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CutBank 97

2022

Contents

North Country Kindness | Winner, Montana Prize in Fiction
Fiction by Frankie Zwick

sitting minotaur
Poetry by P. Hodges Adams

Chekhov’s Gun | Galleons | Runner-Up, Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry
Poetry by John Sibley Williams

Steve’s Boat | Runner-Up, Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest
Fiction by Abbie Barker

Morning Bell | Runner-Up, Montana Prize in Fiction
Fiction by Neil Richard Grayson

Henry on Language Day | Runner-Up, Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry
Poetry by Leah Claire Kaminski

Turning Seven in Summer
Poetry by Allen Braden

When It’s You
Fiction by Christopher Torockio

What Little I Remember of Yreka Court | Winner, Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry
Poetry by Karissa Chouinard Carmona

Cat on a Cold Wood Floor
Nonfiction by Andrea Bianchi

The Creation of Man
Fiction by Elizabeth Childs

Here and There Wars | Runner-Up, Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest
Fiction by Laura Rock Gaughan

Listening to “America,” I Find Myself Feeling Homesick for a World that Never Existed
Poetry by Mara Lee Grayson

Declaration
Poetry by Shana Ross

400M Hurdles as Metaphysics | Dock at Finisterre
Poetry by Jeneva Burroughs Stone

Surge | Winner, Montana Prize in Nonfiction
Nonfiction by Sienna Zeilinger

Small and Smooth and Warm | Winner, Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest
Fiction by K.S. Dyal

Masthead 97

Editor-in-Chief
Luke Larkin

Fiction Editors
Wesley Kapp
Alexandra Ore
Annie Kolle
Emmett Knowlton

Poetry Editors
Sabrina Black
Gabi Graceffo
Sam Robison
Kate Garcia

Nonfiction Editor
Brandon Hansen

Online Managing Editor
Erin O'Regan White

Social Media Coordinator
Abigail Raley

Visual Arts Editor
Allie Levy

Flash Editor
Mark Spero

Interviews Editor
Mark Hernberg

Print Editor
Claire Tuna

Factotum
Nik Moore

Cover
Someone was talking quietly of lanterns - but loud enough to light my way
by Syd Mills