, and Mara Lowhorn. Haiku with Kevin McLaughlin: Padmini Krishnan (Featured), Robert Beveridge, Purbasha Roy, Rhonda Brown, Steve Harvester, TM, Laurie Kuntz, David Kehe, Leland Woodson, George Held, S Denny, Ram Chandran, Kelly Sargent, DJ Tyrer, Harris Coverley, Emily Jo Scalzo, Anthony Watkins, Richard Rose, Germina L. Melius, Andre P. Audette, and Diane Webster. Formal Poetry: Richard Wakefield, Jane Greer, Kathryn Jacobs, Jean L. Kreiling, Bruce Bennett, Greg Huteson, Peter C Venable, Daniel Klawitter, Amit Majmudar, Trevor Price, J-T Kelly, Rebecca McSwain, Jayne Osborn, Olivia Hajioff, and Janice Canerdy. Poetry Translations with Susan McLean: Rhina P. Espaillat translating Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Featured) and Brittany Hause translating Alfonsina Storni. Poetry for Children with Robert Schechter: Christine Pennylegion, Kelly Conroy, Rebekah Hoeft, William Peery, Helen Kemp Zax, Diana Murray, and B. J. Lee. International Poetry: Sayan Aich Bhowmik (Featured), Hrishikesh Ingle, Ujjal Mandal, Sekhar Banerjee, Edilberto C. Cruz, Kushal Poddar, and Tamoha Mukhopadhyay. African Poetry: Ndiritu Mwangi (Featured), Iyke Obinna Igbokwe, Chinedu Gospel, Pearson Lemani, and Kudzai Mhangwa. Poetry Unplugged: Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick, Bruce McRae, James Mulhern, Martin Mc Carthy, Barry Green, Matt Borczon, and Haley Hall. Experimental, Prose, & Form Poetry: John Riley (Featured), Nate Maxson, S Denny, Christopher Barnes, Sam Levy, RP Verlaine, Hope Coulter, Jacob Riyeff, and Vartika Pandey. Fiction (Featured): The Monster by Kirstin Ault. Flash Fiction: Muddy Creek by John Riley. Micro Fiction: The Lakehouse by Keith Hoerner. Better Than Fiction. (Featured): Heartache in the Groves of Academe: The Two Bodies Problem by David Blumenfeld. From The Mind: Myth House by Mary Meriam.