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HONORABLE MENTION
CAROLINE TRACEY
ALEX PICKENS
MILDRED K BARYA
The Ephemeral Forever
Derecho
Mysteries and Symbols of My Past
F I NA L I STS ANNELISE JOLLEY
MARILYN MCFARLANE
SUANNY VIZCAÍNO
Luminosity
From Here on Out
Warnings
WALTER ROBINSON
JILLIAN WEISS
White Coat, Black Habit
Seven Seven
L A U R A J O Y C E - H U B B A R D
64 Inches MARIANNA MARLOWE
Wrinkles
S T E P H A N I E S A U E R
Five Ways to Effectively Collaborate with Teams
“THE EPHEMERAL FOREVER” BY CAROLINE TRACEY
Jasmine V. Bailey says: “‘The Ephemeral Forever’ presents us with two women’s compelling stories: that of the queer rancher narrating and that of an aboriginal artist whose work and biography strike a chord with her. This essay posits a theory that it is possible to tract the historically ephemeral nature of queer experience to a lasting, satisfying life built with a partner and literally grounded in the land and its creatures. The profundity and hopefulness of that idea will stay with me.” Caroline Tracey is a writer originally from Colorado and currently living in Mexico City. Her nonfiction has appeared in n+1, Kenyon Review Online, The Nation, SFMOMA’s Open Space, and in Spanish in Nexos. In 2020 she was runner-up in the Bodley Head/Financial Times essay prize. When not reading and writing, you can find her exploring the city on a nineties Trek and gardening tomatoes in buckets on her rooftop.
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